Snarkticon
Well-Known Member
I came up with a theory -- well ... more of an idea really -- a few years ago to explain the in-universe reasoning behind why the Bajoran comm badge is on the right breast instead of the left.
If you think about the uniforms from a design point of view, why is the Federation comm badge on the left breast? It's because Humans (the epicenter of the Federation) are pre-dominantly right-handed. Nearly everything on Earth today (and possibly in the future) is designed with a right-handed person in mind.
Going solely on this idea, it's interesting to wonder if the Bajora are a predominantly left-handed species. Perhaps their clothes, technology and other every day items are created with lefties in mind? Maybe that's why their comm badges are positioned on the right breast of their uniforms.
Now, I'm certain that the creators of Star Trek weren't thinking about this when they designed the Bajoran military uniform -- they probably just wanted it to look that much different than the Federation's. I have also not observed any on-screen evidence to support that Bajorans are mostly left-handed (other left-handed tech, left-handed actors or characters, etc.) It's just something that stuck in my head and I wanted to share the idea with my fellow RPFers to see what y'all think.
If you think about the uniforms from a design point of view, why is the Federation comm badge on the left breast? It's because Humans (the epicenter of the Federation) are pre-dominantly right-handed. Nearly everything on Earth today (and possibly in the future) is designed with a right-handed person in mind.
Going solely on this idea, it's interesting to wonder if the Bajora are a predominantly left-handed species. Perhaps their clothes, technology and other every day items are created with lefties in mind? Maybe that's why their comm badges are positioned on the right breast of their uniforms.
Now, I'm certain that the creators of Star Trek weren't thinking about this when they designed the Bajoran military uniform -- they probably just wanted it to look that much different than the Federation's. I have also not observed any on-screen evidence to support that Bajorans are mostly left-handed (other left-handed tech, left-handed actors or characters, etc.) It's just something that stuck in my head and I wanted to share the idea with my fellow RPFers to see what y'all think.
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