( DS9: " What You Leave Behind" Star Trek Nemesis LD: " No Small Parts" PRO: " Lost and Found" PIC: " The End is the Beginning")Ī tricom badge used in the late 32nd centuryĪt some point prior to the 31st century, combadges were replaced with tricom badges. This trend continued until the disaster at Utopia Planitia in 2385, when Federation resources were once again strained. ( DS9: " The Search, Part I" PIC: " Remembrance" Star Trek: The Motion Picture Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)ĭuring the Dominion War and its aftermath, uniform and combadge variety was pared down considerably, but the use of different combadge styles and co-existing variants expanded again in the relative peace that followed in the 2380s. ( TNG: " The Child" LD: " We'll Always Have Tom Paris", " Kayshon, His Eyes Open" DIS: " Saints of Imperfection")īadge styles and insignias have been known to change rapidly year to year, and older combadges were sometimes retained for continued use or for sentimental purposes. Similar to Starfleet uniforms, the combadge used by personnel may vary by the ship, the officer's rank or department, or the facility they were stationed on these were retained even when visiting other Federation locations. Tom Paris with a 2370s combadge alongside the silver 2380s combadgeĭifferent styles of combadges often co-existed in the same era. ( PIC: " Absolute Candor", " The Impossible Box", " Nepenthe", " Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2") When necessary, Rios provided them to his passengers. ( Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Star Trek: Prodigy) By 2399, Cristóbal Rios, the captain of a civilian freighter called the SS La Sirena, had access to smaller combadges, called comm pins, in the shape of his ship's personalized mermaid emblem. This trend continued to the all the way to the 29th century. Wesley Crusher wearing a silver provisional combadge variant alongside the gold 2360s versionĭuring this time, Starfleet produced and deployed several iterations of their badge which took on different designs. ( TNG: " Redemption", " Journey's End" DS9: " Paradise Lost", " Inquisition" VOY: " Thirty Days") Additionally, personnel confined to a brig were not permitted to retain their combadges during their confinement. ( TNG: " Redemption", " Journey's End" DS9: " Tacking Into the Wind", " Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges")Īs a symbol of loss of membership in Starfleet, personnel that had resigned or had been relieved of duty were required to turn in their combadges. ( TNG: " Yesterday's Enterprise") A combadge was considered standard equipment for all Starfleet personnel and taking off one's combadge constituted taking off one's uniform. Large scale roll out of small, wearable badges didn't occur to the later 24th century, where they became standard issue among Starfleet crews as early as the 2340s. ( Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier) However, unbeknownst to a lot of the Federation, Section 31 had developed and deployed small communicators in the form of the Starfleet delta to its members as early as 2256. Members of Starfleet usually had access to these while away from their ship or were not able to reach a wall mounted intercom. In the 22nd and 23rd centuries, communicators were small, if not bulky devices which needed to be carried or holstered by people using them. Section 31 combadge worn alongside two Starfleet insignia variants (2257)
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