From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: not@chance.dude   
   Subject: Re: Uniform colors & insignias   
      
   Your Name wrote:   
   > "John Crane" .   
   >> OK, we all know:   
   >>   
   >> Gold, star  = command   
   >> Blue, eye  = sciences   
   >> Red, curved lightning bolt = engineering & ships services   
   >    
   > No, red is for superfluous ensigns who'll die during the episode.  ;-)   
      
   I thought the same thing!   
   >    
   > The colours and styles of the uniforms were changed in the various shows and   
   > movies, so there isn't really any useful significance you can attach to   
   > them.   
   >    
   >    
      
   I stopped trying to figure it out decades ago.   
      
   Natalie   
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