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Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread

Huh. The lighting was so dark in that scene I just assumed they were wearing the same tactical gear from Disco.
I really like how they colour the tactical vests by division. Great progression from Disco into TOS.
It's silly if you ask me. The whole point of a tactical uniform is to protect the wearer in a tactical situation. You can't do that if the commanding officer is wearing a vest that show's their department color. Any enemy who knows anything about Starfleet will know the ones in the gold vest are the commanding officers and will target them first. If anything, that's one thing Disco got right and SNW got wrong.

I swear, half the time "Starfleet isn't military" gets interpreted as meaning Starfleet isn't allowed to have common sense. Though, I guess we should be thankful they at least have some form of body armor these days...
 
Huh. The lighting was so dark in that scene I just assumed they were wearing the same tactical gear from Disco.

It's silly if you ask me. The whole point of a tactical uniform is to protect the wearer in a tactical situation. You can't do that if the commanding officer is wearing a vest that show's their department color. Any enemy who knows anything about Starfleet will know the ones in the gold vest are the commanding officers and will target them first. If anything, that's one thing Disco got right and SNW got wrong.
Personally I REALLY wouldn't want to be wearing the red vest.
 
It's silly if you ask me. The whole point of a tactical uniform is to protect the wearer in a tactical situation. You can't do that if the commanding officer is wearing a vest that show's their department color.
True but SNW needs to balance Disco's seriousness with TOS's silliness. I think practical gear with fun colours is a decent compromise.
 
I swear, half the time "Starfleet isn't military" gets interpreted as meaning Starfleet isn't allowed to have common sense. Though, I guess we should be thankful they at least have some form of body armor these days...
I mean, yes and no. I was recently doing some research on US and British military uniform history and the way they changed as weapons changed, which is how camouflage patterns came about, when weapons simply could over power the armor of the day. Starfleet and its contemporaries have a lot of technology at their disposal, not the least of which is sensors that can find, identify and pinpoint your location, and weapons that very powerful. Blending in to the background isn't going to do much if your adversary can still find you. So, they opted for color coded.

Maybe it's too British ;)
 
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