Common Abbreviations

Terminology Used in Darkwind

A

• Ant - Antagonist
• ATG - Anti-Tank Gun

B

• BL - Badlands (used as the location tag in the Lobby)
• BPU - Big Pick-Up

C

• CC - Car Cannon
• CGL - Car Grenade Launcher
• CR - Combat Rating or Car Rifle

D

• DR - Deathrace
• DT - Desert Tank

E

• EL - Elmsfield (used as the location tag in the Lobby)
• Elms - Elmsfield

F

• FL - Firelight (used as the location tag in the Lobby)

G

• Ganger - Gang member, the in-game characters you control
• Gat, GG - Gatling Gun
• GW - Gateway (used as the location tag in the Lobby)

H

• HCR - Heavy Car Rifle
• HGAT, HGG - Heavy Gatling Gun
• HMG - Heavy Machine Gun

I

• Item Decay - see Perma-damage

L

• Landy - Landrunner
• LOF - Line of Fire; used interchangeably with LOS
• LOS - Line of Sight; used interchangeably with LOF
• LR - Landrunner

M

• MG - Machine Gun
• Mish - Mission
• MM - Mounted Mortar
• MML - Micromissile Launcher

N

• NPC - Non-player Character
• NR - No Return - No Return Encounter following a successful wilderness scout

P

• Ped - Pedestrian (person outside of car)
• Perma-damage - permanent damage
• PvP - Player versus Player

R

• Rep - Reputation
• RGM - Radar-Guided Missile
• RL - Rocket Launcher

S

• Sars - Sarsfield
• SF - Sarsfield (used as the location tag in the Lobby)
• SS - Somerset (used as the location tag in the Lobby)
• Symph - Symphony

T

• TG - Tank Gun
• Turtle - a vehicle that has come to rest on its roof