Shuttlecraft

In starship classification, a shuttlecraft or shuttle or glider, was a type of auxiliary space vessel typically attached to a starship or a starbase. Most shuttles were short-range transports, possessing only impulse drive or a limited warp capability. Utilization of shuttlecraft was common for most spacefaring civilizations, and along with the transporter, were two of the more common conventional modes of transportation to and from one place to another. () Shuttles were generally used for landings when transporters were inoperable, or not yet within the technological capabilities of a species. (; ) 
Shuttlecraft ranged in size from the larger, longer-range, and more versatile types, such as runabouts, to the small, short-range types commonly known as shuttlepods. Most Starfleet shuttlecraft from the 23rd century onward had warp nacelles, indicating warp capability. (; ; ; ; ; ) 
In commenting on the musculature of the Pendari Champion, Neelix exclaimed that "he looks like he could pick up a shuttlecraft." ()
After interacting with The Doctor's holonovel, Photons Be Free, B'Elanna Torres wondered what the point of the oversized backpack holoemitter was about, saying that "it was like carrying around a small shuttlecraft." The Doctor explained that it was "a metaphor" representing "a symbol of the burdens that I live with every day. Imagine having to take this everywhere you go. It would be a constant reminder that you're different from everyone else. I wanted the player to feel the weight of it. Literally." ()
While attending Starfleet Academy, Ensign Nog had heard of instances of cadets commanding a runabout or a shuttle as a training ship, but never a starship, after discovering, in 2374, that the served as a training ship for Red Squad cadets. ()
==Shuttle classifications==
* Fighter shuttle
* Inspection pod
* Long range shuttle
* Mining shuttle
* Prison shuttle
* Runabout
* Shuttlepod
* Shuttlebus
* Travel pod
== Shuttles by species ==
* Andorian shuttle
* Apergosian shuttle
*Cardassian shuttle
*Denobulan shuttle
*Federation shuttlecraft
** Terran Empire shuttlecraft
*Ferengi shuttle
*Haakonian shuttle
*Iyaaran shuttle
*Kazon shuttle
*Klingon shuttlecraft
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*Rakhari shuttlecraft
*Rekag shuttle
*Reman shuttle
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*Romulan shuttle
*Son'a shuttle
*Vulcan shuttle
**Vulcan shuttle
**Long range shuttle
*Xindi shuttle
*Yridian vessels
**Yridian vessel (22nd century)
**Yridian shuttle (24th century)
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