Federation Commander

I don't think this is the case, but are all ISC ship numbers made of 6 sets of blocks?

The example given (with picture) in module C2 section R13 uses a Strike Cruiser, which uses all 6 sets of blocks. That makes sense to me.

And later, the text describes (but doesn't show) a Space Control ship which would have the DN, PF, and Fighter specials. Along with the blank at the beginning and the space and two digit number, this ship designation would be 7 sets of blocks, right?

So a generic CL/DD/FF would only have 5 sets of blocks, correct?

What about a generic DN/CA, would they have the PPD marking?

They'd use as many blocks as needed. I'm not sure if the base hulls of the DN/CA have PPDs or not, if they did, I imagine that they'd have the PPD marking. So a DN would be DN-blank-number-number-number-PPD.

The standard DN and CA do have PPDs (SSDs in module C2).

And I think the order would be start-DN-PPD-space-number-number, if we were to follow the example given. So we'd have six characters.

EDIT: I think I answered my own question.

The example given for the Space Control Ship does not list the PPD as a special, and the SCS in Module K1 does have PPDs standard. So, it apperas as though the PPD symbol is for ships that are not normally equipped with PPDs (like the CL becoming the CS).

Thus, the standard DN/CA/CL/DD/FF would only have 5 blocks in the pattern: start-ship type-space-number-number.

EDIT: 666 posts!!!

Oh, and one more question...

Is that rectangle in the example supposed to go on the ship, or is it just there to separate the example from the rest of the symbols?