Plaques

Plaques are used to dedicate starship and space stations and are created in the RPG to provide some individuality to each independent vessel (or station). The templates for the plaques can be found File:PPT Completed Starship Plaque Templates.pptx.

The following provide examples of the evolution of the plaques over time. Note, the current examples may be the series' canon versions, and may not depict the procedures for the names of individual persons (as they reflect the series' creators and crew.

2069

Starting in 2069, upon the formation of the United Earth Stellar Navy, the below plaque was introduced to all vessels, current and new-builds, to provide some commonality to the mix-matched fleet. The quote was uncited and usually well known. (In the case of future starships named Enterprise, this would be a tradition carried on.) The plaque type would carry on when the UESN was reformed as the United Earth Starfleet.

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2161

Upon the formation of the United Federation of Planets, the members that took part in the Romulan War devoted a number of their surviving warships to the alliance, merging their fleets with that of the UESF, forming the new Starfleet. Adopted vessels retained their commissioning plaques (if any), while new-builds received the below version. The early Starfleet pennant was added and quotes received attribution. Note the example of the Daedalus below doesn't match regular production run vessel plaques: instead, the ship name was on the first line below the pennant, with the class name on the second. The word 'starship' would be on the third line. The sequential mention of the use of the name started with the first UFP Starfleet vessel to bear the name. Chain of command and the first commanding officer were no longer displayed, providing a much cleaner look to the plaque.

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