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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] A few comments: In the TOS shuttle entry, the journey in "Metamorphosis" need not have been an interstellar one. After all, our heroes were caught in an asteroid field, a typical interplanetary phenomenon. The journey *may* have included an interstellar hop as well, but that could have been performed by a starship which the shuttle was about to rendezvous with, once past those nasty asteroids - say, the starship that was lacking one captain at that time... Ditto for Geordi's trip in "Mind's Eye" - the Enterprise could have dropped him off at the outer edge of the target system, much like they dropped off Picard and Crusher in "Samaritan Snare". Apparently, big starships just don't want to poke too deeply into some star systems... In "The Search", the (imaginary) shuttle or shuttlepod flown by Sisko and Bashir need not have been of the same type as the shuttlepod of Odo and Kira. While the same interior is used, the Sisko/Bashir pod has an aft hatch, a feature that doesn't agree with the exterior of the type 18 pod. The Kira/Odo interior utilizes the more proper gullwing doors. Perhaps Sisko and Bashir were dreaming of flying the "Chaffee" model, or some kind of a "type 17" craft? In "Resolutions", the shuttle given to Janeway and Chakotay is not shown. If this is indeed our only real reference to "type 9", then we could forget about any connections between that and the Sternbach speedboat, and continue calling the speedboat "class 2" or, if we want, "type 12". "Type 9" in that context could mean just about anything - including the Sternbach TNG TM design! (If the DF fits in, then so does the 9A!) Which reminds me, have we EVER heard of any shuttle designated as "type" something, outside this "Resolutions" reference? Isn't it always "class" something, except in the books? Also, the speedboat (type 9/12/class 2/whatever) is not solely an Intrepid-specific design, since we saw one at Jupiter in "Lifeline". Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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