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From: rjnoe@riccb.UUCP (Roger J. Noe)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Shirts and Insignia
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Date: Tue, 26-Nov-85 09:17:02 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 26 09:17:02 1985
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>  Has anyone else noticed the shirt insignias used by starfleet?
>  In STTTVE (Star Trek the TV Epic) we see that starfleet has a
>  different shirt insignia or each assignment:
> 
> 		On the big E it was the stylized A within a circle
> 
> 		 On base Comodore Mendez (see The Menagerie (sp))
> 		  was wearing a pattern of triangels.
> 
> 		Dekker (in the Flying Carrot that almost ate the
> 		  Enterprise) is wearing yet another symbol.
> 
>  In other shows you can see that each ship in the fleet, each
>  starbase, etc has their own symbol.

The command insignia on the Enterprise in the TV series (and later the insignia
throughout Starfleet) was a stylized STAR, not the letter A.  While there were
some feeble attempts to show different Starfleet personnel with different
insignia in the TV series, this idea was dropped when they began making the
motion pictures.  Notice there were even bigger changes in uniforms (ranks and
branches of service) since then.  Kirk was probably on the committee which
chose the star insignia for all of Starfleet.
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