Discovery's registry number

[jamestyler]

And introducing Captain Myers?

 

[dinzy]

My 2 cents. It is unclear whether or not the lighting reveals the full registration number. There might be a second 1 or possibly a -A.
Second, as others suggested the number could be BS. Perhaps it is meant as a hint such as Sec 31, further reveal on 10/31, etc.

 

[Rahul]

Fuller acknowledges that the registry number is in fact Halloween - 10/31.

I f*cking love it! My birthday is on Halloween. Finger's crossed for a Halloween special episode! I know it's cheesy. But I loved that Tos did that.

 

[jamestyler]

My 2 cents. It is unclear whether or not the lighting reveals the full registration number. There might be a second 1 or possibly a -A.

I don't buy the Section 31 theory thats going round. It's a bit of a jump, very odd logic (does 31 claim any ship with that number in there?) and their theme doesn't really fit well with the lovey dovey all inclusive sciencey era Fuller has hinted at.

 

[mlk]

It's a good theory, and why not. It will certainly give a very interesting ongoing story to add to the ridged alien forehead of the week plot. Aslong as they don't do to 31 what Voy did to the borg.

 

[OpenMaw]

It's a good theory, and why not. It will certainly give a very interesting ongoing story to add to the ridged alien forehead of the week plot. Aslong as they don't do to 31 what Voy did to the borg.

Because it doesn't fit what Fuller wants to do and has said he wants to do?

Also, who's to say we're going to have any bumpy-forehead of the week? The days of that kind of Trek are behind us now. Very likely we'll see very few of those kind of episodes.

 

[Mirror Mirror]

The NCC numbers never made sense.
They do not now and never have been very reliable on Star trek. Here are a few more oddballs
1: USS Constellation -Constitution class- NCC 1017
2: USS Korolev - Korolev-class - NCC 1650 ( only other known in NCC 59621)
3: USS Republic - Intrepid class - NCC 1371
4: USS Copernicus -Oberth class - NCC 640
5: USS Grissom -Oberth class - NCC 638
6: USS LaGrange -Oberth class - NCC 617
7: USS Oberth -Oberth class - NCC 602

And one another one that stood out to me
USS Sentinel - Sovereign class - NCC-17331 Now while this is a high number, all other ships of this class that are not replacements ( and A and an E) all have numbers ranging from 73'000 to 82'000's . Next to those numbers one under 20k is really low.

I think the ship design is likeily somewhere between TOS and TMP, but it could be much later as well.

 

[nx1701g]

I like the registry number and I think it's fitting because the ship looks very classic trek to me. Plus, the new Captain's Chair reminds me of something from the TOS era.

 

[mlk]

Looks to me that the NCC numbers are reserved for the perticular class of the ship. For example looks like the Oberth class is around 600.

 

[Jerikka Dawn]

The top secret "Section 31" organization isn't going to put "31" in their ship registry numbers. That's about as stupid as Senator Palpatine *literally* announcing the formation of an "empire" on the spot.

 

[Andru]

2: USS Korolev - Korolev-class - NCC 1650
6: USS LaGrange -Oberth class - NCC 617
USS Sentinel - Sovereign class - NCC-17331

Your point is valid, but many of the ship registries you quoted are non-canon, so the internal consistency of the registry system should not be judged by those examples.

 

[Rahul]

The top secret "Section 31" organization isn't going to put "31" in their ship registry numbers. That's about as stupid as Senator Palpatine *literally* announcing the formation of an "empire" on the spot.

Stupidity really has never really stopped producers before

But I wouldn't read too much into the NCC-registry at the moment. They needed a number for their presentation, and they used the Halloween-date because of Fullers obsession with it. End of story. If they check their Trek history and realize a longer (or different) number would be more fitting for whatever era they set the show in, it will get changed.

 

[Mirror Mirror]

Your point is valid, but many of the ship registries you quoted are non-canon, so the internal consistency of the registry system should not be judged by those examples.

I should have double checked some of those. Bit the Canon ones show just how wonky the numbers are

 

[Michael]

Come to think of it, was there ever any significance to NCC-74656?

 

[Mytran]

A love of 47?

 

[Technomage]

I think the font used on Discovery, see below, puts the ship around the TOS era, possibly around the time of the first TOS movie, itself. The font is called Microgramma Trek Extended, while Microgramma Extended Bold was also used around the same time.

These links to fan websites seem to confirm the time the Microgramma font was being used was around the late TOS era, with the last two putting it pre-TOS. Personally, I think the time around the first TOS movie is the more accurate one.

http://www.alanoodle.com/e-prise_tutorial_ch4.html

http://www.deviantart.com/browse/all/designs/industrial/?view_mode=2&order=13&q=star+trek#skins

https://imgv2-1-f.scribdassets.com/img/document/75217232/original/6a2623089f/1464811952

https://www.scribd.com/doc/75217232/Hull-Markings-2

 

[Mirror Mirror]

Good catch on the font used.

 

[Technomage]

Good catch on the font used.

Thanks!

The font on Discovery definitely looks more 'advanced' than on the original TOS Enterprise, but not as 'advanced' as the later Trek series. Unfortunately, I couldn't find links to official sites to confirm this 100%, but they may be out there!

 

[Visitor1982]

Bryan Fuller says that registry number has a meaning and that you can read from it when the TV show is set... That probably means after Enterprise, but before TOS. We'll probably see the Klingon War.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/75876

 

[Mirror Mirror]

Thanks!

The font on Discovery definitely looks more 'advanced' than on the original TOS Enterprise, but not as 'advanced' as the later Trek series. Unfortunately, I couldn't find links to official sites to confirm this 100%, but they may be out there!

The more I see, the more convinced I am this is the refit era. The chair, the look of the ship and even as you pointed out, the font, just screams it to me. Lets hope they skip those gods awful uniforms from TMP...I shudder at even recalling them.