Extended Range Shuttlecraft

[Aaron]

It's easy.......they open up some panal or other and wave the magic glowing tool and POOF!!!

I can hear Torres now:

"Hmm...should I use the glowing red vibe, the glowing red vibe with prongs or the glowing red vibe with a pistol grip"?

[Mikey]

Yeah, but what's that got to do with fixing anything?

Anyway, I used to sell trucks, so I know the size you're talking about. The trans cooler isn't really an issue itself, but I've known Dodge trucks (anecdotally, admittedly) to have some trans issues - so with the use you're putting it to, I just mentioned to be better safe than sorry. I don't mean to scare you, though - all the issues I've ever seen were in half-tons, not heavy-duty trucks.

[Aaron]

Yeah, but what's that got to do with fixing anything?

Err...Trek tools have a tendency to look like sex toys?

Anyway, I used to sell trucks, so I know the size you're talking about. The trans cooler isn't really an issue itself, but I've known Dodge trucks (anecdotally, admittedly) to have some trans issues - so with the use you're putting it to, I just mentioned to be better safe than sorry. I don't mean to scare you, though - all the issues I've ever seen were in half-tons, not heavy-duty trucks.

See what you wanna do is empty that thing. It's a little known fact that the fluid in the trans cooler is just to make the truck go faster (it is red after all), so if you drain it than you extend the life of the tranny by reducing the workload.

[Mikey]

The above was an excerpt from Kendall's new manual, Truk Maint... mante... Ficksing by Orks.

Chapter 1: Red stuff goes faster.

[Sionnach Glic]

Err...Trek tools have a tendency to look like sex toys?

And that's just from the first series. I think someone in the props department has some issues they need to resolve, personaly.

[Mikey]

I got the reference. The idea was that with equipment like that, Torres wouldn't be using them to actually fix anything...

oh, never mind.

[Lt. Staplic]

so that's why she started dating Tom...captain wouldn't let her bring her engineering kit home with her anymore...

[Mark]

And he won't run out of batteries mid......um.....operation

[Lt. Staplic]

well, you never know, he might

[Bryan Moore]

I appreciate the need for long-range shuttles and quite honestly am surprised there's not more talk of them. If nothing else, I'd think we'd have a lot of civilian warp sleds out there, just designed for going between systems. I somehow don't expect a civilian to be travelling at warp 9 from place to place an ultra-high tech ships. But there's no reason for civs not to be able to have transports that'll get you warp 7 or 8 for medium-range interstellar travel.

[Mikey]

Not to be dense or anything, but don't they already have long-range shuttles? They call them "runabouts" or something.

[Bryan Moore]

Not to be dense or anything, but don't they already have long-range shuttles? They call them "runabouts" or something.

Yes, quite true, but aren't their cruising speed significantly lower?

[Captain Seafort]

Not very surprising, given their size - they haven't got enough room for a big a warp core as a starship, therefore they're going to be significantly slower.

[Lt. Staplic]

did someone bumb this thred?

and as to the runabout's speed, I believe it has a max warp of 7 so it's not overly slow.

[Captain Seafort]

Nope - warp 5, according to "Dax" (the episode, not the character).