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Registry changes! Whoooo~

captainkeatzcaptainkeatz Member Posts: 92 Arc User
edited October 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Captains can now choose to remove the "U.S.S.", "I.K.S" or "R.R.W." prefix from all lockbox ships.

Additionally, Klingon captains may now choose "O.S.S." for Orion ships (Orion Syndicate Ship), "G.H.S." for Gorn ships (Gorn Hegemony Ship) or "N.F.V." for Nausicaan ships (Nausicaan Free Vessel).
Captains can also choose to remove the prefix from Orion and Nausicaan ships.

One of the coolest things I've read in the patch notes in a long time. Thanks, Cryptic, for showing us you still pay attention to detail once in a while!

I'm serious. I think this is awesome.
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  • lindalefflindaleff Member Posts: 3,734 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I agree entirely. I can finally GET RID of that USS prefix that bothered me so much. Of course, I am well aware that I do have to manually type "HMS Victorious" and "HMS Uplifter" into the name box. But at least I FINALLY get to have HMS ships! Thank you! :D
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  • assimilatedktarassimilatedktar Member Posts: 1,708 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    It's mostly awesome. The only thing that bothers me a tiny bit is the O.S.S.... Feels a bit like the mafia suddenly running around in uniforms.:D
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  • rylanadionysisrylanadionysis Member Posts: 3,359 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Interesting, I could theoretically now give all or most of my ships the DNT as their prefix

    DNT standing for "Dreadnaught" (a guild i ran in SWG). it always amuses me that STO uses the European spelling of that word with the O vs the American with the A
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  • trekkerchicktrekkerchick Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I was gleeful about this change, too~

    I'm looking forward to using G.H.S. for my Gorn General's ships, and taking the U.S.S. off of my Galor.
  • lindalefflindaleff Member Posts: 3,734 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    rylanadionysis wrote: »
    It always amuses me that STO uses the European spelling of that word with the O vs the American with the A
    Well we all know Oxford is the superiour dictionary. :D
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  • rylanadionysisrylanadionysis Member Posts: 3,359 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    lindaleff wrote: »
    Well we all know Oxford is the superiour dictionary. :D

    lold. i see what you did there

    But yeah both spellings are valid, just like color/colour
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  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Now if only they would toss the artificial 16 character limit from the ship rename window, we could have some interesting names.

    And yes, the limit is only in the rename window, not the game itself. When creating a new toon, you can give your first ship a long name name in the character creator and it works fine.
  • amosov78amosov78 Member Posts: 1,495 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    rylanadionysis wrote: »
    Interesting, I could theoretically now give all or most of my ships the DNT as their prefix

    DNT standing for "Dreadnaught" (a guild i ran in SWG). it always amuses me that STO uses the European spelling of that word with the O vs the American with the A

    Star Trek in general has used the spelling "dreadnought" over the years. Most likely in reference to the vessel HMS Dreadnought.
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  • angrytargangrytarg Member Posts: 11,016 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I welcome that many players wanted and now can get rid of the U.S.S. prefix on their weird alien lockbox ships :)
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  • longasclongasc Member Posts: 490
    edited October 2013
    Sometimes it is the little things that stand out! :)
  • bones1970bones1970 Member Posts: 953 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    rylanadionysis wrote: »
    Interesting, I could theoretically now give all or most of my ships the DNT as their prefix

    DNT standing for "Dreadnaught" (a guild i ran in SWG). it always amuses me that STO uses the European spelling of that word with the O vs the American with the A

    Because we are talking about ships, the dreadnought class named after H.M.S. Dreadnought ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Dreadnought_%281906%29)
    And with European you mean Engelishe..
  • rylanadionysisrylanadionysis Member Posts: 3,359 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    amosov78 wrote: »
    Star Trek in general has used the spelling "dreadnought" over the years. Most likely in reference to the vessel HMS Dreadnought.

    I understand that. There is also this ship too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Dreadnaught_%28YT-34%29



    I have a feeling that ships name may be a very subtle joke.

    its a tug, right? Dread naught.

    naught
    n?t/
    noun
    noun: naught; plural noun: naughts

    1.
    the digit 0; zero.

    pronoun
    archaic
    pronoun: naught

    1.
    nothing.
    "he's naught but a worthless fool"
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  • protogothprotogoth Member Posts: 2,369 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    assimilatedktar wrote: »
    It's mostly awesome. The only thing that bothers me a tiny bit is the O.S.S.... Feels a bit like the mafia suddenly running around in uniforms.:D

    I've been waiting for my Orion to be able to give her Orion ships a non-I.K.S. registry for ages. It's only a matter of time till the Klingon Empire is renamed "Thakolarivaj," after all.
  • nagrom7nagrom7 Member Posts: 995 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I'll still be keeping the U.S.S. and I.S.S. Registry on my timeships. Still, this was a good idea.
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  • carter60carter60 Member Posts: 194 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    does this mean i can remove the prefix from my mirror advanced patrol escort?
  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Didn't know the Orions were the precursors to the CIA.
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  • fruitvendor12fruitvendor12 Member Posts: 615 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    rylanadionysis wrote: »
    DNT standing for "Dreadnaught" (a guild i ran in SWG). it always amuses me that STO uses the European spelling of that word with the O vs the American with the A
    We yanks walked away from the old German/French pronunciations and are better at phonetic spelling. ;)

    Whoever mapped the English language to Mandarin should be unburied and their cadaver burned at the stake. :P
  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Yay~ I will be keeping U.S.S. though, but this is a great addition.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    assimilatedktar wrote: »
    It's mostly awesome. The only thing that bothers me a tiny bit is the O.S.S.... Feels a bit like the mafia suddenly running around in uniforms.:D
    Suddenly? The syndicate was always a fictional analogue of the mafia.
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  • tonyalmeida2tonyalmeida2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Now just add this for the faction ships as a cstore item and everything will be fine and dandy. We are 1 step closer to moving away from being startrek and being spacegame. Not that that's a bad thing mind you.
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  • turbomagnusturbomagnus Member Posts: 3,479 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    If we can remove the I.S.S./U.S.S. from Mirror ships, that might be interesting...
    neoakiraii wrote: »
    Didn't know the Orions were the precursors to the CIA.

    I was wondering if someone would go there...
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  • phreakbeephreakbee Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    rylanadionysis wrote: »
    Interesting, I could theoretically now give all or most of my ships the DNT as their prefix

    DNT standing for "Dreadnaught" (a guild i ran in SWG). it always amuses me that STO uses the European spelling of that word with the O vs the American with the A

    Ummm.... The U.S.N. classified the Iowa and New York class as "dreadnoughts battleships". It's not a european thing, it's just misspelled/wrong meaning<interpretation>.
  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Thank you, Cryptic!

    P.S. We need the FMS prefix for the D'Kora marauder and Ferengi shuttle (Ferengi Merchant Ship)
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  • erei1erei1 Member Posts: 4,081 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    iconians wrote: »
    Thank you, Cryptic!

    P.S. We need the FMS prefix for the D'Kora marauder and Ferengi shuttle (Ferengi Merchant Ship)
    I always thought the ferengi registry was WTS or WTB :)
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  • omegaphallicomegaphallic Member Posts: 101 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    assimilatedktar wrote: »
    It's mostly awesome. The only thing that bothers me a tiny bit is the O.S.S.... Feels a bit like the mafia suddenly running around in uniforms.:D

    Think of the Orion Syndicate like Afgan warlords except the Orion Sydicate has charm, a love of women, better leadership, a fashion sense born from a BDSM themed stripclub, and really cool space ships. Afgan warlords are what happens when criminals become a corrupt government, with the help of an imperal power.
  • crusader2007crusader2007 Member Posts: 1,883 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    The small little things that makes us happy :)
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  • carter60carter60 Member Posts: 194 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    i just checked the patch notes regarding ship's registry and here what i found :Captains can now choose to remove the "U.S.S.", "I.K.S" or "R.R.W." prefix from all lockbox ships. i assume it includes mirror ships
  • syndonaisyndonai Member Posts: 348 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    mattjohnsonva wrote: »
    Well I can't change my Wells Time Ship from USS so either it's not included or it's bugged.

    I think it's not included because it is technically a federation ship, hence must still have the prefix.
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  • trekkerchicktrekkerchick Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    mattjohnsonva wrote: »
    Well I can't change my Wells Time Ship from USS so either it's not included or it's bugged.

    U.S.S. is still the proper prefix.
    You may be thinking of the registry number prefix NCV.
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