Craft assigned to USS Mercury: Difference between revisions

*'''Compliment:''' Four

:Shuttlecraft 01:  

:Shuttlecraft 02: ''Yang Liwei''

:Shuttlecraft 03: ''Valentina Tereshkova''

:Shuttlecraft 04: ''Alan Shepard''

*'''Compliment:''' Two

:Shuttlecraft 05: ''Maurizio Cheli''

:Shuttlecraft 06: ''Richard R. Arnold''

:With an ultimate goal towards creating a useful all-purpose shuttlecraft, the designers of the Type-11 Personnel Shuttle set out to create a craft that was equipped with all the systems of a starship within the shell of a relatively small shuttle.  Allocation of the larger Danube-class runabout to starships in the field proved too costly, and with the expressed need by the Sovereign-class development team for a capable shuttle, the Type-11 was born.  Its overall frame and components are a meshing of lessons learned in both the Type-9 and Danube-class vessels.  Impressive shielding, several phaser emitters, micro-torpedo launchers and a capable warp propulsion system makes this shuttle capable of performing a multitude of tasks.  Both the ventral and dorsal areas of the shuttle feature a new magnaclamp docking port that is capable of linking up to other ships similarly equipped.  A two-person transporter and a large aft compartment with a replicator adds to the shuttle’s versatility.  The end hope is that these all-purpose shuttles will replace the more specific-purpose crafts already stationed on starships, reducing the amount of space needed for shuttle storage in already-cramped bays.  The Type-11 is now seeing selective deployment outside the Sovereign-class to further assess its capabilities in the field.

:The S.S. Exodus was retrieved by the crew of the Mercury during the rescue mission to Valdor III. Captain Aron Kells believes that having a Gorn shuttlecraft aboard the Mercury may prove useful in the future. At present the ship is in need of extensive repairs to meet Federation safety standards.