Shuttlecraft (Star Trek) - Star Trek: This class of ship are small space vehicles which are stored and launched from large starships when personal navigational control is required or when heavier equipment and or a longer range is required than the transporter can accommodate.
Shuttlecraft (Star Wars) - Star Wars: Return of the Jedi features Imperial Shuttles in several scenes. The 1997 version of the Empire Strikes Back also features a scene with an Imperial Shuttle.
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In starship classification, shuttlecraft, or shuttles, are auxiliary craft typically attached to a starship or a starbase.
Utilization of shuttlecraft is common for most spacefaring civilizations, especially for situations where the transporter cannot be used for landings, or where such technology does not yet exist.
Shuttlecraft range in size from the larger, longer-range, and more versatile type of shuttle, known as a runabout, to the small and short-range type of shuttle, known as a shuttlepod.
The short and eventful working life of Voyager's shuttlecraft is legendary.
Of the thirteen shuttlecraft lost so far, Chakotay has been responsible for the destruction of three of them, and has also been present at more than his fair share of near misses.
True, Tom Paris now has four shuttles chalked up to his account (or five if you count Dark Frontier's remote controlled one), but he is their best pilot and consequently the man in the hot seat for all the really dangerous shuttlecraft journeys, so he does at least have some excuse.
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