Phaxxing

Phaxxing is a deceptive technique whereby an entity, the phaxxer, attempts to deceive another force into believing the phaxxer is a member of its ranks, especially by mimicking members of that force. The object of phaxxing is to delay the victim's defensive attacks, or to convince them not to attack whatsoever, thereby presenting a strategic advantage.

Phaxxing has been observed extensively in the military arm of the Psyridact Apocrypha, the Skurge, whereby swarms of Psyrid ships would group together to form the likeness of Unim vessels. The term is a neologism based on the word 'facsimile'.