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The '''Class-F shuttlecraft''' was the standard issue [[Starfleet]] [[shuttlecraft]] during the mid-[[23rd century]].
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The '''class F shuttlecraft''' was the standard issue [[Starfleet]] [[shuttlecraft]] during the mid-[[23rd century]].
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
During the mid-[[2260s]], Class-F shuttles were based at [[Federation starbases|starbases]] and aboard {{Class|Constitution}} [[starship]]s, which were standard equipped with four shuttles of this class, along with other shuttle classes. ({{TOS|The Galileo Seven|The Doomsday Machine|The Omega Glory}}; {{TAS|Mudd's Passion}})
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During the mid-[[2260s]], class F shuttles were based at [[Federation starbases|starbases]] and aboard {{Class|Constitution}} [[starship]]s, which were standard equipped with four shuttles of this class, along with other shuttle classes. ({{TOS|The Galileo Seven|The Doomsday Machine|The Omega Glory}}; {{TAS|Mudd's Passion|The Ambergris Element}})
   
The Class-F shuttlecraft would remain in service until the [[2270s]], where they were still being deployed to and from the [[San Francisco]] [[air tram station]]. ({{film|1}} ''Directors Edition'')
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The class F shuttlecraft remained in service until the [[2270s]], where they were still being deployed to and from the [[San Francisco]] [[air tram station]]. ({{film|1}} ''Directors Edition'')
   
Among the decorations in a lounge aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} in [[2364]], there was the [[model]] of an ''Enterprise'' shuttle. ({{TNG|Lonely Among Us}})
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Among the decorations in a lounge aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} in [[2364]] was the [[model]] of an ''Enterprise'' shuttle. ({{TNG|Lonely Among Us}})
   
 
==Technical data==
 
==Technical data==
[[File:Class f shuttlecraft - interior, remastered.jpg|thumb|left|Interior of a Class-F]]
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[[File:Class f shuttlecraft - interior, remastered.jpg|thumb|left|Interior of a class F]]
Constructed with a [[duranium]]-metal shell, the Class-F was propelled by an [[ion engine]], whose power was generated by a matter/antimatter reaction. It was protected by [[deflector shield]]s. ({{TOS|The Menagerie, Part I|Metamorphosis|The Immunity Syndrome}})
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Constructed with a [[duranium]] metal shell, the class F was propelled by an [[ion engine]], whose power was generated by a matter/antimatter reaction. It was protected by [[deflector shield]]s. ({{TOS|The Menagerie, Part I|Metamorphosis|The Immunity Syndrome}})
   
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[[File:Class F shuttlecraft aft instrument access panel.jpg|thumb|Aft access engineering panel]]
The twenty-four [[foot]] long Class-F shuttle was divided into two sections: the forward section, which contained seating arrangements for at least seven passengers, and a smaller aft section, which contained access to the engineering components of the shuttle. ({{TOS|The Galileo Seven}})
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The twenty-four [[foot]] long class F shuttle was divided into two sections: the forward section, which contained seating arrangements for at least seven passengers, and a smaller aft section, which contained access to the engineering components of the shuttle. ({{TOS|The Galileo Seven}})
   
In normal flight through the void of deep space, Class-F shuttles operated on instruments only. The [[blast shutter]]s on the three forward windows would be lowered when [[sensor]]s detected something visually significant. ({{TOS|Metamorphosis}})
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In normal flight through the void of deep space, class F shuttles operated on instruments only. The [[blast shutter]]s on the three forward windows would be lowered when [[sensor]]s detected something visually significant. ({{TOS|Metamorphosis}})
   
 
== Shuttles of the class ==
 
== Shuttles of the class ==
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* ''[[Conrad]]''
 
* ''[[Conrad]]''
 
* ''[[Da Vinci]]'' (SB4-0314/2)
 
* ''[[Da Vinci]]'' (SB4-0314/2)
* ''[[Einstein (2267)|Einstein]]'' (NCC-1701/6)
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* ''{{dis|Einstein|2267}}'' (NCC-1701/6)
* ''[[Galileo (2267)|Galileo]]'' (NCC-1701/7)
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* ''{{dis|Galileo|2267}}'' (NCC-1701/7)
* ''[[Galileo (2267-2268)|Galileo]]'' (NCC-1701/7)
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* ''{{dis|Galileo|2267-2268}}'' (NCC-1701/7)
 
* ''[[Galileo II]]'' (NCC-1701/7)
 
* ''[[Galileo II]]'' (NCC-1701/7)
 
* ''[[Picasso]]'' (SB11-1201/1)
 
* ''[[Picasso]]'' (SB11-1201/1)
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=== Background information ===
 
=== Background information ===
The Class-F shuttle made its first appearance on television in "The Menagerie, Part I", despite being sequentially filmed after "The ''Galileo'' Seven" (the, otherwise, accepted first appearance of a shuttlecraft).
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The class F shuttle made its first appearance on television in "The Menagerie, Part I", despite being sequentially filmed after "The ''Galileo'' Seven" (the, otherwise, accepted first appearance of a shuttlecraft).
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The aft access engineering panel at the rear of the shuttlecraft, Scotty in "The Galileo Seven", and Spock in "Metamorphosis" were working on, is referred to in the [[Trekkie|fan]] community as the "busy-box". [http://wrathofdhanprops.blogspot.nl/2013/08/trek-prop-enthusiast-got-busy-on.html]
   
 
====Studio models====
 
====Studio models====
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:''see main article'': [[Class F shuttlecraft model]]
Unlike the starship designs, shuttlecraft had life-sized full scale mock-up counterparts of the filming [[studio model]]s for actors to interact with, complete with interiors. The ''Class F shuttlecraft'' was the first one to be conceived as such. The practice would continue with every subsequent ''Star Trek'' incarnation including [[Star Trek: Enterprise]] which was otherwise realized entirely in [[CGI]].
 
 
=====Design=====
 
[[File:Class F shuttlecraft original design by Matt Jefferies.jpg|thumb|left|Jefferies' original shuttlecraft design]]
 
[[File:Class F final design sketches.jpg|thumb|Jefferies' revised final design sketches]]
 
[[File:Class F shuttlecraft interior sketch.jpg|thumb|left|Revised interior sketch by Jefferies]]
 
The original shuttlecraft as originally designed by [[Matt Jefferies]] was to have a more rounded look to it, much like the shuttles of [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek TNG]]. On his original design Jefferies commented,"''Basically it was a teardrop thing, and the whole side panel, the outside door, would slide back, and you could just step right off on the ground. The seats were like bicycle seats mounted on each side of the keel.''".. {''[[Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 1, Issue 12]]'', p. 20} The [[AMT]] model company however, who agreed to build the full-sized set model in their "Custom & Speed Shop", headed by [[Gene Winfield]], as well as the filming miniature for free in exchange for exclusive modeling rights (resulting in their 1974 [[Star Trek model kits|model kit]] S595), found that flat panels were easier and cheaper to build. In order to meet their needs, they had industrial designer [[Thomas Kellogg]] re-design the shuttle with later contributions from [[Matt Jefferies]] who added the ''Enterprise''-style warp nacelles.[http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/thomas-kellogg-the-avanti-and-the-galileo-shuttle/] "''I worked up sketches for it. But AMT, who were going to build the model in their shops in Phoenix in exchange for being able to market the kit of the Enterprise, felt it was beyond their capabilities, so it was designed by Gene Winfield ''[sic]'', an automotive designer who had a custom body shop that primarily serviced the automotive industry through AMT. The Galileo as everybody knows it today was not my design. Overall I was a little disappointed, but I think within their capabilities it was a good solution. And it did work, obviously; people did accept it.''", Jefferies would later remark. {''[[Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 1, Issue 12]]'', p. 20} Jefferies had to redesign the interior to match the eventual exterior of the studio model. Later shuttle designs by Jefferies after the episode ''Galileo Seven'', such as a small, two-man shuttle and a bubble-topped space scooter, were deemed either too expensive or simply not plausible with the current special effects of the time and were never used, so the producers stuck with the established design for later appearances of the shuttlecraft. Drawings of all these designs have published in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series Sketchbook]]''.
 
 
=====Full scale exterior mock-up=====
 
[[File:Class F shuttlecraft Galileo mock-up under construction.jpg|thumb|left|The full scale mock-up under construction at the Custom & Speed Shop]]
 
[[File:Class F shuttlecraft Galileo mock-up nearing completion.jpg|thumb|The full scale mock-up nearing completion]]
 
The full scale exterior mock-up was a sturdy built. A wooden structure was applied over a basic welded steel frame work. The outer skin consisted of hard mahogany press board, called {{w|Masonite}}, plating covered with fiberglass. The curving features on top of the side plates were sheet metal. The center landing gear strut at the end was constructed out of surplus airplane landing gear struts and the nacelles were steel tube assemblies. In addition a mechanism was built in to semi-automatically open the hatches while simultaneously extending the boarding ramp. "''I think we made the windshield panels move up front. Those slid and we made the doors so that they could slide and pop into place on a special track. They were pulled with a cord, like rope on a pulley system, so they did not actually operate electronically.''", Winfield explained.(''[[The Ships of Star Trek]]'', p. 102) The mock-up was not equipped with an interior, that being a separately built set at a somewhat larger scale, thereby causing the mock-up being sometimes referred to as the three-quarters scale mock-up. The craft measured 22 feet long, 8 feet high (5 feet in the interior), 13 feet wide (or 24 feet long, 9 feet wide in front, 14 feet in back, and 9 feet high, according to [http://www.kikoauctions.com/?nav=auctions&details=2030 Kiko Auctioneers'] listing), and weighed about 2,700 pounds.[http://www.cloudster.com/Sets&Vehicles/STShuttlecraft/ShuttlecraftConstruction/GalileoConstructionTop.htm] Winfield and his team needed close to three months to complete both sets. During its use as a production asset, the mock-up received two paint schemes, the first gloss white for the upper surfaces and battleship gray for the lower surfaces in its original appearance and an overall light gray paint scheme for its appearance as [[Galileo II]].
 
 
After production wrapped on the ''Original Series'', the studio donated the exterior mock-up to The Braille Institute (the interior set was demolished after the series wrapped), but the school deemed it a inadequate playing environment for kids and sold it shortly thereafter to a man, named Roger Hiseman. After a spell on his front lawn in Palos Verde, the mock-up was moved to an open storage area in Torrance, Ca. where it resided until the middle 1980s. Exposed to the elements, the mock-up deteriorated considerably.[http://idisk.mac.com/micdavis/Public/shuttlecraft/default.html] In 1985 the craft was sold to a fan by the name of Stephen Haskins for a reported $1,800, who spent another $8,500 on restoration and had the result displayed at the June 1986 "Creation Entertainment's 20th Anniversary Star Trek Convention" in Anaheim, Ca.[http://treknostalgia.blogspot.com/2009/03/oddyssey-of-galileo-7.html] Shortly thereafter the mock-up was again moved to an open storage area near San Diego. In November 1986 the mock-up was on display for a week in front of the Palm Desert Town Center theater for the premiere of {{film|4}}. During restoration Haskins tried to find a permanent home for the mock-up and even offered it for free to the {{w|National Air and Space Museum}} but was turned down. "''We're not into television fiction-that's about it. We are crowded as it is right now, just doing real aviation and aerospace.''", then curator Edward Leiser explained.(''The San Diego Union'', Saturday, June 7, 1986). In 1989 it was eventually sold to an Ohian fan, Lynn Miller for a reported $3,000, who had it shipped over to the Canton/Akron airport in April 1991.[http://startrekpropauthority.blogspot.com/2008/10/galileo-shuttlecraft.html] [http://www.trekplace.com/article11.html] There, in cooperation with a local fan club, "The Starfleet International chapter USS Lagrange", a second major renovation took place under the name "The Galileo Project".[http://galileo.danawheels.net/91-93%20galileo%20photos/galileo91.wmv][http://galileo.danawheels.net/91-93%20galileo%20photos/] which was also visited by [[Ed Miarecki]].[http://galileo.danawheels.net/91-93%20galileo%20photos/g74-miareki-krause-homa.jpg] While still in the process of being restored, the mock-up made an appearance at the "LagrangeCon '91" in November 1991 near Cleveland, Ohio. Reportedly a disagreement between owner and fan club, caused the cooperation to cease in or shortly after 1993 and the owner had the craft moved to an industrial site for again open storage near Akron, Ohio where it has been spotted until 2008.[http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/fate-of-the-galileo-7/comment-page-1/#comment-25796] The owner of the site lost contact with the owner of the mock-up, shortly after it was stored there and when the site went bankrupt in 2008, the mock-up was speculated by some to be destroyed during clearance of the terrain. [http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/fate-of-the-galileo-7/]
 
 
Yet, the mock-up was reaffirmed to be still existing by its owner in 2011, as she clarified that, "''I originally purchased this to "save" it, but who will save me lol. My Mother always said I had better build a bathroom in it as I would end up living in it. Obviously she disapproved, and as in many things looking back she was right. This thing will either save me or destroy me. After 23 years I am about to sell it one way or the other. Anyone who would buy it look to EBay in the near future. If it does not sell for more than the mimimum ''[sic]'' then I guess it will either continue to be stored or maybe a partner will help me finish restoring it. I am hopeful that there is someone out there who has an interest in owning and finishing the restoration. There have been comments about it's destruction or missing parts. The parts are safely stored separate from the main shuttle, as they are restored and I did not want them to be stored outside somewhere.''" [http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showpost.php?p=3964521&postcount=13] Being the owner was less of a satisfactory experience as was evidenced in this remark, "''I have spent over $100,000 over the years trying to restore and to store the thing. The photo of it in a "Scrapyard" was actually where it was parked undergoing restoration from a guy with whom I had contracted the work. I was called one day and told get it out of here you have one day to do so. I had it hauled to another location where it is in storage.''" [http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showpost.php?p=3964489&postcount=11]
 
 
The owner eventually put up the mock-up for auction as [http://www.kikoauctions.com/?nav=auctions&details=2030 Lot# 2030] at a local auction house, [http://www.kikoauctions.com/ Kiko Auctioneers], where it was sold for $61,000 ($70,150 including buyer's premium) on {{d|28|June|2012}}. The mock-up was acquired by noted ''Star Trek'' memorabilia collectors Alec Peters of [[Star_Trek_auctions#Propworx.2C_Inc.|Propworx, Inc.]] and Adam Schneider. [http://startrekauction.blogspot.nl/2012/07/the-galileo-shuttlecraft-our-first.html]
 
 
=====The physical studio models=====
 
Simultaneously with the full scale mock-up, a team of three at Winfield's shop constructed a 22 inch long filming [[studio model]]. As was commonplace in that era, the model was mostly constructed out of wood, with metallic features, such as the landing gear. After completion the model was sent to [[Linwood G. Dunn]]'s "[[Film Effects of Hollywood]]" effects house where footage was shot of the model flying in space and medium range footage of the model in the just completed model of the [[shuttlebay]] of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} (for this purpose the model of the shuttlecraft was built in scale with the shuttlebay). The footage shot was used throughout the remainder of the series.
 
 
[[File:Class f shuttle model, TNG.jpg|thumb|left|The refurbished original studio model as setdressing]]
 
[[File:Class F shuttlecraft studio model.jpg|thumb|Class-F shuttlecraft studio model undergoing restoration]]
 
[[File:Class F refurbished studio model at the Smithonian.jpg|thumb|The fully restored studio model at the Smithonian]]
 
After the series wrapped, sight was lost of the model and it was believed to be lost or to have vanished during the clear-out of the [[Paramount Pictures]] lot in late 1973. However in 1987, when pre-production of [[TNG Season 1]] was in full swing, members of the production staff discovered the model on a pile of rubble in a forgotten corner of the studio. Broken in half and missing the forward bulkhead with the windows, the landing gear the and the corrugated wrappers around the rear of each engine pod, the model was refurbished as much as possible and used as set dressing in {{TNG|Lonely Among Us}}. Intended to be a generic model of the Class F shuttlecraft, the new paint scheme was not a faithful recreation of how the model originally appeared. The missing bulkhead was replaced by a smoked Plexiglas sheet.[http://www.cloudster.com/Sets&Vehicles/STShuttlecraft/GalileoTop.htm] Four years later, fully restored and with a paint scheme corresponding with the original paint scheme of the full scale mock-up, the model was featured in the 1992-1993 [[Star Trek Smithsonian Exhibit]] and was a year later on loan to the Hayden Planetarium, New York City, for its 1993-1994 exhibition. Since then the model has not been seen publicly, but is presumably still in the possession of the studio.
 
 
[[File:Deep Space Station K-7 shuttlebay.jpg|thumb|The NCC-K7 docked at Deep Space Station K-7 (l)]]
 
In 1996, a tiny miniature of a Class F shuttlecraft, representing the [[NCC-K7]] was constructed by [[Jason Kaufman]] at [[Gregory Jein]]'s workshop for {{DS9|Trials and Tribble-ations}}. On his own initiative Kaufman asked and got permission to build a detailed shuttlebay on the [[Deep Space Station K-7]] studio model, complete with a shuttle and the ''[[Spacematic]]'' miniatures. The bay and miniatures were built from scratch with parts and pieces lying around in Jein's shop. (''[[The Magic of Tribbles: The Making of Trials and Tribble-ations]]'', p. 43)
 
 
=====CGI models=====
 
[[File:Air tram station internal.jpg|thumb|left|A Class-F shuttlecraft about to take off from the air tram station (upper right corner)]]
 
[[File:Galileo and Columbus on hangar deck.jpg|thumb|CBS' CGI model]]
 
A first [[CGI]] version of the Class-F shuttlecraft was inserted into the {{y|2001}} [[Star Trek: The Motion Picture (The Director's Edition)|director's edition of ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'']] by [[Foundation Imaging]] as a subtle homage to ''The Original Series'', where it was seen taking off from the [[San Francisco]] [[air tram station]]station.
 
 
The second CGI version was built for the 2006 [[TOS]] remastered series at [[CBS Digital]], under supervision of [[Niel Wray]] and [[David Rossi]] to represent the craft in its respective episodes.
 
{{clear}}
 
   
===Spaceflight Chronology===
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===''Spaceflight Chronology''===
The full specification for the Class-F was not heard in "The Menagerie" as the computer was stopped. It is likely that the craft had a limited [[warp]] capacity as attempting to follow the ''Enterprise'', a faster than light vessel, would be absurdly futile with a slower than light ship. It also had limited range, as Kirk exceeded his point of safe return in "The Menagerie, Part I." Jefferies established the length of the shuttlecraft at 21 feet (22 feet with landing gear extended).
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The full specification for the class F was not heard in "The Menagerie" as the computer was stopped. It is likely that the craft had a limited [[warp]] capacity as attempting to follow the ''Enterprise'', a faster than light vessel, would be absurdly futile with a slower than light ship. It also had limited range, as Kirk exceeded his point of safe return in "The Menagerie, Part I." Jefferies established the length of the shuttlecraft at 21 feet (22 feet with landing gear extended).
   
 
The following specifications were given by the ''[[Spaceflight Chronology]]'':
 
The following specifications were given by the ''[[Spaceflight Chronology]]'':
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** Engines: Advanced Impulse Power
 
** Engines: Advanced Impulse Power
   
===External link===
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===External links===
 
* {{mbeta}}
*[http://www.starshipdatalink.net/art/galileo.html Designing the Galileo Shuttlecraft] at [http://www.starshipdatalink.net/ Federation Starship Datalink]
 
* {{NCwiki}}
 
 
*[http://jefferywright.com/2010/09/05/starfleet-type-f-shuttlecraft/ Starfleet Type F Shuttlecraft - 3D model with interior; overview video]
 
*[http://jefferywright.com/2010/09/05/starfleet-type-f-shuttlecraft/ Starfleet Type F Shuttlecraft - 3D model with interior; overview video]
   

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The class F shuttlecraft was the standard issue Starfleet shuttlecraft during the mid-23rd century.

History

During the mid-2260s, class F shuttles were based at starbases and aboard Constitution-class starships, which were standard equipped with four shuttles of this class, along with other shuttle classes. (TOS: "The Galileo Seven", "The Doomsday Machine", "The Omega Glory"; TAS: "Mudd's Passion", "The Ambergris Element")

The class F shuttlecraft remained in service until the 2270s, where they were still being deployed to and from the San Francisco air tram station. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture Directors Edition)

Among the decorations in a lounge aboard the USS Enterprise-D in 2364 was the model of an Enterprise shuttle. (TNG: "Lonely Among Us")

Technical data

File:Class f shuttlecraft - interior, remastered.jpg

Interior of a class F

Constructed with a duranium metal shell, the class F was propelled by an ion engine, whose power was generated by a matter/antimatter reaction. It was protected by deflector shields. (TOS: "The Menagerie, Part I", "Metamorphosis", "The Immunity Syndrome")

Class F shuttlecraft aft instrument access panel

Aft access engineering panel

The twenty-four foot long class F shuttle was divided into two sections: the forward section, which contained seating arrangements for at least seven passengers, and a smaller aft section, which contained access to the engineering components of the shuttle. (TOS: "The Galileo Seven")

In normal flight through the void of deep space, class F shuttles operated on instruments only. The blast shutters on the three forward windows would be lowered when sensors detected something visually significant. (TOS: "Metamorphosis")

Shuttles of the class

Appendices

Appearances

Background information

The class F shuttle made its first appearance on television in "The Menagerie, Part I", despite being sequentially filmed after "The Galileo Seven" (the, otherwise, accepted first appearance of a shuttlecraft).

The aft access engineering panel at the rear of the shuttlecraft, Scotty in "The Galileo Seven", and Spock in "Metamorphosis" were working on, is referred to in the fan community as the "busy-box". [1]

Studio models

see main article: Class F shuttlecraft model

Spaceflight Chronology

The full specification for the class F was not heard in "The Menagerie" as the computer was stopped. It is likely that the craft had a limited warp capacity as attempting to follow the Enterprise, a faster than light vessel, would be absurdly futile with a slower than light ship. It also had limited range, as Kirk exceeded his point of safe return in "The Menagerie, Part I." Jefferies established the length of the shuttlecraft at 21 feet (22 feet with landing gear extended).

The following specifications were given by the Spaceflight Chronology:

  • Enterprise Shuttle Craft (2188 – )
    • Length: 6.8 m
    • Weight: 17,000 kg
    • Ship's Compliment: 7
    • Propulsion: Impulse Power
  • Performance:
    • Range: Interplanetary
    • Landing/Takeoff Velocity: 300 knots
    • Atmosphere Cruising Velocity: Mach 12 (14,200 km/hr)
    • Interplanetary Cruising Velocity: 350 million km/hr
    • Engines: Advanced Impulse Power

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