Long Range Tactical Strike Shuttle

Last crawled date: 2 years, 11 months ago

I was rooting around in my old files, and amongst the rubbish and half-finished models, I found this from a couple years ago, which is actually worth uploading. The idea was, like usual, to help visualise something I had in my head, which is usually an overpowered version of something I already saw in Star Trek. So here it is: The Long Range Tactical Strike Shuttle. Designed for surgical strikes into enemy territory with a main crew of 4 and large rear hatches for quick deployment of troops or cargo. This shuttle has the shields and weapons to match a vessel 4 times its size, and secondary impulse engines angled around the ship for added manoeuvrability as well as rear hyper-impulse engines to supplement the main engines. This shuttle, though impressive, has many flaws. This was the brainchild of an overly ambitious engineer who wanted to build a very small, very powerful vessel to get in behind enemy lines undetected and have the firepower to get things done. However, Starfleet’s current level of technology, this type of vessel is next to impossible. The LR Tactical Strike Shuttle, due to its many power hungry enhancements, is often underpowered, and if the manoeuvring engines are charged above 70% power they tend to rip the shuttle apart. A side note: when I made this I really didn’t think of the idea that impulse engines in the place of manoeuvring thrusters might sacrifice fine control, all I was thinking was “POWAAA!” #federation #fleet #leprechaun #long #magic #magicleprechaun #overpowered #powaaa #power #range #ship #shuttle #Star #starfleet #startrek #strike #tactical #Trek #underpowered