screenshots are from [Threshold] and [Day of Honor]

TYPE 12 SHUTTLECRAFT

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The Type-12 shuttlecraft incorporates a number of advanced systems within its cockpit, including full monitoring of engine status, long-range communications, and a computer core capable of storing up to five billion gigaquads of data from its multiple sensor systems. Data recorded on the Cochrane's logs can be downloaded into compatible systems at a later date, and the vessel is equipped to have its memory core increased as required.

part of the pilot's control console

Control over the engines, navigation, and other systems is provided by a small touch pad in front of the pilot, with the Cochrane's readouts recalibrated to include direct manipulation of the ship's experimental transwarp drive. Full audio-visual readouts allow Paris to time his acceleration to the second, with the vessel's forward bank of readouts providing extensive data during both the simulated and actual flights.

The transwarp engines are brought online by Paris via two panels on the conn, illustrating the high level of manual control the craft's design can provide. Despite relatively high gravitational forces, the pilot's chair keeps Paris in position in front of his controls, absorbing much of the excess vibration generated by the high velocities being experienced. Visual indicators built into the console show the rise in speed, counting upward at one decimal place until the speed reaches warp 9.9 where the readout changes to a more accurate two decimal place reading. Despite Tom Paris's dramatic metamorphosis after the successful flight, the Cochrane's systems are resilient enough to officially record the speed of warp 10.

The shuttlecraft Cochrane accelerates then crosses the transwarp barrier. (pop-up window)

The console behind the co-pilot can be seen in this screenshot.