If you could own a shuttle, which one would it be?

[Captain Rob]

On my shuttle, the holoemitters wouldn't be for an EMH. It would be for a full-service holo-stewardess I'd get from Quark.

 

[Tiberius]

Of course. With interchangeable data modules so if needed she could be a doctor or an engineer or whatever else you might need.

But always a lover...

 

[blueshirt]

The runabout is an easy choice for me, too. It's a full-fledged starship.

 

[Kira Nerys]

One of the roundabout's from Ds9.

 

[Mage]

As long as it's the Rio Grande...

Contrary to popular belief TNG blew up the most shuttles. Voyager being second. DS9 was relatively safe in 3rd. Might not have been even 3rd if TOS or ENT ran a full seven years.

As interesting as that is, I think the point was that Rio Grande was the only runabout on DS9 to never crash or get destroyed.

FYI, spoiler for TrekLit....

Spoiler: Spoilers for Plagues Of Night/Raise The Dawn

After DS9 is destroyed and a new DS9-II is being constructed, the runabout used to bring the crew to the new station for the first is, you guessed it, the Rio Grande!!!

 

[EmperorTiberius]

Contrary to popular belief TNG blew up the most shuttles. Voyager being second. DS9 was relatively safe in 3rd. Might not have been even 3rd if TOS or ENT ran a full seven years.

As interesting as that is, I think the point was that Rio Grande was the only runabout on DS9 to never crash or get destroyed.

FYI, spoiler for TrekLit....

Spoiler: Spoilers for Plagues Of Night/Raise The Dawn

After DS9 is destroyed and a new DS9-II is being constructed, the runabout used to bring the crew to the new station for the first is, you guessed it, the Rio Grande!!!

Wow.

Spoiler: spoiler question

Is the new station Cardassian or Starfleet design? Can you give some details?

 

[Sci]

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Wow.

Spoiler: spoiler question

Is the new station Cardassian or Starfleet design? Can you give some details?

Spoiler: Typhon Pact: Raise the Dawn

As of the end of Typhon Pact: Raise the Dawn, the new Starbase Deep Space 9 is still being built, but it's an original Starfleet design. It seems influenced by the Cardassian Nor-class station designs, however, as it makes heavy use of interconnecting rings.

As for the original question...

It's not actually a shuttle, but if I were to ask for any support craft in the Starfleet, I'd ask for a Danube-class runabout. Preferably the U.S.S. Rio Grande.

 

[The Wormhole]

As interesting as that is, I think the point was that Rio Grande was the only runabout on DS9 to never crash or get destroyed.

FYI, spoiler for TrekLit....

Spoiler: Spoilers for Plagues Of Night/Raise The Dawn

After DS9 is destroyed and a new DS9-II is being constructed, the runabout used to bring the crew to the new station for the first is, you guessed it, the Rio Grande!!!

Wow.

Spoiler: spoiler question

Is the new station Cardassian or Starfleet design? Can you give some details?

Spoiler: Answer

Here's an image of the station, taken from the book's cover.

 

[Caesar753]

If the Delta Flyer counts as a shuttle, I'd go with that. Otherwise I'd probably go with the Type 11 from Insurrection just because it looks so cool.

 

[sojourner]

Spoiler: Answer

Here's an image of the station, taken from the book's cover.

That bears no resemblance to the description in the book.

 

[The Wormhole]

Spoiler: Answer

Here's an image of the station, taken from the book's cover.

That bears no resemblance to the description in the book.

Well, there's also another huge inconsistency between that cover and the book, if you've read the book you know what I'm referring to.

 

[Sci]

Spoiler: Answer

Here's an image of the station, taken from the book's cover.

That bears no resemblance to the description in the book.

Well, there's also another huge inconsistency between that cover and the book, if you've read the book you know what I'm referring to.

Spoiler: Raise the Dawn

David R. George III wrote on his Facebook wall that the station seen on the cover of Raise the Dawn is a construction habitat, not the permanent new DS9.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

The Aeroshuttle, since nobody else wants it.

 

[Elias Vaughn]

Runabouts are nice and all, but I'd imagine a Captain's Yacht would be even nicer, so that gets my pick.

 

[sojourner]

Spoiler: Raise the Dawn

David R. George III wrote on his Facebook wall that the station seen on the cover of Raise the Dawn is a construction habitat, not the permanent new DS9.

Spoiler: Raise the Dawn

So they're constructing the construction habitat that will construct the new station? Sounds like revisionism for an inaccurate cover to me.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ There was never any intention to have the cover display "the real thing", as it were. If fans just assumed that it would, well, that's their problem, innit?

 

[sojourner]

^That's an odd statement. What was the intention then? "Let's show a station under construction unrelated to the book in any form"?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ There've been lots of times when the book cover art bore little or no resemblance to what was inside. Besides, putting the 'real one' on the cover would be a spoiler.

 

[Sci]

Spoiler: Raise the Dawn

David R. George III wrote on his Facebook wall that the station seen on the cover of Raise the Dawn is a construction habitat, not the permanent new DS9.

Spoiler: Raise the Dawn

So they're constructing the construction habitat that will construct the new station? Sounds like revisionism for an inaccurate cover to me.

Maybe it is. I can't say I care overly much. It's a perfectly plausible interpretation of a cover that's supposed to be more artistic and aesthetically pleasing than it is strictly accurate to the plot; if it's a bit of "Oh, well, let's just creatively interpret the cover to make it fit since it looks so pretty," I'm down with that.

(I didn't see DRGIII's original post, so I don't know what context it was meant in -- whether it was tongue-in-cheek creative reinterpretation or if it was meant in earnest, I don't know.)

 

[The Wormhole]

Besides, putting the 'real one' on the cover would be a spoiler.

The cover itself is still a spoiler. Practically everyone down in the Trek Lit forum had figured out what was going on when it was revealed.