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Shuttlecraft

  • Vessels used by the Federation from the 22nd century to the 33rd century
  • Typically attached to a starship or starbase
  • Generally used for landings when transporters were inoperable
  • Also used for short-range travel
  • Could fly in atmospheres & space
  • Most shuttles were short-range transports with impulse drive or limited warp capability
  • Impulse Drive
  • Warp Drive
  • Most had Phasers
  • Torpedoes where awalible for special missions
  • Deflector Shields
  • 1-15
  • Operated in the 2150s and early 2160s
  • Used to transport personnel to and from planets and/or spacecraft
  • Shuttlepods were a smaller type of shuttlecraft
  • Standard across the fleet, from the mid-2230s to the mid-2250s
  • By the 2390s, they were still in use at Starfleet facilities in the Sol system
  • The standard issue Starfleet shuttlecraft during the mid-23rd century
  • A small shuttle used during the 23rd century
  • Used to transfer personnel to drydocks or spaceships without having to use transporters
  • A small shuttle used by Starfleet in the 23rd & 24th centuries
  • Used for orbital personnel transport
  • A shuttlecraft type operated by Starfleet in the 23rd & 24th centuries
  • Introduced sometime prior to 2364
  • They were part of the standard shuttlecraft inventory aboard Galaxy-class
  • By 2374, deflector shields, phaser arrays, and transporter arrays were standard equipment on board Type 6 shuttles
  • Introduced sometime prior to 2364
  • Standard shuttlecraft aboard Galaxy-class, Excelsior-class, & Nebula-class starships in the mid to late 24th century
  • Introduced sometime prior to 2365
  • They remained in use until at least 2381, at locations such as Starbase 80
  • Shuttlepods were a smaller type of shuttlecraft
  • Introduced around 2371
  • Part of the Intrepid-class vessel's standard shuttlecraft complement
  • Also called Class 2 shuttle
  • Widely used during the 2360s by Starfleet Academy as a training ship
  • Part of the standard inventory of Intrepid-class vessels during the 2370s
  • In 2384, they were a part of the standard inventory of the Dauntless-class starships
  • Embedded in the saucer underside of Intrepid, Yeager & Elkins Classes
  • Designed & built by Tom Paris & the crew of Voyager in the Delta Quadrant
  • Equipped with Unimatrix Shielding & retractable warp nacelles
  • Flight controls were physical controls like buttons, knobs, & levers
  • This class of shuttlepod was carried aboard the Defiant-class starships in the late-24th century
  • Shuttlepods were a smaller type of shuttlecraft
  • This class of shuttlepod was carried aboard the Defiant-class starships in the late-24th century
  • Shuttlepods were a smaller type of shuttlecraft
  • A shuttlecraft type used by Starfleet in 2375
  • Introduced sometime prior to 2380s
  • They were part of the standard shuttlecraft inventory aboard California-class, Parliament-class & Luna-class starships
  • Later some of these shuttles were equipped with a new type of blast shield
  • A type of Federation shuttle operated by Starfleet in the early 25th century
  • A small shuttle used during the 25th century
  • Used to transfer personnel to drydocks or spaceships without having to use transporters
  • A class of shuttlecraft used by Starfleet in the late 32nd century
  • Equipped with a cloaking device & protective shielding which could deploy over the shuttle's viewports