List of EVE Online Ship Terms

A

Abso 

(abbr.) An Absolution field command ship.

Apoc 

(abbr.) An Apocalypse battleship.

B

Bait Ship 

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

BB 

(initial) A Blackbird cruiser.

BC 

(initial) A Battlecruiser class ship.

BS 

(initial) A Battleship class ship.

Buffer Tank 

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

C

Cane 

(abbr.) A Hurricane battlecruiser.

Cerb 

(abbr.) A Cerberus heavy assault cruiser.

Cloaky 

(slang) Any ship fitted with a cloak.

CNR 

(initial, historical) A Raven Navy Issue

D

Dictor 

(abbr.) An interdictor class ship.

Disco Ship 

(slang) A ship fit with a large number of smart bombs.

Domi 

(abbr.) A Dominix battleship

Dram 

(abbr.) A Dramiel frigate.

E

EAS 

(initial) Electronic Attack Ship. An Electronic Attack Frigate class ship.

G

Geddon 

(abbr.) An Armageddon battleship.

Glass Cannon 

(slang) Any ship that trades defensive capability for offensive capability.

H

HAC 

(initial) A heavy assault cruiser class ship.

Harby 

(abbr.) A Harbinger battlecruiser.

HIC 

(initial) A heavy interdictor class ship.

I

Indy 

(abbr.) An industrial class ship.

Inti 

(abbr.) An interceptor class ship.

Iti One 

(abbr.) An Iteron industrial.

Iti Two 

(abbr.) An Iteron Mark II industrial.

Iti Three 

(abbr.) An Iteron Mark III industrial.

Iti Four 

(abbr.) An Iteron Mark IV industrial.

Iti Five 

(abbr.) An Iteron Mark V industrial.

J

JF 

(initial) A jump freighter class ship.

L

Levi 

(abbr.) A Leviathan titan.

Logi 

(abbr.) A logistics class ship.

M

Mack 

(abbr.) A Mackinaw mining ship.

Mega 

(abbr.) A Megathron battleship.

Mom 

(slang, historical) A super-carrier class ship.

Myrm 

(abbr.) A Myrmidon battlecruiser.

N

Nag 

(abbr.) A Naglfar dreadnought.

Nano Ship 

(slang) Any ship fit with propulsion modules for overall speed and maneuverability.

Navy Domi 

(abbr.) A Dominix Navy Issue battleship.

Navy Scorp 

(abbr.) A Scorpion Navy Issue battleship.

P

Party Ship 

(slang) Any ship fitted with a cynosaural field generator used to lure other players into shooting it.

Phoon 

(abbr.) A Typhoon battleship.

R

Rag 

(abbr.) A Ragnarok titan.

Ranis 

(abbr.) A Taranis interceptor.

Recon 

(abbr.) A combat or force recon class ship.

Rorq 

(abbr.) A Rorqual ship.

RR Domi 

(initial, abbr.) A Dominix ship fitted with remote armor repairers or remote shield transfers.

S

SB 

(initial) A stealth bomber class ship.

Scimi 

(abbr.) A Scimitar logistics

Scorp 

(abbr.) A Scorpion battleship.

Sniper Ship 

(slang) Any ship fitted to deal damage at very long ranges.

Super 

(abbr.) Either a super-carrier or titan class ship.

Support Carrier 

A carrier or super-carrier class ship fitted with remote shield transfers, remote armor repairers, or remote hull repairers.

T

T1 

(initial) Any Tech 1 level ship.

T2 

(initial) Any Tech 2 level ship.

T3 

(initial) Any Tech 3 level ship.

Tackle Frigate 

A frigate class ship fitted for quick targeting as well as either warp disruption or warp scrambling.

Thany 

(abbr.) A Thanatos carrier.

U

Unprobeable Ship 

Any ship with a high sensor strength to signature radius ratio whose position cannot be exactly determined using combat probes.

V

Vaga 

(abbr.) A Vagabond heavy assault ship.