Goddard

The Goddard was a Federation Type 6 shuttlecraft that was in service with Starfleet in the mid-24th century, attached to the . It was shuttle number 15, replacing the shuttlecraft Magellan lost in 2368.
In late 2368, Lieutenant Worf and Lieutenant Commander Data flew the Goddard to the damaged Romulan science ship aided by the Enterprise, carrying supplies and other equipment. They were unaware that Ensign Ro Laren and Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge were also aboard, phase cloaked after a transporter accident exposed them to chronitons from an interphase cloaking device. ()
Early in 2369, Captain Jean-Luc Picard "loaned" the Goddard to Captain Montgomery Scott, as thanks for his role in freeing the Enterprise from the interior of a Dyson sphere. Picard felt that since Scott lost his ship, the , while rescuing the Enterprise, it was only fair the Enterprise return the favor. La Forge told him the craft was slightly slow, but it would be able to take him to the Norpin colony. However, Scott decided to postpone his trip there, and used the Goddard to depart for parts unknown. ()
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=== Background ===
The stated that the shuttlecraft was "named for American rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945), inventor of the liquid-fueled rocket."
The Type 6 shuttle Goddard was produced in three separate scales by Playmates Toys during the 1990s:
* Stock number 6101, scaled to fit with the five-inch action figure line.
* Stock number 6176, a smaller scale shuttle for mini-figures of the Innerspace line.
* A mini-shuttle was included with the Innerspace version of the USS Enterprise-D (stock number 6131), which fitted inside a shuttlebay on the Enterprise. 
Eaglemoss Collections included the Goddard in the first shuttle collection produced as part of Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection.
=== Apocrypha ===
The Goddard appeared in the "Light of the Day", set shortly before "Relics", in which solar flare activity caused it to crash land onto a snowy planet, setting the scene for the rest of the comic.
The ization of , gave the name of the shuttle as the Christopher, named for Shaun Geoffrey Christopher.
Set after "Relics", the Goddard also appeared in the novel , where under Scotty's ownership it had been rechristened Romaine, after Mira Romaine. In the novel, Scotty stole the to rescue Spock from Romulan captivity, and used the Goddard's comparatively powerful computer to control the Yorktown in place of the hundreds of crewmembers it would normally have required.
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