New Sparta is to renumber its fleet under the new NS 2117 Scheme over the next few months, though digital records will be changed immediately. The change originally came about an effort to remove the gaps in the existing numbering of ships caused by war losses. However the head of space forces Caratore has come up with a brand new scheme which Torus and Knobhead have endorsed.
Under NS 2117 Scheme all ships will receive a unique 6 digit running number, the first 3 digits will be for the Type code so for example the Panther 035A ships will have number starting with 035. The other 3 digits will be the unique identifier, usually starting from 101 but where a ship type has a number of sub-classes (the Type 35 for example) then numbers will start in their own blocks of 100.
To give a few examples, SS Panther currently H101 will become 035-101 and SS Independence currently H121 will become 035-201. Caratore said the new scheme would bring clarity to the fleet and aid operational planning.
