<P> In 2017's Star Trek: Discovery, set ten years prior to Star Trek: The Original Series, the uniform underwent another redesign . Like its Enterprise predecessor, a blue uniform was worn, with a shirt - trouser combination with a single collar on the left side . A large zipper fastens the front of the shirt, and pants pockets have zippers as well . Repeating patterns of tiny delta insignias ran down the sides of the uniforms, its colors denoting the wearer's division . The classic yellow, blue, red combination was eschewed in favor of gold, silver and copper for command, sciences and operations respectively . Ranks were embedded onto the Starfleet Delta, along with gold shoulder stripes for captains and shoulder stripes plus gold shoulder markings for admirals, and following the same standard as Star Trek: The Next Generation style rank insignias . </P> <P> J.J. Abrams' Star Trek series takes place in a parallel universe called the "Kelvin timeline". </P> <P> The 2009 Star Trek film features uniforms reminiscent of the original television series but with some cosmetic changes . The badge (already the logo of the full Starfleet instead of specific to the Enterprise) is now a pin rather than sewn on and comes in silver - metal for officers and gold - metal for admirals . The tops are now in two layers: a wide - collared colored over-shirt (gold, blue, or red just as in the original series) with a quilted pattern and a colored hem - line from the neck to the armpit, and a black undershirt, visually imitating the black collar of the original TOS design . The over-shirt has the division delta badge shape printed onto the fabric providing a textured appearance . Rank is indicated by 1 to 4 silver metallic - cloth bands worn above the overshirt's cuffs (1 for Lieutenants, 2 for Commanders, 3 for Captains, and 4 for Flag Officers). </P> <P> As in the original series, female officers wear one - piece skirts, some with short sleeves (seen on Lt. Uhura), others with long sleeves (as seen on some of the background extras). Also, a number of females onboard can be seen wearing the long sleeve top and pants uniform similar to those worn in "The Cage". Unlike other Trek, this uniform is worn only aboard starships - other personnel wear black one - piece uniforms of a much more "military" appearance . In an unexplained change from previous series, many female crew members wear nail polish (Uhura wears black polish, while many extras wear red). </P>

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