
A Sargun upvotes a friend by pressing the respective button.
Where are your badges? You sure as Hell are gonna get arrested without your badges.— Vendor[1]
A Vote Badge was a vote-tabulating device worn by Sarguns over the age of 18 on the planet Sargus 4. Badges were part of a larger system of social control by majority opinion: they tallied the number of downvotes and upvotes someone received. Society could voice its opinion on an individual's behavior by voting up or down by pressing a button on the Badge or by voting remotely through the Master Feed.
History[]
Even if you make me go back, I am never putting that thing on again.— Lysella[2]
By the early 25th century, the inhabitants of Sargus 4 developed a social system in which everything was determined by complete popular vote. All adults had to wear a Vote Badge. Downvotes and upvotes were given freely based on the opinions of others, and a badge displayed the total number of respective votes. Those with high numbers of downvotes might be barred from private establishments, such as coffee shops, or even charged with a crime and forced to go through an apology tour.
Doctored Vote Badges were sold on the black market with pre-set vote tallies.
When Lysella sought asylum aboard the USS Orville, she removed her badge and sat it down on a table, stating that even if she had to go back she was never wearing it again.
Production[]
Vote Badges were designed and made by property master Bryan Rodgers. Rodgers' early concept art was published on editor Tom Costantino's Twitter.[3]
Vote Badges were simple plastic accessories with transparent buttons that did not display vote tallies, so changes in votes were added digitally in post-production.[4]
Trivia[]
- Vote Badges are one of the most frequently gifted props of the show to fans.
Appearances[]
References[]
- ↑ Majority Rule
- ↑ Future Unknown
- ↑ @TomCostantino. "MORE-@TheOrville from Master Propmaster and Alien Weapons/Tech Consultant @Bryanrodgerssoa - upvote, downvote! #TheOrville !!! @SethMacFarlane @planetary_union 🚀👽 🧠". Twitter. May 9, 2019.
- ↑ "ORVILLE BACKGROUND ACTOR- Phillip O'Riley". Orville Nation. Jan. 2, 2020.