Glossary

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Glossary

AA - Absolute Annihilation balancing mod with lots of extra units

assist-bulid - see "build assist"

balancing mod - changes the stats of existing units, may add extra units

build-assist - speeding up unit/building construction with extra con units

comm - "commander", the unit you start the game with

comm bomb - self-Ding your comm in an enemy base to destroy it

con - "construction", e.g. "con air"/"air con" is a construction aircraft.

FAQ - answers to Frequently Asked Questions

mod - modification to the game which changes the units, see Mods

Phoenix Works - a game lobby and persistent campaign system supporting Spring XTA as well as several (mainly rebalancing) mods for original TA

PW - see "Phoenix Works"

rebalance - see "balancing mod"

rush - early attack, see Rushing

self-D - "self destruct" - all units can do this (ctrl-D to activate/cancel)

SWTA - Star Wars total conversion mod

SYs - Swedish Yankspankers - the guys who started the whole Spring thing =)

TA - Total Annihilation, the name of the game

TAWD - Total Annihilation: World Domination, a quality World War 3 TC.

TC - see "total conversion"

total conversion - a mod which replaces the entire unit set

unit stats - the amount of armour, max speed etc. a unit has

UTASP - A truly massive unofficial unit pack expansion for TA

XTA - The SY's radical rebalance mod, the standard gametype for Spring.