Star Trek uniforms

[Bateluer]

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.

 

[alkemyst]

the sun, it burns my skin...

 

[SunnyD]

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.

Boobs. Lots of em.

 

[calvinbiss]

Come on, you have to know the answer to this question!

(You have to remember, of course, that this all took place on TELEVISION, FOR THE MASSES!)

Well there you go, Sunny D got it!

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

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

 

[Bateluer]

Boobs. Lots of em.

If that was true, then all the female characters would be wearing skintight clothing.

 

[SunnyD]

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

Many think the same about you, yet they don't go out of their way to post about it.

 

[darkxshade]

Starfleet wasn't the Federation yet during ENT so maybe that may be part of the reason for T'Pol. Maybe only Humans wore uniform. Wasn't Dr. Phlox a Starfleet medical officer too?

No idea about Deanna, maybe because her mother is an ambassador and pulled some strings?

 

[SunnyD]

If that was true, then all the female characters would be wearing skintight clothing.

Denise Crosby - No boobs.
Gates McFadden = No boobs.
Most TNG Female part-time officers = No boobs.
Mariana Sirtis = Boobs.

You see a theme here? Would you want to see THIS is a skin-tight outfit?

 

[lxskllr]

You see a theme here? Would you want to see THIS is a skin-tight outfit?

She had lots of boobs, and to answer your question; Yes :^)

 

[acheron]

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.

mirror universe Sato = :thumbsup:

 

[DesiPower]

7 of 9 + skin tight = super hot, FTW

 

[Raduque]

In universe explanation for Troi: She was the ships counselor, her uniform, such as it was, was designed to make people feel more at ease when talking to her, rather than facing a standard uniform with rank pips and division colors. She was also a LT. Commander, IIRC, and then a full Commander in the movies. In fact, there was an episode where Troi was ordered to wear a standard uniform by some other captain who was in command when Picard was relieved/mia.

/nerd

 

[dud]

Reading this caused my head to explode.

 

[SunnyD]

7 of 9 + skin tight = super hot, FTW

I see where the other 2 of 9 went!

 

[acheron]

In universe explanation for Troi: She was the ships counselor, her uniform, such as it was, was designed to make people feel more at ease when talking to her, rather than facing a standard uniform with rank pips and division colors. She was also a LT. Commander, IIRC, and then a full Commander in the movies. In fact, there was an episode where Troi was ordered to wear a standard uniform by some other captain who was in command when Picard was relieved/mia.

/nerd

I can out-nerd you: it was Capt. Jellico, when Picard was captured by Cardassians ("there are four lights!").

I'm pretty sure there was an ep in the last season or so where Troi was promoted to full Commander; I think she had to take a test on the bridge to show she was capable of taking command if needed. Someone can out-nerd me here if they know which ep I'm talking about.

 

[AstroManLuca]

In universe explanation for Troi: She was the ships counselor, her uniform, such as it was, was designed to make people feel more at ease when talking to her, rather than facing a standard uniform with rank pips and division colors. She was also a LT. Commander, IIRC, and then a full Commander in the movies. In fact, there was an episode where Troi was ordered to wear a standard uniform by some other captain who was in command when Picard was relieved/mia.

/nerd

lol, this

I've been watching through TNG lately. Troi does sometimes wear a regular uniform but not all the time. It seems like they're not too picky about uniforms, at least with the higher ranking people. Worf is always wearing that metal sash over his chest. But for lower ranks they're more strict, Ensign Ro (a Bajoran) wasn't allowed to wear her earring at first.

I can out-nerd you: it was Capt. Jellico, when Picard was captured by Cardassians ("there are four lights!").

I'm pretty sure there was an ep in the last season or so where Troi was promoted to full Commander; I think she had to take a test on the bridge to show she was capable of taking command if needed. Someone can out-nerd me here if they know which ep I'm talking about.

Just saw that one two nights ago, it's called Thine Own Self. The main story thread of that episode was Data landing on a medieval-era planet and losing his memory.

/supernerd

 

[PingSpike]

In universe explanation for Troi: She was the ships counselor, her uniform, such as it was, was designed to make people feel more at ease when talking to her, rather than facing a standard uniform with rank pips and division colors. She was also a LT. Commander, IIRC, and then a full Commander in the movies. In fact, there was an episode where Troi was ordered to wear a standard uniform by some other captain who was in command when Picard was relieved/mia.

/nerd

Yes, I was going to point out that episode. Basically, she wears plain clothes all the time because Captain Picard let's her. Whether he liked checking out her ass or didn't think the ship's shrink needed to wear a uniform is never revealed, but the point was it was an actual exception that he allowed. When some other captain shows up, he feels differently on the matter.

 

[PingSpike]

l

Just saw that one two nights ago, it's called Thine Own Self. The main story thread of that episode was Data landing on a medieval-era planet and losing his memory.

/supernerd

One of my favorite episodes actually. He shows up with a suitcase full of radioactive shit and everyone just thinks he's some guy from up north in the mountains and his skin is white because there's not much sun and he's super strong because he has to fight yetis all the time. LOL. The ending was pretty cool.

 

[shadow9d9]

On TNG, she was supposed to be wearing uniform. It was regulation. In one of the episodes, I believe when picard is held prisoner, the replacement captain made her change into uniform. She was essentially psychologist, so was allowed slack in what she wore.

T'Pol wasn't part of the Federation. Just joined and wore whatever she wanted.

 

[her209]

Dr. Crusher wore a sweater over her uniform. Worf wore a sash over his uniform.

What's with the color of the uniforms? Seems like blue = medical, but red and yellow seems random.

 

[Bateluer]

Wasn't Dr. Phlox a Starfleet medical officer too?

?

Phlox was part of an inter-species medical exchange program, he wasn't part of Starfleet.

Edit - I need to re-watch TNG again, methinks.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Dr. Crusher wore a sweater over her uniform. Worf wore a sash over his uniform.

What's with the color of the uniforms? Seems like blue = medical, but red and yellow seems random.

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

 

[acheron]

Dr. Crusher wore a sweater over her uniform. Worf wore a sash over his uniform.

What's with the color of the uniforms? Seems like blue = medical, but red and yellow seems random.

In TNG days, Red = command, Blue = science/medical, Yellow = support (including engineering and security).

Red and yellow were reversed in the original series (e.g., the security guys wearing red shirts when they got killed on an away team). 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.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Picard often wore a different style uniform in TNG. Instead of a regular red jumpsuit he'd wear a gray one with a red and black jacket over it.