- For other uses, seeRunabout.

Danube-class runabouts.
Arunabout was a smallwarp-capable vessel, similar to ashuttlecraft, but providing for more interior space and crew amenities for extended interstellar trips.
History[]

TheHubble VXT was a type of runabout inStarfleet service in the mid-23rd century. (TOSnovel:Final Frontier)
TheFederation StarfleetDanube-class ofstarships were referred to as runabouts. (DS9episode: "Hippocratic Oath")
A type of runabout was assigned to theUSSVoyager. (VOYnovel:Cybersong)
- This may have been theaeroshuttle.
TheCardassians also operated runabouts, such as thedefense runabout. (DS9novelization:The Way of the Warrior)
By2409, theRomulans had their own model of runabout, theKestrel-class. (STvideo game:Star Trek Online)
Alternate timelines[]

TheUSSYellowstone in2372.
In an alternate timeline, in2372, Starfleet developed theYellowstone-class runabout, which had a very similar design to theDanube-class. TheYellowstone-class featuredtetryon plasmawarp nacelles. (VOYepisode: "Non Sequitur")
In theKelvin timeline created byNero andSpock,Starfleet used runabouts in the2250sdecade. (ST -Starfleet Academynovel:The Gemini Agent)
In themirror universe, the rebornTerran Empire deployedDanube-class runabouts, such as theISSRunabout, in theyear2409. (STO -Cardassian Strugglemission: "Crack in the Mirror")
Runabout classes[]

2370sDanube-classrunabout.
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TheISSRunabout in2409.
Runabouts of unknown class[]
Appendices[]
Connections[]
- See also:Crawlabout •Liaison cutter •Warpshuttle
External link[]
- Runabout article atMemory Alpha, the wiki for canonStar Trek.
