Nautical or Aviation terms?

[Hunter.]

I find the best way to remember Port and Starboard is the phrase "There is no port left" a pun, since port is also a drink for people who don't understand. Also that leaves starboard as right by elimination. For fore and aft, you just have to think that "fore" comes before the rest of the ship and "aft" comes after the rest of the ship!

[GeoRmr]

An effective system for full RP



2 points abaft the starboard beam!

[shaelyn]

yonder...ish

that's a naval term right?

this and "over yonder"

[Sammy B. T.]

I just say "there" until someone on my crew gives a better description.

[RethBurn]

Oh man. My commands are a blur that I have just now realized is AviatioNautical. Sometimes it just turns into Portleft and RightSide. Or Downcending. Ahem, words are totally a thing.

[obliviondoll]

So far, in my one moment of experience as a Captain, I've stuck to nautical terms when speaking about directions relative to the ship, but switched to left/right when explaining something to a specific crew member who I can see and know which direction I want them to go relative to their character model.

Unfortunately, in that one battle, I kept forgetting the game is push-to-talk, so my instructions were "ignored" by my crew. Then I got yelled at for not being a good Captain. I'm pretty sure that was a fair assessment of my performance up to that point.

As an Engineer, I've rarely found any need to give directions beyond "I'm busy with the Engines and Balloon, can someone get the Hull?" so looking beyond the edge of the ship is a rare occurence for me during combat.