Changes: Chaffee type shuttlepod

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The Chaffee-type was a shuttlepod design used by the Federation Starfleet. This class of shuttlepod was designed such that it could be carried aboard Template:ShipClass starships.

Technical data

The Chaffee-type shuttlepod had a small cockpit with room for about four people. The primary power grid was powered by the impulse engines. The grid made no use of antimatter. For this reason it was capable of entering areas of subspace metreon radiation that would normally collapse the dilithium matrix of a warp core. The pod also had back-up power in case the impulse power failed. There were also primary and secondary navigational computers. The pod was protected with deflector shields. (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice")

According to designer Doug Drexler: "I pulled out the LightWave model of the Chaffee and measured it, and it is twenty-six feet long [7.9 meters]." [1] Author Larry Nemecek wrote down a length of 25 feet (7.6 meters) based on a May 5, 1998 verbal comment from Visual Effects Supervisor Gary Hutzel, who worked on The Sound of Her Voice. [2]

List of Chaffee-type shuttles

USS Defiant
- #01 - Chaffee

Background

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual designated this shuttle as the Type 10 shuttlecraft, as suggested by the ship's designer Doug Drexler. This type of shuttlecraft was equipped with miniature versions of the Defiant-class impulse and warp drive, with a similar armored warp coil assemblies. Shuttles were armed with phaser emitters and micro-torpedo launchers. Systems also included a Template:ShipClass computer core.

According to Drexler, "I took a cue from Walter "Matt" Jefferies once again when coming up with the concept. The original Galileo shuttle as seen in TOS had the same nacelles as the Enterprise. That way the audience would have instant recognition as to who the shuttle belonged to. The Chaffee carried the unusual looking drum shaped nacelles as the Defiant. I'm sorry we never saw it again. Foundation Imaging did their usual great job showing the Chaffee exiting the mother ship." [3]

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 == Technical data ==
 The ''Chaffee''-type shuttlepod had a small cockpit with room for about four people. The primary [[power grid]] was powered by the [[impulse engine]]s. The grid made no use of [[antimatter]]. For this reason it was capable of entering areas of [[subspace]] [[metreon]] [[radiation]] that would normally collapse the [[dilithium matrix]] of a [[warp core]]. The pod also had back-up power in case the impulse power failed. There were also primary and secondary navigational computers. The pod was protected with [[deflector shield]]s. ({{DS9|The Sound of Her Voice}})
+{{bginfo|According to designer [[Doug Drexler]]: "I pulled out the LightWave model of the ''Chaffee'' and measured it, and it is twenty-six feet long [7.9 meters]." [http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/defiant-shuttle-bay/#comment-127] Author [[Larry Nemecek]] wrote down a length of 25 feet (7.6 meters) based on a May 5, 1998 verbal comment from Visual Effects Supervisor [[Gary Hutzel]], who worked on ''The Sound of Her Voice''. [http://larrynemecek.blogspot.com/2009/05/tech-ing-tech-1998-hutzel-vfx-ship.html]}}
 == List of ''Chaffee''-type shuttles ==
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 == Background ==
-''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual]]'' designated this shuttle as the '''Type 10 shuttlecraft''', as suggested by the ship's designer [[Doug Drexler]]. This type of shuttlecraft was equipped with miniature versions of the ''Defiant''-class impulse and warp drive, with a similar armored warp coil assemblies. Shuttles were armed with [[phaser emitter]]s and [[Torpedo launcher#Microtorpedo launchers|micro-torpedo launchers]]. Systems also included a {{ShipClass|Danube}} [[computer core]].
+''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual]]'' designated this shuttle as the '''Type 10 shuttlecraft''', as suggested by the ship's designer Doug Drexler. This type of shuttlecraft was equipped with miniature versions of the ''Defiant''-class impulse and warp drive, with a similar armored warp coil assemblies. Shuttles were armed with [[phaser emitter]]s and [[Torpedo launcher#Microtorpedo launchers|micro-torpedo launchers]]. Systems also included a {{ShipClass|Danube}} [[computer core]].
 According to Drexler, "''I took a cue from [[Matt Jefferies|Walter "Matt" Jefferies]] once again when coming up with the concept. The original ''[[Galileo (2267)|Galileo]]'' shuttle as seen in [[TOS]] had the same [[nacelle]]s as the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'']]. That way the audience would have instant recognition as to who the shuttle belonged to. The ''Chaffee'' carried the unusual looking drum shaped nacelles as the ''Defiant''. I'm sorry we never saw it again. [[Foundation Imaging]] did their usual great job showing the ''Chaffee'' exiting the mother ship.''" [http://www.lcarscom.net/askdoug.htm]
-According to designer Doug Drexler: "''I pulled out the LightWave model of the ''Chaffee'' and measured it, and it is twenty-six feet long [7.9 meters].''" [http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/defiant-shuttle-bay/#comment-127] Author [[Larry Nemecek]] wrote down a length of 25 feet (7.6 meters) based on a May 5, 1998 verbal comment from Visual Effects Supervisor [[Gary Hutzel]], who worked on ''The Sound of Her Voice''. [http://larrynemecek.blogspot.com/2009/05/tech-ing-tech-1998-hutzel-vfx-ship.html]
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