The Romulan shuttlecraft was used by the Romulan Star Empire in the 2370s. They are approximately the same size as a Template:ShipClass runabout. Romulan shuttles are also fitted with a cloaking device.
Romulan Senator Vreenak traveled to a secret meeting with Benjamin Sisko on Deep Space 9 aboard such a shuttle in 2374. (DS9: "In the Pale Moonlight")
Background
According to a comparison chart drawn up by Gary Hutzel and Larry Nemecek, the length of the Romulan shuttle was 80 feet, which coincides with the length given in the Technical Manual as stated below. [1]
Studio model
The Romulan shuttle was designed by Doug Drexler for Gary Hutzel and the studio model miniature, which only made one appearance in the entire franchise, was built by Tony Meininger at Brazil-Fabrication & Design. [2] According to Drexler, the pod-like modules appearing in the midsection of the main body, between the nacelle struts, are the passenger compartments. [3] [4]
Technical Manual
The following information of specifications and defenses comes exclusively from the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual:
- Production Base: Unknown; Romulan Star Empire
- Type: Long-range warp shuttle
- Accommodation: Fifteen plus officers, crew, and troops (est.)
- Power Plant: One artificial singularity-drive warp core feeding two nacelles; one impulse system
- Dimensions: Length, 24.23 meters; beam, 15.98 meters; height, 6.57 meters
- Mass: 142.31 metric tonnes (est.)
- Performance: Warp 9.6 (observed)
- Armament: Six ship-mounted disruptors; two photon torpedo launchers
Apocrypha
In Star Trek: Armada II, the Romulan shuttle was identified as being of the Kestrel-class.