Xterium glossary

Premium currency. Spent on boosters, packs, exchanges at the Trader and speeding up upgrades.

A special premium resource. Awarded, among other things, for achievements and for placements in tournaments.

A very rare material found on expeditions (a large fleet is needed). Used for extra upgrades (overclocking) of anomalies and the arsenal. Do not confuse with the Death Star (DS).

In Russian slang the abbreviation ZS has two meanings: 1) Death Star — the ship used to destroy moons (see DS); 2) Hall of Fame — ranking marks. Do not confuse it with Stellar Ore (SO).

Shorthand for large numbers: k = 1,000, kk = 1,000,000, kkk = 1,000,000,000.

A building on the moon that mines Dark Matter (DM). The main source of premium currency at your base.

An additional upgrade beyond the maximum level (anomalies, arsenal) paid for with Stellar Ore.

The resource that pays for research. Produced by the Laboratory. The larger your Science reserve, the faster research runs.

A basic resource. Mined by the Metal Mine, used for buildings, fleet and defense.

A basic resource. Mined by the Crystal Mine, needed for most ships, defense and research.

Fleet fuel. Produced by the Deuterium Synthesizer, spent on flights and some buildings. The colder the planet, the more deuterium it yields.

Free energy on the planet. Needed to keep the mines running: too little energy and production drops.

A cheap source of energy (same as the Satellite). It gives more energy on hot inner planets and less on cold outer ones.

How many resources you can exchange at the Trader in a single operation. Grows with the level of the Spaceport.

The expedition — flights into deep space for resources, fleet and Dark Matter.

A colloquial name for the Endless Expanse (EE).

The common name for the enemies: Ruins, Barbarians, Pirates and Devastators. You farm parts and resources from them.

The strongest Hostile faction. Their bosses drop cores and arsenal parts.

How many flights (missions) you can send at the same time.

How many groups there are in a single expedition flight.

The weakest Hostile sector. Income in the Ruins is about 25% of your fleet's points.

A Hostile sector a bit tougher than the Ruins. One of the four Hostile enemies.

A strong Hostile sector. One of the four Hostile enemies (just before the Devastators).

Drop from Devastator bosses. Used to upgrade the arsenal (strengthening the fleet).

Abbreviations for the fleet classes (Fleet Light/Medium/Heavy).

Abbreviations for the defense classes (Defense Light/Medium/Heavy). Here DM means Defense Medium, not Dark Matter.

Hide (save) your fleet from an enemy attack — send it on a flight or an expedition so it isn't lost.

Espionage: scout an enemy base or fleet before an attack.

A colloquial name for research — weapons, armor, engines, espionage and so on.

An object formed from the debris field after a battle. The chance of forming is at most 20%. Special buildings are built on the moon.

Remains over the planet after a battle: 50% of the resources of the destroyed fleet (defense gives no debris).

Collects the debris field after a battle. Its cargo hold determines how much debris it hauls in one trip.

A ship for founding a new planet on a free position (in the game code it is the Engineering vessel). You can have up to 18 planets — the limit grows with the Colonization research.

A cheap source of energy. It gives more energy on hot inner planets and less on cold outer ones.

A building on the moon: it scans an enemy planet and shows its fleet in flight. One scan costs 100 Dark Matter.

The largest and most expensive ship. Able to destroy moons (it releases a graviton). Players call it the DS.

A heavy warship (FH class).

A heavy warship (FH class), one of the strongest in the fleet.

A class of strike ships (Bomber FL/FM/FH) — a cheap ramming fleet.

Defense with no attack: the small, medium and giant domes only hold a shield, covering the rest of your defense.

Names of the defense classes: Guardian, Panzer, Hammer, Achilles — in DL/DM/DH variants (light/medium/heavy).

The top defense turrets — against light, medium and heavy fleet respectively.

Several alliance players hit one target in a single combined strike. In the game code this is the Joint Attack (ACS); players call it a joint hit or AB. Available to those in your alliance or friends list.

Points awarded for military actions (damage to players and so on).

A colloquial name for contracts — tasks that give a reward.

Boosters bought with Dark Matter/antimatter (mine output, energy, science and so on).

The game's technical support service.

A protective mode for an inactive player — the base cannot be attacked.

An improvement — raising the level of a building, ship, research or the arsenal.

A player who hasn't logged in for a long time (an inactive).

A limit on the number of attacks on a single planet. During a war it is up to 6 attacks per planet within 24 hours.

An alliance's specialization: Grabtors (attack), Senteri (all-rounder/bosses), Talkors (defense/economy).

Relations between alliances: union, peace, war. War and peace are declared by a player with the diplomacy right.

A premium status bought with Dark Matter: it widens your limits (for example, the number of saved reports) and grants bonuses.

A box from your storage: open it and get a random reward (resources, fleet, parts, artifacts). There are 7 kinds in all.

The building whose level sets how many resources you can exchange at the Trader in a single operation (higher level — bigger lot).

The building where, for Mods, you upgrade the attack, armor and shield of ships and defense (up to level 100).

The resource of the Modernization Center: for Mods you upgrade the attack, armor and shield of fleet and defense.

Keeping your fleet in an ally's orbit for joint defense (to stand in hold).

A battle in which neither side is destroyed within 10 rounds — the fleets disengage.

A tool that calculates the outcome of a battle from the fleet compositions — before you actually attack.

An attack by the Death Star on a moon: with luck the moon is destroyed (the ship releases a graviton).

The alliance's shared resource storage: players make deposits, and shared goals are funded from the bank.

The four types of points that make up a player's power in the rankings.

A weak player cannot be attacked while the points gap with a strong one is too large — the protection is lifted once they grow.

An experienced, high-rank player. The opposite of an inactive.

Blocking of an account by the administration for breaking the rules.

Running several accounts by a single player. In space strategy games this is usually forbidden by the rules.

A one-way transfer of resources to a weak account to strengthen it. Usually forbidden by the game rules.

The building that produces Science for research. The higher its level, the faster research runs.

A building that boosts Science output — research runs even faster.

The buildings that construct fleet and defense. The Nano-Shipyard builds faster than the regular Shipyard.

A building that raises the maximum reserve of a resource (metal, crystal or deuterium) and hides part of the reserve from plundering.

A building on the moon that expands the number of fields (spaces for construction).

A building on the moon: it instantly moves fleet between your own moons. It has a cooldown between transfers.

Strengthening the planetary anomalies with Stellar Ore — permanent bonuses to output, storage and defense.