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Miscellaneous Starfleet Ship Classes Additional Trek Technologies Federation Merchant Marine Starship Registry Number Academy Curriculum Alien Races Command Engineering Flight Control (Navigation) Medicine Science Security & Tactical Edit this nav Every Federation ship has a registry number which is used to identify it in computer records and the like. For Starfleet vessels, most such numbers begin with the prefix NCC, which stands for Naval Commission Contract. In other words, a ship's registry number derives from the number assigned to the paperwork which authorized its construction. Experimental or prototype vessels may instead have the prefix NX (Naval Experimental). Civilian vessels use a plethora of designations. A ship's registry often indicates the approximate timeframe during which it was built and commissioned (see accompanying table). Due to the vagaries of the Starfleet bureaucracy, snags in the contracting and construction process, ships named to honor earlier ships, and other factors, a number may be assigned (or re-assigned) which, to outside observers, seems to contradict this system. A proper search of the relevant Starfleet records will always unearth the precise information about when a ship or its class was constructed. Starfleet Registry Table Number Series Construction Timeframe 3- or 4-digit numbers Prior to 2310 10000 series 2310s, 2320s 20000 series 2320s, 2330s, 2340s 30000 series 2320s, 2330s, 2340s 40000 series 2320s, 2330s, 2340s 50000 series 2340s, 2350s, 2360s, 2370s 60000 series 2350s, 2360s, 2370s 70000 series 2350s, 2360s, 2370s 80000 series 2370s, 2380s, 2390s 90000 series 2380s, 2390s Registry Code Ship Type NAR A Federation civilian research vessel NCC A Federation Starfleet vessel in active service NDT A Federation civilian transport vessel NFT A Federation civilian transport vessel NGL A Federation civilian freighter or cargo carrier NSP A Federation civilian science vessel NX An experimental Federation Starfleet vessel Source Spacedock: The Advanced Starship and Construction Manual Netbook, published by Last Unicorn Games, p. 16