![]() ( PIC: " Remembrance") By the early 2400s, the silver rank pips were back on the collar of the uniform. ![]() ( TNG: " Yesterday's Enterprise", " Family")īy the year 2399, Starfleet's familiar pip design had been relocated from the collar to the right breast of the uniform and the pips had become silver. With the exception of some minor cosmetic changes to officer uniforms, including the introduction of a standard communicator pin by 2344, the uniforms and insignia of the late 23rd century remained unchanged until the late 2340s. Enlisted ranks themselves were expanded, encompassing several grades of petty officer and chief petty officer. ![]() Finally, in the case of admirals, another series of cuff straps denoted the particular rank of the admiral.Įnlisted uniforms were also completely revamped from previous versions and now were worn as jumpsuits with rank pins worn on the lower right sleeve. The shoulder strap system also matched with a cuff strap which could display various citation and years-of-service pins. At this point, the lieutenant junior grade rank had also been re-established. ( Star Trek: The Motion Picture)īy the year 2278, Starfleet had again changed its uniforms, abandoning the previous sleeve stripe system and adopting a totally new insignia design which incorporated a series of rank pins worn on a shoulder strap with the color of the strap determining the bearer's branch within Starfleet. Enlisted personnel adopted a style of their own rank insignia and both officers and admirals could now wear a short sleeve "Class B" uniform which displayed rank insignia on shoulder tabs. The rank insignia of officers remained almost the same, though the lieutenant junior grade braid was now used to indicate ensign. In the mid- 2270s, Starfleet changed its uniforms yet again, although mainly in appearance only. The rank of fleet admiral was mentioned in dialogue in " Space Seed". The rank of cadet and midshipman were both in use at Starfleet Academy. ( TOS: " Court Martial", " The Trouble with Tribbles") ![]() Starfleet flag officers wore a thicker braid insignia than regular officers. In this new system, all enlisted personnel, chief petty officers included, as well as ensigns, had no insignia whatsoever with most enlisted personnel also wearing Starfleet jumpsuits instead of the standard tunic uniforms worn by the officers. They also modified the other system that had been in use for the last decade or so. ( TOS: " The Cage", " Where No One Has Gone Before")īy 2266, Starfleet had phased out the simple rank system that gave all commissioned officers the same insignia. This system would be in use concurrently with other rank insignia systems for at least fifteen years, with only a slight modification by 2265, when those holding the rank of captain were authorized to wear two gold stripes whereas other officers wore one. Commissioned officers wore a solid gold stripe. ( DIS: " Brother" SNW: " Strange New Worlds", et al)Īnother Starfleet uniform used around this time had a much simpler rank and insignia system, in which enlisted personnel wore no rank insignia while the rank of chief petty officer was denoted by a special sleeve stripe. An exception was the stripes worn by medical officers, which were silver. In this system, the color of the stripe matched the division color. ( Star Trek)Ī variation of this uniform introduced in the 2250s changed the rank system back to a sleeve stripe system. ( ENT: " These Are the Voyages.")īy the 2230s, the Starfleet uniform used a sleeve stripe system instead of pips to denote rank. ![]() ( ENT: " First Flight", et al.) This system was still in place by 2161. Flag officers' pips were surrounded by a black rectangle with a silver border. Silver rank pips were displayed on the right breast of the Starfleet uniforms, above a colored shoulder trim denoting what division the crew member was assigned to. By the development of the NX-Alpha in 2143, the Starfleet rank structure had at least three enlisted ranks, four officer ranks, and three ranks for use by flag officers. ![]()
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