How come spock wears blue whereas most other 1st officers wear command gold/red
I imagine it’s because he’s also Chief Science Officer, and it’s his rank that allows him to be XO, rather than specifically being on the Command track. I believe that even a captain doesn’t have to wear the command colour if they were, say, a CMO to begin with.
But I’d like to think that he tried on the gold shirt instead in “Where No Man Has Gone Before,” and decided that Science Blue went much better with his eyeshadow.















