Bureau of Ships and Services/Legends

The Bureau of Ships and Services was a galactic agency responsible for assigning unique transponder codes to starships and tracking their movements through the space.

A fixture in intergalactic travel since almost 18,000 BBY, the Bureau of Ships and Services fields offices in most major spaceports. Its unique structure and neutrality allowed it to operate across political borders and through the transition of major galactic powers. Offices and field positions were often filled through hereditary means, so much so that after millennia the Bureau was both an closely knit family and a civil agency. Files bearing information on the millions of registered starships were held in secure, encoded computer cores.