Dragon1
Rear Admiral
We have seen a large variety of uniforms in the Wing Commander Universe over the entire run of the series. In modern armed forces there are many different uniforms that operate at the same time. Most Sci-Fi has there uniform for the period and then a new one totally replaces it. In Wing Commander though, we see some uniforms that last all throughout the series, even though every game has technically had a different uniform (different look). Here is my attempt to categorize them...
Pre-Wing Commander 1
TCN (and TCSF which was still using naval ranks at this time and may have been just an extension of the Navy)
Dark blue jacket with two columns of button centerline, rank depicted on shoulder epaulets as naval stripes. Turtle-neck shirt worn underneath. (Class-B duty fatigue, seen on CAPT. Sansky, CMDR. Gerald, and ADM. Tolwyn). This uniform was perhaps the pre-war uniform that remained in service until 2654, after the navy and the SF split, this uniform went out.
Dark blue (knit-looking) sweater colarless shirt with shoulder and arm band-pads (Class-C duty uniform as seen on Blair, Maniac, etc...) Again, most likely from pre-2634 to 2654.
Wing Commander 1-2
The TCSF appeared to wear a dark blue jacket with dark blue trousers, high boots, gold bar over the shoulder straps and rank depicted as bar/oak leaf/eagle/star on the ends of the shoulder strap (COL. Halcyon, Doomesday, Shadow, as well as the other pilots from WC2)
Pilots from WC1 seem to wear this uniform except for a khaki jacket instead of dark blue.
The naval variant is a dark gray as seen in Wing Commander Privateer (ADM. Terrel)
This uniform would appear to be in service from 2654-2669.
Wing Commander 3
The duty uniforms on the Victory appear to be an informal, perhaps deep space operations uniform. This uniform is similar to the pre-war class-C that I had listed above, and may have replaced it in 2654. The only difference between the naval and space force variants is the colors of their pippings. Naval had silver, while Space Force had gold. This uniform most likely came about around 2654 and lasted until the 70s or early 80s.
Tolwyn's uniform had a dark blue jacket with silver pipping and dark grey trousers (very reminiscent of the WC2 naval uniform). Perhaps this was the admiral's variant of the Wing Commander 2 naval uniform.
Wing Commander 4
In WC4, the Naval uniform was much more formal. It consisted of a light blue jacket and trousers with silver pipping and high boots. Their were at least two variations, Tolwyn's jacket was full length, while Paulsen and Eisen's jacket was about waist level. Commodore Tolwyn in 2653 was seen wearing this same uniform (Wing Commander Academy), so it is safe to assume that it was in service all throughout the period, including past Wing Commander Prophecy.
The space force uniform and the marine uniform were also similar. The marine uniform was full length, like Tolwyn's, but the space force uniform appeared to be only partial length. The space force uniform was dark blue with black pipping and the marine uniform was brown with black pipping. Again, it may be safe to assume that these were semi-formal uniforms that had been around since at least 2653/2654.
Wing Commander Prophecy
The naval and space force uniforms were similar to each other in Prophecy. The naval uniform was sky blue with a closed collar, the space force uniform was dark blue (navy blue) with an open collar. This uniform may have replaced the WC3 deep space ops class-C.
Anything I missed?
Pre-Wing Commander 1
TCN (and TCSF which was still using naval ranks at this time and may have been just an extension of the Navy)
Dark blue jacket with two columns of button centerline, rank depicted on shoulder epaulets as naval stripes. Turtle-neck shirt worn underneath. (Class-B duty fatigue, seen on CAPT. Sansky, CMDR. Gerald, and ADM. Tolwyn). This uniform was perhaps the pre-war uniform that remained in service until 2654, after the navy and the SF split, this uniform went out.
Dark blue (knit-looking) sweater colarless shirt with shoulder and arm band-pads (Class-C duty uniform as seen on Blair, Maniac, etc...) Again, most likely from pre-2634 to 2654.
Wing Commander 1-2
The TCSF appeared to wear a dark blue jacket with dark blue trousers, high boots, gold bar over the shoulder straps and rank depicted as bar/oak leaf/eagle/star on the ends of the shoulder strap (COL. Halcyon, Doomesday, Shadow, as well as the other pilots from WC2)
Pilots from WC1 seem to wear this uniform except for a khaki jacket instead of dark blue.
The naval variant is a dark gray as seen in Wing Commander Privateer (ADM. Terrel)
This uniform would appear to be in service from 2654-2669.
Wing Commander 3
The duty uniforms on the Victory appear to be an informal, perhaps deep space operations uniform. This uniform is similar to the pre-war class-C that I had listed above, and may have replaced it in 2654. The only difference between the naval and space force variants is the colors of their pippings. Naval had silver, while Space Force had gold. This uniform most likely came about around 2654 and lasted until the 70s or early 80s.
Tolwyn's uniform had a dark blue jacket with silver pipping and dark grey trousers (very reminiscent of the WC2 naval uniform). Perhaps this was the admiral's variant of the Wing Commander 2 naval uniform.
Wing Commander 4
In WC4, the Naval uniform was much more formal. It consisted of a light blue jacket and trousers with silver pipping and high boots. Their were at least two variations, Tolwyn's jacket was full length, while Paulsen and Eisen's jacket was about waist level. Commodore Tolwyn in 2653 was seen wearing this same uniform (Wing Commander Academy), so it is safe to assume that it was in service all throughout the period, including past Wing Commander Prophecy.
The space force uniform and the marine uniform were also similar. The marine uniform was full length, like Tolwyn's, but the space force uniform appeared to be only partial length. The space force uniform was dark blue with black pipping and the marine uniform was brown with black pipping. Again, it may be safe to assume that these were semi-formal uniforms that had been around since at least 2653/2654.
Wing Commander Prophecy
The naval and space force uniforms were similar to each other in Prophecy. The naval uniform was sky blue with a closed collar, the space force uniform was dark blue (navy blue) with an open collar. This uniform may have replaced the WC3 deep space ops class-C.
Anything I missed?