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this Starship Enterprise from has the designation NCC 1701-D NCC is a fictional designation for starships conceived within Star Trek. According to Star Trek chronology, the term was first used in the Original Series. It has been suggested that the prefix "NCC" was used by the creators of Star Trek analogously to the United States Navy's hull classification symbols, and was a combination of a ship prefix "NS" ("Naval Ship"), and the Soviet Union acronym "CCCP" to show that the two countries had to work together to establish Starfleet. Another more popular theory is that it derives from the 'NC' prefix used for United States airplanes - creator Gene Roddenberry and Enterprise designer Matt Jefferies (after whom the " Jeffries tube" was named) were pilots.
According to non-canonical sources, "NCC" is in reference to the contract required to build a starship and to easily be able to identify parts from ships when salvaged. It is suggested that "NCC" is short for "Naval Construction Contract", this number is imprinted into every part laid into the ship, similar to the imprinting of Naval hull numbers into parts and systems on modern ships, (i.e. CVN-65 is stamped into every part on the USS EnterpriseEight ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Enterprise . The first American Enterprise was HMS George III captured by American forces in the American Revolutionary War in 1775. Rechristened Enterprise she served as a sloop-of-war during the the US aircraft carrier).
Another non-canon but logical use for such a serial number would be as a "navigation contact code", embedded in continously-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 classifications are typically applied to ships that serve as pathfindersFor other meanings see the Pathfinder disambiguation page. In the fictional universe of Star Trek, a pathfinder is the first starship of a class of ships, conceptually similar to the lead ship concept of Earth's navies. Potential pathfinders are each assi 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 Beta Quadrant.
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 .
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 as 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 ReliantIn the fictional Star Trek universe, the USS Reliant was a Miranda class starship with the registry number of NCC-1864. Circa stardate 8130. 4 in 2285, while under the command of Captain Clark Terrell, the Reliant was assigned to scan the surface of Ceti, a clearly inferior ship 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 remains to be seen how or if these systems can be reconciled.
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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