On 31 May 2015 at 12:15, Freelance Traveller wrote:

> * Prohibitions on the wearing of articles of clothing that could suggest
>   military or police status. In the United States, enforcement of such
>   prohibitions is generally limited to wearing them with logos, patches,
>   embroidery, et cetera, that suggests official status in a context
>   where someone with that status and concomittant authority may be
>   misled.

I know some folks in the "uniform" community. Mostly gaymen with a
uniform fetish. Including the guy who runs the local group.

One local guy managed to assemble a correct Portland Police uniform
(with help from a few friends on the force. He doesn't wear it
because he copuld get in trouble.

The head guy of the local group has a very correct (right down to
patches, etc) police uniform he won't get in trouble for. It's for
the Gotham City PD. :-)

BTW, he has a very "liberal" interpretation of "uniform". Which is
why at get togethers you'll see a lot of cops and military types. But
also folks in things like Catholic Schoolgirl outfts. :-)

Bit disconcerting for some of the big tough "cops" to see those
there.

Then you have the folks at cons who wear uniforms for future
militaries, etc.

I daresay that there will be equivalent "groups" in the Traveller
Universe.

Heck, I could see a Patron sending the PCs on a trip to get authentic
pieces for a uniform from some other planet. Maybe he's a collector,
maybe its a fetish. Or maybe those are a cover and he needs the
pieces for some sort of espionage thing (think Mission Improbable)
and the PCs are a good deniable cover.

The sumptuary stuff comes in when the PCs arrive at the planet to
find a government that's about as humorless as the USSR or East
Germany at their worst. Trying to get the uniform/insignia could earn
them a long prison term...

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