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From: rjnoe@riccb.UUCP (Roger J. Noe)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Re: Shirts and Insignia
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Date: Mon, 2-Dec-85 09:05:16 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  2 09:05:16 1985
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> I believe the Enterprise uniform symbol is a stylized 
> arrowhead, not a star . . . .  However,
> the symbol the yellow shirts wore did have a five-pointed
> star inside the arrowhead.
> RJS in Toronto

The star I was referring to is the cutout shape inside the "arrowhead" solid
shape.  It was this insignia (not just the "arrowhead") which was adopted for
all Starfleet uniforms in the motion pictures.  The Sciences and Engineering
insignia were dropped entirely.
--
"It's only by NOT taking the human race seriously that I retain what
 fragments of my once considerable mental powers I still possess!"
	Roger Noe			ihnp4!riccb!rjnoe