Most useless ship I've ever seen

[Deepcrush]

You just now began to wonder?

[Captain Picard's Hair]

Americans don't like minds anymore, they like simple explanations and pretty smiles and ... OOOOOOOH! shi-ney me-tal!

[Mark]

I won't call the Runabout useless, as we all know that they ARE useful little ships, for what they are. But can somebody please explain to me why they kept seeing combat uses??? They are ok against comparably sized ships, but next to useless against anything bigger.

[Mikey]

Umm... because they already paid for the models?

[Mark]

Umm... because they already paid for the models?

Don't get logical with me young man

[Deepcrush]

Hey, you're the one who asked...

[Mark]

Hey, you're the one who asked...

True....I did.

[Josiah Thompson]

Air Tram. Definitely. Why have a clunky taxi-thing when you have that cool transporter sitting there waiting to scramble your atoms?

[Nickswitz]

Because it's safer?

[Sionnach Glic]

I think we've had several discussions on that subject already.

[Mark]

Impulse only shuttlecraft also fit into this category.

[Sionnach Glic]

What's wrong with them? The ship they're on has a warp drive, so there's little need for the shuttle to have one itself as its role is merely to shuttle personel from area A to area B. Add in the fact that building a warp drive and core that small probably costs a hell of a lot, and I can see why they'd build impulse-only vessels.

[Mark]

It's a matter of usefulness. Impulse only shuttles are SEVERELY limited in the roles that they can play and their overall usefulness. If I had a choice of 100 warp capable shuttles or 500 impulse shuttles, which one would make more sense to take?

[stitch626]

I'd take door number 3, a combination of them.

[Mark]

Door number three won you your very own.............Travel Pod!!!!!!!