Imperial Uniforms - which agencies/groups have them?

[Spenser TR]

In your Traveller universe some orgs have uniforms, yes? I assume the military services do - perhaps several varieties of duty/service/dress uniforms depending on posting, climate, rank, and occasion.

After this, maybe it gets a little hazy.

IMTU, the Scouts have a duty uniform and a dress uniform, the former in many variations and worn much less often and with less, er, uniformity than the military services. Somehow, they always manage to be identifiable as Scouts with a cover here, a set of trousers there, an affixed insignia on an aloha shirt, or whatever.

Nobles in my TU have dress "uniforms," but these vary from house to house, inspired by some reading in the excellent GT Nobles supplement.

After this... hazy. Who has a recognizable uniform in your Traveller universe - SPA? IMOJ? Some of the bureaucratic services?

I'm not so much looking for pics of uniforms as I am wanting to hear what you think. Who has uniforms? What kind? As usual with the culture thing I imagine this breaks down into some blend of Yanks and Brits in space... but maybe not.

 

[aramis]

Every megacorp has ship crew uniforms IMTU. Not that all crews wear them all the time; if few or no passengers are aboard, uniforms tend to disappear right after exit inspections... Most also have corporate uniforms for non-ship-crew staff, but often they're worn only when on public contact duties and by everyone one day a week.

Many medical services have uniforms. While not thought of as such, the scrubs and lab coat still survive IMTU.

Likewise, many educational institutions will have uniforms. Some resurrect the Geneva Gown; others use the suit and tie, others the traditional uniforms of various Vilani periods and places. Others still have other requirements.

Most law enforcement agencies and judicial systems have uniforms. You know procedure is going to be highly formal when the judge comes out in traditional Shugilli costume... but the judge is a bwap.

Mercs often have very distinctive uniforms...
the 3076th BIR with pullover white silk shirts, flight caps, and trousers, with complex knots of maroon braid on the sleeve cuffs for officers, and only slightly simpler chevrons of lace on the upper sleeve, with a center drop-loop. The undress is a white rugby shirt with simplified knots and maroon trousers. Ship-suits are white faux-silk jumpsuits over vac-suit liners. - officers with knots at wrists and ankles, enlisted with stripes on upper sleeves.

The 10099 ILIBn wears simple black spandex bodysuits as undress, with JIS pins on tabs front & back pendent from a yoke. Field uniform is identical to undress, except for being in suitable camouflage, and no formal uniform exists; unit members generally wear solid black formals with their undress yoke. The unit is an infiltration specialist unit, doing snatch-n-grabs; their bodysuits are also vacc suit liners. Field kit usually includes a PLSS-15A and any time they are allowed, they all carry their gauss rifles. Enlisted rank is denoted by a pattern of small squares. Every man in the Bn is expected to know everyone in the cadre and his own platoon, so ranks are not terribly obvious, there mostly to comply with Imperial Regs.

And, of course, most sports players...

 

[Kaeto]

I use this as Imperial Navy female Admiral dress uniform

Dress uniform for Asii 45th Hussars

Duty Uniform for Viscount Asii's household

 

[Condottiere]

My theory is that high tech stiletto heels have miniaturized artificial gravity generators to cushion impact.

 

[Xerxeskingofking]

In your Traveller universe some orgs have uniforms, yes? I assume the military services do - perhaps several varieties of duty/service/dress uniforms depending on posting, climate, rank, and occasion.

After this, maybe it gets a little hazy.

IMTU, the Scouts have a duty uniform and a dress uniform, the former in many variations and worn much less often and with less, er, uniformity than the military services. Somehow, they always manage to be identifiable as Scouts with a cover here, a set of trousers there, an affixed insignia on an aloha shirt, or whatever.

Nobles in my TU have dress "uniforms," but these vary from house to house, inspired by some reading in the excellent GT Nobles supplement.

After this... hazy. Who has a recognizable uniform in your Traveller universe - SPA? IMOJ? Some of the bureaucratic services?

I'm not so much looking for pics of uniforms as I am wanting to hear what you think. Who has uniforms? What kind? As usual with the culture thing I imagine this breaks down into some blend of Yanks and Brits in space... but maybe not.

IMOJ might have uniforms, at least in the "starport cop" role, but those that fill a "FBI" type remit as agents would likely be in plainclothes or "standard business" type clothes.

SPA and other local law enforcement would have uniforms of some sort, as it aids in their primary role (both by acting as a visible deterrent and ensuring citizens recognise their authority). I don't think these are standardised across the imperium, beyond a vague preference for clear, distinct clothes in sombre colours and convergent evolution pushing people towards the same general styles. this page gives a view of quite a few different countries police uniforms, and shows some of the general trends in contemporary police uniforms.

Corporations might, in public facing roles, have proper uniforms in corporate colours, but even today on earth, these are not universal, even inside the same company franchise. This uniform, this one, and this one are all worn by McDonalds employees, as far as I can tell in the same time period.

Ship crews might either have a formal uniform, or just all wear the same issued coveralls and ship suits because its convenient. anybody who works in a "dirty" occupation will likely be issued some form of protective clothing, which would standardize the dress into a uniform of sorts. likewise, service sector employees like stewards and such would likely have some form of distinctive dress style, to allow patrons to identify them.

Scouts, I imagine, have a formal dress uniform for ceremonial occasions (broadly similar to the Armed Forces uniforms with a few tweaks), plus "standard issue" equipment that is a sort of uniform, but don't require scouts out in the boonies to wear the issue stuff if they prefer their own private purchase equipment.


bureaucrats, I feel, would not so much have a uniform as a dress policy, that outlined acceptable styles of formal clothing. generally, it would fall into "standard business" styles (whatever that means IYTU).