USS Prospero's Auxillary Craft
Type 9 Fast Courier/General Purpose Light Shuttle Mass: 1.85 tons Dimensions: Length: 9.17m, Beam: 3.8m, Height: 2.95m Crew: 1, plus 3 passengers Armament: 2 x Type IV phaser bank 1 x Type IV phaser bank total output 200 TeraWatts 2 x Micro photon torpedo tube + 60 torpedoes Defense Systems: Standard shield system, total capacity 13,500 TeraJoules Light Duranium/Tritanium Single hull Low level Structural Integrity Field Warp Speeds: Normal Cruise: warp 3 Maximum Cruise: warp 3.4 Maximum Rated: warp 4 for 3 hours
Type 11 Fast Courier/General Purpose Medium Shuttle Mass: 27.2 tons Dimensions: Length: 14.54m, Beam: 3.26m, Height: 4.5m Crew: 1, plus 10 passengers Armament: 3 x Type IV phaser bank, total output 175 TeraWatts 2 x Micro photon torpedo tube + 60 torpedoes Defense Systems: Standard shield system, total capacity 67,500 TeraJoules Light Duranium/Tritanium Single hull Low level Structural Integrity Field Warp Speeds: Normal Cruise: warp 5 Maximum Cruise: warp 5.5 Maximum Rated: warp 6 for 3 hours
Type 13 Long Range Medium Warp Shuttle Mass: 29.3 tons Dimensions: Length: 14.92m, Beam: 3.24m, Height: 4.6m Crew: 1, plus 8 passengers Armament: 3 x Type IV phaser bank, total output 175 TeraWatts 2 x Micro photon torpedo tube + 60 torpedoes Defense Systems: Standard shield system, total capacity 67,500 TeraJoules Light Duranium/Tritanium Single hull Low level Structural Integrity Field Warp Speeds: Normal Cruise: warp 6 Maximum Cruise: warp 6.5 Maximum Rated: 7.2 for 6 hours
Arrow Class Runabout Dimensions: Length: 24 meters Beam: 8 meters Height: 4 meters Decks: 1 Mass: 24 metric tonnes Personnel: Crew: 2 (Pilot and Co-Pilot/Tactical Officer) Passengers: 12 Personnel or 8 Medical Patients on stretchers Evacuation (Short Period of Time): 24 Warp Speeds: Standard Warp: 6.0 Sustainable Warp: 9.0 Maximum Warp: 9.2 (25-48 Hours) Tactical and Defensive Systems: 2 x Pulse Phaser Canons (Port Wing, Starboard Wing) 4 x Phaser Arrays XII (Aft, Port Wing, Starboard Wing, Forward Dorsal) 1 x Microtorpedo Launcher (Forward Ventral) Background: The Arrow Class Ruanbout, introduced in 2396, is probably the best runabout built in Starfleet history. Designed in response to the Klingon BaHpuv class armoured courier, the Arrow is smaller, lighter, more powerful, and better armed and shielded. Its excellent hull, warp and impulse engines give the Arrow speed to match its long-range firepower. The warp system used on the Arrow Class is one of the finest packages used on a Starfleet designed runabout, consisting of the excellent and reliable Class 9/O Warp Drive System with a pair of Type 6C Nacelles and a Type J Plasma Injector System allowing the runabout class to achieve maximum warp for a considerable period of time. In open space there are few smaller craft that can match the Arrow, but in the constricted star systems or planetary atmospheres the Arrow can not take full advantage of its superiority. Arrow variants included the formidable Arrow Class Attack Runabout ("Hunters Arrow"), which replaces its passenger carrying capability with increased weapons capabilities.
Klingon BaHpuv Class Shuttle Type: Armored Courier Mass: 310 metric tons Dimensions: Length: 50m, Beam: 35m, Height: 20m Crew: 2, pilot and co-pilot/navigator, 20 passengers Armament: Type 11 Forward Disruptor Canon Type 11 Aft Disruptor Canon Forward Torpedo Launcher (20 x Type II photon torpedoes carried) Defense Systems: Class 9 Cloaking Device Class 3 Structural Integrity Field (2 x Class 3 Back-ups) Class 3 Shield Generator Type B Shield Grid Class Delta Subspace Field Distortion Amplifiers Class 1 Recharging System and 4 x Backup Shield Generators (Forward. Art, Port, Starboard) Warp Speeds: Normal Cruise: warp 6.0 Maximum Cruise: 8.0 Maximum Rated: 9.0 for 24 hours Description: The BaHpuv class armored courier is a discontinued production model of the Klingon Defense Force from the late 24th century. It is five meters longer then the Warhammer Class Runabout and with twice the height. It was designed to transport important materials and passengers throughout the Klingon Empire at top speed. The Prospero currently has one which was brought over by Commander Korthos in mid-2411. This of course is probably for the best as the Bahpuv class armored courier is quite large and takes up considerable room in the Prospero's main shuttlebay. Writer's Notes: Cliff and I are big Firefly and Serenity fans so I decided we needed an excuse to have a Trek-i-fied version of the Firefly class vessel for the Prospero as a tribute to the show. The BaHpuv class Klingon armored courier was created using the image and details of the Firefly-class vessel. The word "BaH" is Klingon for fire and the word "puv" is Klingon for fly.--Ed