Serial Number Decals (automatic craft numbering)

[Dave Kerbin]

At the point and time that decals are added to the VAB, would it also be possible to have a special decal that gets filled in when you go to the launch pad with an automatically incrementing number. This way if you launch two or more copies of the same craft you'll be able to tell them apart visually by the serial number printed on the side. Taking the feature a bit farther in the place where normal decals would have a menu in the VAB for selecting the image, the serial number decal could let you choose the color of the text and choose an optional letter postfix (A-Z). This way if you have a craft with two pieces, like an Apollo mission, you can put decals on both parts and add the letter postfix to tell them apart. So on the Apollo mission the orbiter is 012A and the lander is 012B. If I launch another Apollo craft it automatically gets the decals 013A and 013B.

[John FX]

I`d like `KSA` or `KASA` to go by the camera during launch and if it was amended to have `A01-A17` then I would be all the happier.

I like this idea