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Revision as of 20:36, 14 February 2010
Zodiac Outworlds Colony Union
ZOCU dress uniforms
Being primarily defended by national forces from Earth, most ZOCU worlds had no military tradition until the Breakdown and the founding of ZOCU in the early 2160s. Due to this isolation and a conscious desire to not copy the military traditions of Earth, entirely new dress uniforms were designed. While some worlds like Kanon went with their own local uniforms, the majority of ZOCU worlds went with an outfit heavily influenced by Londinium fashion aesthetics, with a specific color chosen unique to each world, making any international meeting of ZOCU soldiers a decidedly colorful event.
- Londenium: Mauve Taupe
- Kanon: Maroon
- Hampshire: Forest Green
- Haraway's World: Medium Violet Red
- Ithaca: Navy Blue
- New Mercia: National Uniform
- Choson: Goldenrod
- Transbaal: Sienna
- Ophen: Khaki
- Atlantis: Olive
- Heaven's Shore: Earth Brown
- Nidaros: Steel Blue
- ZOCU Unified Militia: Firebrick
ZOCU pilot suits
Like ZOCU uniforms, ZOCU flight suits are typically of the pilot's national color, though 'International' units tend to use the ZOCU Unified Militia color scheme. Constructed out of multilayer spacesuit fabric, pilot suits are form-fitting and capable of protecting the wearer against vaccum, though they do not come with a large oxygen supply and not rated for long-term exposure to radiation.
PACT
PACT Multipurpose Skinsuit (Personal Protective Uniform, Level I)
Originally created in the late 2170s by the money-minded United States Military, these relatively simple and lightly-armored fatigues are utilized by troops and crew across nearly every PACT military. They are comprised of a "smart" muscle fiber, controlled by an onboard personal computer, which is capable of sealing off amptutated limbs and providing pressure to extremities during high-G maneuvers. Each suit is issued with a basic three-part sealable helmet (not pictured) containing a detachable rebreather, simple HUD, and a detachable communications headset. In contrast with USASF and USMC pilots and crew who wear the full helmet system at all times within the cockpit, USN crewmembers commonly wear only the communcations headset during non-hostile duty. They are, however, are expected to don the full helmet at alerts rated "Yellow" and above.
PACT Light Combat Armor (Personal Protective Uniform, Level II)
PACT Heavy Combat Armor (Personal Protective Uniform, Level III)
European Union
European Union Uniforms
The vaguely anachronistic uniforms adopted by the European Union's forces in the early 22nd century are certain to be recognized just about anywhere in known space.
New Silesia
Outremonde
European Union State Uniforms
Being a egalitarian Union of many member-states some states have their own "national" uniforms while others have variants of the standard EU uniform.
European Union Battle Armor
ARROWs
ARROWs semidress uniforms
Magnate Continuum
Magnate uniforms
Most Magnate militaries were and to some extent are, quite distinctive but during the Magnate war a unified command structure was made for Joint operations which has resulted in standarised uniforms across all Continuum worlds. Following ZOCU's lead, each world has it's own colour, though the overall uniforms remain black throughout.
- Synthesis: Crimson
- Principality: Blue
- Eternal Dawn: Grey
Magnate Pilot Suits
Standard Magnate suit. Given the superhuman prowess of most Magnate pilots, the Magnate Continuum's pilot suits were had reduced G-support over most modern flight suits, to reduce space and cost, as the suit itself was equipped with a very sophisticated medical system due to the exotic medical needs of the various types of genetically-boosted or cybernetically modified pilots on show in the Continuum military. Armored against spalling and light shrapnel, with an exceedingly sophisticated medical diagnostics system, the suit also acted as an interface system for vehicular DNI systems if the pilot was so equipped. Aleph suits had increasingly sophisticated features, including an autoeuthanization and sterilization system which did not prevent the eventual reverse-engineering of the technology.
Similar to dress uniforms, the suit's secondary colors are changed according to nationality for identification, although the majority of the suit remains black.
League of Outer Stars
League uniforms
Despite repeated initiatives the League has not managed to achieve a comparable degree of standardization to the Core or even ZOCU. Military conferences feature a wide variety of designs, from Nefertan jackets, the basic EU inspired uniforms of Azadestan, to Minkowskan spacesuits.