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from '''' has the registry NCC-1701-D]] NCC is a fictional designation for starships conceived within . It derives from the 'NC' prefix used for United States Airplane s - creator Gene Roddenberry and ''Enterprise'' designer Matt Jefferies (after whom the " Jeffries Tube " was named) were pilots. The official Star Trek Encyclopedia says: ''"NCC doesn't stand for anything. It was devisied by Matt Jefferies, art director of the first Star Trek series. Jefferies, who is a pilot, based NCC on 20th century aircraft registration codes. In such 20th century usage, an "N" first letter refers to an aircraft registered in the USA. A "C" second letter refers to a civil aircraft. Jeffereies added a second "C", just because he thought it looked better. Think of it as being like the arbitrary three-letter code that's part of automobile license plate numbers in many states."'' According to non-canonical sources, "NCC" is in reference to the contract required to build a starship. It is suggested that "NCC" is short for "Naval Construction Contract" as this number is imprinted into every part laid into the ship. This theory stems from the similar imprinting of hull numbers into parts and systems on modern ships for instance, CVN-65 is stamped into every part of the United States aircraft carrier ''Enterprise'' . Another non-canon but logical use for such a serial number would be as a "navigation contact code", embedded in continuously-broadcast subspace signals that would identify the vessel to other approaching ships. Given the typical distances between "nearby" spacecraft, this would probably be a more practical use of NCC numbers than an applied hull marking. NX CLASSIFICATION NX classifications are typically applied to ships that serve as Pathfinders or Prototype testbeds for new technologies. Once an NX vessel's design has matured, it will often be refitted for front-line duty and recommissioned with an NCC designation. Such was the case with the USS ''Excelsior'' (NX-2000), a testbed for Transwarp Drive systems. Although the transwarp drive failed to achieve its intended goals, the ship's advanced Hull design and systems engineering merited continued service. After a substantial refit, she was recommissioned as NCC-2000, and assigned to Capt. Hikaru Sulu for exploratory duties in the Beta Quadrant . Another example of a prototype ship was the USS ''Defiant'' (NX-74205), which was designed as Starfleet's first Battleship with the intention of combating the Borg . After shakedown cruises revealed severe design flaws, and, with the Borg threat receded, the ''Defiant'' project was shelved until hostilities opened with the Dominion . After that, it was assigned to Deep Space Nine . It was later destroyed when the Breen allied with the Dominion in the Dominion war, then replaced by the USS ''Sao Paulo'' , which was re-commissioned USS ''Defiant'' with the registry NCC-75633. The USS ''Prometheus'' (VGR: ''Message in a Bottle'') also used the NX prefix. The most notable use of the NX designator is ''Enterprise'' NX-01, the very first Warp 5–capable starship commissioned by Starfleet, and the centerpiece of ''''. However, in that series, NX has not yet become the designation for an experimental starship; here, it is simply the name of an existing ship class (in the show, starship classes are simply combinations of letters, such as NX-class starships, DY, Y and J-class freighters, and so on). HISTORY In the original series of Star Trek, the only registries seen were for ships either unseen, or seen to be of the same class as the Enterprise. The speculation by fans at the time was that 'NCC' was a hull code like the United States Navy 's codes, which designates the basic types of vessel, and is then followed by a ship identifier number. 'NCC' was explained as 'cruiser' and 'NDD' suggested as a 'destroyer'. This was blown out of the water by , which featured the USS ''Reliant'' , a clearly different ship design to the Enterprise, and still registered under NCC. Later films and series showed that nearly all Starfleet ships used 'NCC', but a few, experimental ones used 'NX' (seen on the Excelsior, and Defiant). This was confirmed in Enterprise with the registry 'NX-01' for the experimental ship of the title, and a second ship, Columbia, designated 'NX-02', but this was explained in a way which is at odds with chronologically later usage - NX is being used as a class name, and 'NX-01' means 'the first ship of the NX class'. It is assumed that the Earth Starfleet registration scheme is different from the later Federation Starfleet system and that the use of 'NX' as a class type in one fleet and as an 'experimental' designation in another is merely coincidence. The Federation as of the mid-2370s has a number of identifiers based on the particular operator and purpose of a specific ship, including (but not limited to) the following:
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