Type 8 shuttlecraft
A Type 8 shuttle firing phasers.
Owner:	United Federation of Planets
Operator:	Starfleet
Type:	Shuttlecraft
Crew complement:	2 pilots; additional crew as necessary
Armament:	None standard; 2 phaser emitters for special operations
Defenses:	Deflector shields
The interior of a Type 8 shuttle.
The underside of a Type 8 shuttle.

The Type 8 shuttlecraft was a type of Federation designed auxiliary space vessel, utilized for short term missions.

Contents 1 Service history 2 Technical data 3 Type 8 shuttles 4 Appendices 4.1 References and appearances 4.2 Background information

Service historyEdit

The Type 8 shuttlecraft was introduced in 2371 alongside the Intrepid-class and are part of the vessel's standard shuttlecraft loadout, although generally the Class 2 shuttle was preferred over the Type 8.

Technical dataEdit

The Type 8 was very similar to the older Type 6 shuttles. There were only minor differences in the size of the port and starboard windows, and the warp nacelles resembled those of an Intrepid-class starship. Internally the Type 8 was virtually indistinguishable from the Type 6.

Type 8 shuttle's were composed of duranium, magnesite and carbon residue. They were not normally armed, but it was possible to fit the craft with dual phasers. The Type 8's phasers were powerful enough to destroy small Kazon vessels. (VOY: "Initiations")

Type 8 shuttlesEdit

• Drake
• Tereshkova
• Unnamed

AppendicesEdit

References and appearancesEdit

• VOY:
  • "Parallax"
  • "Ex Post Facto"
  • "Initiations"
  • "Non Sequitur"
  • "Parturition"
  • "Tattoo"
  • "The Raven"
  • "Mortal Coil"

Background informationEdit

The Type 8 designation was not mentioned on-screen, but rather, was derived from background sources and referenced by name in the Star Trek Encyclopedia.

The miniature used for this type of shuttlecraft as well as the sets used for its interior were actually slightly modified versions of the miniature and sets of the Type 6 shuttlecraft from Star Trek: The Next Generation, as there was initially no money in Star Trek: Voyager's budget for a new shuttlecraft to be designed and constructed for the series, despite both Richard James and Michael Okuda hoping that Voyager would have a shuttlecraft design of its own. (A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager)