Glossary

Term	Meaning
Pelusium	Logistics tooling for EVE Frontier: on-chain freight jobs (hauls) and SUI escrow, plus discovery features like shops, partner asks, and the Cargo Well.
Freight job / haul	A contract on Sui that locks payment and tracks accept → approve pickup → pickup → delivery between two SSUs.
Collateralized haul	Haul style where the courier delivers matching type and quantity from stock (live default on Stillness testnet).
SUI	The token used for escrow and fees on the Sui network (your wallet holds it).
SSU	Smart Storage Unit in EVE Frontier — on-chain storage at a structure. Jobs name a pickup and drop-off SSU. See Completely new.
EVE Vault	Official EVE Frontier wallet and identity (Chrome extension or web). Connect it to Pelusium; use a separate exchange account if you cash out SUI.
LUX	In-game currency in EVE Frontier for many purchases and trades (held in EVE Vault). Pelusium freight escrow uses SUI, not LUX.
Ephemeral inventory	A per-character storage slot on an SSU (not the owner's primary locker). Cargo can land here after delivery — see SSU consolidate.
Pelusium extension	Permission on an SSU so Pelusium can record pickup and delivery on-chain for jobs using that unit.
Approve haul pickup	Per-job approval by the pickup SSU OwnerCap holder before cargo can leave. Anti-raid gate; separate from one-time extension authorization.
OwnerCap	On-chain capability proving you control an SSU; used when approving pickup for a specific haul.
Shipper	Who creates the job and locks escrow (often the buyer or their representative).
Goods seller	Wallet that receives goods escrow on delivery when the job pays for cargo (often the SSU owner listing the sale).
Courier	Who accepts the job (bond), then completes pickup and delivery on-chain.
Flight number (`PELU-…`)	Pelusium label for a confirmed haul listing/intent—used to track route and lifecycle on the job board.
Route planner	Routing page for building a proposed path and copying the ordered route before committing to a haul.
Cargo mass	Weight used by the route planner when estimating ship jump performance.
Jump radius	Maximum distance for a jump in the route planner—from ship profile or manual override.
Shop	Seller console: register an SSU and post asks. Buyers discover on Cargo Well, not a store directory.
Partner listing / partner ask	Cargo Well row published by an external app via the Builder API—discovery only until a haul job exists.
Cargo Well	Dual book for one commodity type: store/partner asks, standing bids (dest SSU + freight), courier asks, and Prefill haul on a goods cross.
Listing / ask	A sell line: quantity, total price in SUI, pickup via store or partner source.
Buy order / standing bid	A buy line: qty, max SUI/unit, dropoff SSU, and freight bid.
Freight ask	Courier standing quote: fly for at least F (optional type / max hops).
Prefill haul	Action that opens Create shipping job from a goods cross (pickup, dropoff, cargo, goods, freight).
Buy & deliver	Cargo Well action that prefills create from a listing when there is not yet a dest on a matching bid.
Settlement	When the job completes and escrow pays out per on-chain rules (courier, seller if any, protocol).
Discovery	Seeing prices and counterparties in the app; settlement is the freight job on-chain.
Speculation pool	Experimental side bets on whether a freight job finishes on time. Pari-mutuel For / Against stakes in SUI; resolves from job state, not killmails today. See Speculation.
Cargo insurance	Experimental cover on a freight job: pay a premium, claim up to cargo value if the haul fails under policy rules. Funded by an LP pool. See Insurance.
Insurance LP	Player who deposits SUI into the insurance pool to underwrite policies and (hopefully) earn premiums net of claims.
Premium	SUI paid to buy an insurance policy; earned by LPs if the policy expires after a successful delivery.

Behind the scenes: the on-chain program uses internal names for jobs and configuration—you do not need those to play.