Redshirt is a term often used in fanon to designate expendable characters, or other forms of casualties on duty. This is derived from TOS episodes, where operations division crewmen wore red uniforms, of which security personnel were the most easily expended, sometimes in great numbers.
Romulan use
The Romulan Star Navy referred to crewmen of any division as redshirts, because many Romulan uhlans wore wine-red uniforms while in service. The Rihannsu term for redshirt is kunhri. (RIS Bouteina)
See also
External links
- Redshirt article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- Redshirt article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.
- Redshirt (character) article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.