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Archangel Class

Design by Kenny, ASDB Member

No specs available

A large shuttle also known as the "Alpha Flyer"

Asgard Class

Design by Toddy

Length: 27m
Crew complement: 3
Maximum speed: Warp 9.5

No description

Dauntless Class

Design by Scott Summers

No specs available

No description

Dolphine Class Mark II

Design by Zorin

Type: Shuttle
First commissioned: 2385
Length: 7.6m
Width: 2.8m
Height: 2.45m
Displacement: 1.52t
Complement: 2, evacuation limit: 2

Always wanted to be... Faster? Always wanted to be... On top? Always wanted the others to be jealous? Then we have the right craft for you: Dolphine Mark II.

Duckbill Yacht Class

Design by Luke D'Anvil

Type: Captain's yacht
First commissioned: 2382
Length: 22.5m
Width: 18m
Height: 7.5m
Decks: 1
Displacement: 0.94t
Complement: 1 officers + 8 crew, evacuation limit: 22
Speed: Warp 9.2 (cruise), Warp 9.5 (max.), Warp 9.75 (max. emergency)

The Duckbill yacht was planned to be the Captain's yacht on the USS Daheisy first. Construction problems with the compact warp drive caused the engineers to replace her much later than intended. The Duckbill has proved herself worthy in a sudden conflict with some Ferengi Marauders.

Erewhon Class

Design by Kris, ASDB Member

Type: Personnel transport

The SS Santa Maria of the Erewhon class could be seen landed on a planet in DS9: "Paradise", however, its hull shape was not revealed.

Jäger Class

Design by Nathan Fortner

Type: Medium Assault Fighter
Commissioned: 2382
Length: 10m
Crew: 2 (one pilot and one gunner/sensor officer) with room in small storage/cargo space behind cockpit with 2 jumpseats for 2 passengers
Velocity: Warp 3 (cruise), Warp 5.5 (max.)
Armament: 2 Type-V pulse phasers, 2 weapons hardpoints for weapons such as torpedoes or photon bombs in side fairings or 2 micro torpedo tubes in the fairings with a high torpedo capacity magazine

The Jäger Class is a medium assault fighter to be carried aboard carriers or forward battleships to be used in fleet and base defense and security, support of ground troops, and securing ground and small space targets. The Jäger (pronounced Yay-gur) receives its name from the hunter in ancient Germanic mythology and the modern German word for hunter. It is a dedicated military ship, with advanced targeting sensors, weapons systems, and defenses. The Jäger is a formidable craft for its size. It has great versatility in weapons with the weapons hardpoints allowing for a wide range of missions, anywhere from ground assaults with photon bombs or assault in numbers on a capital ship with torpedoes. The Jäger's sleek design gives it good handling characteristics in an atmosphere even without shielding. 

Lightning Class

Sly Fox Class

Design by Andrew K. L.

Type: Runabout
First commissioned: 2378
Length: 21m
Width: 10.5m
Height: 4.5m
Decks: 1
Complement: 2 officers + 4 crew
Speed: Warp 5.56920 (cruise), Warp 8.62215 (max.), Warp 9.15123 (max. emergency)
Armament: 9x Type VI phaser arrays, 2x micro-torpedo launchers with forward and reverse tubes, 4x 10-round micro-torpedo magazines (2 for each launcher)

In the 2370's, Starfleet began looking at the usage of the Danube runabout with greater interest through its common use at the space station Deep Space 9. Starfleet researchers began works on several new Runabout designs as they felt they had strongly underestimated the usefulness of such a ship. Several designs were submitted for production, but only a few designs considered to directly replace the Danube class. The Sly Fox was one of few picked, and assigned to duties that prohibited the other accepted designs such as starship assignments, as it was the only one in the same size as the Danube class requiring little to no modifications required for the storage facilities. Production was severely limited when it was being commissioned, and was delayed by the focus of resources to the larger starship productions. Delayed even further by recovery efforts in the conclusion of the war, three years after the war’s end it was finally officially commissioned and put into full production. It is estimated that by 2379 all Danube class runabouts will have been replaced and put into civilian operation.

The class name stems from its compact appearance combined with swifter speeds brought by impulse engines far more sophisticated than that of the Danubes. The registry titles of each individual ship are inspired by National Parks and Wildlife Refuges on various Federation planets including Earth, Vulcan, Andoria, Risa, and even Bajor for the Sly Fox vessels that will be replacing the Danube on Deep Space 9.

Modular pod options Standard - Tactical - Personnel - AWACS - Cargo - Science (not shown) - Medical (not shown) - Custom (not shown)

Notable active vessels
U.S.S. SLY FOX - NX/NCC-74686 
U.S.S. JASMUND - NCC-75129 
U.S.S. YOSEMITE - NCC-75209 
U.S.S. YELLOWSTONE - NCC-75307 
U.S.S. T'RIRR - NCC-75405 
U.S.S. KHUNJERAB - NCC-75422 
U.S.S. OUACHITA - NCC-75501 
U.S.S. NAUCOODA - NCC-75508 
U.S.S. HALEJI - NCC-75602 
U.S.S. HALEAKALA - NCC-75808

Pod descriptions Standard - The pod most commonly seen used on the craft, it can host a myriad of tasks that may be required during a runabout’s varying missions as it’s assigned far from practical services that would be capable of changing the pods for each mission.
Tactical - When the standard armaments aren’t enough, this adds 2x pairs of type VIII pulse phasers, 2x type VI phaser arrays, and 2x micro-photon torpedo launchers for forward and reverse launch capability. With torpedo tubes that are larger than standard, it’s capable of delivering multi-round bursts with far more efficiency.
Personnel - A larger pod than most others in order to house a large group of people for any need necessary from crewing a new starship, to helping with evacuating a colony, to hosting diplomatic meetings.
AWACS - Often used as recon for the development of new space stations to determine areas with least probable chances to be bothered by naturally occurring spatial phenomenon, the advanced sensory package is also used for a plethora of other duties. Border patrol, science research or even keeping detailed track of a fleet it serves several purposes.
Cargo - Most often used in supplying remote colonies, the cargo pod is an enlarged version much like the personnel pod so as to add further room within it. The removal and addition of cargo is aided by the track-traveling crane fitted with a dual-sided tractor beam emitter head.
No pod - The runabout will still function with impulse and warp capabilities even without a pod installed. As well, when in this form it can be used for simple tasks such as hauling large debris, construction supplies, workbee crafts, and other vacuum travel-capable cargo within the empty bed area secured with force-fields. However, it’s discouraged to haul any cargo this way when atmospheric (re-)entry is required, as it can put far too much stress on the structural integrity field.

Type 10a

Design by Daniel Gerson

No specs available

No description

Type 12 "Tiberius"

Design by Torsten

No specs available

This shuttle may become a replacement for the current Type 6.

Type 13

Design by Tim Davies (Suricata), website

Type: Executive shuttlecraft
First commissioned: 2378
Length: 9.6m
Displacement: 19.73 metric tons
Crew Complement: 1 pilot, 2 crew, 8 passengers
Speed: Warp 4 (cruise); Warp 6 (max.)
Propulsion Systems: 2 LF-10A Advanced Compact Linear Warp Drive Units, Impulse: (2) FIC-1 Compact Subatomic Unified Energy Impulse Units
Weapons: 2 Type-VI Collimated Phaser Arrays
Primary computer system: M-16 Bio-Neural Gelpack Isolinear III Processor
Primary navigation system: RAV/ISHAK Mod 3D Warp Celestial Guidance
Deflector systems: FSQ-2B Primary Force Field and Deflector Control System

The Type 11 Executive shuttle was created after it was noticed there was a lack of shuttles equipped for the comfortable transport of diplomats in areas where either starships are not required for transport or in 1st contact situations where transporting may be seen as to imposing on technologically 'inferior' races. They are equipped with 2 phaser arrays, for defensive means only.
The shuttle can comfortably transport 8 diplomats, with two crew members (stewards) who can see to their 'needs'. The shuttle only requires one crew member to operate due to its high level of automation.

Type 17 (2)

Design by John Pearse

Type: Shuttlecraft
First commissioned: 2374
Length: 6m
Width: 4m
Height: 3m
Displacement: 4t
Complement: 2 officers + 6 crew, evacuation limit: 12
Speed: Warp 2.8 (cruise), Warp 3.5 (max.), Warp 4 (max. emergency)
Armament: 4 phaser banks or two phasers + two micro torp launchers
Defense: Standard shields and countermeasures

Medium-range shuttle introduced in 2374 as a step between the smaller personnel shuttles and the large Danube class runabouts. Designed to have the flexibility and power of runabouts while taking up much less space in the shuttlebays of smaller starships. Despite this, the shuttle is often among the complement of larger vessels, including Sovereign class ships such as the USS Enterprise. The Type-17, which can carry up to 12 people (two pilots, eight seated and two more standing) proved particularly useful for the Flagship during the Genesis Wave crisis, when several of these shuttles were used during planetary evacuations. Maximum safe speed is Warp 3.5, although faster speeds have been recorded in emergencies. The shuttle has a total of four phaser banks - one Type-V phaser strip on each of the two nacelle pylons and two more emitters at the front of the craft, these can be swapped for micro torpedo launchers if necessary.

A vague description in the Genesis Wave books inspired me to design a new Starfleet shuttle.

Type 18 Long-Range Shuttle

Design by Noel Taylor

Type: Long range shuttle
First commissioned: 2374
Length: 14.5m
Width: 7.2m
Height: 3.7m
Decks: 1
Displacement: 112t
Complement: 2 officers + 3 crew, evacuation limit: 18
Speed: Warp 3.61 (cruise), Warp 3.9 (max.), Warp 4.12 (max. emergency)
Sublight speed: 0.96c (max.)
Armament: 2 x type V phaser arrays; 2 micro torpedo tubes; provision for weapons pod with 2 x micro quantum torpedo launchers and 4 x type V phaser arrays
Defense: standard shielding.

A mid to long range shuttlecraft. This shuttle is a step-down from the standard runabout. It is designed for diplomatic missions and passenger ferrying. One of these shuttles, the Lilly Sloane, was stolen from the USS Kurosawa NCC-76219 by Commander Jordan Virgo when he was framed for the murder of his Captain. He was joined by Lt. Commander Meg Peterson and is considered a rogue Starfleet officer. They are still at large and is still trying to find the person who framed him to prove his innocence.

Type 22

Design by Gustavo Castillo

Type: Shuttle
First commissioned: Stardate 54238.3
Length: 10m
Width: 5.6m
Height: 2.6m
Decks: 1
Displacement: 4.9t
Speed: Warp 4 (cruise), Warp 4.5 (max.), Warp 5.5 (max. emergency)
Sublight speed: 0.98c (max.)
Armament: 6 phaser banks
Defense: enhanced 3 layers bubble-like shield
Embarked craft: none

Provided with a bigger engine and larger fuel storage capacity, this model is capable to accommodate up to 10 passengers (plus 2 flight crew) and sustain warp 4 for 96 hours.

Type 28

Design by James Trexler

Type: Shuttle
First commissioned: 2385
Length: 9m
Width: 6m
Height: 5m
Decks: 1
Displacement: 2.3t
Complement: 1 officers + 3 crew, evacuation limit: 4
Speed: Warp 7 (cruise), Warp 8.5 (max.), Warp 9.22 (max. emergency)
Sublight speed: 0.37c (max.)
Armament: Twin Type-8 phaser emitters, 8 photon torpedoes
Defense: 272 gigawatt deflector shield
Embarked craft: N/A

The Type-28 shuttle was designed in 2383 to fill the role of a heavy duty, long distance transport shuttle. By 2386, all Type-8 shuttles are slated to be replaced by the Type 28.

Courtesy of AC3D 3d design software.

Type 31

Design by Gustavo Castillo

Type: Shuttle
First commissioned: Stardate 55790.1
Length: 24m
Width: 13m
Height: 7m
Decks: 2
Displacement: 28t
Complement: 1 officers + 2 crew, evacuation limit: 100
Speed: Warp 2 (cruise), Warp 3 (max.), Warp 4 (max. emergency)
Sublight speed: 0.65c (max.)
Armament: 6 phaser banks
Defense: energy deflector shield
Embarked craft: none

Starfleet was in need of a cargo vessel smaller than a starship, but capable of carrying a considerable amount of goods at reasonably fast speed. The type 31 cargo shuttle (affectionately called "ugly beast") is just that vehicle. With about the length of a runabout, her capacity is four and a half times larger, but significantly slower, though. Each "ugly beast" can carry 54 metric tons, or more than 500 cubic meters of any material or substance at speeds up to warp 3 ( for about 32 hours). The cargo area can be divided into three hermetic sections or used as a whole, mission-wise configurable. The cockpit is a two-decker, being the lower deck the commanding bridge, and the upper level the resting zone. The cockpit is connected with the container by an airlock hatch. U.S.S. Arrogant chief medical officer, Dr. Oshinobu Hate (haet'e)-yeah, everybody calls him "Dr.Hate" (heit)-, devised a way to turn one "ugly beast" into a fully operational six bio-beds sickbay in-the-field, very useful when transporting is unavailable or the situation is too critical that immediate medical attention is mandatory. It can also be used as an auxiliary sickbay onboard the ship for emergencies. He called her "med-away" for "medical away team". The idea was so well received at Starfleet Medical that it was decided that every starship should have one "med-away".

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Versailles Class

Design by Daniel Gerson

Type: Diplomatic shuttle / fast courier
Start of development: 31.6.2397
First flight: 2.11.2399
Time in service: 2399 -
Length: 15m
Beam: 4m
Height: 4.5m
Decks: 1
Speed: Warp 6 (normal cruise); Warp 6.6 (max. cruise), Warp 7.3 (4 hours)
Crew: 1 officer, 2 diplomats
Weapons: 2 x Type VII phaser banks

No description

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