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The rank insignia on Starfleet uniforms are called pips. How many pips does a Captain have?

4 & four. Captains command starships, starbases, spacestations, and hold some offices at Starfleet Command.

How many pips does an Ensign have?

1. An Ensign is the lowest rank of all the commissioned officers.

From ranks Ensign thru Captain, the two kinds of pips are gold and black with a gold rim.

t. The black pip with a gold rim is sometimes referred to as a hollow pip.

What side of the collar are the pips always worn on?

right. Admirals have their pips on both sides of the collar, all other officers have it on the right only.

From ranks Ensign through Captain, what two ranks have two different colored pips?

Lieutenant Commander & Lieutenant Junior Grade. Starfleet rank titles parallel the modern day U.S. Navy rank titles.

Starfleet uniform color schemes are coordinated with department.(Command, engineering, medical, etc. Also all the uniforms have black in them, so I'm looking for the other color.) What color is command beginning in "TNG"?

red. Starfleet uniform designs changed many times during the series and the movies.

What color is medical?

blue. Two of the main duties of Starfleet Medical are the coordination of medical relief & medical research for the United Federation of Planets.

All departments have their own unique color.

f. Command, flight/conn, and support services share red. Operations, engineering, and tactical share yellow. Medical, science, and counseling share blue.

What color are the shoes/boots worn with all the uniforms?

black. In all the episodes that I have seen Starfleet officers are always wearing black shoes or boots with their uniforms.

Bonus question: What is the name of the device (the Starfleet insignia) that is worn on the left breast of the uniform?

communications badge & comm badge & the communicator & communicator badge & communicator& combadge. The communicator or communicator badge or comm badge (I included all these names in the list of possible answers) also doubles as a personnel locater. Thanks for taking this quiz, I hope you enjoyed it.