Hi everyone,
I'm trying to flesh out a full on series of uniforms for an alternate reality TNG, with more naval characteristics in the uniforms. I was wondering if everyone might have a few ideas or suggestions so I can make sure to make it as detailed as possible. (The images here were graciously done by Starscape).
Here's what I have so far:
1. Service Uniform (Class A) - standard uniform used for all officers, warrant officers, and enlisted. Rank shown on shoulder rank stripe, combadge on left breast. Women have skirt alternative. Ribbons and medals are not worn on this uniform. (Academy OCS - should it use the uniform with gray department color, or department color jacket with gray undershirt/rank stripe?). Undershirt is a zip-up department color shirt for male or female officers.
1a. Captain's Service Uniform - Alternate jacket uniform authorized for use by captains of Starfleet vessels, male or female. (Should it have cuff rank stripes instead?)
1b. Class B Service Uniform - Officer's Wraparound, worn in place of the Class A Uniform on-ship off-bridge during work hours. (Officers who do bridge duty wear Class A; in practice this is typically worn by department heads only, and in their departments).
1c. Class C Officer's Waistcoat (male and female)- Optional uniform piece worn under the jacket, can be worn while on ship but off duty.
1d. Flag Officer's Uniform - Similar to the Class A uniform, except with gold piping down the jacket flap, a UFP Belt Buckle, no body black styling, and with pointed black cuffs, with thick gold braids for rank (1 for Commodore, 2 for Rear Admiral, etc.). Also skirt option.
2. Starfleet Working Uniform - uniform used for all crew, for situations where other uniforms may become unduly soiled or are otherwise inappropriate for the task at hand. (How should I tell rank? Pips on right lapel or cuffs? This should also have a black belt with two loops in front, with sideways-right arrowhead like the Captain's Jacket)
2b. Coveralls - used at captain's discretion, typically in dirty, laborious environments ashore. Coveralls are not authorized for wear outside a Starfleet installation, and typical local regulations dictate that coveralls are not authorized off of the starbase, or outside the confines of an assigned workcenter ashore
2c. Chief Engineer's Working Uniform - Chief engineers have a work jacket or waistcoat alternative which allows them to carry necessary tools while performing their duties in engineering.
2d. Chief Medical Officer's Working Uniform - Chief medical officers have a work jacket alternative while performing their duties in sickbay.
3. Service Dress - variant of the Class A uniform with gold piping on the jacket flap, 3" black cuffs with rank stripes on them (gold for officers, silver for warrant officers), and no body black styling, only shoulder black. Ribbons are worn on the left under the combadge, and medals without a corresponding ribbon are worn on the right. Service dress uniforms are worn for official functions not rising to the level of full or dinner dress. They are also commonly worn when traveling in official capacity, or when reporting to a command, or appearing before the Federation Council in any official capacity (testifying, standing trial, etc).
4. Dinner/Evening Dress - Similar to Service Dress, but with UFP Belt buckle, and an additional black cuff above the ranking cuffs, indicating (on left arm) years of service in-between, and (on right arm) MOS in-between. Female officers wear long skirts with Dinner/Evening Dress. Skirt and pants have a department color stripe along outer seams, with a thin gold piping inside.
5. Dress Whites (?) - all-white uniform with a gold piping replacing the outline of the black shoulder bar, UFP buckle on belt, gold or silver rank stripes on the cuffs, years of service on left, MOS on right as on the Dinner Dress uniform, delineated by gold piping, without the black. Department color is indicated only in the portion of the cuff where the pips/squeaks and MOS appear, on the split foot area of the pants, and along the seams of the pants, with a gold piping down the middle of the dep't color. Medals are worn under the commbadge, while ribbons without corresponding medals are worn to the right. This uniform is for ceremonies such as changes of command, retirements, commissionings and decommissionings, funerals, weddings, or when otherwise appropriate.
6. Physical Training Uniform - t-shirt and shorts with tennis shoes. Starfleet arrowhead on right breast, on back, Starfleet emblem. Officer Candidates wear the Starfleet Academy logo over the right breast instead of the arrowhead. The shorts are navy blue, and shirt is department color; Academy is medium gray.
6a. PT Uniform (sweats) - sweater and sweatpants, navy blue color, with Starfleet logo on back, arrowhead on front. Collar and cuffs are department color.
6b. PT Uniform (tracksuit) - navy blue slightly reflective at night.
Coats
1. Pea Coat - all enlisted and officers may wear this coat; officers and CPOs may wear a thigh-length 'bridge coat' off-ship in inclement weather.
2. All Weather Coat - long coat worn by Starfleet personnel in inclement weather conditions while on duty. It is dark navy blue with department color cuffs and jacket piping. The buttons are gold for officers and silver for enlisted, with a mini Starfleet arrowhead in them.
3. Great Coat - long coat worn by Officers off-ship for warmth and protection. (shoulder rank epaulettes or cuff stripes?)
4. Boatcloak - optional accessory with the Dinner/Evening Dress, usually for colder weather. Outer black, inner red lining. No patches, but a department color collar piping, and gold tie rope.
Special Situation Uniforms
1. Combat Camo Uniform - digital camo uniform most often used by Starfleet Marines on-planet.
2. Arctic Cold Weather Uniform - white/sky blue/gray digital camo uniform designed to withstand extreme cold temperatures
3. Desert Uniform - loose fitting uniform designed to block UV radiation and radiate heat to keep the wearer cool. Uses Desert Camo pants, tan T-shirt with department color shoulder-bar stripe, and a hooded long-sleeve jacket
3a. Desert Camo Uniform - digital camo uniform most often used by Starfleet Marines on-planet in combat situations.
4. Pregnancy Uniform - for female officers who are pregnant while still active duty. (I think it might look better with the TNG side/bottom black)
Department colors:
5. Counselor's Uniforms - for counselors on ship, who may seek to create a more casual atmosphere. Same used by the diplomatic officer on some ships.
Command - maroon
Engineering/Tactical/Security - gold
Science/Medical - teal
Marines - royal blue, red trim piping
Academy - gray
Medals/Ribbons: just off the top of my head: first contact ribbon (making first contact with a new warp-capable race), new species ribbon (for discovering a new species on an alien world), new world ribbon, etc. for discovering a new planet or setting foot on your first new planet as part of Starfleet; Pike medal of Valor, Kirk medal for ingenuity, etc.
Divisions have emblems, but are only used on dress uniform right cuffs.
Hopefully I covered everything, but if you've got anything you see needing clarification or you think could do better, feel free to say so.
I'm trying to flesh out a full on series of uniforms for an alternate reality TNG, with more naval characteristics in the uniforms. I was wondering if everyone might have a few ideas or suggestions so I can make sure to make it as detailed as possible. (The images here were graciously done by Starscape).
Here's what I have so far:
1. Service Uniform (Class A) - standard uniform used for all officers, warrant officers, and enlisted. Rank shown on shoulder rank stripe, combadge on left breast. Women have skirt alternative. Ribbons and medals are not worn on this uniform. (Academy OCS - should it use the uniform with gray department color, or department color jacket with gray undershirt/rank stripe?). Undershirt is a zip-up department color shirt for male or female officers.
1a. Captain's Service Uniform - Alternate jacket uniform authorized for use by captains of Starfleet vessels, male or female. (Should it have cuff rank stripes instead?)
1b. Class B Service Uniform - Officer's Wraparound, worn in place of the Class A Uniform on-ship off-bridge during work hours. (Officers who do bridge duty wear Class A; in practice this is typically worn by department heads only, and in their departments).
1c. Class C Officer's Waistcoat (male and female)- Optional uniform piece worn under the jacket, can be worn while on ship but off duty.
1d. Flag Officer's Uniform - Similar to the Class A uniform, except with gold piping down the jacket flap, a UFP Belt Buckle, no body black styling, and with pointed black cuffs, with thick gold braids for rank (1 for Commodore, 2 for Rear Admiral, etc.). Also skirt option.
2. Starfleet Working Uniform - uniform used for all crew, for situations where other uniforms may become unduly soiled or are otherwise inappropriate for the task at hand. (How should I tell rank? Pips on right lapel or cuffs? This should also have a black belt with two loops in front, with sideways-right arrowhead like the Captain's Jacket)
2b. Coveralls - used at captain's discretion, typically in dirty, laborious environments ashore. Coveralls are not authorized for wear outside a Starfleet installation, and typical local regulations dictate that coveralls are not authorized off of the starbase, or outside the confines of an assigned workcenter ashore
2c. Chief Engineer's Working Uniform - Chief engineers have a work jacket or waistcoat alternative which allows them to carry necessary tools while performing their duties in engineering.
2d. Chief Medical Officer's Working Uniform - Chief medical officers have a work jacket alternative while performing their duties in sickbay.
3. Service Dress - variant of the Class A uniform with gold piping on the jacket flap, 3" black cuffs with rank stripes on them (gold for officers, silver for warrant officers), and no body black styling, only shoulder black. Ribbons are worn on the left under the combadge, and medals without a corresponding ribbon are worn on the right. Service dress uniforms are worn for official functions not rising to the level of full or dinner dress. They are also commonly worn when traveling in official capacity, or when reporting to a command, or appearing before the Federation Council in any official capacity (testifying, standing trial, etc).
4. Dinner/Evening Dress - Similar to Service Dress, but with UFP Belt buckle, and an additional black cuff above the ranking cuffs, indicating (on left arm) years of service in-between, and (on right arm) MOS in-between. Female officers wear long skirts with Dinner/Evening Dress. Skirt and pants have a department color stripe along outer seams, with a thin gold piping inside.
5. Dress Whites (?) - all-white uniform with a gold piping replacing the outline of the black shoulder bar, UFP buckle on belt, gold or silver rank stripes on the cuffs, years of service on left, MOS on right as on the Dinner Dress uniform, delineated by gold piping, without the black. Department color is indicated only in the portion of the cuff where the pips/squeaks and MOS appear, on the split foot area of the pants, and along the seams of the pants, with a gold piping down the middle of the dep't color. Medals are worn under the commbadge, while ribbons without corresponding medals are worn to the right. This uniform is for ceremonies such as changes of command, retirements, commissionings and decommissionings, funerals, weddings, or when otherwise appropriate.
6. Physical Training Uniform - t-shirt and shorts with tennis shoes. Starfleet arrowhead on right breast, on back, Starfleet emblem. Officer Candidates wear the Starfleet Academy logo over the right breast instead of the arrowhead. The shorts are navy blue, and shirt is department color; Academy is medium gray.
6a. PT Uniform (sweats) - sweater and sweatpants, navy blue color, with Starfleet logo on back, arrowhead on front. Collar and cuffs are department color.
6b. PT Uniform (tracksuit) - navy blue slightly reflective at night.
Coats
1. Pea Coat - all enlisted and officers may wear this coat; officers and CPOs may wear a thigh-length 'bridge coat' off-ship in inclement weather.
2. All Weather Coat - long coat worn by Starfleet personnel in inclement weather conditions while on duty. It is dark navy blue with department color cuffs and jacket piping. The buttons are gold for officers and silver for enlisted, with a mini Starfleet arrowhead in them.
3. Great Coat - long coat worn by Officers off-ship for warmth and protection. (shoulder rank epaulettes or cuff stripes?)
4. Boatcloak - optional accessory with the Dinner/Evening Dress, usually for colder weather. Outer black, inner red lining. No patches, but a department color collar piping, and gold tie rope.
Special Situation Uniforms
1. Combat Camo Uniform - digital camo uniform most often used by Starfleet Marines on-planet.
2. Arctic Cold Weather Uniform - white/sky blue/gray digital camo uniform designed to withstand extreme cold temperatures
3. Desert Uniform - loose fitting uniform designed to block UV radiation and radiate heat to keep the wearer cool. Uses Desert Camo pants, tan T-shirt with department color shoulder-bar stripe, and a hooded long-sleeve jacket
3a. Desert Camo Uniform - digital camo uniform most often used by Starfleet Marines on-planet in combat situations.
4. Pregnancy Uniform - for female officers who are pregnant while still active duty. (I think it might look better with the TNG side/bottom black)
Department colors:
5. Counselor's Uniforms - for counselors on ship, who may seek to create a more casual atmosphere. Same used by the diplomatic officer on some ships.
Command - maroon
Engineering/Tactical/Security - gold
Science/Medical - teal
Marines - royal blue, red trim piping
Academy - gray
Medals/Ribbons: just off the top of my head: first contact ribbon (making first contact with a new warp-capable race), new species ribbon (for discovering a new species on an alien world), new world ribbon, etc. for discovering a new planet or setting foot on your first new planet as part of Starfleet; Pike medal of Valor, Kirk medal for ingenuity, etc.
Divisions have emblems, but are only used on dress uniform right cuffs.
Hopefully I covered everything, but if you've got anything you see needing clarification or you think could do better, feel free to say so.
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