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Star Trek Continues, Episode 5....

If fan film makers want to use it, they should perhaps show the occasional red or blue wraparound on other crewmembers as well, if for no other reason than to reinforce the internal logic of the thing.

I always thought that variant was reserved for captains and above. It does help set the captain off visually from other crew-members, both because of the style difference and the more "true-green" hue vs. the "stealth" green of the gold tunic.

I don't remember ever seeing Kirk wear it when he beamed down, however. Garrovick does on Exeter, though.

Kirk wore the green wraparound off-ship in:

"Court Martial," "The Trouble With Tribbles," "Mirror, Mirror," "The Apple," "Wolf In The Fold" and "I, Mudd."
 
You are absolutely correct. In many naval traditions, a ship's captain gets a second uniform, referred to as a "command variant," to wear at his discretion in order to "set him apart" from the other officers. That's what the so-called "green wraparound" is. (In the TNG era, it is the suede jacket with quilted shoulders and gray undershirt which Picard occasionally wore.) No officers but captains ever would, or ever could, wear a command variant uniform.


If fan film makers want to use it, they should perhaps show the occasional red or blue wraparound on other crewmembers as well, if for no other reason than to reinforce the internal logic of the thing.

I always thought that variant was reserved for captains and above. It does help set the captain off visually from other crew-members, both because of the style difference and the more "true-green" hue vs. the "stealth" green of the gold tunic.

I don't remember ever seeing Kirk wear it when he beamed down, however. Garrovick does on Exeter, though.
 
Kirk wore the green wraparound off-ship in:

"Court Martial," "The Trouble With Tribbles," "Mirror, Mirror," "The Apple," "Wolf In The Fold" and "I, Mudd."

Two more: "The Doomsday Machine" and "Bread and Circuses."

A fan of the second season version of the command variant over the first, here.
 
Kirk wore the green wraparound off-ship in:

"Court Martial," "The Trouble With Tribbles," "Mirror, Mirror," "The Apple," "Wolf In The Fold" and "I, Mudd."

Two more: "The Doomsday Machine" and "Bread and Circuses."

A fan of the second season version of the command variant over the first, here.

Yes on "Bread and Circuses!"

I didn't forget "Doomsday Machine;" I intentionally didn't include it in the off-ship list. (Kirk is not off ship in that episode.)
 
Kirk were it in "The Enemy Within" as well. So it made two appearances during the early first season.

He wore it in "Court Martial" and he packed it in his suitcase in "This Side of Paradise."

What was the combination? ;)

I didn't forget "Doomsday Machine;" I intentionally didn't include it in the off-ship list. (Kirk is not off ship in that episode.)

Well, he's off the Enterprise at least, on an away mission.
 
Part of the problem with the green wraparound in most fan films is that it's not tailored properly. The one Vic wears in STC looks fine, but Jimm's in Exeter is pretty ill-fitting, loose around the neck and baggy-looking. I desperately want to CG his regular gold uniform shirt onto him. :p
 
Well, let's be fair. You could level that same complaint at a lot of the people and their wardrobe in many of the fan films.
 
Was the bomber jacket variant seen in TSFS (Scotty's) and TFF (Kirk's) something exclusively for the captain?
 
I've recently gotten another reason to look forward to Ep. 5. We recently purchased a Samsung 58in. SMART HD LED television that has the Vimeo app included in Samsung's Smart Hub. Now I can watch the STC episodes directly on our big flatscreen without having to download them first.

Awesome!
 
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