For kibitzing - TSAB gazetteer entry

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As Cobalt mentioned in this thread, the Trekkies main base, Starbase 1, is one of the 'replicant masters' for the ship registry database. I would assume that the Warsies main base is one, as well as Phobos base and Crystal Tokyo.
The Ship Registry Database is a very open conventional MySQL type database (I'm not database savvy to provide more details), with the primary focus on access restrictions being to _track_ changes and requests, additions and decisions.
In the event of a conflict, there are two 'normal' courses of action. We see the first course of action in use between Hermes Universal Deliveries and Hermes, Inc, the shell corporation for Hephaestus' majordomo AI - They've simply agreed to have very similar names, and provide easy clarification and contact-forwarding services for people who get confused.
The second method, which we haven't seen "On Screen" yet, is for the two parties to agree to a moderation council, for which it turns out that the Amish and Nigerians are both very popular choices..

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As seen in "Disturbing Implications of Land Rising Into the Sky" - Noah asks Yoriko whether Grover's Corners is in the recognition database.

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A "Ship Recognition Database" is vastly different from a "Ship Registry Database", also. Any station or ship with a sophisticated enough AI (or smart enough owner), is going to maintain a profile database of emissions, engine, sillouhette, IFF squawk, and various other cues for identifying ships. This data is likely to be shared on a fairly open database, and on an informal level.Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979