Late 2250s, Type A
INT. Starfleet Command, Wardrobe Design Division
Officer: We just sent out the new color division jackets to the flagships, is it really necessary to have such a radical overhaul so soon?
Designer: Yes, it’s how I get paid. Everyone wears jumpers now! And we love beige, beige is very in on Vulcan right now.
Officer: Hang on, we’re keeping the gold and the blue and adding beige, won’t that be difficult to differentiate?
Designer: No one cares, those nerds are down in Engineering and never on the bridge. Also, the blue is baby blue now, the dark blue clashes too much.
Officer: Sure, fine, what—wait, hang on, you get paid for this? We live in a post-scarcity society!
Designers: ASKING QUESTIONS DOESN’T SOUND LIKE SENDING NEW UNIFORM DESIGNS TO THE REPLICATORS, ENSIGN.
