Voyager and the First Contact uniforms

[Fuddles]

Though Trek likes to pretend 24th Century society has evolved past this, people DO become accustomed to things. A uniform change is an upheaval in the lives of a crew who already have a LOT of shit to deal with mentally. They've been seeing each other mainly in the colourful uniforms for 6 years by that point - it's practically part of their identity.

I have a completely different opinion. I think one would welcome new uniforms after wearing the same thing for a long time. New things in ones life is what helps stave off the blahs.

 

[F. King Daniel]

In modern Trek, every ship or base seems to have their own uniforms. Maybe its Captain's choice, maybe it's mission-specific. But I did notice it at the time and knew it was money saving but and also emphasised their distance from Starfleet.

 

[Sim]

I read somewhere years ago that Berman or someone from the studio wanted casual viewers to instantly know which show they're watching based on uniforms and badges etc.

I think this is pretty much the real reason. Off-screen considerations made it a production design decision to make it easier to differentiate DS9 and VOY, which were running at the same time.

Generations was a huge mess in these regards, though.

 

[Kor]

I think this is pretty much the real reason. Off-screen considerations made it a production design decision to make it easier to differentiate DS9 and VOY, which were running at the same time.

Generations was a huge mess in these regards, though.

And there was a redesigned uniform specifically for Generations that never made it into the movie. The action figures ended up with it, though.

Kor

 

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It's kinda fun to imagine FC-NEM and VOY with those scrapped GEN uniforms though