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    OP was explicitly looking for an in-universe description.
    – Valorum
    Commented Dec 19, 2019 at 19:45
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    @Valorum: Agreed, but as stated by the creative director of the show itself, there simply wasn't one. Commented Dec 19, 2019 at 19:58
  • He didn't state that there wasn't an in-universe reason, just that the out-of-universe (real) reason is because they wanted teen fanboys to lust over her and they couldn't do that if she was in a bog-standard starfleet uniform
    – Valorum
    Commented Dec 19, 2019 at 20:37