Delta Class Runabout
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 Delta-class Runabout
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| Class | Delta-class |
| Allegiance | United Federation of Planets |
| Specifications | |
| Type: | Runabout |
| Length: | 21 Meters |
| Beam: | 12.2 Meters |
| Height: | 5.3 Meters |
| Mass: | 102 Metric Tons |
| Decks: | 1 |
| Crew Compliment: | 1-4 (Pilot, Tactical Officer, Engineer, Sensor Operator). |
| Warp Speed: | Type: 2 Main Warp Engines Cruise Speed: 6.0 Sustainable Speed: 6.8 Emergency Speed: 7.2 (12 hour automatic shutdown) |
| Impulse Engines: | Type: 1 Main Impulse Engines (Type 4) Speed: .8 C |
| Defensive Systems: | Type 1 Main Shield Generator (MSG-1) |
| Armament: | 3 banks of 2 Type 1 (2F/1A 360D) Torpedoes: 2 Microtorpedo Launchers (18 Microtorpedo Payload) (2F) |
| Other Capabilities: | None |
| Computer System: | Daystrom Industries HSCS-2 |
| Tractor/Repulsor: | Type Alpha Tractor (F) |
| Sensors: | Andorian Industries FSMSA-1 |
The Delta class was created from the efforts of the crew of the USS Voyager. They wanted to establish a new, formidable and multi-purpose small craft that could perform tasks well above and beyond that of the Intrepid class' standard shuttlecraft. The Intrepid class' craft suffered from being cramped, short-ranged and limited in capabilities, which hampered Voyager's efforts to get home from their estimated 70+ year journey through the Delta Quadrant.
When Voyager returned to the Alpha Quadrant, the Star Fleet Corps of Engineers immediately began to implement the design with a few upgrades to the Starfleet systems that Voyager didn't have during the ship's construction. Although somewhat resource-intensive for a runabout, it paid itself off two-fold in its usefulness and abilities. Over the next twenty years, they remained a popular choice aboard exploration vessels, though they never truly supplanted the more adaptable and less maintenance-intensive Danube-class.
