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The Pennant Number System of the United Nations Navy
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SevenOfCarina:
In celebration of [FRAGMENT DELETED], I thought I'd put up the comprehensive, rationalised pennant number system used by the UNN to designate its various spacecraft and stations. Ship names are prefixed with a two-letter pennant, where the first letter indicates the hull type, while the second demarcates the intended role of the vessel in question. It's ridiculously accommodative - so far, each ship class has received an entirely unique pennant. I may have gotten carried away. Anyway, it's here for you to reuse, adapt, or just gawk at.
Hull Type
C - Cruiser
D - Destroyer
F - Frigate
K - Corvette
L - Light Craft
N - Naval Non-Combat Vessel
E - Expeditionary Vessel
A - Naval Auxiliary
M - Merchant Aerospace Vessel
H - Orbital Habitat
S - Orbital Station
P - Deep Space Platform
G - Planetary Base
Role
S - Surveillance Vessel
G - Guided Missile Combatant
D - Directed Weapon Combatant
C - Light Craft Carrier
E - Combat Support Ship
O - Ordnance Transport / Minelayer
B - Troop Transport / Garrison
A - Assault Craft
F - Freighter
T - Tanker / Refinery
K - Liner / Colony
R - Rescue Vessel
Y - Shipyard / Maintenance Facility
M - Asteroid Miner
H - Terraformer
W - Salvage Vessel
Z - Gatebuilder / Tender
As an example of the system in effect, pennant CG would refer to a large multi-role missile combatant capable of independent operation and optimised for endurance, while pennant GC would refer to a major planetary centre with light craft hangars and a small garrison.
So how do YOU classify your ships? ;D
TMaekler:
These are the designations in my latest testament:
Class Name Short
Active Recco Shuttle SHAR
Active Recco Corvette KAR
Ammunition Transport TAM
Bomber BMB
Colonist Transport TC
Fighter FTR
Fighter Transport TFTR
Fuel Transport TF
Geosurvey Shuttle SHGS
Geoteam Shuttle SHGT
Gravsurvey Shuttle SHGV
Interceptor INT
Jump Gate Constructor JGC
Lifeboat LB
Maintenance Transport TM
Mineral Harvester HVM
Mineral Harvester Base HVBM
Mobile Civilian Jump Gate JGMC
Mobile Military Jump Gate JGMM
Passive Recco Shuttle SHPR
Passive Recco Corvette KPR
Patrol Boat PP
Rescue Corvette KVR
Rescue Shuttle SHR
Shuttle SH
Shuttle Jump Carrier JPM-CV-SH
Sorium Harvester HVS
Sorium Harvester Base HVBS
Space Carrier CV
Stowage Transport TS
Terraformer TR
Terraforming Base TRB
Troop Assault Shuttle SHTA
Troop Assault Carrier CVTA
Troop Boarding Craft CRTB
Troop Transport TT
Tug TUG
Wreck Salvage Transport TW
Air Force Base AFB
Army Base AB
Command Bunker CIC
Construction Depot CD
Missile Base MB
It’s early in the game, so I don’t have much of a combat fleet yet (just finished gravsurvey research). Hence no designations yet.
To make the designations a little more readable, here some examples (system works basically like yours):
SH - Shuttle -> SHTA = Shuttle Troop Assault
CV - Carrier -> CVTA = Carrier Troop Assault
K - Corvette -> KAR = Corvette Active Recco
T - Transport -> TA = Transport Ammunition, TS = Transport Stowage, TFR = Transport Fighter, etc.
HV - Harvester
etc.
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