beam, 4.5 m.

 height 2.8 m.

 beam, 4.61 m.

 height 2.67 m.

beam, 9.78 m.

 height 4.25 m.

A pair of robotic manipulator arms is folded beneath the main housing, and allows for work to be done through pilot-operated controls.  In addition, the Work Bee is capable of handling a cargo attachment that makes it ideal for transferring cargo around large Starbase and space borne construction facilities.  The cargo attachment features additional micro fusion engines for supporting the increased mass.

Maximum Warp 

The troop carrier pod can carry up to 50 combatants for example. The Vimy Ridge class would also provide transport capability for Marine assault vehicles such as the Heinz Gudarian class GAAV (Grav Armored Assault Vehicle).  An access way is present to link the vehicle to the attached pod.  Two hatches are also present to either side of the forward compartment.  Pintle mounts for mounted medium to heavy weapons are deploy able from these once they are opened.

            Equipped with universal docking collars, these craft can attach themselves magnetically to an enemy vessel and then cut through the hull enabling boarding parties to enter at any location, even those guarded by transport jammers.

Technical Specifications:

Atmosphere Capable: 

Micro-torpedoes

In recent years, operations in the Alpha Quadrant have seen the development of the 13.3 cm Micro-torpedo.  The Micro-torpedo is equipped with a miniature fusion thruster and can be loaded with a variety of explosives or other warhead materials, such as gases or biological agents.  In science mode the miniature class-1-S sensor probe package.   The Star Fleet Marine Corps quickly caught on to the Micro-torp and its adaptability for use as an ordnance delivery vehicle.  The Corps quickly developed a series of “tactical” models of the Micro-torp for situations in which the normal Blast/explosive package was inappropriate.

Micro-torpedoes:

The Starfleet Runabout is a development of the warp capable shuttle craft which have been in use since the earliest days of the Federation. The first requirement for the Runabout, issued in 2342, called for a vessel based on the Type 5 cargo shuttle but capable of short and medium range interstellar operations carrying out limited spatial and planetary surveys.

The Runabout proved reasonably successful in service, though the small cabin size limited its operations somewhat. Starfleet has gradually enlarged and improved the Runabout concept over the next twenty years or so, culminating in the Danube class Runabout first fielded in 2367. This is a much larger, more capable craft than previous designs. It features a large front cabin for the pilot and co-pilot / navigator plus up to three mission specialists. A four-person transporter is at the rear of the cabin, with a small cargo area and engineering spaces behind this. A short passageway to one side connects the front cabin to the cargo bay and rear area. This incorporates six bunks, each of which can be closed off behind a privacy screen. The rear cabin is thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide; it can be fitted out according to the mission type with scientific instruments, extra weapons, a first aid station, evacuation support system, or other such equipment. Below the main spaces are the warp core and power transfer conduits, impulse drive system and fuel tanks. The nacelle supports contain two small escape pods, a group of emergency communications beacons and various other equipment. 

Facilities include six sleeping bunks and a comfortable passenger cabin. A replicator and flight couches provide for the needs of the passengers and a two-person transporter allows for beaming of personnel or cargo when needed. Atmospheric flight capabilities allow this shuttle type to land on planetary surfaces.