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{{Era|UNSC}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Seealso|Department of Colonial Security}}
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>


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> 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 beginning of the [[Human-Covenant War]].
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}}
 
[[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>


==DCS registered vessels==
==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>
*''[[Bulk Discount]]'' (BDX-008814530)<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 175''</ref>
*''[[Contents Under Pressure]]'' (CUP-00040370)<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 101''</ref>
*''[[Contents Under Pressure]]'' (CUP-00040370)<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 101''</ref>
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