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'''''Universal Codes''''' are a means of presenting information in a concise format that is common amonst all worlds. These codes tend to be human specific, notably the {{Imperium}} and the [[Solomani Confederation]] make use of them. Codes use a hexidecimal representation for the characters, sometimes extended through the rest of the alphabet (except for I and O) to allow single character representation of numbers up to 33. Separators (usually a -) are used to differentiate sections, and some have been extended from the original definition.
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[[Universal Code]]s are a means of presenting information in a concise format that is common amongst nearly all worlds of [[Charted Space]].  
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* It is a kind of [[metric]].
  
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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These codes tend to be human specific, notably the {{Imperium}} and the [[Solomani Confederation]] make use of them. Codes use a [[Hexadecimal Notation]] for the characters, sometimes extended through the rest of the alphabet (except for I and O) to allow single character representation of numbers up to 33. Separators (usually a -) are used to differentiate sections, and some have been extended from the original definition.
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
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A whole variety of UCs have been developed over the millennia of which some have been consistently used across many different empires, sophont  species, and polities, while others have been far more limited in scope.
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=== Selected Extant Codes ===
 
The following universal codes are defined:
 
The following universal codes are defined:
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* [[UCP]]: [[Universal Cargo Profile]]
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* [[UGP]]: [[Universal Government Profile]]
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* [[ULP]]: [[Universal Legal Profile]]
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* [[UPP]]: [[Universal Personality Profile]]
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* [[URP]]: [[Universal Religion Profile]]
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* [[URP]]: [[Universal Robot Profile]]
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* [[USP]]: [[Universal Ship Profile]]
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* [[UTP]]: [[Tech level|Universal Technological Profile]]
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* [[UWP]]: [[Universal World Profile]]
  
;UWP:[[Universal World Profile]]
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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
;UPP:[[Universal Personality Profile]]
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{{Intermediate}}
;UCP:[[Universal Cargo Profile]]
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{{Sources
;URP:[[Universal Religion Profile]]
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|S1= [[T5 Core Rules]]
;UGP:[[Universal Government Profile]]
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|S2= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
;UTP:[[Tech level|Universal Technological Profile]]
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|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]  
;ULP:[[Universal Legal Profile]]
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}}
  
  
-These codes are partially a game mechaninic.
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{{LE|Universal Profiles}}
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{{MET|Metric}}

Latest revision as of 12:48, 17 October 2020

Technical Data.jpg

Universal Codes are a means of presenting information in a concise format that is common amongst nearly all worlds of Charted Space.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

These codes tend to be human specific, notably the Imperium and the Solomani Confederation make use of them. Codes use a Hexadecimal Notation for the characters, sometimes extended through the rest of the alphabet (except for I and O) to allow single character representation of numbers up to 33. Separators (usually a -) are used to differentiate sections, and some have been extended from the original definition.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

A whole variety of UCs have been developed over the millennia of which some have been consistently used across many different empires, sophont species, and polities, while others have been far more limited in scope.

Selected Extant Codes[edit]

The following universal codes are defined:

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.