Do we know why Pike and co are in the different uniforms?
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And if you’re at starfleet command
They don’t want to stand out like sore thumbs while on the Discovery.
Which was dumb, especially if they wanted to interweave their look with the rest of the universe. They could have had Discovery as part of a special science branch within Starfleet, which wears blue like the science officers in TOS. But the admirals all wearing blue kind of kills that idea.
The explanation from the officially licensed novels is that the Constitution class ships have a different uniform. We can presume it's something of a test program, and if they like the results, then obvious department color uniforms will be rolled out to the rest of the fleet.
Officially licensed but not canon.
But I wouldn’t be surprised if they did something similar.
Didn’t the novel describe the Cage version of the uniforms anyways?
Specifically the people running this version of ST wanted the look discovery crew wears.
IMO only, thsee unis are ok just not ST. Feel/come off as generic sci-fi unis. Could've tweaked or updated "cannon" unis to their vision n blended a ST feel to it but went this route
IMO only, thsee unis are ok just not ST. Feel/come off as generic sci-fi unis. Could've tweaked or updated "cannon" unis to their vision n blended a ST feel to it but went this route
What is real "Star Trek?" Those stupid looking flannel pajamas from The Cage?
Constitution class gets special privileges.
They are pretending those crazy pj looking outfits never happened.
There's nothing wrong with the Cage uniforms that a little tailoring couldn't fix.
My personal theory is that it follows Christopher Bennett's idea in his amazing Rise of the Federation novels. Without giving too much away, Bennett postulated that the different uniform patches we see in TOS symbolized branches/fleets of Starfleet run by different founding members of the Federation (as opposed to symbolizing individual ships).
Building on that, maybe there were further breakdowns -- deep space exploration vs closer-to-home operations -- that resulted in different uniforms entirely. It could even explain different ship aesthetics/construction methods/materials. The Vulcans, to that point anyway, might have been willing to share some of their advanced tech for exploration craft like the Enterprise but not portions of the fleet devoted toward other purposes.
Building on that, maybe there were further breakdowns -- deep space exploration vs closer-to-home operations -- that resulted in different uniforms entirely. It could even explain different ship aesthetics/construction methods/materials. The Vulcans, to that point anyway, might have been willing to share some of their advanced tech for exploration craft like the Enterprise but not portions of the fleet devoted toward other purposes.
It was widely adopted in TOS. Starbase personnel and the crew of the Defiant wore the arrowhead.
There was a memo about Decker and the Exeter's badges being wrong. I believe it is in Inside Star Trek by Justman and Solow.
Not perhaps cannon but so far they've been shown to have very close working patterns with the show, and this is yet another example.
What would I have done?
Kept "The Cage" uniforms but upgraded them slightly to look like modern-day Military sweaters.
Kept "The Cage" uniforms but upgraded them slightly to look like modern-day Military sweaters.
Yeah, I think somebody thought that different ships were supposed to have different badges because the Antares crew in "Charlie X" had a different symbol. But they weren't regular Starfleet, they were merchant marine.
Kor
1. Because they’re awesome and they look cool.
2. Because Generations rules to uniforms applies. Wear whatever you want it’s just a frakking uniform.
2. Because Generations rules to uniforms applies. Wear whatever you want it’s just a frakking uniform.
