Suggestion: Custom Uniform Of Sexy

From the current image I can see that one of the female squad members has a custom uniform (then again, so do Wolverine and Professor X in the background), but the dark lighting and the girl herself standing quite far to the side makes it pretty hard to tell that they threw it in for titilation purposes. I think an example like this◊ from Star Trek: Voyager (with Ms. Fanservice wearing a form-fitting bodysuit for no real reason when everyone else in the shot has standard practical^note The fact that they never seem to have pockets always amused me uniforms) would illustrate it a lot better.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

That's a horrible pic for trying to illustrate the trope. I like the suggestion.

It's not bad. The suggestion, that is. The current is bad.

Also good. Stands out less, but it's more clearly a uniform.

edited 4th Mar '15 7:15:41 AM by AnotherDuck

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I think early TNG is slightly better at this.

edited 4th Mar '15 6:41:25 AM by Memers

Either of the Trek ones is miles better than the current one. I'm partial to TNG, because Troi's uniform is more obviously a sexier variation on the standard uniform: it's in the same color pattern, it has the facing along the collar. The only indication that Nine is "in uniform" at all is the badge — which left me racking my brain trying to remember if she ever officially joined Starfleet. If she didn't, she wouldn't have been required to wear the uniform at all; if that was the case, she's not an example.

edited 4th Mar '15 6:56:27 AM by Madrugada

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.

Its not really a uniform as well. Seven holds no rank at all on the ship while Troi is a Lieutenant and later a Lieutenant Commander.

Captain Jelico in a later episode even calls Troi out on the uniform that 'it is against the rules' and that is the last time she ever wears that, instead she actually starts wearing the normal uniform for the rest of the series.

EDIT: And the fox ninja edited me.

edited 4th Mar '15 7:28:56 AM by Memers

That TNG pic is in use on the show's Characters page, IIRC, but I don't have an objection to it being here.

[1]◊[2] there are literally a billion TNG cast shots out there we can just pick one.

Of the 3 TNG pics in this thread, I prefer 4.1 the most. It's more clearly a variation on the standard uniform and the angle helps illustrate the "of Sexy" part of the trope. As Memers said, there are quite a lot of alternate pictures for Series.Star Trek The Next Generation

Memers: I really couldn't recall if she joined Starfleet at all. So I may have ninja'd you with the question, but you had the answer.

Let's use 4.1 for Custom Uniform of Sexy and replace it on the show page with 8.2

edited 4th Mar '15 8:47:25 AM by Madrugada

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.

It's actually being used on the work's main page. The Characters page has an image for every character instead.

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Yeah, I'd support swapping #4 with something else so we could use that here for the reasons stated. Seven's custom uniform seems more blatantly and unrealistically sexy (to the point that the actress passed out due to the collar pressing on her carotid artery, apparently), but Deanna is more obviously wearing a variation on the standard Trek uniform.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

Seven's not a uniform at all. If she wasn't a member of the crew, she wasn't bound by the uniform regs. Troi was both, and still wore something the resembled the uniform but didn't meet regs.

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.

Yep even the Maquis were given a rank and uniforms in Voy, Seven was never trusted enough or blended in enough to be given a rank or a uniform. That outfit is just an outfit and not a uniform. It does get more sensible over time but the only time she actually wears a uniform was to blend in in that time travel story [1]◊.

Troi however is a Lt Commander, as seen in her pips in the first episode and her promotion in S7. In the episode Chain of Command Captain Jellico flat out says to her "By the way, I prefer a certain... formality on the bridge. I'd appreciate it if you wore a standard uniform when you're on duty."

edited 4th Mar '15 11:03:14 AM by Memers

She wasn't part of the crew? Maybe it's Janeway's ad hoc command structure, but Seven was definitely part of that structure even without an official ceremony; she couldn't just ignore orders if she felt like it. Whether she felt some obligation to follow protocol due to living on the ship itself or due to becoming an unofficial part of Janeway's family is difficult to say—I think it's really a result of Star Trek's Mildly Military approach.

But as far as the image swap goes, I suppose it really depends which era of TNG you'd want to show on the main work page.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

Seven does not have a uniform, its just an outfit she wears. You can compare her outfit to say Wesley's civvy outfits in TNG season 1. She is not required to wear a Starfleet uniform thus does not have a customized Starfleet uniform like Troi.

The reason is why doesn't really matter to the trope itself but its because she is not 'a member of the crew', its a sticking point with her character and her fights with Janeway, she does not want to be one.

Edit: hell that Silver one in the OP is the one she wore the second after she was 'deborgified' while being out cold, she wasn't a member of anything or was even thinking for herself, it's just clothes really really tight sexy Space Clothes but still just clothes.

edited 4th Mar '15 11:45:05 AM by Memers

Where in my previous post was I arguing for the OP or contesting the assertion that it's ultimately not really a uniform like Troi's?

8.1 could work for TNG, though there should be higher quality alternatives out there.

edited 4th Mar '15 11:43:42 AM by Morgenthaler

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

I kinda like this◊ as a replacement for the TNG page.

Imagr hosted by angelfire? Maybe.

Wait angelfire are still around?

Here it is at 350 with a bit of cropping:

Oooh I really like.

It's sufficiently dramatic.

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Make it so.

(change the TNG image to 20)

Yeah, #20 is great for the swap.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

Can't exactly SEE the 'custom uniform' in #20.