Federation Type 15 Shuttlepod

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Campbell NCC-1701-D
A smaller-class shuttlepod off the Enterprise which crashlanded due to impulse generator shutdown amid the E-M storms of the Class M moon of Mab-Bu VI.
TNG "Power Play"
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Cousteau NCC-45167 A shuttle vehicle from the Starship Aries. In 2367, the Cousteau was stolen by Mendez and abandoned on Tarchannen III.
TNG "Identity Crisis"
The Cousteau was named for 20th-century oceangrapher Jacques Cousteau.
Star Trek Encyclopedia II
El-Baz NCC-1701-D #05



The ship was discovered floating derelict near the Endicor systems, carrying a future version of Captain Picard in 2365.
TNG "Time Squared"
The vehicle was also seen in the shuttlebay in
TNG "Transfigurations".
Data stole the El-Baz while under control of Lore, and it was seen on the planet's surface in
TNG "Descent, Parts I and II".
Designed by Rick Sternbach and Richard McKenzie under the direction of production designer Richard James, miniature built by Tony Meininger. The El-Baz was the first shuttle of this type seen; subsequent shuttlepods were re-dresses of the El-Baz. The shuttlepod was smaller than the shuttlecraft, and was used because it was impractial at the time to build a full exterior of the larger shuttlecraft. The El-Baz was named for former NASA planetary geoscientist Farouk El-Baz, currently on the faculty at Brown University.
Ley NCC-1701-D #09 Shuttlepod piloted by Data and Geordi La Forge into the Barzan wormhole on a misssion to determine the stability of the wormhole in 2366. It was eventually learned that the Barzan wormhole was unstable.
TNG "The Price"
Onizuka NCC-1701-D #05 Data piloted the Onizuka to planet Tau Cygna V when it was necessary to evacuate the colony there.
TNG "The Ensigns of Command"
Onizuka NCC-1701-D #07


Geordi La Forge flew the Onizuka from the Enterprise-D to planet Risa for an articial-intelligence semiar in 2367. It was later revealed that La Forge and the Onizuka were abducted in midflight, then returned to the Enterprise-D with La Forge under Romulan mental control.
TNG "The Mind's Eye"
The Onizuka was named for Challenger astronaut Ellison Onizuka. The shuttle was sometimes seen in other episodes, sitting in the shuttlebay. The Onizuka was Shuttle 7, although in its first appearance it had the number 05, left over the prop's first appearance as the El-Baz. A tiny replica of the Shuttlepod Onizuka is on display at the Ellison Onizuka Space Center museum in Kona, Hawaii, Ellison's hometown.
Pike NCC-1701-D #12



Assigned to the Enterprise-D, was destroyed while transporting hytritium to the ship in 2366. The explosion of the Pike was initially believed to be due to pilot error, but was later discovered to have been caused by Kivas Fajo.
TNG "The Most Toys"
The Pike was named for Captain Christopher Pike, early captain of the first Starship Enterprise.
Voltaire NCC-1701-D #03


Captain Picard piloted the Voltaire, using the shuttlepod to fly ahead of the Enterprise-D, guiding the starship out of the Mar Oscura Nebula in 2367. The Voltaire was destroy, although Picard was beamed to safety.
TNG "In Theory"
The Voltaire was named for the 18th-century French writer and philosopher.
  "USS Prometheus" Professor Seyetik piloting a shuttlepod into the dead star Epsilon 119 in 2370 to deliver a payload of protomatter. Sadly, Seyetik was killed in the process. He sacrificed himself on the altar of science.
DS9 "Second Sight"

From the The Star Trek Animation Archive
Length 3.6 m
Beam 2.4 m
Height 1.6 m
Production Base Starbase 134 Integration Facility, Rigel VI
Mass 0.86 metric tonnes
Accommodation 2 ; pilot and systems manager
Power Plant Two 500 millicochrane impulse driver engines, eight DeFI 657 hot gas RCS thrusters. Three sarium krellide storage cells
Armament 2 Type IV phaser emitters
Performance Maximum delta-v, 12,800 m/sec
From the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual
History:
Small shuttlecraft carried aboard Federation starships. Most shuttlepods were only capable of carrying two people and were limited to sublight travel across relatively short interplanetary distances.
Star Trek The Next Generation Technical Manual ; Star Trek Encyclopedia II

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