Star Trek: 10 Secrets About The Danube-Class Runabout You Need To Know

[@pgwchaos]

For the last one the the USS Rubicon was a replacement for the USS Mekong. Kira did remark that it is a good thing the Earth has a lot of rivers because they been losing a lot of them.

[@EZ-D-FIANT]

Omg why isn't that a name for a borg cube, they are even tricky like a cube... .😂.

[@KitKatHexe]

​@@EZ-D-FIANT ... What?

[@EZ-D-FIANT]

@@KitKatHexe ..... Huh?

[@brodriguez11000]

The "red shirt" ships of the ST universe.

[@AdamEspersona]

Given how often she survived, the _USS Rio Grande_ may as well be a hero ship herself. She is one in my eyes, being tough enough to last all seven seasons, even bringing Ben Sisko to his final confrontation with Dukat in "What You Leave Behind".

[@ryebread095]

Rio Grande was also the ship used by Dax and Sisko to discover the Wormhole in Emissary

[@leeharris7727]

She’s probably in Geordi’s garage.

[@jetfan85]

​@@leeharris7727 If not, she should be.

[@andrewstephen2359]

She is also ( i think) the only one to get a confirmed kill

[@mattthemouse1]

She should have been called the Phoenix (already taken sadly)

[@MikefromTexas1]

I love the Runabouts, I always wanted one for myself. Kinda like a space-RV. They seem so comfortable.

[@MrBohab]

RIGHT?? It's a less literal version of Lonestar's space Winnebago.

[@masterskrain2630]

My version would have one half of the cargo module as a large replicator, and the other half as a dedicated holodeck.

[@csi1392]

@@masterskrain2630 HOLO IMETTERS THROUGHOUT THE CRAFT

[@TrainsFilmedByRussellBynum]

Absolutely! Wonder if Star Fleet would make them available to private citizens; or produce a civilian version. I’d probably name mine Snoqualmie or a Columbia.

[@user-gk9lg5sp4y]

It's been my fantasy since the early 90s. With a holosuite installed and a bag of dilithium crystals. 😁

[@frankharr9466]

I remember when people hated the runabouts. I liked them and still do. They FIT. Thank you for showing them some love.

[@brodriguez11000]

Handy to crash land on a deserted island with.

[@frankharr9466]

@@brodriguez11000 Well, all the times they landed safely on a deserted island weren't really STORY material, you see. I mean, it was DS9. That MEANS something. If the vehicle lands safely and takes off safely, it might as well be the Orville. ;)

[@christianmino4073]

The "i Just stand here and look pret- I look. I just look" joke had me laugh so hard i choked on my sweet tea. Love you Sean!

[@davidponseigo8811]

I love and have loved since the first time I saw it the Danube Class Runabout!

[@Enigmanaut]

Goodness but I love the Danube Class. It's not the sleekest ship, but it's small, versatile, and comfortable. If I could have any ship in Star Trek, I'd want myself a Danube Class.

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

For real.... it's the closest thing in Star Trek to the Winnebago from Space Balls! Though, I'd have a hard time deciding between a Danube and a BoP.

[@charlesjohnson7458]

For me it would be a Defiant class.

[@TheAtkey]

Millennium Falcon for me. I like to think the one we saw as an easter egg in First Contact was built by a Star Wars fanboy in the Star Trek universe.

[@ianrobertson3419]

Full dark mode defiant.

[@Krahazik]

Nice little ship when you need something a little more capable than a shuttlecraft, but not quite a full starship.

[@cougar_mountain]

The Runabout was a great little ship. I remember the first time I saw the ship on DS9. I was in a drafting class in school and we were able to make anything we wanted for our senior year. So I made Starship plans. I redrew the most of the Enterprise D's Star drive section using modified plans from the D and the A and giving it 4 nacelles and 2 Warp Cores. It was designed as a fast rescue ship for the Saucer Section when their Star Drive had to separate and the Saucer was too far away from help to make it to safety. I also designed an advanced shuttle for that ship. When I saw the Runabout I jumped out of my seat. Except for the nose design of the ship it was the same ship that I had drawn almost 3 years earlier. I never saw my plans after I graduated....hmmmmm

[@bettywing52]

Cool show. Makes me think of what episodes to watch to indulge my inner 20th Century Trek geek.

[@randomJoBln]

Thanks for the video, but the most important question remains unanswered... where do I get this t-shirt? LOVE IT! :D

[@thebullet7874]

That was a lot of detail that I never knew existed😊

[@joshuaeverett9887]

Space mini-vans! Seriously one of my favorite ship classes, though, and I learned a few things!

[@FirstDan2000]

Have I seen this video once before? I realise that Sean's t-shirt can be worn more than once but seeing the D saucer with the E suffix gave me déjà vu. Then seeing Bashir with a horgon gave me double déjà.

[@BuhurtUK]

Surprise mother trucker!

[@sifrost6869]

I always liked the idea of the runabout. It was a great little ship, or ships, for the space station.

[@NineWorldsFromDrew]

You do look pretty, Séan! Still lookin pretty there 😋 But yes, big props to the editors, too! They did a grand job, finding all of those clips of the individual runabouts being destroyed 🖖

[@Heymrk]

Fun fact about the runabouts: They weren't shuttles built for transport. They were corvettes built for combat and troop deployment.

[@ace448]

I always thought of them as cutters. While corvettes are actual warships. Cutters are more patrol and revenue collectors

[@stevenmanclark7361]

Sean you forgot to mention the runabout was remodelled as the SS RAVEN in voyager

[@Dan19870]

As a Bajoran Starfleet Commander once said - 'It's a good thing Earth has so many rivers.'

[@pupil8]

Tooo sooon! 😂

[@simonrancourt7834]

Kira once said : 'At the rate we're going through Runabouts, it's a good thing Earth has so many rivers"

[@haneda70]

Great video

[@mapleflag6518]

13:59 Those runabouts look so cool!

[@markgeiger8739]

I've always loved the Runabout in the Star Trek Universe. It's like the SUV for DS9 and other ST Series.

[@Wrangler-fp4ei]

I always thought them as a custom Mini-Van myself.

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

@@Wrangler-fp4ei exactly, Worf even did the angry dad thing of threatening to turn it around in that episode they went to Risa 😂

[@immanuelkantholz9033]

It has it's flaws like the vulnerable warp core but it's nothing as useless as any suv.

[@ianrobertson3419]

Love the og style box cutter nacelles on the romulan shuttle.

[@Taz.B]

My fav small craft!

[@KesinX]

Runabouts have always been my absolute favorite ship in Star Trek. I don't fully know why, but I just love them.

[@Rubix003]

A interview for Star Trek Prodigy explained Voyager having unlimited shuttles... they had a Vehicle Replicator in the shuttle bay. It was a prototype, and was slapped in by tom paris... but they had one. The one in the Protostar is a complete upgrade designed by captain paris.

[@africanelectron751]

I really don't see the fuss about that, they have replicator so either way you can just make part after part untill you are done.

[@twocvbloke]

Personally I don't get the nitpicking over the supply of shuttles on Voyager, industrial replicators made to create big parts and whatnot were aboard the ship, the only drawback is the power and material needs given they were limited to what they could acquire and trade for...

[@KingOfMadCows]

People nitpicked it because they specifically say on Voyager that they had no way to make important parts. For example, Chakotay directly states that they had 38 torpedoes and no way to replace them.

[@BazzaB1974]

​@@KingOfMadCows The Voyager crew could likely replicate as many torpedo casings, engines and guidance systems as they wanted... however they'd probably come up short on antimatter for the warheads leaving the replicated torpedoes as little more than rocks to throw at the enemy. 😉

[@chadbizeau5997]

​@@KingOfMadCows I thought Paris said that Regardless, they built an entire ship, the delta flyer. Torpedoes should be trivial. All that would be needed is raw material for the replicator and antimatter for the warheads.

[@dgerdi]

If any ship in Star Trek I always wanted to own one of the Danube-Shuttles to explore our solar system. It is well protected, fast and well armed. With replicators and enough space to create a living quarters. Don’t know why this ship and not the Defiant or Voyager, but I would choose the Danube-Class.

[@menacegaming714]

This has always been one of my fav ships, nice to see it get some love thx.

[@classic.cameras]

Originally when I watched DS9 new, I hated the way the runabout looked. Now? I would LOVE to own a real one and "Camp" all over Earth in one. Talk about the ultimate RV.

[@Firecul]

Got to love Star Trek's answer to an RV.

[@marcbraun5342]

The Runabouts have that perfect balance of style and practicality I overall love in the Starfleet ship designs. I think the Runabouts show that pretty well. I also think the La Sirena also has a lot of the Runabouts design in it, I actually do like her design a lot, the nacelles are even more prominent, which would be my only suggestion to the Runabouts design, along with the D and the Voyager, make the nacelles stand out a bit more.

[@mickeyford65]

Good thing Earth has a lot of rivers... Great job on the video.

[@Tobsta73]

That shirt is amazing! Tamba, his arms open.

[@TR47]

Terrible misspellings

[@hudsonball4702]

The Rio Grande is my most favorite little ship in Star Trek..... After the Defiant.

[@infowarriorone]

The runabout episodes were always fun, always an adventure.

[@nicholasklangos9704]

Always drove me nuts they never used the aft section again as much as they like reusing things! Instead we were stuck in that cockpit all the Time! Silly! Maybe they couldn’t remember where they put it? Lol! Great video!

[@anthonymonaghan4964]

the tiny runabout episode is one of my favorites

[@krisgonynor689]

Sean - you are handsome and awesome at what you do!

[@davidmangle]

I suppose that the last view of it in the VOY episode "non sequitur" was a type of meta joke as it "does not follow" from the earlier views in the episode 😂

[@marksterling8286]

Great episode

[@adamharrison1235]

Love the t shirt Sean Ferrick. Just found out that Ellipsis Brewing in Florida used to brew a beer called “Darmok And Jalad At Tanagra”!!!!

[@KatraMoo]

I think the concept of being of a modular design and having specific "Mission Packs" (Packages - or Hull/Compartment Configurations) was brilliant in concept, under utilized in production, and never fully explored. Interestingly enough that concept pre-dates that rudimentary application in the tv series Space - 1999 as applied to their "Eagle" lunar lander craft used with the modular cargo, passenger, salvage, heavy lift configurations. Exterior shots of this craft only showed 2 basic configurations, the cargo/passenger model having no exterior difference of being a box with upper window ports and side doors plus a tunnel/airlock/hatchway between the container front and the command module (cockpit). The salvage or heavy lift was shown in the first episode as not much more than a power winch and a frame that held the nuclear waste containers in series so tgey coukd be lifted up into travel configuration, and lowered and release of the individual nuclear waste barrel containers, and with just the winch and cable shown in a later episode ysed to recover another disabled Eagle. The Eagle's command module was shown in an episode being jetisoned, then piloted into position and attached to some old earth spacecraft and to then enable the module to control and pilot the laege spacecraft towards moonbase for whatever plot of the week required it to arrive at moonbase. And the US Army Skyhook Heavy Lift helicopter from the late 50s through the late 60s had similiar modular containers for things such as paletized cargo, troop transport, a variety of Medical Unit needs including an Operating Room, and other specialized care modules (presumably a dental unit, labratory, X-Ray unit, etc). And of course the winch used to hoist up, lower down, or hold those containers in place (along with other attachments to lock the containers into place for transport). The winch was used to carry sling loads such as vehicles, artillery, netted cargo, etc, and in the salvage and recovery operations other aircraft. I believe the were even used in trandporting river patrol boats for rapid deployment, thoug I admit that may have just been for the movie Apocolypse Now. And post service, the Skycrane was popular with logging and mining companies engaged in extracting remote areas and the resources that could possibly have been next to impossible for them to extract. I am making no judgement as to the environmental impact of using such helicopters in such operations that can be claimed as ultimately harmful to certain local environmental conditions, nor the economic impact of cost of operations using them vs the cost of more traditional methods. That is something that could be an entire discussion all of its own on a very different set of channels. Point is, this idea had real world applications and its merits were debatable, and transfered to earlier science fiction with debatable merits, and then not expanded on or the merits being debated in Star Trek when the opportunity arose. Something to note about expandable, modular systems can be over simplified and summed up in a few of Murphys Laws of Combat Operations.

[@robertespley248]

I'd like to suggest that Thunderbird 2 would also be an influence as a multifunctional modular craft

[@imperialpresence1173]

@@robertespley248 check the sikorsky s-64 skycrane...the skycrane is were they got the idea for thunderbird 2

[@brodriguez11000]

The main thing about modularity is what one gains in one, gives up in another with a large amount of sameness in designs. e.g. Minecraft, Lego look. Video games that use pre-fabs (modular) a lot have this kind of feel. More free-form, built from scratch have less of this. A more organic feel.

[@rickjohnston2667]

Yes, I agree. As a fan of Space 1999, I was very impressed by the Eagles modular design and versatility. I'm sure that some of the DS9 writers and creators were probably Space 1999 fans growing up, and took inspiration from the modular Eagle design when they created the Runabouts.

[@arklestudios]

Being the only one of the original three Runabouts DS9 had, they should've included the Rio Grande in the fleet museum in Picard.

[@frankharr9466]

"they should've included the Rio Grande in the fleet museum in Picard." I can't imagine Bajorans letting her go.

[@lawrencewalston2272]

​@@frankharr9466At some point, Bajor probably did wind up joining the United Federation of Planets so I imagine they would've gladly given it up.

[@frankharr9466]

@@lawrencewalston2272 As devoted as they are to their religeous icons?

[@Wrangler-fp4ei]

I always thought the roll-bar sensor bar as a mini photon torpedo launcher of some kind. I really didn't know there was a Deep Space Nine Technical Manual! That cool! Thanks for the video/article!

[@GabePuratekuta]

It does launch torps in STO.

[@MajorMagna]

​@@GabePuratekutayet more evidence of their modularity, much like the Nebula class, the Danube has different pod attachments! God it's just Star Trek's version of Thunderbird 2...

[@jaminallen3119]

That was thoroughly enjoyable, thanks!

[@QuantumLeap83]

One of the coolest ship designs in scifi, period.

[@WardenWolf]

Runabouts are basically more capable shuttles, and the smallest ships capable of independent operation. Regular shuttles did not actually have warp cores, but smaller fusion power sources which heavily limited their range and speed; they often could only maintain warp 2 or 3 for a couple of days at most. Runabouts had miniature warp cores and thus could travel very long distances at a respectable Warp 5 speed.

[@sonicguyver7445]

That did always disappoint me that the rear of the runabout was never seen on DS9. It's a nice area and seemed pretty comfy. At least we saw it once and know how it fits in general to the ship. The Runabout always seemed like a great ship to go adventuring in. Small, maneuverable, and tough. I mean those ships survived engagements with Jem'hadar warships.

[@silversonic1]

Wait. Just noticed something. The name Prometheus was used in DS9's Second Sight and Voyager's Message in a Bottle. This seems to imply that the one in DS9 was either destroyed or lost, which is likely given both the Klingon Federation war and the Dominion War resulting in great losses all around.

[@ChrisRyot]

There's a beautiful brick-built Runabout model designed by the German company Blue Brixx. It's a little pricy so I didn't get it just yet, but it's definitely way up there on my list of Star Trek tat I need.

[@misterincredible6819]

What I can really recommend: take the real "Danube Runabout" from Passau, Germany to Budapest, Hungary on the Danube River! That is so cool!

[@BigJeremyBeyer]

The Danube Class Runabout is my absolute favorite of all Trek ships. If I were a retirng Captain or Admiral, I would forfeit my retirement package in favor of getting my own Runabout.

[@ElNeroDiablo]

I'd take a Danube-class runabout as part of my retirement package... probably name it the USS Molonglo (after the Molonglo River in Australia in the Monaro Region of NSW/ACT) if the Murrumbidgee (Riverina, NSW), Murray (SA/NSW/Vic) or Darling (NSW) are unavailable, since they're 3 of the largest rivers in Australia.

[@BeyondtheRailz]

God I love this freaking channel

[@riftalope]

I drew up a towing Runabout with physical towing cables that replicated connections, had rear, upper and lower loading airlocks that doubled as breaching tubes, and had interior and external holoprojectors for camouflage and its EMH or holo-communication conferences. I designed an expanding emergency medical pod (MASH) for it to tow. And later an emergency housing pod.

[@seanthornton4382]

Entertaining vid. Thanks. Odd note. Read that a runabout was only good to warp 5ish (making Jake siskos request for warp 8...yeah) Look how small the reactor is vs the nx class to make the same warp 5.

[@johnhereg5246]

Darmak his eyes wide and Jilad his face surprised, trapped between two nips.

[@stevengalloway8052]

🤔 Interesting list. Thanks... 👍

[@berthulf]

Hey, standing there and looking pretty is still important (and you are pretty, no doubting yourself there). I loved the concept of the runabouts being a kinda halfway house between starship and a shuttle, though they always felt a little on the smaller side of that concept. I forgot that Rio Grande made it all the way through; maybe she'll be honoured with an NCC-72452-A at some point... Terry, I'm looking at you! You know you have to do it!

[@arrjay2410]

They always struck me as a practical vessels for a Deep Space station, though I do love The Defiant. I liked the modular design and thought they should have played about with it more. What sort of punch would a runabout have with a purpose built combat module?

[@thomasschulz2167]

If kitted out with a similar mission profile to the Defiant, They probably could have swapped out the rear compartment to house the equipment for one or two phaser cannons, with them routed to fire through apertures housed in the space between the pylon and hull. Then mount a scaled down version of the Nebula class's weapons platform in place of the roll bar sensor platform. It'd pack a punch, but may have issues with power if an up spec'd warp core isn't fitted. Couple that with wolf pack tactics 2 or 3 in a wing, and you'd probably have something that would give individual Dominion ships cause for concern. By necessity it'd have a moderately limited range, probably nothing more than a weeks range at warp 8. Enough to get to the first or second closest base to refuel. Much more than that and you might as well just pump out another Defiant Class. Considering it probably takes a month or 2 to produce a Runabout, and 3-4 for a functional Defiant.

[@brodriguez11000]

Modularity is one of those things a resource constrained society could have benefited from. Not the current, "let's 3D print up another ship" because resources are unlimited.

[@talahar123]

As I'm a huge DS9 fan, the danube class ismy favourite ship class, right after the defiant. And I also live in a city right by the river Danube, so there. :P

[@dinomonzon7493]

Of the Danube class Runabouts, the USS Rubicon was my fave. It was so appropriately named how many core turning points happened in Deep Space Nine.

[@kurtreese7408]

It was gaffers tape!

[@jacoblind5390]

I’d love to see them to a series based around a runabout and it’s crew. A character driven series with Only 5 or 6 main cast members. Less glamorous missions just a small crew in some backwoods part of the federation. Basically a star trek version of Firefly.

[@slysneakly6465]

Bit of trivia you might not know: NCC stands for Naval Construction Contract. Every commissioed hull would have it (bar experimentals like Enterprise's NX-01 or Excelsior NX-2000).

[@PauperJ]

Greatest played one-time actors: Edward Wiley - Governor Vagh, Stephen McHattie - Senator Vreenak, JD Cullum - Toral Duras

[@shauncraigparkinson8165]

Classy class of ship

[@pieku]

I want your T-shirt. It's amazing!

[@shasaun15]

I would have loved them to use Welsh Rivers for Runabout names you could have the Teifi, the Taff, the Tawe, the Fan, the Dulas, the Arth, the Aeron, the Ystwth, the Conwy and the Clwyd to name just a handful.

[@frankharr9466]

There could be a station with them all.

[@edwardrhoades6957]

9:45 Harry's runabout was the Yellowstone, not Yosemite

[@JohnnyWednesday]

Shaw would have loved this

[@40KBunker]

Don't use the past tense, he's gonna make it!

[@Lego6980]

8:58 It would be great if they made a Lego model of this

[@G36645]

Next episode 10 secrets of the earth spacedock/starbase 1 you need to know

[@MajorMagna]

I think the aft section set may have been used more often, had the planned inclusion of Voyager's "Aeroshuttle" happened. It was designed to be able to use the Danube class' cockpit, and had the exact same layout to the rear as well.

[@filanfyretracker]

was it Insurrection the only time we saw a Starfleet ship actually deploy its executive craft/captain's yacht?

[@MajorMagna]

@@filanfyretracker I'm fairly sure it was, yes. We almost saw the Cerritos' Captains Yacht launch in Lower Decks, but it never did.

[@WildscaperPhotography]

Was the Inspiration for this video the Maintenance shuttle in Picard? Cos when I saw it the other night I was like "Oh. That looks like a Danube" 😂

[@40KBunker]

The article this was based on is about a year old, but yeah that shuttle really looked like it was inspired by the Danube shuttles.

[@amehak1922]

I was at a star trek event over the weekend, we video chatted with Michael and Denise Okuda.

[@ouroboris]

I want a runabout! It's the perfect recreational vehicle.

[@sterlingdennett]

I think, on Voyager, after they lost 2 or 3 shuttles, they should have realized shuttles were not good enough for travel through the Delta Quadrant, and then dismantled the rest of their shuttles, and used those resources to build Danube-class Runabouts. Certainly they would have had the schematics for them in their computer. They could have had 3 in the end, one built for combat (with a weapons pod), one built for science (with a sensor pod), and one built for cargo hauling (with extra cargo space and a bigger/more powerful tractor beam).

[@philtkaswahl2124]

The Danube-class is a workhorse, and I am fond of workhorse designs.

[@DaveSomething]

love the shirt

[@twocvbloke]

And had Voyager been there on Tuesday, the Aeroshuttle set was intended to be a re-use of the Danube-class too, given the test footage depicting a launch of said shuttle with a stock interior shot that clearly showed Kira and Bashir at the controls, but that of course is non-canon, so, I guess isn't allowed on the list... :P

[@MajorMagna]

I suspect, had the Aeroshuttle been used, the Danube class' rear section set would have been seen more, too.

[@randybentley2633]

If Star Trek was to do an episode with a wheeled vehicle ever again, the modular nature of a Runabout would make it a great means of transporting it to its destination and back from its deployment.

[@KaygeeAllah]

That Romulan shuttle design should’ve been the model for Mandalorian ships in Star Wars…someone dropped the ball.

[@dmore]

You'd have thought it would be pretty easy to get around the 'oh that one was destroyed' issue. Worf: "I'm taking the USS Ganges through the wormhole on a dangerous mission." Bashir: "Oh, have they finally rebuilt her?" Worf: "Indeed, we had the technology."

[@williammitchell4417]

Easy answer... Mike and Denise's encyclopedias and technical manual for DS9. Oh btw Ron Moore wrote the forward for the technical manual.

[@WilliamWallace14051]

The description of the module design reminds me of the Eagle from Space 1999.

[@datboiderrty]

I like runabouts but the delta flyer will always be my favorite

[@Thaumh]

There should be some 'Below Decks' California class ships with Danubes in their shuttle bays with names like Sacramento, San Juaquin, Guadalupe. Maybe even Truckee, even though most of that river is in Nevada, it starts in California.

[@joermnyc]

If only I could get one of these and circle DS9 while blasting the theme song. “Just keep circling.”

[@stefanmisch5272]

And that's why put the "Rio Grande" label on my car. 😊

[@kylehazachode]

Love the Runabout design except the giant left and right blindspots. Why are the cockpit windows recessed so far back?

[@Astrorenity]

I believe they were also going to use footage of inside the Danube class Runabout for a scene in voyager for use in using the Areo Shuttle but sadly that is just deleted footage

[@adamlytle2615]

When I was 13 and DS9 premiered, I was kind of disappointed in the Runabout. The TNG shuttles had always seemed very blah to me compared to small craft in other sci-fi movies and shows. So now we had a new Star Trek show and the only Starfleet ships we were getting amounted to extended cab shuttle craft. Now, as I've gotten older I've come to really appreciate the design. They're very cool looking for what they are! That said, when I first saw the Archer class scout on the cover of the Vanguard novels years later I realized that THAT was what I would have liked to have seen. Given their role on the station, and the fact that they were given full NCC registries (a bit of a stretch for something that fits in most shuttle bays) I think the Archer class scout design would have been a more appropriate vessel. With the saucer and nacelles that extend out the aft rather than hug the underside of the ship, the design really does say "small ship" rather than "large shuttle"

[@PrinceAnakin]

I love them there cute little ships I have eaglemoss Runabout.❤

[@robertheinrich2994]

I don't know, if you have already made a video about it, but: in TNG 5x09, there is the time pod from the 26th century. and the quite unique interior is reused in so many other episodes (and maybe the episode I mentioned is not the first one, where that interior was used). is there some interest to cover this? I understand that they have to reuse stuff to save costs.

[@EagleHudson]

Had to google it but; Major Kira: The 'Rubicon' it is. You know, the rate we go through runabouts, it's a good thing the Earth has so many rivers.

[@Fannon451]

Where do I find that shirt?!?

[@jamesmartin9401]

The modular design is reminiscent of the Eagle Transporters from Space: 1999.

[@iainhewitt]

It's shocking that ds9 never used the runabout rear set built for TNG and gifted to the new show.

[@supercrownjosie7732]

you do look pretty, Sean! ❤️

[@maryellencook9528]

Anything named Rio Grande is okay by me. 😊👍😁