Oct 22, 2017 · The brass wanted to maintain that "branding" of sorts, so they assigned red to command, making it the color almost always donned by captains and admirals. Of course, the only reason those uniforms were red is that the surplus of uniforms made for The Motion Picture took best to that particular dye.

Mar 13, 2015 · In TOS, command used green shirts. However, the color of these wasn't apparent through the color TV of the period so they appeared gold. The green of the casual and dress shirts Kirk uses in the show comes through much better.

Apr 11, 2008 · Captain Kirk & Co. beam down to an alien planet. They come under attack by some malevolent energy being or dudes in rubber suits. Security crewmen wearing red shirts get vaporized, stabbed...

May 30, 2023 · Red uniforms are worn by operations, engineering, and security. Whereas in the TNG era these colours are swapped. For example, the iconic characters of Kirk and Picard dress like this:

Oct 8, 2012 · As soon as you saw a non-main character in a red shirt join Kirk, Spock ad McCoy in the landing party, you knew that it was likely to be the poor sod’s last mission. They were quick and dirty writing devices for injecting some tension into a story, reminders to the audience that space exploration was dangerous, and they made for some good ...

Kirk, Sulu and some unusually long lived Red Shirts are collecting specimens from Alfa 177 when someone falls down a hill and gets a boo-boo. He's beamed up, along with a strange, magnetic ore that he picked up in his fall. Shortly after, Captain Kirk beams up, feeling a little woozy.

Aug 29, 2023 · As Captain Kirk was obviously in the command division, he would have worn a yellow (or green) uniform. In Kirk's time, command officers wore gold and operations officers (including...

During the daring space jump onto the Narada's drill, Kirk is wearing blue, Sulu is wearing gold and some other guy is wearing red. Fans instantly knew who wasn't going to make it. Of course, he was the one with “the charges.”

Mar 12, 2012 · Plus, Kirk had guys wearing red shirts to draw fire away from himself, McCoy, and Spock! However, the distinction can be made that Kirk was leading by example. He was not above mixing it up with everyone and pulling his share.

Jul 30, 2012 · Bailey then continues his analysis on the best chances for red-shirt survival (hint: it has to do with Captain Kirk’s frequent romantic dalliances – which raises the survival rate by 84%)...