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Orb Union Military Rank Insignia

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Here is a chart depicting rank insignia used by the Orb Union, which was re-created based on a chart I found floating around the internet. Unfortunately, I don't know the original source of this chart, and I can't find the website where I originally found it, although this chart appears to be on the Gundam Wiki now. Originally, I wasn't going to bother with Orb. I don't particularly care for Orb, and I felt like it has been well represented. However, since I was trying to familiarize myself with Inkscape, I decided it'd be good practice with the bezier tool.

The colors are based on the show, and I feel pretty confident those are correct. My only concern is the flag officers' lapels. Cagalli, Yuna, and the war room admirals in Episode 40 of GSD all have the gold trim and red devices. Kira and Athrun, on the other hand, share the coloring of senior officers-pale blue trim and gold devices. I don't really know which is correct, but I chose Cagalli's coloring. Her name is listed on the Admiral rank on the original chart, and generally, higher ranks have more ornamentation on their uniforms. Plus, gold felt more befitting an admiral.

I added cuff insignia, although after I think about it, I not sure that was really necessary. I also added army equivalents for Kisaka and the guys in Orb's Ground Forces, even though Gundam generally uses naval ranks.

Because Orb's rank system wasn't complicated enough, both the petty officer and crewman insignias each share three rates. That's how they were listed on the original chart. I don't know if these rates are meant to be combined into one rate, or if they are, indeed, meant to have three rates using the same insignia. If they are meant to be combined, I would use Petty Officer(Sergeant) and Crewman(Private), respectively.




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Nice for the Orb Defense Force.