Universal Code

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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.

The following universal codes are defined:

UCP
Universal Cargo Profile
UGP
Universal Government Profile
ULP
Universal Legal Profile
UPP
Universal Personality Profile
URP
Universal Religion Profile
USP
Universal Ship Profile
UTP
Universal Technological Profile
UWP
Universal World Profile


-These codes are partially a game mechaninic.