TYPE 8 SHUTTLE

Type: Light short-range warp shuttle 
Dimensions
Length : 6 m 
Beam : 4.4 m 
Height : 2.7 m 
Decks : 1 
Mass 3,380 kg 
Crew 2 flight crew, with 6 passengers in standard model, 2 in diplomatic model 
Armament: 2 x Type V Phaser emitters on special operations models, total output 200 TeraWatts 
Defense: Systems Shield system, total capacity 540 TeraJoules
                Light Duranium/Tritanium single hull.
Warp Speeds: Normal Cruise  Warp Factor 2.6
                        Maximum Cruise : Warp Factor 3
                        Maximum Rated : Warp Factor 3.2 for forty eight hours
                        Maximum Rated : Warp Factor 4 for thirty six hours in uprated model

When discussing the Type 8, comparisons to the Type 6 are inevitable. The Type 8 is slightly longer and more streamlined to increase the operating efficiency within planetary atmospheres and to provide slightly greater internal volume. The nacelles are of a considerably more advanced design and include Bussard Collectors, which allow self-replenishment of the Deuterium tanks and so allow the range to be extended almost indefinitely at Impulse speed. A considerable improvement in warpfield efficiency has also allowed much higher warp speeds to be achieved in the Type 8. Internally the layout is virtually identical to the Type 6, although the field of view for the crew has been somewhat reduced and there is slightly more room in the passenger compartment. The special ops version of the Type 8 features several classified measures to reduce the radiated energy signature virtually to nothing and so make the craft much harder to detect. Although Starfleet policy forbids special operations craft from operating without markings, the Type 8 special ops shuttles are usually completed in a black color scheme with markings in a slightly grayed shade which makes them virtually impossible to identify from more than a handful of meters away. This would make the Type 8 Starfleet's standard near-system and in-system special ops craft.