Glossary

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Term	Meaning
Achievement	Permanent milestone awarded from a recorded player statistic or derived contribution.
Airfield	A DCS map airfield with a Tycoon tent: storage for every cargo up to a shared limit, and four site upgrades.
Regional slot	A slot of a region that can hold one Regional Project. The number of slots follows the sum of the region's Settlement levels.
Site upgrade	A building that builds out what a site is for, such as the Survey Station or every airfield building. It takes no build slot and cannot be demolished.
Commissioning	Initial cargo delivery that activates a mapped site.
Credits	A pilot's personal money in GEL, earned by delivering and spent on upgrades, insurance and leads.
Deductible	What a lost aircraft costs its pilot.
Deliver	Hand crates to a site so they count there. The only unload that pays a wage.
Encounter	A local at a Hub or City who approaches a pilot with an offer after a landing.
Fill	Suitable operating supply stored at a Settlement.
In danger	Recently hit or fired at by the enemy, or close to armed enemy units.
Insurance	Hull policy and equipment cover sold by the Insurance Agency.
Mapped	Fully discovered site with normal map and radio-menu details.
Plotted fix	Bounded area calculated from two or more threat bearings.
Rank	One exclusive Discord-backed progression level within a Logistics, Airmanship, Exploration or Security ladder.
Recovery fee	What an aircraft left standing costs to bring back.
Reserve	Project cargo delivered to a Settlement. It pays for levels and Projects and cannot be taken out.
Rumor	A rough, time-limited lead to a hidden site.
Security	Regional airspace-safety value.
Settlement	A Hub or City.
Sorties	The Live Map's short list of useful tasks, grouped into Recon, Supply, Construction, Calibration and Armed.
Staged	A crate taken out of storage and standing on the ground, ready to be loaded.
Statistic	Recorded or derived player value used for cards, leaderboards and achievements.
Storage	Cargo stored at an airfield or Settlement. Taking it out returns the same crates. A Source stores nothing; its crates are only taken out.
Store	Put crates into a site's store for a fee, to be taken out later.
Tier	The class of a hidden site. Tier 2 and Tier 3 need a regional Survey Station.
Trust	Long-term Food-supply health of one Settlement.
Unrest	Low-Trust state that pauses growth and may spread.
Upgrade	A Workshop refit bound to the pilot and one aircraft type.