Pick a new uniform color (s)
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The same would be true for any duty uniform regardless of color. But real-world medical personnel wear different colored scrubs and/or smocks in emergency rooms or operating rooms.
Yes, but a civilian medical facility can lean to being more informal. A more regimented facility (such as a starship or naval vessel or some other military facility) should likely have more uniformity.
Starfleet isn't quite like that. They wear standard duty uniforms for most things.
One thing we saw in TOS and glimpsed in TMP were alternates for personnel. We saw fatigues, Kirk's alternate tunic and McCoy's smock. MBenga wore the smock as well. This sort of thing should be there and makes it all more interesting and credible. It could even be expanded beyond the few individuals we saw wearing the alternates.
To that extent, it can apply to all personnel (command, sciences, security, etc) in the field. Forget about having different colored uniforms, they can all wear the same camo field uniforms or uniforms that automatically blend in with the environment.
There were alternate uniforms in every Trek series, but they were only worn on occasion or when needed in various stories.
I remember reading somewhere about StarFleet uniforms being made of a material that (to keep this short) basically met the needs for everything and was so vastly durable, that that was the reason the same uniform was worn by all personnel for all duties, and why Captains and other officers were never worried about having to change into different uniforms as not to ruin their nicer ones.
Or something like that. I read it a long time ago and I don't remember where. But it sounds like a good theory to me with the future being so far advanced from the Trek view.
So Im sure Medical Officers didnt worry about changing into scrubs, and Engineers didnt have to change into Coveralls. There are different styles of uniforms for different jobs yea. But I just don't think that there would be a need for StarFleet to change uniforms for the same reasons we change uniforms/outfits today.
Or something like that. I read it a long time ago and I don't remember where. But it sounds like a good theory to me with the future being so far advanced from the Trek view.
So Im sure Medical Officers didnt worry about changing into scrubs, and Engineers didnt have to change into Coveralls. There are different styles of uniforms for different jobs yea. But I just don't think that there would be a need for StarFleet to change uniforms for the same reasons we change uniforms/outfits today.
This is kind of what I was talking about before, but the shirt and pants would be separate garments, and I would like the men's shirt have a lower hem, just above the hip.
The women waist cinch should be lower too, and there should be the option for women (men too?) to wear a skirted version. Slightly flared like TOS, not the tube in TNG.
Mid-thigh, not a miniskirt.
Fair enough. What color should medical officers wear, then? Red on human-majority ships? Green on Vulcan-majority ones? Blue on Andorian-majority ones?
(Apologies if this comes across as overly snarky, not my intent.)
That's actually an excellent argument to have white for medical. If you see blood on them, then you know that they've been treating someone and that they need to clean up.
White lab coats show when someone's been soiled or splotched by something, more easily than any other color. It's the main reason they are white to begin with. It's for safety.
Fair enough. What color should medical officers wear, then? Red on human-majority ships? Green on Vulcan-majority ones? Blue on Andorian-majority ones?
(Apologies if this comes across as overly snarky, not my intent.)
Mauve. The universally-recognized colour for danger.
Mid-thigh is a miniskirt.
This is kind of what I was talking about before, but the shirt and pants would be separate garments, and I would like the men's shirt have a lower hem, just above the hip.
The women waist cinch should be lower too, and there should be the option for women (men too?) to wear a skirted version. Slightly flared like TOS, not the tube in TNG.
Mid-thigh, not a miniskirt.
And you're complaining about the waist cinch on a standard design mannequin?
That's actually an excellent argument to have white for medical. If you see blood on them, then you know that they've been treating someone and that they need to clean up.
White lab coats show when someone's been soiled or splotched by something, more easily than any other color. It's the main reason they are white to begin with. It's for safety.
I've read that neckties on doctors tend to be really filthy along the same reason. They're bending over patients and get in close contact, but even with all those germs, many doctors just never think to wash their ties, so all that gunk accumulates. That many ties can be colorful or have complex patterns makes substances harder to detect to the unaided eye as well. Then all those germs pass on to the next patient.
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Fair enough. What color should medical officers wear, then? Red on human-majority ships? Green on Vulcan-majority ones? Blue on Andorian-majority ones?
(Apologies if this comes across as overly snarky, not my intent.)
Mauve. The universally-recognized colour for danger.
"Your Neutralness, it's a beige alert."
"If you see my wife...tell her I said, 'Hello.'"
I like the two piece and body suit difference. I'm thinking (for my uniforms) ensigns and support wear body suits while Lieutenant and up get the two piece.
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I consider a "mini skirt" to be a skirt that is above the mid point of the thigh, usually considerably above.
Tha mini skirts in the original series were nowhere near mid thigh.
Oh it's not complaining, I prefer to call it "fashionista commentary."
And I do maintain that the cinch is a couple inches too high up, it should be at a woman's actual waist, and not up on her lowest ribs.
