USS RODI NCC-44758
                   
  
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Shuttles of the USS RODI
 
Type
General purpose interstellar craft
Unit Run
NCC 72003 USS Danube
(NCC 72454 USS Ganges)
(NCC 72917 USS Mekong)
(NCC 72905 USS Orinoco)
NCC 72452 USS Rio Grand
NCC 72936 USS Rubicon
(NCC 73024 USS Shenandoah )
NCC 73196 USS Volga 
(NCC 72453 USS Yangtzee Kiang)
(NCC 74602 USS Yukon)
plus 1,855 approx. since 2365. 1,200 remain in service, the remainder having been lost to various causes.
2365 - present
Dimensions
Length : 23.1 m
Beam : 13.7 m
Height : 5.4 m
Decks : 1
Mass
158.7 metric tons
Crew
1 - 4 crew. 40 person evacuation limit for short duration flights
Armament
6 x Type IV phaser arrays, total output 750 TeraWatts
2 x Standard Mini-photon torpedo tube + 24 torpedoes
Up to 4 full size photon or quantum torpedoes can be carried
Defence Systems
Shield system, total capacity 56,700 TeraJoules
Light Duranium/Tritanium single hull.
Low level Structural Integrity Field
Warp Speeds
(TNG Scale)
Normal Cruise : Warp Factor
Maximum Cruise : Warp Factor
Maximum Rated : Warp Factor 5.2 for twelve hours
Strength Indices
(Galaxy class = 1,000)
Beam Firepower : 15 
Torpedo Firepower : 10 
Weapon Range and Accuracy : 30
Shield Strength : 21
Hull Armour : 3.125
Speed : 127
Combat Manoeuvrability : 36,000
Overall Strength Index
55
Grade 1/2
Expected Hull Life
60 years
Minor : 6 months 
Standard : 2 years 
Major : 10 years

Notes : The Starfleet Runabout is a development of the warp capable shuttle craft which have been in use since the earliest days of the Federation. The first requirement for the Runabout, issued in 2342, called for a vessel based on the Type 9A cargo shuttle but capable of short and medium range interstellar operations carrying out limited spatial and planetary surveys. The fuselage was lengthened from 10.5 to 14.8 metres, allowing a much larger antimatter fuel cell to be installed to increase the vessels endurance from 36 hours to fifteen days at Warp 2.2. The two person emergency transporter was replaced by a one person fully functional model, and the rear of the cargo bay was fitted with four bunks. The remaining cargo space was used to expand the front cabin and install extra electronics systems.

The Type 10 Runabout proved reasonably successful in service, though the small cabin size limited its operations somewhat. Starfleet has gradually enlarged and improved the Runabout concept over the next twenty years or so, culminating in the Danube class Runabout first requested in 2363. This vehicle was designed to accomplish four main missions; the ability to perform rapid response scientific expedition transportation, the ability to act as an orbital or landed temporary operations base for science missions, the ability to transport intact experiment and cargo modules, and the ability to perform tactical missions such as intelligence gathering, covert insertion/extraction of personnel, and disruption of threat activities where feasible.

The Danube features a front cabin for the crew of pilot, co-pilot/navigator and two mission specialists. A two person transporter is at the rear of the cabin, with swappable mission modules aft of this. The modular nature of the Danube allows it to be configured for missions such as personnel transport, cargo transport, scientific research, tactical, medical, etc. Above the main spaces is the warp core, which is fed by an antimatter fuel pod at the aft and its matter equivalent at the fore end. The power transfer conduits run down the bulky nacelle roots, which also contain the impulse drive reactors and various other equipment.

The impulse engines comprise two sets of four fusion reactors, plus space-time drive coils and vectored exhaust directors. The system also includes interstellar or atmospheric intake vents and condenser-separators for fuel distillation. Control and fuel feed connections are essentially identical to any comparable impulse system. When maintenance is required, the entire assembly can be removed as a single unit.

The vehicles twin computer core is located under the cockpit subfloor and measures 2.3 x 2.1 x 1.3 metres. It is a standard isolinear unit, with a total of 186 isolinear banks and 53 command pre-processors and data analysis units. Subnodes distributed throughout the vehicle report to the main computer via a standard ODN system.

The Danube's tactical systems are surprisingly comprehensive for a vehicle of its size. The microtorpedo launchers fire 14 cm torpedoes which can carry a variety of different loads, including photon or quantum warheads, chemical explosives, gases or biological agents. If required the Danube can also carry four full size torpedoes, while the six phaser arrays located on the cockpit, nacelles and rear compartment provide another weapon option. As on a starship, the shield system is fed by a portion of the warp power output.

Type
Fast courier / general purpose light shuttle
Unit Run
 129 in service so far.
2372 - present
Dimensions
Length : 14.64 m
Beam : 3.26 m
Height : 4.5 m
Decks : 1
Mass
20,600 kg
Crew
1 - 2, plus up to 10 passengers
Armament
3 x Type IV Phaser arrays, total Phaser output 175 TeraWatts
2 x Standard micro torpedo tubes + 60 torpedoes
Defence Systems
Shield system, total capacity 67,500 TeraJoules
Light Duranium/Tritanium single hull.
Low level structural integrity field.
Warp Speeds
(TNG Scale)
Normal Cruise : Warp Factor 6
Maximum Cruise : Warp Factor 6.6
Maximum Rated : Warp Factor 7 for three hours
Strength Indices
(Galaxy class = 1,000)
Beam Firepower : 3.5
Torpedo Firepower : 5
Weapon Range and Accuracy : 20
Shield Strength : 25
Hull Armour : 3.125
Speed : 343
Combat Manoeuvrability : 35,000
Overall Strength Index
65
Grade 1
Expected Hull Life
50 years
Minor : 1 year
Standard : 5 years
Major : 15 years


Notes : The Type 11 shuttle was designed by the crew of the USS Enterprise as part of Starfleets recent move to allow Starships to produce their own shuttlecraft fleets. The design was created under the direction of Lieutenant Commander Gerodi LaForge during the Enterprise's shakedown cruise in 2372, and after some evaluation the ship has produced a dozen of these craft using its industrial replicator system.

Like the Type 10, the Type 11 uses some elements of the technology of its parent vessel. Bio-neural gel packs have been included as standard, a step up from the Type 10 computer system which offers the gel packs as an upgrade only. Other technology incorporated is mostly centred around the warp core and nacelles, which use allows the Type 11 to have an equal speed to the type 10 but with a somewhat smaller power plant.

The Type 11 design has been included in Starfleets shuttle design database, and is now available for any starship with an industrial replicator to produce as needed.




This view of a Danube class shows the starboard nacelle and supporting pylon.
 


A Type 11 shuttle flying through a planetary atmosphere.