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.