01-18-2015, 07:32 PM | #11 |
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01-18-2015, 07:44 PM | #12 |
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Well, you may be right, but I would have thought that he had a number of dinner suits and that he wore one or other of them at least four or five nights of most weeks. Mess dress is not suitable at non-Mess dinners, and his Windsor uniform is only worn at Windsor Castle. A DJ is what he's going to wear to most evening engagements.
This looks to me like a different occasion from this. And then there is this. And this.
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And why would he only use the tux once? I never heard of that being a requirement for royalty. I do know that if any of our (the Danish) royals discarded several tuxes per week, our tabloids would have something to say about Royal profligacy. And if he did discard his tux after only wearing it one time, why wouldn't he do the same to his uniform? Hans Last edited by Hans Rancke-Madsen; 01-18-2015 at 08:04 PM. |
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01-18-2015, 08:00 PM | #14 |
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I have no idea how, or even if, it bares any similarity to reality, but I saw an episode of N.C.I.S. They mentioned how illegal it is for a non-officer to so much as buy a dress sword.
I imagine protocol might make such things more overt with pomp and circumstance in high tech environments where simple reproductions might easier.
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01-18-2015, 08:04 PM | #15 |
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Sure, with ultra-tech manufacturing methods uniforms and tuxes and dress coats alike may be dirt cheap. I'm not sure any of the equipment lists deal with clothes in any but the most general terms.
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01-19-2015, 09:08 AM | #16 | |
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I don't remember that episode. It sounds off; it is perfectly legal for even civilians to own a sword. It would make more sense that they would not be allowed to wear it in a context that might imply impersonation(perhaps by extension they cannot buy a sword from a navy-maintained store, or something like that).
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01-19-2015, 09:29 AM | #17 | |
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Your point is somewhat addressed by enlisted men buying pieces of an officer's uniform being a serious violation of regs rather than any general prohibition against owning swords. Probably related to impersonating an officer. I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't regs about keeping weapons in your bunk on ship. The officer's swords were bought at a base exchange rather than some civilian source too.
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01-19-2015, 09:36 AM | #18 | |
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01-19-2015, 05:19 PM | #19 | |
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In-game, this is more likely on a Solomani-descended world than on a Vilani-descended world, of course. Innate conservatism means styles change less often. (I think.)
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01-19-2015, 06:23 PM | #20 | |
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