Starship Prefixes
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In some governments and agencies, a starship entered into a registry received a prefix that was placed before the vessel's name. This prefix was used to easily identify the vessel as belonging to that agency.
| Prefix | Stands for | Agency / Government | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEV | unknown | unknown (2183) | DEV Eagle Valley |
| ECS | Earth Cargo Service | Earth Cargo Service (2102–2153) | ECS Horizon |
| FMS | Federation Merchant Ship | Merchant Services (2370) | FMS Geldonero |
| IKS | Imperial Klingon Ship | Klingon Empire (2268–2375) | IKS Rotarran |
| IKV | unknown | Klingon Empire | IKV Dreamslayer |
| IRW | Imperial Romulan Warbird | Romulan Star Empire (2369) | IRW Khazara |
| ISS | Imperial Starship | Terran Empire (2155–2267) | ISS Avenger |
| PWB | Praetorial Warbird | Romulan Star Empire (2375) | PWB Tomal |
| RIS | unknown | Romulan Star Empire | RIS Shadowhawk |
| SS | unknown | unknown (1996–2187) | SS Conestoga |
| Starship | UN (2123) | SS Mariposa | |
| Starship | American Continent Institute (2236) | SS Columbia | |
| Starship | Merchant Service (2261–2262) | SS Beagle | |
| Starship | United Federation of Planets (2267–2370) | SS Santa Maria | |
| Starship | Star Fleet (2364) | SS Tsiolkovsky | |
| USGS | unknown | unknown (2370) | USGS Powell |
| USS | United Starship | Star Fleet (2161–present) | USS Defiant |
| VK | unknown | Russian (2105–2160) | VK Velikan |
