The Runabout - The Sleek Starfleet Shuttle Alternative

Getting tired of your old jalopy?  Want to trade in that small hatchback for something far more sleek and sexy?  Starfleet's got your answer to those warp driving blues!  The Runabout!

Star Trek starships only showed off having onboard compliments of shuttlecraft for years. With the coming of TNG's spinoff, Deep Space Nine, a far roomier, more maneuverable and powerful space craft solution was introduced.  Even after the Borg buster, the Defiant, was employed by station DS9, Runabout continued to be an integral part of daily use.  Named after the rivers of Earth, the high attrition rate in heavy combat prompted Major Kira to quip, "You know, the rate we go through runabouts, it's a good thing Earth has so many rivers."