Star Trek uniforms

[PingSpike]

Yeah, the classic term "red shirt" is confusing if you've only seen Next Generation because the ensign corpse of the week was usually wearing yellow.

 

[Bateluer]

Also Kirk occasionally wore green instead of yellow; unknown if green was normal for other captains then, or if he was color-blind and no one told him he was wearing green, or if he just wore green because he's goddamn Captain Kirk.

If I recall, it was intended to be gold, but the combination of lights and cameras made it appear green on screen.

 

[darkxshade]

I wonder if Data only had one uniform and never took it off(other than for away missions where he needed to blend in)... I mean I don't see a reason why he would need to change. He doesn't sweat or need to sleep/take a shit.

 

[Linflas]

In TOS, female officers and crewmen wore similar styled uniforms to the men, except with skirts and lower cut tops to expose cleavage. But both were very distinctively 'Starfleet'.

In TNG, DS9, VOY, and ENT, females wear nearly identical uniforms to the males. A few notable exceptions, Deanna Troi, Major Kira, and Seven of Nine. Technically, Seven and Kira were not Starfleet, and so having different uniforms was plausible. So what if the uniforms were skin tight body suits. Troi, on the other hand, was Starfleet. This does not explain why Commander Troi wore skin tight body suits, often colorful.

T'Pol, in ENT, was initially not Starfleet and seemed to wear completely different uniforms than even other Vulcans. Again, skintight body suits. Even after she was commissioned in Starfleet, she still wore the same skin tight body suits, with the Starfleet rank pops above her breast.

Other female crew members in TNG and ENT wore standard Starfleet issue uniforms, such as Hoshi Sato and the numerous female crew seen in TNG.

Why? What makes Troi and T'Pol different? Sato was much better looking than T'Pol, so its not solely because those characters are much more attractive.

This would seem to apply here as well:

If you're wondering how he eats and breathes
And other science facts,
Just repeat to yourself "It's just a show,
I should really just relax
For Mystery Science Theater 3000.

 

[her209]

Blue = science and medical. Yellow = operations, security, engineering. Red = command.

Data is wore yellow and his rank is Lt. Commander (3rd in command). I never saw Data working in Engineering until LaForge started to.

 

[Bateluer]

Data is wore yellow and his rank is Lt. Commander (2rd in command). I never saw Data working in Engineering until LaForge started to.

Data was working in engineering in Encounter at Farpoint, the pilot, wasn't he? It wasn't his primary duty station though.

Plus, its not uncommon to see engineering, security, medical, and science officers on the bridge either.

 

[darkxshade]

Data was sort of jack of all trades... I've seen him as the helmsman on many occasions too.

 

[PingSpike]

Data should have his own color of uniform that represents bad ass, because he could run the whole ship himself and saved the ship ever single week.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Data is wore yellow and his rank is Lt. Commander (3rd in command). I never saw Data working in Engineering until LaForge started to.

Data wasn't in engineering, he was in operations.

Oh yeah and in that same episode everyone's talking about, where the Enterprise got a new captain, he was eventually made first officer and wore a red uniform.

When Worf was on the Enterprise he wore yellow because he was head of security, but when he went to DS9 got a red uniform and he often commanded the Defiant.

 

[PingSpike]

Interestingly, I believe that before Tasha Yar's death Worf wore a red uniform on the enterprise as well. Then he became head of security and went yellow.

 

[shortylickens]

In the pilot episode of TNG the men wore dresses.

 

[Nik]

I cannot even begin to express how little of a fuck I give about this topic.

This

 

[zinfamous]

As lame as Star Trek is, I have to admit that the uniforms and overall design of that franchise is probably one of the top reasons that I've always hated it. it just looks so, so....awful.

 

[PingSpike]

The only thing that sucks about star trek is that they use magic (called tachyons in the future) to solve every plot.

 

[her209]

Interestingly, I believe that before Tasha Yar's death Worf wore a red uniform on the enterprise as well. Then he became head of security and went yellow.

Worf and Geordi LaForge both wore red.

According to Wikipedia,

In 2364 Worf was assigned to the USS Enterprise-D as relief flight control and tactical officer with the rank of lieutenant junior grade (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint"). The next year he was made Acting Chief of Security following the death of Natasha Yar, even though he believed that a promotion due to the death of a comrade was not honorable (TNG: "Skin of Evil"). The next year he transferred to operations division and was formally made Chief of Security (TNG: "The Child").

In 2357, he was assigned as an ensign aboard the USS Victory under Captain Zimbata (TNG: "Elementary, Dear Data"). After his first cruise, he was transferred to the USS Hood serving with then Lt. Cmdr William T. Riker for her 2361-64 cruise, during which he was promoted to lieutenant junior grade (TNG: "Conundrum").

La Forge once impressed Captain Jean-Luc Picard by staying up all night to fix a shuttle craft that Picard mentioned had a superficial problem. Upon learning this, Picard decided he wanted Geordi on his next command ("TNG": The Next Phase) which ended up being the Enterprise-D where Geordi was assigned to him as a helmsman. He was later named Chief Engineer and promoted to Lieutenant Commander, a rank he held until his promotion to Commander at the end of Star Trek: Nemesis.

 

[acheron]

The only thing that sucks about star trek is that they use magic (called tachyons in the future) to solve every plot.

Hey, it's not *just* tachyons; sometimes they have to reverse the polarity too.

 

[AstroManLuca]

"Beam them up!"

"I can't, there's too much interference"

There's ALWAYS too much interference.

 

[her209]

Why didn't the writers use the teleporter as a weapon? For example, when the borg took over the Enterprise in First Contact, why not just teleport all your victims into a room for assimilation.

 

[mizzou]

Counselor trois wore duff uniforms along with diff outfits, i beleive her away missions she wore stflt uniform but on enterprise she was often seen wearing tge skin tight grey leotard

 

[PingSpike]

"Beam them up!"

"I can't, there's too much interference"

There's ALWAYS too much interference.

Try reversing the polarity on the tachyon field by reconfiguring the deflector dish to boost the signal strength. That should do it.

If I were on that show, I'd make Captain in like a year because I'd get results. Just spray tachyons on everything, all the god damn time. Got Romulans breathing down your neck? Spray 'em with tachyons. New alien life form? Spray it with tachyons. Mutiny on the ship? Spray the crew with tachyons.

 

[acheron]

Try reversing the polarity on the tachyon field by reconfiguring the deflector dish to boost the signal strength. That should do it.

If I were on that show, I'd make Captain in like a year because I'd get results. Just spray tachyons on everything, all the god damn time. Got Romulans breathing down your neck? Spray 'em with tachyons. New alien life form? Spray it with tachyons. Mutiny on the ship? Spray the crew with tachyons.

Step 1: Find a piece of equipment.
Step 2: Does it have a polarity?
Step 3: REVERSE THAT SHIT.

 

[darkxshade]

Try reversing the polarity on the tachyon field by reconfiguring the deflector dish to boost the signal strength. That should do it.

If I were on that show, I'd make Captain in like a year because I'd get results. Just spray tachyons on everything, all the god damn time. Got Romulans breathing down your neck? Spray 'em with tachyons. New alien life form? Spray it with tachyons. Mutiny on the ship? Spray the crew with tachyons.

Unless you're on any of the ships that have a TV show, there aren't enough tachyons to go around, those ships hoarded it all... why else do you see big ass Starfleet ships blow up with single shots during CGI cut scenes(as seen in Dominion war) while a small as ship like the Defiant take beating after beating.

 

[JTsyo]

This

Not as little as GA. You cared enough to click on the link read his post and quote it. :whiste:

 

[AstroManLuca]

Why didn't the writers use the teleporter as a weapon? For example, when the borg took over the Enterprise in First Contact, why not just teleport all your victims into a room for assimilation.

The Borg never really make sense. They are always capable of destroying the Enterprise yet they never seem interested in doing so. They try to explain it away by saying that their goal isn't to destroy, but to assimilate. But the Enterprise is always figuring out a way to beat them. You'd think they would have eventually caught on that they'd be able to assimilate the rest of humanity more easily if they were to just destroy the Enterprise.

Try reversing the polarity on the tachyon field by reconfiguring the deflector dish to boost the signal strength. That should do it.

If I were on that show, I'd make Captain in like a year because I'd get results. Just spray tachyons on everything, all the god damn time. Got Romulans breathing down your neck? Spray 'em with tachyons. New alien life form? Spray it with tachyons. Mutiny on the ship? Spray the crew with tachyons.

LOL, it's painful watching battle scenes. I know, limited special effects budget, but they're always getting beaten by inferior ships because they never even try. You'd get a promotion for just using your fucking weapons for once.

 

[Kadarin]

I sure as hell hope this guy wasn't on the command staff: http://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/star_trek_man_in_skant.jpg