Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25394244-20150328031501/@comment-25118629-20150405185206

I took the diamond designs on the spacesuit and on her hologram projection to be clues that Pearl used to be a member of the Diamond Authority. Not a leader, but maybe fairly high up in some military fashion, like a stratigist or something ala Peridot. At some point Pearl defected (hence Jasper's crack about Pearl being "defective") over to Rose and the Crystal Gems. That may be why Rose confided with Pearl more than the others and why she wanted Pearl to be sure that she knew what she was giving up by going into battle with Rose.