What do USS and NCC stand for?
In “The Cage”, Captain Pike refers to USS as “United Space Ship”. Since that rejected pilot episode, it has been referred to as “United Star Ship”. NCC has never officially been explained, but most people accept it as “Naval Construction Contract”. The NX before a ship’s registry number indicates a “Naval eXperimental” vessel, such as Defiant. • Where does Voyager get all those shuttles? The prop room at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA. Seriously, folks. This is one of those little (well, big) discrepancies that the creative people don’t want us to notice. Voyager needs a shuttle? They’ve got one. People need to travel from DS9 to Earth in a matter of days (instead of years, as the “official” map would indicate)? They do it. Defiant needs to trash a much larger ship this week when last week it got trashed by a shuttlecraft? It happens. Dramatic license goes a long way, and is, perhaps, overused. But no more so on Star Trek than any other show. Oh, and before you ask…Yes, someone has
