(?= the adoption index; can be set by the author, but determines the proposal's power Agoran decision: something that can be voted on, usually whether to adopt a proposal (693) AI, Adoption Index, power: Power represents the "dangerousness" of a rule. In general, an Adoption Index=N proposal has its Power set to N, and can then modify rules with Power ≤ N. (1688) allowed: either possible or legal, depending on context (2152) announcement: "by announcement" = by sending a message saying you do so to a Public Forum, e.g. agora-business (478) appropriate, inappropriate: Judges are supposed to assign appropriate judgements. (2158) as soon as possible, ASAP: within 7 days (1023) Assessor: officer who counts votes on proposals (2137) asset: something you can own (and transfer and destroy, unless defined as a fixed asset) (2166) capacitor: becomes an erg next week (2282) CFJ, judicial case: A Call For Judgement, a.k.a judicial case, is either an inquiry case (asking for a judge to determine the truth of a particular statement) or a criminal case (accusing a player of violating a rule). (991) Chamber: Red/Green/Purple, determines voting limit (2290) class: 1. class of crime: A class-N crime generally nets you N rests (default 1; Rule 2230).;; 2. class of assets (Rule 2166);; 3. class of person (all persons are first-class; legal partnerships formerly existed as second-class persons; see Rule 2150) cleanup procedure: happens after someone wins (2186) Clerk of the Courts: officer who keeps track of Calls For Judgement (CFJs) (991) CotC: Clerk of the Courts; officer who keeps track of Calls For Judgement (CFJs) (991) coup: process by which the government is replaced (2270) Court: 1. the top of the List of Succession;; 2. the judicial system (2255) crime: A class-N crime generally nets you N rests (default 1). (2230) criminal case: a type of Call For Judgement (CFJ) accusing a player of violating a rule (1504) currency: something you can own (and transfer and destroy, unless defined as a fixed currency) which is fungible; type of asset (2166) dependent action: without objection, with support, with Agoran Consent (1728) deputise, deputisation: Deputisation is a mechanism whereby anyone can fulfill office duties which the officer is late for. (2160) deregister: leave the game (869) Distributable: required for a proposal to be voted on; costs 1 erg (1607) distribute: open a proposal for vote (done by the Promotor) (106) Enemy: officer who has a special role in Space Alert (2302) entangled: The same person. Leftover from partnerships. (2268) equity case: a no longer extant type of Call For Judgement (CFJ) asking the judge to rectify a wrong in a contract erg: unit of a weekly currency (2282) farad: If you "earn a farad", you can award yourself a capacitor by announcement, explaining how you earned it. (2289) fixed: A fixed asset cannot be transferred or destroyed. (2166) flip: change the value of a switch (2162) flipped: changed the value of (a switch) (2162) Herald: officer who reports on various things (649) honorable: not accompanied by a 30-day timeout for re-registration (869) IADoP: Interplanetary Associate Director of Personnel; officer who keeps track of offices (2138) ID number: number which must be assigned sequentially by a recordkeepor inquiry case: a type of Call For Judgement (CFJ) asking the judge to determine the truth of a particular statement (591) instrument: entity with defined Power (1688) INVALID: ineffective (2152) legal: 1. may be performed without a criminal case;; 2. related to the Rules (2152) List of Succession: rotating list of players; the top few have special powers and can ascend to the Speakership (2314) Losing Condition: if satisfied, you cannot win even if you satisfy a Winning Condition (owning Rests or being inactive) (2186) MAY!: is allowed to, but may not be able to (2152) message: email (478) NoV: Notice of Violation, a message accusing someone of violating the rules (2230) office: position which can be held by a player (1006) Patent Title: kind of trophy (649) Pilot, Marine, Captain: values dependent on prop count (2287) precedence: When two rules contradict, the one with higher power or lower number takes precedence. Promotor: officer who makes distributions of proposals (1607) prop: represents how well other players think of you; can be transferred from any player to any other once per week (2287) Proposal Pool: set of proposals which have been submitted but not yet opened for voting proposal: a document containing proposed rule changes, etc. (106) PSM: Power Station Manager, officer who reports on ergs (2282) public forum: agora-business@agoranomic.org (or agora-official, traditionally used only for reports) (478) publish: post in an email to a Public Forum (agora-business@agoranomic.org) (478) Quorum: number of eligible voters / 3; if a decision doesn't get at least (quorum) votes, it automatically fails (879) Registar: officer who keeps track of players and fora (2139) register: join the game (869) report: document to be published weekly or monthly (weekly by default) Rest: currency which is earned as a punishment; reduces your voting limit (2228) Rulekeepor: officer who keeps track of the Rules (1051) self-ratifying: A self-ratifying document is automatically retroactively made correct (more or less) one week after it was published, unless challenged. (1551, 2201) SHALL NOT!, MUST NOT!, MAY NOT!, ILLEGAL!, PROHIBITED!: must not, or a criminal case can be brought (but generally can) (2152)!SHALL, MUST!, REQUIRED!, MANDATORY!: must, or a criminal case can be brought (2152) SHOULD NOT!, DISCOURAGED!, DEPRECATED!: should not, but may (2152) SHOULD!, ENCOURAGED!, RECOMMENDED!: should, but is not required to (2152) Speaker: officer who is a figurehead; eir identity is based on the List of Succession and victory (402) switch: An "X switch" is a property belonging to each X. (2162) Title!: Red/Green/Purple, determines voting limit (2290) voting limit: maximum number of votes which can be cast on each decision win announcement: a true announcement labeled as a win announcement (used to define Winning Conditions which must be explicitly claimed) (2186) Winning Condition: if satisfied, you win, unless you satisfy a Losing Condition (owning Rests or being inactive) (2186) with Agoran Consent: with support >= objections in a period of 4 days after intent is posted (1728, 2124) with support: with support from at least one player after intent is posted (1728, 2124) without objection: without objection from any player in a period of 4 days after intent is posted (1728, 2124)