Tereshkova-type

Almost every ship in the system—no matter who it belongs to—not only has shuttles but is required by law to have a certain amount of functioning shuttles based on the size and personnel of the vessel at hand so that the crew can safely leave in case of emergency. The Tereshkova-type is one of the most common shuttle types found in the system and can be found on everything freighters to luxury passenger liners.

Eject to Safety

Shuttles are Small-category ships with barely any room— typically a maximum of three decks, though it’s typically one or two. Shuttles are made to serve one function: transporting a small number of people from a ship to another ship, station, or body that needs to be investigated. Shuttles can fit a maximum of eight people, though this is cramped, but there’s no need for a crash couch since shuttles aren’t fitted with Epstein Drives and aren’t capable of landing on a planet by themselves. Instead, shuttles fly only using thrusters. Shuttles aren’t armed with any sort of weaponry or defenses, but given their small size, they are a terribly difficult sort of ship to hit with torpedoes.
The standard crew complement is two, but the Tereshkova-type can carry up to 12 passengers. There are emergency rations and medical supplies on each shuttle, but no galley or medical systems to perform invasive or critical procedures, which means that time in a shuttle is limited. Shuttles are equipped with standard sensors and transmission systems so that they can keep communications with their mothership and also send and receive tightbeam transmissions from elsewhere in the system, especially important for SOS transmissions.

Power Generation

Fusion drive

Propulsion

Thrusters

Weapons & Armament

None

Armor and defense

None

Communication Tools & Systems

Wide and Narrow band communication antenna

Sensors

Radio receptor, optical telescopes

Designation

Shuttle

Length

15m

Complement / Crew

1 (14)