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| - A Federation Starship is usually equipped with facilities to launch, recover, and maintain one or more auxiliary spacecraft, which include various shuttlecraft, shuttlepods, workbees, and perhaps even starfighters, if the mission calls for it (usually during wartime.) Below is the Shuttlebay for a Nova Class Starship; this is typical for any small ship, or an auxiliary shuttlebay on a large exploratory type starship like a Galaxy or Nebula Class.
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| - A Federation Starship is usually equipped with facilities to launch, recover, and maintain one or more auxiliary spacecraft, which include various shuttlecraft, shuttlepods, workbees, and perhaps even starfighters, if the mission calls for it (usually during wartime.) Below is the Shuttlebay for a Nova Class Starship; this is typical for any small ship, or an auxiliary shuttlebay on a large exploratory type starship like a Galaxy or Nebula Class. General Overview: Located in the aft dorsal portion of the engineering section, the Main Shuttlebay is the primary port for entrance and egress, as well as management of the Nova Class’ auxiliary craft and shuttles. The Main Shuttlebay is 21.5 meters long and 6 meters high, well-equipped, and is managed by a team of Helmsmen/Pilots, Engineers and Technicians, and Operations personnel that are based in the Flight Operations office, under the supervision of the Flight Control Officer. This facility handles all launch, recovery, and maintenance operations for small auxiliary craft. The outer bay doors may remain open during operations, and atmospheric integrity is maintained by an annular force-field (technically Level-5 containment field.) A small control booth oversees all flight operations, and is reached by two ladders from the deck; beneath this control booth is the hardware for refueling shuttlecraft. During a Red Alert, one or two auxiliary craft are kept at hot stand-by, launch minus thirty seconds (either two shuttlecraft, two Valkyrie starfighters, or a combination of both.) Emptied of auxiliary spacecraft, the Main Shuttlebay can be converted into a large dorm living quarters, or a medical triage center. Cots and medical equipment is stored in limited supplies here behind bulkhead panels. Once, the Twilight’s shuttlebay was depressurized to accommodate an injured space-faring life-form, and holoemitters were installed to allow the EMH to treat it. Below is a 3D image of a Nova Class Starship's Main Shuttlebay with a Type-9 Shuttlecraft prepped for launch. (Image by Falke on Deviantart.com; he does wonderful work, and only asks that he get credit by name for his hard work.) Note on the rear bulkhead are the hardware and hoses for fueling and maintenance of shuttlecraft, and directly above this is a small control gallery, accessed by ladders. The blue rectangle inside the yellow warning lines is a shuttlecraft elevator, that transfers the shuttlecraft from the Main Shuttlebay on Deck 4, to the Cold Storage Maintenance and Parking Bay (Hanger Deck) below on Deck 5. There is sufficient space to house up to seven Type-8 or Type 9 shuttlecraft aboard the Nova Class starship.
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