Uniform

Star Trek Online features many different uniforms and other outfits from many species in the Star Trek universe. You have the freedom to change the outfit of your captain and uniform of the bridge officers at any time.

Faction uniforms
Each faction has a designated standard, or canon, uniform that characters will come with by default and can be seen on NPCs.
 * Starfleet (25th century): Odyssey Uniform
 * DSC Starfleet: Discovery Uniform
 * TOS Starfleet: 23rd Century Starfleet Uniform
 * Klingon Defense Force: Klingon 2409 and Bortasqu' Warrior Uniform
 * Romulan Republic: Romulan Republic Uniform
 * Dominion: Jem'Hadar Uniform

In addition, the game provides canon uniforms from all periods of Star Trek.

See Guide: Uniform colors for a canon color guide for uniforms.

Acquiring
All players start with a basic selection of uniforms relevant to their faction. Further outfits can be unlocked via:
 * Mission rewards
 * Zen Store
 * Lobi Store
 * The Risian Vendor (Lohlunat Festival)
 * Holiday Item Vendor (Q's Winter Wonderland)
 * Fleet holdings
 * Ground item sets or certain special bridge officers
 * Special giveaways or event rewards

Customization
Your Uniform can be edited at Tailors on the majority of hubs, such as Earth Spacedock, First City, and New Romulus Command. You can change the color on most parts, although the available pallet varies. Many uniforms can be mixed with other sets although there are some limitations. Editing your uniform has no impact on your stats in-game and, provided you own the outfit, there are no charges to edit your outfit.

Away from tailors, you can switch between several saved outfits at any time by right clicking on your captain's portrait. You have two Outfit Slots at the start with another added when you join a fleet and more able to be purchased.

In the Tailor interface or the character creator, the color swatches have the lightest color near the middle (e.g. A13). The colors left of the middle are much more saturated than the colors right of the middle. The colors on the left tend to be used in Federation uniforms for accents, and the colors on the right are closer to human skin colors and camouflage colors (e.g. lemon vs. sand). You can see this by trying out two colors of the same hue the same distance from the center or from the edges.

Categories
Many costume parts are limited by category, the primary categories being "Uniform" and "Off Duty". Uniform can be worn by captains (the player character) and bridge officers, whereas Off Duty is limited to captains only. In addition there are outfits that are not designed to be usable with most other parts, namely some armor sets, however some items from these sets can be found in other categories. Further categories are separated as they are intended to be limited only to certain zones, for example Beachwear on Risa.