Glossary/B

B

Bait Ship 

(slang) Any ship used lure other players into shooting it. These ships are often fit in a non-standard way.

BB

1. (initial) A Blackbird cruiser.

2. (initial) A Battleship class ship.

BC 

(initial) A Battlecruiser class ship.

BCS 

(initial) Ballistic Control System and variations.

BCU 

(initial) Ballistic Control Unit. Ballistic Control System and variations.

Beams 

(abbr.) Beam Laser Turrets.

Belt 

A planetary asteroid belt with asteroids which can be mined.

Betsy

("slang") shortened name for the Bestower Industrial ship

BH 

(initial) Bug Hunter. A member of ECAID.

Bist 

(abbr.) Bistot.

Blasters 

(abbr.) Blasters Hybrid Turrets.

Blob 

(slang) A fleet designed to compete utilizing shear numerical superiority. Often used negatively.

Blinky 

(slang) A blinking overview entry of a pilot who has committed a recent act of aggression or is an outlaw in high security space.

Blood jump 

(slang) The act of purposefully jumping to the location of a medical clone by deliberately being podded.

Blood Raider 

A member of The Blood Raider Covenant.

Blue

1. The default overview color of a character with high or excellent standings.

2. A character with high or excellent standings.

3. The act of setting a pilot/corp/alliance standing to high or excellent.

Blueprint 

An item that facilitates the manufacturing of an item as well as lists the required materials and skills necessary to complete the activity.

BM 

(initial) Bookmark.

Booster

1. (abbr.) A Shield Booster.

2. (abbr.) A Combat Booster.

Booster Material 

An intermediate material created from gas clouds utilized to manufacture combat boosters.

Boost Amp 

(abbr.) A Shield Boost Amplifier and variations.

BP

(initial) Blueprint.

BPC 

(initial) Blueprint copy.

BPO 

(initial) Blueprint original.

BS 

(initial) A Battleship class ship.

Bubble

1. (slang) A warp disruption field generated by a Mobile Warp Disruptor Sphere, Warp Disrupt Probe, Warp Disruption Field Generator.

2. (slang) A Warp Disruption Field Generator.

3. (slang) An Interdiction Sphere Launcher I.

4. (slang) A Warp Disrupt Probe.

Bubbled 

(slang) A gate, station, or other high traffic area that has a warp disruption field deployed nearby.

Buffer Tank 

(slang) A ship fitted with a large amount of effective hit-points and no other local tank.

Button 

(slang) A capture point of a factional warfare complex.

BYOB 

(initial) Bring Your Own Blueprint.

BYOM 

(initial) Bring Your Own Minerals.