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Registry numbers - minor spoiler through episode 3
posted by Uncle PatSTAFFMOD on October 6, 2017 at 12:30 PM
The Discovery is NCC-1031 and we were told in Episode 3 that it was a brand new ship. We were also told that The Shenzou was an old ship, yet it is designated NCC-1227. Logic tells me that Discovery should be in the 1300-1500 range. Does not make any sense.
Reply by gooner73
on October 6, 2017 at 3:03 PM
That depends on how they work out a ships reg number. If they use a basic low to high numerical order. Then yes, discovery's reg number should be greater than the shenzou. But what if they use a different system to determine a ships number. For example, they could've used the date a ship has been made to determine a ships reg number. Using our calendar the shenzou could have been built on the December in the year 2227. Making the reg number 1227 and that would mean discovery could have been completely built by November in the year 2231. Making the reg number 1031 and the discovery 4 years younger than the shenzou. I have no idea if i'm correct or not by the way. Just my attempt at solving your query using logic. I'm sure someone will put me right if if my theory is complete bollocks
Reply by gooner73
on October 6, 2017 at 3:07 PM
Oops, sorry. Discovery would have been built in October in the year 2231. Not November. It's Friday evening as i write this and i'm stoned. Please forgive the schoolboy error i made.
Reply by Knixon
on October 6, 2017 at 5:33 PM
It's just a guess, but I think they can probably do/start/finish whatever more than one ship in a month. Especially of different types. But the A and B and stuff were added for replacement ships. They wouldn't be available for "first ship built this month" or "second ship built this month"...
Reply by Nexus71
on October 7, 2017 at 9:53 AM
If you go with the month/year date thing to designate the NCC numbering the NCC numbering of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 wouldn't make any sense since there are no seventeen months and the USS Enterprise wasn't build in 2201 or 2301(one is too early and the other too late).
Reply by Knixon
on October 7, 2017 at 4:11 PM
One popular retcon of the registry numbers is that they were like "assigned contracts" are even today, or for another example the production numbers of TV show episodes. They may be written and approved in one sequence, and completed and shown in a completely different sequence. But overall, it's one of those things that just doesn't fit very well, fortunately it's not nearly as important an issue as when they have phasers or warp drive or whatever behave completely differently between episodes.
Reply by Dark_Sithlord
on October 19, 2017 at 10:50 AM
Starfleet use the random number generator at www.random.org to get a registry number for their ships.