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About Documentation conventions
The main benefit to such conventions as these is self-consistency which leads to clarity. Yes, the game uses much looser definitions, this is a hinderance to understanding and may, in some ways, be a purposful obfuscation. The objective of this wiki is to clarify and not to intensify the murkiness.
Documentation and Nomenclature Conventions
- Note: This follows Fleet Design Documentation Conventions
A fleet has a leading edge or front. In these diagrams, the front is at the top. Other terminology is Rank and File, corresponding to rows and columns, with the first rank at the top and the first file being on the left.
Left shoulder | Head | Right Shoulder |
Left Flank | Glasshouse | Right Flank |
Left Rear | Tail | Right Rear |
First Rank
- Left Shoulder - First Rank, First File
- Head - First Rank, Second File
- Right Shoulder - First Rank, Third File
Second Rank
- Left Flank - Second Rank, First File
- Glasshouse - Second Rank, Second File
- Right Flank - Second Rank, Third File
Third Rank
- Left Rear - Third Rank, First File
- Tail - Third Rank, Second File
- Right Rear - Third Rank, Third File