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			What happens when you get a Tim Dalton lookalike and a redhead woman with wings and they get married...   
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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				What happens when you get a Tim Dalton lookalike and a redhead woman with wings and they get married...  
			
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  Just in general please Max.
 
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			*tranquilizes Danny* 
Anyway, Ross, you can read Imperial insignia with a little practice. There's a mathmatical formula that can apply to any insignia.
 
Blue Squares=1 
Red Squares=2 
Gold Squares=2.5, unless it pairs with another gold, in which case each is 1.25 
Standard Code Cylinders=-1 
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			Uh, right it's going to take some time to memorise all that. Or I could bookmark this thread for reference lol.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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			That's a ridiculously complicated insignia pattern.  Star Trek's pips are instantly more readable and universally recognizable.  I'm surprised the x, y, and z variables aren't in that equation anywhere...
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
			
			
			
		 
	
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			Actually Imp rank badges are infinately more logical. The Trek rank badges have a hollow black pip seemingly thrown in at complete random.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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			No, no, no!  A black pip is equal to one-half of a gold pip!  It makes perfect sense. 
 
Gold = 1 
Gold and Black = 1 and 1/2 
Two Gold = 2 
Two Gold and Black = 2 and 1/2 
 
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			Yeah but what's 3 Gold and one Black, that's not in the series. And where is one Black on it's own? See it's thrown in at random.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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