Terms & abbreviations

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Many abbreviations are in use by the community that are not used in-game: the following is a partial list.

[edit] Terms, abreviations

• SupCom : Short for Supreme Commander
• Ghetto Gunship : A makeshift gunship. It consists in filling a transport with light assault bots, and having them fire from the air.
• Missile Snipe : The act the destroying the enemy ACU with a single well placed tactical missile salvo.
• Bomber Snipe/Bomber Rush : The act of destroying the enemy ACU with a single over sized bomber strike.
• PD Creep : The act of building a Point Defense base, while always building slowly but surely closer to an enemy base.

• Percy : Short for Percival, the UEF T3 Armored Assault Bot
• Brick : Short for The Brick, the Cybran T3 Armored Assault Bot
• Harb : Short for Harbinger MK IV, the Aeon T3 Heavy Assault Bot
• SAM : Short for Tech3 Anti-Air SAM Launcher
• Exp/T4 : Short for Experimental

• Mex : Short for Mass Extractor
• PGen : Short for Power Generator

• Arty : Short for Artillery

[edit] List of acronyms: Supreme Commander related

• FA : Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance

• AA : Anti-air
• PD : Point Defense - armed defensive buildings capable of attacking nearby surface units
• GC : Galactic Colossus Aeon land experimental
• ML : Monkeylord Cybran land experimental. NEVER use this to designate the Megalith
• MM : Mech Marine UEF light bot
• SAM : Surface to Air Missile. Used to refer to the missiles fired by the Tech3 Anti-Air SAM Launcher

• LAB : Light Assault Bot - The lightest unit class in the game. Includes Mech Marines, Hunters and Flares
• SAB : Siege Assault Bot - heavy T3 land unit. Designs the UEF Titan and the Cybran Loyalist¹.
• AAB : Armored Assault Bot - The heaviest bots in the game. Only includes the UEF Percival and the Cybran The Brick
• ASF : Tech 3 Air-Superiority Fighter - The best air to air fighters in the game. Sometimes considered overpowered.

• SMD : Strategic Missile Defense
• SML : Strategic Missile Launcher
• TMD : Tactical Missile Defense
• TML : Tactical Missile Launcher

¹This naming comes from pre-Forged Alliance. The Harbinger is not part of the group, as it was promoted in power. The Titan, whose's name was promoted from Siege to Heavy, is still referred to as SAB.

[edit] List of acronyms: Non Supreme Commander related

• FOW : Fog of War. Not often used, due to the intelligence aspect of the game.
• GG : Good Game.
• GJ : Good Job.
• GL : Good Luck.
• HF : Have Fun.