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In the TNG episode where the Ent D and a Romulan Warbird get stuck in time and Picard, Troi, Data and LaForge have to unstick them (my sincerest apologies for not remembering the name of this ep and for the lame description), there is a Danube class runabout involved that is apparently attached to the Enterprise-D. Does anyone have any info on what this runabout's name and registry might be? Was it the Danube? I know there's nothing canon unless it's in the new encyclopedia, but maybe someone has some inside info.
This also brings up another question, is it standard practice to attch runabout to larger ships now. I think it's probably a good idea although with the advent of the new super shuttles from insurrection, they may not be needed all that much longer.
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Did it occur to you that the new "super shuttles" are runabouts?
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According to 'The Star Trek Archive' neither name nor number is known.
Somehow I question this, because even a glipse of a number would probably show the difference between either NCC-7xxxx or NCC-1701-D.
I think the new 'super shuttle' is most probably a Runabout equivalant for Starship use. Larger than the average shuttle, but smaller than a Runabout.
I'll also remind you there is still a debate going whether or not the Insurrection Scout (which is the same size as a Runabout) is a solo ship or Starship based.
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Nah, that was Voyager's 100th ep. "Timescape" it is.
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No Baloo it never occured to me. All the art material for the design calls it a shuttle. I don't think it's meant to be a new runabout.
I'm sure if we could see the number on Picard's runabout it would be an NCC number and not a NCC-1701-D/ something. All the DS9 runabouts have their own number not "DS9/2"
I hadn't heard the debate about the Scoutship having a mothership. It might explain the fact that it has no given name or class. The registry on ther hull may be the mothership's.
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The encyclopedia mentions a USS Ticonderoga at the Briar Patch. When I first found that out I considered the scout belonging to it.
I still do.
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Jim Phelps
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As far as I recall, the reg number of the runabout is visible but unreadable. I might be wrong, anyone have the episode on tape?
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Y'know what it probably says? "USS RIO GRANDE NCC-72452". Or one of the other DS9 runabouts. You really think they bothered to relabel the model when it wasn't going to be readable? They don't bother relabelling models when they are readable!
And "Timscape", you say? Er... Uh... That's, ah... That's what I said. You must have misheard me...
*sees his own words printed there on the screen*
D'oh!
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Actually, the runabout in "Timescape" seemed to be a custom job: it did not *have* a name nor a registry! We see the part of the ship exterior that is supposed to have the name (between the red stripes at the bow flanks) as well as the parts that should feature the registry (the pylons if not the bow cutout), and those locations are empty.
I don't know why they bothered to eliminate the registries. But AFAIK all the shots of the runabout in "Timescape" were custom shots instead of DS9 footage, so perhaps the model people wanted to give the photographers greater freedom in setting up their shots. They didn't have to avoid embarrassing close-ups this way. And nobody in either team felt he had the authority to make up a number, and Okuda was out shopping or something.
Personally, I think that since Sisko gets to name his own runabouts, Picard also intended to name this one (recently aquired at the starbase) when he got back to his ship. The same logic would explain the missing name of Data's scout in "Insurrection" - the admiral was supposed to name it, but never had the time.
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Yes, there is. In an episode I saw the other day, "Family Business" (I think), Kira asks Sisko what he wants to call the new runabout. He says it should be the Orinoco. Kira replies that the way they go through runabouts, it's a good thing Earth has so many rivers. . .
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