They were utilized in fighting off Maquis raiders. DS9 : " The Siege ". They were not, however, a match against a T'Lani cruiser. DS9 : " The Die is Cast ", " Valiant " Nevertheless, with proper instruction, a runabout had the ability to destroy a Jem'Hadar fighter if allowed to get past the enemy ship's defenses. A runabout was small enough to be able to get close enough to another ship in order to overload the other ship's shield generators with directed phaser fire.
DS9 : " The Passenger ". Ideally, a runabout was piloted by two crewmembers, although one pilot would suffice. The cockpit had stations for up to four crewmembers. The two large portholes were equipped with retractable blast shutters. DS9 : " One Little Ship " Small square viewscreens mounted within the forward corners of the cabin were used for video communication and ship status displays. DS9 : " Vortex ". In the original configuration, a food replicator and a compact personnel transporter were located immediately behind the cockpit stations.
After the class underwent a refit as hostilities arose between the Federation and the Dominion , the transporter and replicator were moved further back and a secondary tactical console was positioned in the cockpit. The transporter was capable of transporting multiple persons simultaneously. The rear of the craft could be configured as a passenger cabins complete with sleeping and dining areas for extended travel. DS9 : " Tribunal ". In the center of the craft, between the two wing pylons, a series of replaceable modules could be connected.
These modules could be swapped to suit mission requirements. Examples of available modules included science laboratories, crew quarters, and photon or quantum torpedo bays. DS9 : " Melora " The craft was also equipped with an emergency unit for medical emergencies.
Also carried aboard runabouts were medkits , covariant oscillators , communications probes , portable generators , and a stasis chamber. The runabout was equipped with at least one manual emergency hatch , located amidship on the port side of the vehicle. DS9 : " Battle Lines " A small Jefferies tube was also present, immediately underneath the warp core that ran along the spine of the vessel. DS9 : " Blaze of Glory ". Although originally called "Runabout-class" by Benjamin Sisko in "Emissary," the official class designation was " Danube -class.
The term " Danube -class" was first used in dialogue in " Hippocratic Oath ". Interestingly enough, the aft cabin sections were never seen in any of the Deep Space Nine episodes in which they were a staple, yet the aft cabin was featured prominently in " Timescape ", the only TNG episode in which the runabout appeared.
However, because of this advanced warp drive system, it's systems are consider rather high maintenance and it spends a lot of its life in the hanger. Post-war, this craft has seen service on frontline outposts and starships, enabling explorers to increase their effective range and dramatically improving the effectiveness of patrol vessels.
This vessel is built for the primary mission of scouting, but it can also be used as a high-speed courier for small, sensitive packages or important individuals. It has a normal crew of three, a pilot, a commanding officer, and a mission specialist, but can accommodate a fourth person if necessary. The Orion can support missions of up to several weeks, with two crew cabins and a mess area, along with a transporter, replicator, and medical supplies.
Most of these vessels have been refit with EMH programs as their duties call for them to frequently be out of contact with Starfleet.
Access to the vessel is provided by dorsal and ventral hatches, along with a larger hatch on the stern of the craft that is also equipped with an airlock for EVA situations. Tactical systems are relatively light, as the vessel is designed to flee rather than fight, but it does have a forward phaser bank and two aft banks. The Delta class was created from the efforts of the crew of the USS Voyager to establish a new, formidable and multi-purpose small craft that could perform tasks well above and beyond that of the Intrepid class' standard Type 9 shuttlecraft.
The Delta Flyer's original mission and reason for construction was to retrieve a multispatial probe from a gas giant, and therefore was outfitted with tetraburnium hull plating which would help it survive the massive amounts of pressure.
However, while constructing the Delta Flyer it was decided that the crew would outfit the ship with all the latest and most potent technologies in order to make it a multipurpose vessel to suit all their needs. Eventually Borg-enhanced regenerative shielding, bio-neural gel pack circuitry, retractable warp nacelles, more "pilot-friendly" controls for better control handling, upgraded warp systems and a phaser array system were all installed during the construction of the vessel.
When Voyager returned to the Alpha Quadrant, the Starfleet Corps of Engineers immediately began to implement the design with a few upgrades to the Starfleet systems that Voyager didn't have during the ship's construction.
Although somewhat resource-intensive for a runabout, it paid itself off two-fold in its usefulness and abilities. These vessels are highly advanced but they take up a lot of hanger space. Like the more ubiquitous Volga class, they're less modular than the Danube. Designed to be the true successor to the modular and highly-useful Danube class runabout, the New Atlantic class runabout is the closest upgrade in terms of size, capabilities, and modularity to her older sister.
This class was developed with lessons learned from some of the other runabout classes developed after the Danube but is generally an evolutionary design rather than a revolutionary design; while it uses some novel components, such as annular warp coils, most of her systems are tried-and-true. It is especially popular for long-range missions, as its modules allow it to be equipped with additional fuel and comfortable living quarters. The ship is slightly longer and taller than the Danube-class, with a cockpit in the nose of the craft on the upper level, followed by crew rest areas, additional crew stations, and small cabins for four.
The lower module is especially large and essentially can change this vessel's entire configuration with a single overhaul stop. Configurations for these modules range from passenger modules, to command-and-control modules, to VIP accomodations, to scouting and scientific modules, to tactical modules. Generations First Contact Insurrection Nemesis. Memory Alpha.
Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? View source. History Talk Joined: Jan 15, Location: London. Well, this is the thousand bars of gold-pressed latinum question isn't it? Were Type-7 shuttlecraft warp capable? There's been some compelling arguments in favour of them being so in this thread but I'm thinking otherwise.
I can't remember where I found it but one early reference I've seen stated they cruised at. There was a reference in a schematic set that gave them a maximum speed of warp 2.
Technology marches on. Hey, maybe that's why they didn't have any shuttles in "Enemy Within", they were all being upgraded to warp capability, but after that Kirk insisted they have a few impulse drive ones back. It's true that in "Menagerie" Kirk and Mendez give chase to the Enterprise in a shuttle.
There is no way a non-warp shuttle could have caught the Enterprise. That was the point, Kirk knew this and he knew that Spock knew this. He was gambling, correctly, that Spock would turn around to rescue him when there was absolutely no other option. The real question is how good were the Enterprise sensors that they could track a small sublight craft at the distance of what must have been several light-weeks by the time Spock did a u-turn.
Perhaps the Starbase was relaying data. In "Metamorphosis" perhaps they were only needing to travel outsystem a certain distance. There might have been a delay while Commissioner Hedford was being prepped for travel by McCoy, and the good doctor might have insisted that they brought her on board the Enterprise by shuttlecraft because he didn't want that "damn-blasted gizmo scrambling her metabolism any more than it already is".
Kirk sent the Enterprise to conclude business a short by warp speeds distance away and decided to make up time by heading out for a rendezvous when it was on the way back. Pluto is only light-hours away from Earth, the edge of the Solar System the Heliosphere is about 16 light-hours away. In a small system it might not have taken that long or they didn't have to go too far out to meet the Enterprise.
Since the shuttle wan't where it was perhaps Scotty was considering something like that "tachyon eddy" from the DS9 epsiode "Explorers" that might have carried the shuttle away at warp speeds. The big problem with TOS era warp speed shuttles is the lack of a deflector although small craft perhaps have less need for them. The bigger problem with having them as longer range craft is the a lack of a toilet! Perhaps some rudimentary facilities were present on the port side of that rear compartment we never do get to see what's there , otherwise a few hours would be just about all you could reasonably be expected to be in a shuttle for.
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