Definitions by Dirge
fifty
Fifty caliber.. a round of ammunition the bullet of which is a half inch (12.7mm) in diameter.
A common .50 cal round is the .50 BMG (Browning Machine Gun), the round which is (unsurprisingly) designed for the Browning .50 caliber machine gun.
The BMG itself is the large belt-fed machine gun known as a Ma Deuce. It was invented at the time of WWII but has remained in manufacture to this day because it is a very sound and effective design which it would be kinda hard to really improve on.
Now however there are a lot of other guns, including shoulder-fired rifles and even a single-shot pistol, firing the BMG round.
Fifty can also refer to the weapon used to fire .50 caliber ammuntion.
A common .50 cal round is the .50 BMG (Browning Machine Gun), the round which is (unsurprisingly) designed for the Browning .50 caliber machine gun.
The BMG itself is the large belt-fed machine gun known as a Ma Deuce. It was invented at the time of WWII but has remained in manufacture to this day because it is a very sound and effective design which it would be kinda hard to really improve on.
Now however there are a lot of other guns, including shoulder-fired rifles and even a single-shot pistol, firing the BMG round.
Fifty can also refer to the weapon used to fire .50 caliber ammuntion.
bdz
Base Delta Zero
From Star Wars, the Imperial communications code for an operation wherin a warship would reduce a planet's crust to molten slag to a minimum depth of 1 meter, using its turbolaser armament.
From Star Wars, the Imperial communications code for an operation wherin a warship would reduce a planet's crust to molten slag to a minimum depth of 1 meter, using its turbolaser armament.
SSD
An abreviation for the Executor class Star Dreadnought (Star Wars), commonly called a "super star destroyer".
A gigantic 17.6 km (11 mile) battleship, the first example, Executor, was Darth Vader's flagship during the Empire Strikes Back.
The second SSD, Lusankya, was secretly buried under the surface of Coruscant, and later, under the control of a cloned Palpatine, burst up out of the planet and rose to space, killing some hundreds of millions in the process.
A gigantic 17.6 km (11 mile) battleship, the first example, Executor, was Darth Vader's flagship during the Empire Strikes Back.
The second SSD, Lusankya, was secretly buried under the surface of Coruscant, and later, under the control of a cloned Palpatine, burst up out of the planet and rose to space, killing some hundreds of millions in the process.
The SSD Executor punched out of hyperspace surrounded by six ISDs which looked like dinky toys by comparison.
wampa
piett
When someone really screws up and you think there's going to be hell to pay but they somehow get away with it.
It comes from Admiral Piett in Star Wars. After the millenium falcon goes into hyperspace in the Empire Strikes Back, you just know Vader is going to strangle Piett like all the others who "failed him". But... he doesn't.
(Piett survives until the next movie, finaly dying when a rebel A-wing fighter crashes through the bridge of his ship)
(Piett survives until the next movie, finaly dying when a rebel A-wing fighter crashes through the bridge of his ship)