Has there ever been a good reason...

[Guy Gardener]

Absent not lazy.

Got it.

[Nx-01fan]

Now I may have this wrong, and with all the fanfic I read, it's not implausible, but I thought T'Pol's catsuits had a thermal element to them to keep her at comfortable and manageable temperature because Enterprise would have been set to a human's comfort level, not a Vulcan's.

Having said that, if that is true, what about Phlox......thank goodness we never saw him in a catsuit. SHUDDER!

[Christopher]

Nx-01fan wrote:

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Now I may have this wrong, and with all the fanfic I read, it's not implausible, but I thought T'Pol's catsuits had a thermal element to them to keep her at comfortable and manageable temperature because Enterprise would have been set to a human's comfort level, not a Vulcan's.

In that case, Mirror T'Pol must've been terribly cold in her midriff-baring uniform and later in a 23rd-century miniskirt. For that matter, T'Pol Prime's nightclothes were fairly flimsy, but maybe her quarters were warmer than the rest of the ship. Nobody ever seemed to mention that, though.

[Sindatur]

BruntFCA wrote:

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Moore took Troi OUT of the catsuit and put her into a starfleet uniform. He had nothing to do with Troi being in the catsuit originally.

Ah, my bad, misunderstanding of "It was Ron Moore's idea to put Troi in the Uniform"

[Lance]

Bry_Sinclair wrote:

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When she was accepted into SF, she would have to abide by their rules and regulations and comply with wearing the uniform. I can't think of any decent arguments for her keeping the catsuits.

Was there ever a reason given?

Bry_Sinclair wrote:

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Archer just wants to perv over her.

There you go!

[Bry_Sinclair]

Christopher wrote:

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Although, admittedly, that would be far more plausible an explanation if we had seen male Vulcan officers dress in equally formfitting garments. For me, the problem isn't that Seven and T'Pol dressed that way, it's that nobody else did.

It is funny that she was the only Vulcan in the High Command that wore that uniform, surely it would be logical to have a standard uniform for all personnel rather than waste time and resources designing and making several types.

Her S3 outfits have a practicality factor, allowing freedom of movement, etc, but once in Starfleet their uniforms prove to be more than suitable for the purpose so she should have switched, there were no reasons for her not to.

Nx-01fan wrote:

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Now I may have this wrong, and with all the fanfic I read, it's not implausible, but I thought T'Pol's catsuits had a thermal element to them to keep her at comfortable and manageable temperature because Enterprise would have been set to a human's comfort level, not a Vulcan's.

There is that possibility, but that large chunk missing from her chest would have caused heating/cooling problems. If in a Starfleet uniform she could have a pair of long-johns underneath if she found the human standard too cold.

Nx-01fan wrote:

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Having said that, if that is true, what about Phlox......thank goodness we never saw him in a catsuit. SHUDDER!

It was bad enough known he's a nudist. Really, why did they have to expose us to that?

[Guy Gardener]

On all away missions Phlox went on, they brought an extra guy, just to help with Phlox's decontamination gel rub down on the way back.

[Skywalker]

Guy Gardener wrote:

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On all away missions Phlox went on, they brought an extra guy, just to help with Phlox's decontamination gel rub down on the way back.

These were the ENT-era redshirts.

[bluedana]

It is funny that she was the only Vulcan in the High Command that wore that uniform, surely it would be logical to have a standard uniform for all personnel rather than waste time and resources designing and making several types.

Doesn't she wear the standard VHC robes in Broken Bow?. They wouldn't be appropriate or safe for life on board Enterprise.

[Christopher]

^She wears diplomatic robes in "Broken Bow." The Vulcan High Command uniform for male officers was rather different from T'Pol's outfit, with similar lines to the collar and shoulders but nowhere near as formfitting and without the pattern:

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Vulc...Duty_uniform_2