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- noun A relatively small
spacecraft , usually capable ofatmospheric transport .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And take as many men as could be found and do what should have been done hours ago—take charge of the ship, the so-called shuttlecraft, if, as he hoped, it still sat waiting for the escaped prisoners.
INTO THE NEBULA GENE DeWEESE 2000
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Finally, the captain ordered the second-in-command, the Klingon, and the android to descend to the surface in one of their auxiliary ships, a so-called shuttlecraft.
INTO THE NEBULA GENE DeWEESE 2000
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Finally, the captain ordered the second-in-command, the Klingon, and the android to descend to the surface in one of their auxiliary ships, a so-called shuttlecraft.
INTO THE NEBULA GENE DeWEESE 2000
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And take as many men as could be found and do what should have been done hours ago—take charge of the ship, the so-called shuttlecraft, if, as he hoped, it still sat waiting for the escaped prisoners.
INTO THE NEBULA GENE DeWEESE 2000
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And take as many men as could be found and do what should have been done hours ago—take charge of the ship, the so-called shuttlecraft, if, as he hoped, it still sat waiting for the escaped prisoners.
INTO THE NEBULA GENE DeWEESE 2000
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Finally, the captain ordered the second-in-command, the Klingon, and the android to descend to the surface in one of their auxiliary ships, a so-called shuttlecraft.
INTO THE NEBULA GENE DeWEESE 2000
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The shuttlecraft were the first true space‑going vehicles Ryo had ever seen.
Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982
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The shuttlecraft were the first true space-going vehicles Ryo had ever seen.
Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982
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There was a very brief, easily missed shot of Spock, Kirk and Scotty climbing into a ship of some sort, which was inside the base more like a shuttlecraft which is where the transporters were.
Star Trek 2009
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We sneak a shuttlecraft to within transporter range of Brahma-Shiva, now that our good friend Gog’resssh has demonstrated that Krassrr’s fleet appears to be blind to small, stealthy craft on certain inbound trajectories.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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