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Danube-Class Runabout (Star Trek)

"The Danube-class was first commissioned by Starfleet in 2368 for use as a light multipurpose craft in situations that demanded a vessel more capable than a standard shuttlecraft, but lower profile than a full-sized starship."
- taken from the Memory Alpha wiki

This blueprint is a full-scale recreation of The Danube-class runabout, heavily featured in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Exterior layout is as true-to-show as I could manage, while interior is more sparse to allow configuration as needed. It is fully operational and mod-free.

Dimensions: 23 x 13.5 x 5.5 meters (46 x 27 x 11 small blocks) + 2.5m height (5 blocks) w/ Combat Module


Survival supplied (serviceable conveyor and cockpit intake vents; minimal supplies if pasted in creative).

In higher-gravity planets, the propulsion from the combat module would be necessary to escape to orbit. It can be ditched if not changing environment, if desired.

As a small ship, it retains enhanced dampeners. Under heavy cargo load in gravity, it may lose altitude if under-thrusters are directly controlled. Simply aware.


Recommended Mods:
What's a Star Trek ship without shields? Runabouts are fragile without them; I recommend Energy Shields mod.

Star Trek without teleporters? I recommend Easy 2 Step Teleportation. Though, I haven't tested if that one works with a small ship beacon.


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White used: Hue 0; Saturation -100; Value 40

This was one of my first ships in which I explored small ship blocks built to a more large ship scale. I sidelined it due to problems and shortcomings within Space Engineers at the time, as well as less experience and insight on my part. It's at a point I can be content with the design, and serve a purpose with planets introduced.

Though DS9 only shows one configuration that I can recall, the Danube is meant to be modular -- swapping its cargo area for personnel accomodations, greater cargo, or whatever is needed. Therefore I left the interior largely open.