Glossary

The USI Kolonization Systems mod introduces many new terms and abbreviations that can be daunting at first. This page will help you decipher all those three-letter initials, and more! If you don't know what a term or phrase means, and it isn't here, please add it when able!

Converter:

Any system on a part which has input and/or output, and can usually be turned on/off. Examples include the PDU's Reactor or the Agriculture Module's Agroponics. Part files have a ModuleResourceConverter that tell the game how to handle specific converters.

ISM:

Inflatable Storage Module.

Module:

A whole part, such as the 'Tundra Agriculture Module'. Modules often implement services with converters. For example, the 'Ranger Agriculture Module' has three modules: Agroponics, Cultivator(S), and Cultivator(D).

MKS:

Modular Kolonization Systems. This mod!

Recycler:

In USI-LS, a part which can reduce the rate at which Kerbals consume supplies.

USI:

Umbra Space Industries. The corporation under which RoverDude publishes many of his mods.

USI-LS:

Umbra Space Industries Life Support. The default life support mod to use with UKS (although others are supported).

UKS:

USI Kolonization Systems. The former name for this mod!