LOGOS... canon violation?

[c0rnedfr0g]

Why did the USS Kelvin crew wear the Enterprise logo (assignment patch) on their chest? In TOS, we saw each starship/starbase had its own logo, and it was assumed that Starfleet adopted the Enterprise logo for all personnel after the historic 5 year mission.

Yet, even before any time disruptions (unless you count ENT), the Kelvin personnel are seen wearing the familiar Delta Shield of the USS Enterprise crew.

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Assignment_patch

 

[triox]

What happens when you commit a canon violation?

 

[MPH]

There are some things from TOS that you just have to forget like the logo's for each ship its the same with UESPA.

 

[Michael Chris]

Yes

 

[Hyperspace05]

What happens when you commit a canon violation?

Nothing, apparently... Canon violations have been a staple of trek continuity since the beginning.

 

[aelius]

What happens when you commit a canon violation?

You are violated with a cannon!

 

[Peter the Younger]

The patches were given away to charity, along with the cheesy poly-cotton blend shirts they came on.

 

[urbandk]

where was kirk's girdle and avocado tunic?!?!

 

[Miss Chicken]

where was kirk's girdle and avocado tunic?!?!

Hiding in the closet with his toupee.

 

[Awesome Possum]

What happens when you commit a canon violation?

TrekkieCat finds you. What he does is unknown, but it must be horrible.

 

[DiSiLLUSiON]

What happens when you commit a canon violation?

You are violated with a cannon!

That's got to hurt.

 

[Seska]

I did notice the ones for the Kelvin crew were outlines of the shield, whereas the ones for the E crew were (mostly) solid.

From the Delta Quadrant with Love,
Seska

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

We saw people serving in Starfleet other than the Enterprise crew wearing those chevrons during the original series.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

Well, the original series was hardly consistent on this. Sure, most of the time, they had a unique emblem for each ship. But, every so often, you'd see a station with the delta or something like that. You could rationalize it by giving every fleet a symbol (depending on how big you want the fleet to be, it would be difficult to give every ship it's own symbol).

Enterprise establishes the Delta as a starfleet logo, so maybe it could be the first fleet (no, I'm not saying the Enterprise was the flagship, just that it was part of the first fleet). Of course, Enterprise also established that different ships have different patches (which would theoretically get replaced by the less ornate symbols), but it was also a smaller fleet, so maybe not.

 

[Maestro]

Easily explained. Starfleet adopted the "A" insignia for the entire Fleet in memorial of the Kelvin.

What's next? [/Bartlet]