User:Morwen/tmp intent

research notes:

The Making of TMP has contains the following claims

says the colours on the not-commbadges are as follows


 * white : command
 * red : engineering
 * orange : science
 * pale gold: operations
 * green: medical
 * gray: security

science was changed from blue and blue was avoided, to avoid clash with the uniform colour spock wore


 * dashed line = ensign (rand)
 * straight line = lieutenant (chekov, chapel, ilia)
 * dash & staright = lt cmdr (sulu, uhura)
 * two straight = cmdr (mccoy, decker, spock, scott)
 * two straight, one dash in middle = captain (kirk!)
 * straight and thick straight = rear admiral

this memo are dated august 3, 1978, and then another memo the next day noted that Rand is not an ensign but a transporter chief and thus should have no sleeve stripe. although Starfleet alternate ranks and insignia says the book specifically claims no Warrant Officer in Starfleet, i have yet to find such a claim.