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ASDB Technical Database Starfleet Ship Classes Explorers Cruisers Escorts Science Ships Support Ships Small Craft Space Stations Historical Starship Database Non-Federation Starships Registry Number Ship Registry Reference Starship Components Advanced Starship Design Bureau Starfleet Vessel Register Starfleet Corps of Engineers Engineering Systems Academy Library Edit this nav Registry Number Every Federation ship is assigned a unique registry number which is used to easily identify it. For Starfleet vessels, most such numbers begin with the prefix NCC, which stands for Naval Construction 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 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, 2380s 80000 series 2370s, 2380s, 2390s 90000 series 2380s, 2390s Registry Code Ship Type NCC A Federation Starfleet vessel in active service NX An experimental Federation Starfleet vessel NAR A Federation civilian research vessel 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 Source Spacedock: The Advanced Starship and Construction Manual Netbook, published by Last Unicorn Games

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