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Appendix I: Current ASR Rank and Rate Insignia
VERSION 4.15
Insignia and backgrounds created by Scott Lusby;
uniforms designed and created by Ed Bell;.
Both acknowledge the instrumental help of the ASR Flag Council and Alan Martin
in their respective developments.
Below are the
official rank insignia for ASR, as they appear on the duty uniforms. Other insignia can certainly be
used, so long as tunic color and style, as well as rank pins, are the
same as those authorized by ASR.
These new insignia
reflect the proposed changes to the ASR specifications- in short,
these specifications state that both Naval and Marine personnel use
the same insignia for both officers and enlisted personnel, and that there be
eight (8) recognized groups.
All insignia
are shown in their actual size- 125 pixels x 35 pixels.
Click here to see the current ASR duty uniforms.
**Click
here to download the insignia package**
1a- Officers of the Star Fleet Navy Command,
Engineering, Operations and
Sciences groups
The insignia on the
flag, senior/junior, and warrant officer's duty uniforms are found on the
right-hand shoulder yoke, just above the breast. The
shoulder yoke itself is piped in one of the 8 group colors, and comes
straight down from the neck (the graphics above show a tapered yoke, but
this is a perspective issue; the yoke piping actually comes down straight).
The flag officer's uniform adds an extra strip of gold piping on the outside
of the group-color piping. All officer's uniforms consist of a black
jacket with a high Prussian-style collar and loose-fitting black pants that
go over black boots.
Rank is also
determined by sleeve striping; since those stripes are of the same design
and schemes as the current uniform sleeve striping, they will not be
discussed here any further.
On the dress
uniforms, the insignia for all officers is shown on a small shoulder
epaulette in the officer's group/department color, bordered in either black
(senior/junior and warrant) or gold (flag). Sleeve striping as outlined
above completes the officer's dress uniform.
The proposed optional
officer's duty jumpsuit is black, with the shoulders colored to represent each
department.
The insignia
themselves, in this option, are made up of 8-pointed gold stars for the flag
grades, and the conventional round solid-gold/hollowed-out pips system for
the senior and junior officer grades. They are shown on a new
background, which shows the corner where the neck and breast piping meet
just above the right breast or the shoulder epaulette. The optional
jumpsuit uses 'blacked out' insignia; the other uniforms use gold and silver
insignia. These insignia are shown below:
1b- Officers of the Star Fleet Navy Medical, Intelligence
and Flight Operations groups
1c- Officers of the Star Fleet Marine Corps*
Aside from the standard
duty and dress uniforms, Marines have the option of wearing a Battle Dress
Uniform (BDU). The standard Marine BDU
is a one-piece jumpsuit designed to fit underneath the 'smart armor' of the
modern Marine (the armor will mimic the camouflage pattern of the BDU) that
looks like the standard uniform, except that it is camouflaged and trimmed in
black. The insignia are a special low-reflection style, and is found on
the right-hand yoke, just as the duty uniforms are. There are no sleeve
stripes on the Marine BDU.
There is also no
discernable difference- other than the actual insignia- between the BDU of a
general officer and of other officers.
*-
Since there can only be one ship's captain aboard Starfleet vessels,
the traditional Terran Marine rank "Captain" has been replaced by the
rank "Lieutenant-Major" to avoid the necessity of the courtesy rank
of "Major" to such officers on modern naval vessels. Lieutenant-Major
is still company grade, not field grade.
2a- Warrant Officers of the Star Fleet
Navy Command, Engineering, Support and Sciences groups
Warrant officers
wear the same uniform as senior and junior officers wear; however, their
insignia system in this option is made up both solid silver and hollowed-out
diamond-shaped pips. Also, the rank of W-5 has been added to bring the
system in line with current U.S. Naval practices. Furthermore, the
grades of W-1 to W-5 have been added to the Marine chain of command.
2b- Warrant Officers of the Star Fleet
Navy Medical, Intelligence and Flight Operations groups
2c- Warrant
Officers of the Star Fleet
Marine Corps
The standard Marine BDU
is a one-piece jumpsuit designed to fit underneath the 'smart armor' of the
modern Marine (the armor will mimic the camouflage pattern of the BDU) that
looks like the standard uniform, except that it is camouflaged and trimmed in
black. The insignia are a special low-reflection style, and is found on
the right-hand yoke, just as the duty uniforms are. There are no sleeve
stripes on the Marine BDU.
3a-
Cadets of the Star Fleet
Navy Command, Engineering, Support and Medical groups
Students at Star Fleet
Academy wear a similar uniform to the officers, except that it is gray, and it
is a one-piece jumpsuit for convenience. They are piped in the appropriate
department color.
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