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ToS-Era Grey Shirt... What was it??

marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
edited May 2013 in Ten Forward
I just caught Trouble with Tribbles, coming into it just as Scotty starts the brawl with the Klingons. In the crowd of onlookers, I noticed a guy wearing what looked like a Starfleet uniform shirt (ie triangular black collar detail/insignia on left breast) which appeared to be a greyish/metallic material. Does anyone have any idea what this uniform signified? Base Operations? Intelligence Operative? TIA :cool:
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  • jonsillsjonsills Member Posts: 10,460 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    As that scene opens, you can also see two of them sitting at adjacent tables, along with enlisted personnel (the guys in the brightly-colored jumpsuits). Don't recall ever seeing that uni before, nor ever seeing it referenced again. If they are base security, there must not be many of them, not with that distress call being sent out just because there was special grain aboard.

    I dunno - Section 31? :)
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  • tlamstriketlamstrike Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I think I know the guy you are talking about. Did it look like this?

    It is the cadet uniform.
    My Romulan Liberated Borg character made it to Level 30 and beat the (old) Defense of New Romulus with the skill point bug. :D
  • marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    jonsills wrote: »
    As that scene opens, you can also see two of them sitting at adjacent tables, along with enlisted personnel (the guys in the brightly-colored jumpsuits). Don't recall ever seeing that uni before, nor ever seeing it referenced again. If they are base security, there must not be many of them, not with that distress call being sent out just because there was special grain aboard.

    I dunno - Section 31? :)

    That's what I'd initially wondered/hoped :D However...
    tlamstrike wrote: »
    I think I know the guy you are talking about. Did it look like this?

    It is the cadet uniform.
    Yup, that's the uniform, thanks :cool:
  • jonsillsjonsills Member Posts: 10,460 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    tlamstrike wrote: »
    I think I know the guy you are talking about. Did it look like this?

    It is the cadet uniform.
    Yeah, I finally tracked a reference down at Memory Beta. The one in "The Trouble With Tribbles" was a little more metallic-looking, but I think it was indeed the cadet uni. (Now the question - why were Starfleet cadets hanging out in the bar at Deep Space K-7? :) )
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  • sollvaxsollvax Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Federation diplomatic corps (I heard it explained at a convention once)
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  • tlamstriketlamstrike Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    jonsills wrote: »
    (Now the question - why were Starfleet cadets hanging out in the bar at Deep Space K-7? :) )

    Spring Break? :D
    My Romulan Liberated Borg character made it to Level 30 and beat the (old) Defense of New Romulus with the skill point bug. :D
  • marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    jonsills wrote: »
    Yeah, I finally tracked a reference down at Memory Beta. The one in "The Trouble With Tribbles" was a little more metallic-looking, but I think it was indeed the cadet uni. (Now the question - why were Starfleet cadets hanging out in the bar at Deep Space K-7? :) )
    I wonder if that might be down to the indoor lighting, rather than Finnegan being filmed outside :)

    Cadets in the bar is tolerable, maybe drinking age there was 18, rather than 21, but looking back, the cadet looked much older than 18-21... Maybe they decided to go into Starfleet later in life, or got held back a few years :D
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  • nitehawk27nitehawk27 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    marcusdkane wrote: »
    Cadets in the bar is tolerable, maybe drinking age there was 18, rather than 21, but looking back, the cadet looked much older than 18-21... Maybe they decided to go into Starfleet later in life, or got held back a few years :D

    You do realize that the legal drinking age isn't 21 years old world wide eh? it's 19 here in Canada and a lot lower in Europe. So it's entirely possible that the drinking age in the future could be lower than 21
  • marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    nitehawk27 wrote: »
    You do realize that the legal drinking age isn't 21 years old world wide eh? it's 19 here in Canada and a lot lower in Europe. So it's entirely possible that the drinking age in the future could be lower than 21
    Yeah, it's 18 here in the UK, although there is a policy of challenging people not appearing 21-25. I'm not surprised at seeing a cadet in a bar, I just thought the guy looked too old to be wearing a cadet's uniform :D
  • korfi2go#5083 korfi2go
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    edited May 2013
    In Germany the legal drinking age is 16. 18 if the drink contains more than 15% alcohol. So nearly everyone on SF Academy could go to a bar and have a beer here.
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