I was watching "Space Seed" last night, and during the final scene where they did hearing for Khan, I noticed these flags in the room. Does anybody know what these flags are or where they are from?
Flags in "Space Seed"
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It would appear the flag on the left is that of Cuba (perhaps those were easily available to Desilu?), while the one on the right is a custom job with the Starfleet banana in the middle.
However, since so little of the Cuban flag is seen, we could just as well decide it's the classic UFP flag (the dark blue parts), with a white horizontal band below the central symbol to serve as background for some lettering, and with a separate red streamer attached to the pole...
Timo Saloniemi
However, since so little of the Cuban flag is seen, we could just as well decide it's the classic UFP flag (the dark blue parts), with a white horizontal band below the central symbol to serve as background for some lettering, and with a separate red streamer attached to the pole...
Timo Saloniemi
So is Castro is still alive in the 23rd century?
¡Que viva el líder maximo! 
This was discused at http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=141519
You have to use McCoy's blackmarket contacts to buy Romulan Ale and Cuban cigars.
You can't smoke on a starship! 
In the other thread there's a theory put forward that Theiss "stapled fabric together" to make the light blue flag, but looking at the screen grabs it's apparent that the trim is sewn to the blue fabric, not stapled. Maybe the yellow interior detail is stuck to it that way.
You can if you're the Captain. Rank has its privileges!You can't smoke on a starship!
So, for what is presumably the UFP flag, we have this...
And for the Enterprise (maybe) it looks like we have this...
Look about right?
And for the Enterprise (maybe) it looks like we have this...
Look about right?
The golden symbol might basically also be the banana one that we see on the side pennants and at SB 11:
http://tos.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x20hd/courtmartialhd302.jpg
In that case, we'd be seeing the lower limb of that design.
I guess the logical assumption, in-universe and regardless of what props were actually used, would be to have the dark blue be the UFP flag, with a special Starfleet Command stripe and a red streamer, and the light blue be the flag of the 1st Fleet (or whatever the sub-organization that uses the "delta shield" or "arrowhead" as its symbol in the TOS era). That's what a modern warship might have: a national flag modified to serve as a military one (I don't know if the US does any of that, but many other nations play with theirs that way), and a unit flag.
Timo Saloniemi
http://tos.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x20hd/courtmartialhd302.jpg
In that case, we'd be seeing the lower limb of that design.
I guess the logical assumption, in-universe and regardless of what props were actually used, would be to have the dark blue be the UFP flag, with a special Starfleet Command stripe and a red streamer, and the light blue be the flag of the 1st Fleet (or whatever the sub-organization that uses the "delta shield" or "arrowhead" as its symbol in the TOS era). That's what a modern warship might have: a national flag modified to serve as a military one (I don't know if the US does any of that, but many other nations play with theirs that way), and a unit flag.
Timo Saloniemi
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