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Spoilers Ah, the NEW uniforms...!

Discovery saving humanity by travelling to the future, and saving that as well (we assume that is the season finale) - I think warrants a new Discovery starship (after being forced to abandon the Zora infested one) - and keeping the 1030 registry number (which Bryan Fuller wanted because its the date for Halloween).
 
OK, back to the uniforms...

Here are a few grabs of those Captains from 3x06:


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Just in case anyone was in any doubt about these uniforms

There... Are... Four... Pips...!


(Sorry, couldn't help it! :nyah: )
 
Yes, the 3189 uniforms are OK. I rather like bits of them but I'm less sure about other aspects. I really appreciate the effort that went into making the variety of background variations seen in 3x05 (and apparently also in 3x06). I always thought that the idea of Starfleet having only one uniform seemed a bit dumb.

In fact, as far back as TOS we had the standard uniform, the dress uniform and the one-colour utility work suits; TMP had multiple variations (!) and TNG also had a standard uniform, a dress uniform and one-colour work suits in the early seasons. In the later TNG period, arguably the original DS9 uniform replaced the one-colour work suits as that era's utility uniform. I'm glad to see that we once again again have a variety of Starfleet uniforms.

I do think the multiple re-iteration of the four pips insignia on the captain uniforms is a bit unnecessary. I can just (about) understand it on the admiral's variant but it seems OTT on the others, especially given that pretty much everyone else only seems to have the bumps down the left and side of the transporter badge to indicate rank and no black shoulder straps at all.

Here are a couple of other images from the briefing room scene:


Guys with yellow stripes standing behind Saru. Could be security although we've previously seen Lt. Willa and her team wearing black so maybe just Ops...?

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An officer with a red stripe and no black shoulder straps, standing behind the fourth, unnamed captain. The metallic parts of her collar patch appear to be gold like those of the captains, rather then the silver we have seen on everyone else so far. Is that for all Command division uniforms or maybe this is the Executive Officer of one of those ships...?

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Yeah, I rather like the shoulder straps too -- there's a definite TMP vibe to this, which is kinda cool.

What I find odd though is adding all those additional four-pip motifs just to the captain uniforms. Why not use the shoulder straps for all officer ranks? Or, if they have to have pips on the collar patch for captains, why not put them on the collar patches for everyone else too?

:shrug:
 
I like these uniforms. I guess the color for divisions is just stripes on these uniforms but that works, actually.
 
why get the new badge but not a new uniform

Maybe the Discovery crew just doesn't want the new unis? Their existing ones work just fine. :shrug:

I mean, the TOS-style uniforms were already being phased in when DSC was still in the 23rd century, yet the crew were in no hurry to adopt them. Same story here?
 
Maybe the Discovery crew just doesn't want the new unis? Their existing ones work just fine. :shrug:

I mean, the TOS-style uniforms were already being phased in when DSC was still in the 23rd century, yet the crew were in no hurry to adopt them. Same story here?
Well sure starfleet would want them to update makes no sense
 
but you can't get a new uniform

Not so much "can't", but "won't".

As @Nerys Myk points out, the crew's existing uniforms are a source of strength for them. I'm sure they consider it a link to their lost past. Forcibly removing that, wouldn't really be good for morale, would it?

Burnham convinced Starfleet to keep the crew intact, and on their existing ship. It stands to reason that they'd be allowed to keep their uniforms if they wanted them, which they certainly would. As long as they carry out the orders given them by Starfleet, does it really MATTER what uniform style they wear?
 
so they give them new badges new tech as well maybe better weapons sheilds sensors , but you can't get a new uniform

Most tailors were wiped out during the Burn, as they were engaged in the 1000th pangalactic tailoring symposium, every uniform we see has been passed on generation after generation.

Or you actually thought they started out as grey?


Theoretically Voyager could have switched to the FC style uniforms as soon as they reestablished contact with Starfleet, but they never did.
Voyager had to save energy.
 
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