Topic: Number of shuttles aboard the Constitution Class
Trinculo
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As far as I know, the USS Exeter, a Constitution Class ship, is the only ship where the total number of shuttles is known. The number is four. Yet the USS Enterprise has shuttles numbered seven. For me, if a shuttle is numbered seven, there are six other shuttles at least. However, the number of shuttles aboard a sister ship argues against this idea. So, my question is, what is the purpose of the number for the Galileo?
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The First One
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Well, the episode was called "The Galileo Seven" and it was about a shuttle called the Galileo which was number 7, and there were seven people on board. . . 8)
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Now consider this on the shuttle issue. There is a hanger bay we haven't seen, so shuttles with other numbers in theory exist. Also, we shouldn't count only the shuttlecraft as having the numbers. For example, is it possible that when we see the number 5 painted on the side of a shuttle it means that is is 'auxillary vehicle 5.' Maybe there are travel pods and workbees that also have a number painted on.
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Jim Phelps
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Well, there is only a certain number of shuttles that can fit in that hangar, and we also know their arrangement. So I guess you'd simply take Franz Joseph's blueprints and look it up.
Of course, Voyager's shuttles are constantly being rebuilt from spare parts tucked away in an area behind the main bay according to Rick Sternbach.
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My understanding was there were 4 shuttles aboard. Additionally, there were smaller "workbee" like craft for external hull maintenance etc. the numbers alternated 1,3,5,7 for shuttles and 2,4,6,8 for workbees, which were essentially 1 or 2-man vehicles not muchuse for missions to planets, etc.
Or I could be wrong.
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Yeah, I know the Encyclopaedia has a pic with a big "2" on it, but it was never quoted as such elsewhere. I don't think Okuda and co. gave it much thought.
The impressive-if-flawed Shane Johnston "MrScott's Guide to the Enterprise" goes with the odd/even regime I think.
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