[Crazy Jetty]

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Originally Posted by Iceman

Yeah, that would be my guess. It was never used in the show and the D version was just a big flying saucer but I feel practically the thing would get used at least a few times a year. The question would be what do they do with the yacht in the refit? Either turn it into the Captains swinging lounge for some extra privacy or shift it to the side of the cannon (which they didn't).


Since the feature was built into ship designs since TNG was in pre-production it's odd it never got used in any series. I don't think it was the costs. I like Voyager should have been using that thing all the time given how desperate their situation was.

Yeah, but with voyager... it was hard enough to buy the seemingly endless supply of shuttles they seemed to have. Now add a seemingly endless supply of Captain's yachts?

But I agree. I had that nitpick ever sence Voyager began and they lost their third shuttle (By then it was starting to push it given how small she was), that Janeway should have had them start to use the yacht, instead.
And I do believe Voyager was supossed to have one, even though she was small.

Though, I think the E-E's yacht was used in Insurrection just to prove the concept exists. Otherwise, reusing a Runabout would have worked just as well for the plot. A Sovereign is large enough that she could have one. Maybe even have explained it as DS9's, that Worf used to get to the Enterprise. Heck... trek nerds... they wouldn't have had to explain it, if it was the Rio Grande. (I still wonder where Dax was. He was already married by then. She would have made an interesting addition to the plot. And it needed all the help it could get)

BTW, new fact about me... I am an absolutely HUGE starship nerd. I am obcessive over Trek Ships. Even used to have memorized stats, the way some kids memorize military jet stats.