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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: [QB] What? Insurrection hit the screens after DS9's sixth season, IIRC. We definitely see Ross in the grey uniform (with a couple belt variations) long before Dougherty came along. One explanation we came up with before is that the grey uniforms and the early DS9/Voyager jumpsuits represent the Battle Dress Uniforms of the Starfleet wardrobe - that is, the everyday use uniforms. The TNG uniforms are the standard uniforms people wear around for less rugged use, and more office style duties. This is analogous to the US military uniform system, which sees BDU "camos" in general usewhen you're on everyday duty, and the slightly more suit-ish outfits when you're in the office. And of course, the really fancy dress whites for the really fancy occasions. In other words, people on everyday starships would be wearing the BDU equivalent most days, like on Voyager or DS9. Fancier starships with fancier duties - like a flagship, for example - would probably stick to the more official standard uniforms that look better when you're trying to negotiate stuff or look good to your Federation neighbors. And then there's the best dress uniforms for everyone, for when you're greeting an ambassador or spying on Romulans. What I believe is that the Enterprise-D, being the flagship and in never really in general combat duties, wouldn't have the BDU-equivalent of the day in its general wardrobe. But go to DS9, or Voyager, or any of the more gritty kinds of armpits in the Federation, and you'll see people in the jumpsuits. Then the War began warming up, and almost everyone switches over to the greytops in anticipation of everyone needing their more rugged qualities. And it just sorta stuck, at least until Starfleet can design a grey standard uniform to complement 'em. All this is speculation, of course, and is subject to a bunch of little inconsistencies we see in the trek canon. For example, it is generally assumed that the Voyager crew never switched over to the greytops for the very practical reason that they had a mess of the colourtops already after inheriting DS9's supply, wanted to keep the movie franchise more visually separate, and also wanted a visual distinction between the Starfllet stuff happening on earth and Voyager. Plus, they save on not having to make custom-fitted uniforms for the main cast (despite spending more money on a bunch of one-shot uniforms for "Endgame"). But hey, it's a reasonable stab at it. :) Mark [/QB][/QUOTE]
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