Editing UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping

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The '''UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping''', [[UNSC/Military Acronyms|abbreviated]] '''DCS''', is an organization in the [[United Nations Space Command]] responsible for maintaining the [[UNSC commercial fleet]] and regulating interstellar commerce and shipping between [[human colonies|colony worlds]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 24''</ref> 

While all [[civilian]] spacecraft must be registered with the [[Colonial Administration Authority]] (CAA), any ship outfitted with a [[slipspace drive]] must have periodic inspections and licenses approved by the DCS. These vessels are in turn assigned a [[Ship Identification Number]] (SIN) at commissioning that forms a part of its permanent identification alongside an [[identification friend or foe]] (IFF) code and an administrative record.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=115}}

==DCS registered vessels==
Their [[DCS light freighter|cargo ships]] are typically named in reference to terms and phrases relating to trade and logistics, and each is designated with a [[freighter identification code]]. Some of these freighters were attacked by the [[Covenant]] ship ''[[Minor Transgression]]'' in [[2524]], which led to the beginning of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Jilan al-Cygni]] posed as a DCS employee as cover for her assignment from the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] to investigate the disappearance of freighters from [[Harvest]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 123''</ref>
*''[[Bulk Discount]]'' (BDX-008814530)<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 175''</ref>
*''[[Contents Under Pressure]]'' (CUP-00040370)<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 101''</ref>
*''[[Horn of Plenty]]'' (HOP-000987111)<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 26''</ref>
*''[[This End Up]]'' (TEU-00481361)<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 102''</ref>
*''[[Wholesale Price]]'' (WP-000614236)<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 34''</ref>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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