Would you want a common Service Stripe on a future StarFleet Uniform design?

[Kamen Rider Blade]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_stripe

In a future StarFleet Uniform design, would you want them to have the "Service Stripe" concept included for each officer?

It'd be a nice way to add realism to the Uniform since StarFleet Uniform / Concept is based off of real world military.

Personally, I'd want to add it to my Head Canon Uniform design.

Right Collar to have a Single Piece "Rank Bar" that holds the Modular "Rank Pips" within it

Then the Left Collar would hold the "Service Length Bar" and use Colored Chevrons of different numerical value based on 'assigned color to value' to represent exactly how many years of service you have completed.
It would also be a Single Piece "Service Length Bar" and can be modified as needed when you add in new pips when accomplished.

This would create two Uniform bars on the collar and make a Starfleet Officer look less disjointed by having Assymetrical Insignia on their Uniform.

Too much Assymetry is bad design for a uniform IMO.

 

[USS Triumphant]

I think these were *maybe* represented by the little triangles on the dress uniform chests in TOS? I like them for a dress uniform, not so sure about for the duty uniforms.

 

[Mojochi]

The more adornments they have, the more militant they look, & I think they really try to steer away from that

 

[Takeru]

Then the Left Collar would hold the "Service Length Bar" and use Colored Chevrons of different numerical value based on 'assigned color to value' to represent exactly how many years of service you have completed.

That's irrelevant information and adds nothing of value to the show. It would just end up being an additional source for fan complaints when dialog contradicts the service length bar or when the costume department puts the wrong bar on for the yearly update.

 

[trekshark]

Didn't the monster maroons have that on the sleeve?

 

[J.T.B.]

In a future StarFleet Uniform design, would you want them to have the "Service Stripe" concept included for each officer?

It'd be a nice way to add realism to the Uniform since StarFleet Uniform / Concept is based off of real world military.

In the real world such insignia have always been for enlisted personnel, not officers. They were useful back in the day when a private could serve in the same rank for 20 years, they gave him something to show for re-enlisting. But the trend is away from that kind of thing. The newest US service, the Air Force, never used them. USMC NCOs wear them on service and dress blue uniforms but not on mess dress. British and Canadian forces no longer use them, except the Royal Navy. In the RN a maximum of three are worn up through the rank of petty officer, then no longer worn at the CPO level. Most forces now recognize long service with medals and ribbons.

I think these were *maybe* represented by the little triangles on the dress uniform chests in TOS?

Those were supposed to be decorations and awards, like the rectangular ribbons of today.

The more adornments they have, the more militant they look, & I think they really try to steer away from that

Since the late '80s, anyway.

Didn't the monster maroons have that on the sleeve?

Yes, I think those were supposed to indicate length of service, but when people figured they didn't add up right they became a combination of length of service and commendations. Part of Starfleet's cluttered era of uniforms.

 

[Mysterion]

Didn't the monster maroons have that on the sleeve?

Yup.

 

[Tenacity]

The more adornments they have, the more militant they look, & I think they really try to steer away from that

Side arms are common, and they travel the galaxy in ships with deadly energy guns and antimatter weapons. Already pretty militant in appearance.

As a new aspect of costume designs I would support this idea. The regular uniforms in the majority of the series are somewhat bland, the uniforms during the TOS movies being a exception.

Maybe not for the officers, but a plus for the enlisted/NCOs. Like to see rank insignia on the shoulder for the enlisted/NCO as well.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Side arms are common, and they travel the galaxy in ships with deadly energy guns and antimatter weapons. Already pretty militant in appearance.

For me, the Militancy has more to do with what they do, how they behave; not what they carry.

When you are exploring the wild unknown, it is prudent to be armed and ready, given the level of unknown threats and historical incidents that have happened when exploring the Frontier, having your ship armed and you have nobody to save your butts in the wild Frontier, that makes sense.
Random Alien Bording Parties or Space Pirates / Raiders / War Lords running rampant attacking your ship, it's wise to be prudent for Personnel to Personnel combat.

 

[J.T.B.]

^In TOS the sidearms were regularly de-emphasized as well, with Phaser 1's concealed under the shirt.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Type_1_phaser
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/File:Phaser_size_comparison.jpg

Type 1 Phaser was designed for easy Concealed Carry with that odd Remote Control like shape.
It wasn't designed for long range combat, just short room to room combat.

The ergonomics doesn't make it accurate for long range shooting.

 

[J.T.B.]

Type 1 Phaser was designed for easy Concealed Carry with that odd Remote Control like shape.
It wasn't designed for long range combat, just short room to room combat.

We were talking about a militant or warlike appearance. The small concealed weapon allowed Starfleet to present a less martial or confrontational appearance, as opposed to an open sidearm.

 

[Mojochi]

Side arms are common, and they travel the galaxy in ships with deadly energy guns and antimatter weapons. Already pretty militant in appearance.

A sidearm, imho, for as much as theirs barely look like any anyhow, don't make someone look militant. They make them merely look armed. We're talking about style of dress in costuming, & all I'm saying is there's a conscious effort by the show to veer from too much uniformed accoutrement. They got a badge, & maybe some minor insignia/pips or the like, & for me, that's enough. Go filling them up with medals, ribbons, stripes, or the like just makes them look like Idi Amin