Does anyone in Starfleet wear sunglasses? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org to c/daystrominstitute@startrek.website

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I don't mean on the holodeck, shore leave, or when transported to the past and needing to fit in.

Seems like if you're on an away mission to, say, a desert planet, sunglasses might be useful. I don't recall anything wearing them.

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[-] T156@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Seems like if you’re on an away mission to, say, a desert planet, sunglasses might be useful.

To a degree. Not all species need them, and it might not be considered necessary. Particularly since it adds the risk of you losing them, and inadvertently causing a violation of the Prime Directive.

Species like Vulcans have innate defences that are just as good, if not better than 21st century sunglasses, and they may rely on those instead.

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