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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Griffworks: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [qb] I'm all for pretending that the Vulcan/Probert shuttle never was standard Starfleet starship-auxiliary hardware. However, I'd prefer a little more diversity than claiming that the ship carries 4-6 shuttles identical to the two we saw in ST5.[/qb] [/QUOTE]I have no problem with diversity whatsoever. However, I've always liked the idea of the "Vulcan" shuttle as a "dockport" carried by each of the starships, albiet in limited quanitities. My thinking is that the standard complement could easily be three "standard" shuttles (from ST:V) and one dockport and additional shuttlecraft carried as needed for mission specific parameters. After all, why wouldn't a standard shuttlecraft be able go under water and operate for short periods of time? I can understand wanting an aqua-shuttle for long-term water missions, but why would you need it on a standard mission? You also wouldn't want to get caught with your "pants down" and only have two shuttlecraft, but one's in for repairs, thus only one is operational - and then have an emergency need for at least two. After all, it doesn't seem that uncommong to come across a planet where the tranporters won't work. [QUOTE][qb]Moreover, in that particular movie, plot logic :p dictates that there only were two shuttles aboard. Or at least that the rest of the shuttles aboard were not capable of rescuing Kirk from the planet when transporters were down. The situation in ST5 may not describe the standard operational complement all that well, but then again, it may...[/qb][/QUOTE]Which I have no problem with, personally. I still think the standard would be more than two, tho. Especially on a ship the size of [i]Enterprise[/i]. [QUOTE][qb]I'd personally go for a complement of 2 or if necessary 4 shuttles of the type we saw, 2-6 workbees for deep space repairs, and perhaps one or two special craft, as TAS suggests there can be rather diverse vessels aboard. Of course, "Mudd's Passion" probably should be taken as an exceptional situation, as a shuttlebay so chock full of stuff wouldn't be very functional.[/qb][/QUOTE]Agreed where "Mudd's Passion" is concerned. IIRC, the episode showed something like a dozen shuttlecraft! I still think that the standard for shuttlecraft would be four. [QUOTE][qb]For the TOS ship, I'd also suggest 2 standard shuttles in operational condition to have been the usual case, and 4 being the rarely attained maximum. Otherwise, more shuttles should have been dispatched in "The Galileo Seven". [/qb][/QUOTE]What brings you to that conclusion? AIR, there was no mention of utilizing any other shuttlecraft in the episode. Most likely, Kirk's rationale was that the sensors on [i]Enterprise[/i] were far superior to that of a shuttlecraft, if that's where you were going w/your thinking. ISTR that there was some sort of interference which kept Enterprise from picking up the shuttlecraft? Been a long while since I last saw that episode.... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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