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C-Store request: Expanded NCC range?

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited August 2010 in C-Store, ZEN, and Promotions
I would love to be able to purchase a lower five-digit NCC number than 91002 or even a four-digit number, to go with my suffix letters.

Can you guys make it happen?
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    I would second this, but I don't think it's going to happen. I believe they have stated that CBS made them start registries with '9'.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    You don't actually have to start with a 9 you know?

    If you notice the range goes from something like
    90000
    to
    900000
    Which means that
    123456 is in the valid range.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    krako wrote: »
    I would second this, but I don't think it's going to happen. I believe they have stated that CBS made them start registries with '9'.

    Correct.

    This was done to prevent people from using canon ship registration numbers. It was easier to block all the numbers NX/NCC 01 - NX/NCC 89999 than a whole bunch of canon numbers i.e., 1701, 2000, 74205, 74656 and so forth.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    2 thumbs up on NCC number would like to see 4 digit starting in 1900
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    Extremely unlikely.

    Cryptic would have major difficulty dealing with folks taking numbers from canon. Its not just a case of folks taking the Enterprise, its about ALL registries in Star Trek. I presume CBS wants to make sure that any future Star Trek games / movies / series etc. wont end up with problems because STO players are using registries within that range.

    That said, I think it MIGHT be more interesting if Cryptic AWARDED unique registries within the four digit range.
    It would have to be exceptionally rare so I'm thinking game events / tournaments where the top scorer(s) get issued with a single registry number they can use on any of their ship.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    Yeah, I don't think they are going to do this.

    Though they may add MORE numbers to the mix?

    Really, why the want for 4 digits? I don't think the game needs two 1701s or two 74656s. And that is what would happen, wouldn't it?

    If you want a four digit number in your registry, then try 9abcd9 OR 1abcd1 (Where abcd are your four digits.)

    Otherwise, nah. No need for the lesser numbers, since there are ships that are using those numbers already. Really, they should limit the numbers even more. (My opinion) Make those the unique moniker for ships. But, since you never really see the numbers...meh...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    If we look at it in a manner of time wise, by the mid- to late- 24th century, registrations numbers were alread above 74xxx (based on Voyager's 74656. That and I have no knowledge of a higher number as of now). In all terms speaking, 91002-999999 registration range seems about on par for the early 25th century, despite the somewhat high range of the 6-digit numbers for the game setting.

    The only way, IMO, of actually seeing 4-digit numbers would probably be NPC ships, which I have seen one, with a -A on the end of, here. I know it's a bit hard to see, but the number is NCC-1700-A U.S.S. Constitution.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    I'd like to see an expansion on the "U.S.S.". Things like "H.M.S.", "S.S." or the option to omit it entirely (like the NX-01) would be nice, but they should be pretty pricey so we don't see too many of them.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    DekuScrubby wrote: »
    ... omit it entirely (like the NX-01) would be nice..

    The NX designation is already in the C-Store. I believe it is 80 CP.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    DES_SNIPER wrote: »
    The NX designation is already in the C-Store. I believe it is 80 CP.
    I think Deku is refering to the name prefix. Like U.S.S. Voyager, R.M.S. Titanic, and the like. The NX-01 and NX-02 didn't have these prefixes and were called Enterprise and Columbia, not U.S.S. Enterprise or U.S.S. Columbia
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    ^ That's what I meant, yes.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    I wouldnt mind getting rid of the U.S.S Prefix but I find it highly unlikely CBS will let that fly.

    No way in hell are you going to be able to put other prefix. I would rather NOT see Federation ships running around with I.S.S or I.K.S thank you.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    J-Sheridan wrote:
    I wouldnt mind getting rid of the U.S.S Prefix but I find it highly unlikely CBS will let that fly.

    No way in hell are you going to be able to put other prefix. I would rather NOT see Federation ships running around with I.S.S or I.K.S thank you.

    dint we have the option during closed beta for I.S.S. id love to add that prefix
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    shawn wrote: »
    dint we have the option during closed beta for I.S.S. id love to add that prefix

    Well, when/if they add a playable Terran Empire. We should get those prefixes.

    While I commend your guys idea, it doesn't really fit into the game. Just because of canon. Now, you might say: "Why should my gameplay be limited because of some old dusty gun."

    I would counter: "Why should the dusty gun be discarded for your gameplay?"

    Really, I would vote for more "material types" and more "window options" or "outside lights". I notice you don't have running lights after the Miranda. (Some of the RA ships have them.) How about those? We could change the colors of them too! That could make the ships more unique, AND keep it canon.

    I am sorry, but I have to say 100% no against the ISS. Removing USS or making a new acronym is fine, at least I can't see a problem canon wise. In fact, I want to say the timeship in Voyager (Captain Braxton) had a different prefix.

    Hey, where are our timeships?

    EDIT (To Update)
    Aww, I was wrong.

    http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/USS_Relativity

    However! The registry for the ship is "NCV-474439-G "

    Now I am beginning to wonder about the "restriction" on our registries. I mean, can I not make a NX-474439-G or a NCC-474439-G? Then why can't I make a NCV-1701?

    HA! Put that in your nacelle and smoke it!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    I'd be against 'I.S.S.' as well, for the record.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    I'd have to say no to ISS, HMS, etc. (even though my fed engineer is originally from the mirror universe and served aboard the ISS Defiant) because there's a specific reason ships have a USS, HMS, ISS, IKS, etc. It is a reference to the military that they are a part of. United Starship refers to the UFP, HMS refers to the British Royal Navy (which wouldn't still exist in the 25th century since Earth is no longer devided into individual nations with independant militaries).

    Simply put, if your char is part of the Federation faction, the ship has to be the USS [blank], unless maybe they start allowing things like Vulcan and Andorian ships, which would presumably have Vulcan/Andorian specific abbreviations.

    If your char is part of hte Klingon Faction, it's an Imperial Klingon Ship. If it's part of the Romulan faction, it's an Imperial Romulan Warbird.

    Also, the reason they didn't have the USS on the front of the Enterprise NX-01 is because there was not yet a United Federation of Planets, which is where the U comes from. At the time, it would've merely been the SS Enterprise, just like the SS Botany Bay.
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