Uniforms (TOS)

This page covers uniforms of the Colonial Military in the original series.

Colonial Military

Warrior uniforms

Cain's command uniform

The uniform of Commander Cain is based off the full Warrior uniform. Cain's uniform includes touches of flair in the form of embroidered cuffs, embroidered braid-like lacing around the shoulder pads, a pin on the left chest of the jacket, a neckerchief, and an gold embroidered stripe at his pant seams. His pants themselves are of the same material as the jacket and not the beige pants worn by other warriors.

Cain's embroidered jacket and tunic cuffs
Cain's command emblem
Cain's embroidered shoulder pad

The emblem/pin on Cain's jacket

Blue Officer uniform

Honor guards

A member of Cmdr. Cain's honor guard at attention near the doorway.

As seen in "The Living Legend, Part I", honor guards wear the standard beige tunic and pants, with a brown belt and gloves with a gold trimming near the glove's gauntlet opening. Honor guards are not armed with laser pistols and have only one pin, which is attached to the center of the tunic's collar.

Dress uniforms

Battle fatigues

While Warriors still use their typical uniforms for ground assaults, there are special occasions where Colonial strike teams need to wear different uniforms, depending on the surface conditions ("The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I", "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II") and the type of attack.

When dropping from a low-altitude orbit, Warriors will wear black leather suits with matching gloves. In the case of the attack on Gamoray, the team may wield two laser pistols and strap hand mines around their midriff (The Living Legend, Part II), although this does not appear to be standard practice during any other land-based assault. Black helmets are worn during landing, but are later discarded after landing.

Starbuck in a full strike suit, wielding two pistols.
Strike team landing on Gamoray.

Maintenance uniforms

Council Security

Insignia, pins and patches

Each battlestar has its own unique arm patches and pins.

Galactica

Pegasus

Pegasus has its own set of emblems. The ship's seal is a red shield with black trim, with a sword flanked adorned with wings in white. One may assume that the wings are those of the winged creature for which the ship is named. The pins that adorn the neckline on their uniforms are also different and are notably more rounder than their Galactica counterpart.

Viper pilots also wear helmets with the bust, wings, and front legs of Pegasus creature.

In addition, Commander Cain's helmet contains a rectangular ornament plate, which may identify him as a battlestar commander.