12/11/2023 0 Comments Runabout star trek episodesThe first two pages of the magazine were a disappointment, reusing the cover picture for the main (new) CGI image that introduces the backstory to the craft within the Star Trek fictional universe. So one more great entry to the catalogue and I've even managed to review without a single mention of this being about the same size as the Rubicon from One Little Ship. Very minimal but hey, how often are you going to be wanting to turn this gem over? The underside doesn't appear to be that well coloured or marked however it's in keeping with the original design. It's nice to see that we don't just have to rely on Enterprise to produce a good ship - there were a fair few in other series but it's taking a while to get to them.Įven the decals on the Orinoco are centred from the pennants on the top of the warp sled section to the ship registry on the sides of the command pod. It's magnificently well made, has great lines and from every angle this is one of the models we'll be talking about for a long time. Now this review might seem (perhaps as usual) that I'm griping about this one. Shame the only real reason for it to be there is to distinguish which Runabout was which in the show when more than one was shown|! As it is, the sensor pod is very stable, secure and well-made. It's firmly afixed to the metal body section of the Runabout and perhaps having it as a removable would have been a nice little twist on the model formula. It's a nice attachment and I'm certain some fans will have two (one with and one that they've removed) for super-completion levels but it was used a lot less than it wasn't. On closer inspection the front sections of the under-wing impulse engines have also received clear red plastic sections - but not the rear. I would have liked a bit more detail (yes, noted already.) even around the warp core and I guess the lack of space and therefore rigidity of structure meant that the venting on the sides of the warp engines couldn't be detailed in blue transparent plastic although the bussard collectors do get that treatment. There is a distinctive mid-point joint line running around the centre of the ship making that the only major, visible seam since everything else (on mine at least) has a pretty good fit. On ships such as the USS Enterprise-D we received an aztec paint scheme and given the scale here, the Orinoco would have benefitted from this finish - and perhaps a little space dirt as well. Detail-wise the hull highlights some panelling but I find that it's lacking in some finer detail. The construction material split was a clever move with all the parts hanging off the central spine in plastic. The Ganges was destroyed later that year by a T'Lani cruiser during a mission to T'Lani III.The base to clear-plastic ship dock is very poor, wobbling all over the place while the Runabout itself is a tight fit - something also shared with the Hideki Class fighter in the following issue (33). Quark attempted to gain passage aboard the ship but was late for the ship's departure. Among the passengers who left aboard the Ganges were Keiko and Molly O'Brien, Jake Sisko, Jadzia Dax, Kira Nerys, Morn, a green-skinned alien with beaked face, and an Antican. In 2370, the Ganges was the last runabout to evacuate DS9 in the face of the short-lived Bajoran coup d'état, containing mostly Starfleet families, where its destination was to the Korat system, after a quick stop over at the Lunar V base. When Mullibok refused to leave and invited Kira for supper, she contacted Dax aboard the Ganges and told her that she could head back to the station. Jadzia Dax and Kira Nerys took the Ganges to scan the moon Jerrado for lifeforms and found Mullibok, Baltrim, and Keena in their cottage. The Ganges was fired upon by Ah-Kel in his Theta-class Miradorn raider in the nebula before escaping, and a short time later, beaming Croden and Yareth to the Vulcan science vessel T'Vran. Instead of returning Croden to the Rakhar homeworld, Odo went to the Chamra Vortex, where Croden retrieved his daughter, Yareth, in stasis. Odo used the Ganges to ferry the fugitive Croden back to the Gamma Quadrant. The power loss was caused by an embryonic lifeform that Vash had discovered. On the way back to the station, the Ganges suffered a mysterious loss of power. On a routine mission into the Gamma Quadrant, the Ganges picked up Human archaeologist Vash, who had been in the Gamma Quadrant for two years. The Ganges was outfitted with a rollbar containing sensor equipment when it assisted in the apprehension of Bajoran terrorist Tahna Los a few weeks later. In 2369, the Ganges was one of three runabouts delivered to the new starbase Deep Space 9 by the starship USS Enterprise-D. The USS Ganges (NCC-72454) was a 24th century Federation Danube-class runabout operated by Starfleet.
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