Shuttlecraft and shuttles refer to small space flight-capable vessels. Shuttlecraft are used to ferry people or objects from larger host spacecraft, and are capable of landing on, or leaving the surfaces of high-gravity objects like planets.
Planetary Union
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Union shuttlecraft ECV-197-1
In the Planetary Union, shuttles are stowed aboard larger spaceships inside the Shuttle Bay. Typically, shuttles are piloted by a helmsman or a navigator, but rarely another officer may pilot one.[n 1] They are designated by the host ship's registry serial followed by an individualizing number.
A shuttle seats six passengers, including two seats for pilots with navigational controls. Shuttles may self-cloak to hide from enemies.[n 2] Shuttles come equipped with lockers storing weapons, equipment belts, medical equipment, and comscanners for landing parties,[1] and Food Synthesizers.[n 3][n 4] The viewscreen can magnify objects or filter light to reduce brightness.[1] The back of the shuttle is a ramp leading up to the hatchway.
Union shuttle systems are power through high-energy dysonium.[2] Versatile extending airlocks allow Union shuttles to latch on to many different kinds of docks encountered in space.[3]
USS Orville (ECV-197) Edit
Currently, two shuttles are known to exist on the USS Orville.
- ECV-197-1 fly to and from the Epsilon Science Station,[4] the USS Blériot,[5] Moclus,[6] the Dorahl Bioship,[7] Sargus 4,[8] and the surface of the Multiphasic Planet.[9] Additionally, Lieutenant Alara Kitan operates a simulated version of ECV-197-1.[10]
- ECV-197-2 is a shuttlecraft seen docked in the Orville, and flies to and from the surface of the Habitable Moon.[2]
USS Olympia (SCV-183) Edit
Only one of its shuttlecrafts is directly observed from the outside. However, the designation of that shuttle as "2" implies there is at least one more.
- SCV-183-2 is a shuttle that is seen in the Docking Bay of the Orville, transferring Darulio and the Lopolbian birthing bucket.[11]
History Edit
In late September or early October, 2419, Captain Ed Mercer and Commander Kelly Grayson briefly pilot a shuttle. Grayson uses the matter generator to create hash brownies.[5]
In early 2420 a small group from the Orville crashes on an unnamed moon. Isaac restores partial power to the shuttle by mining local dysonium and sends a weak distress signal to the Orville.[2]
Production Edit
For exterior shots, Union shuttles are laser-cut foam by Ghostlight Industries,[n 5] coated in fiberglass, and sanded to create the final form. The actual shuttles are roughly 75 percent the size as depicted on film.[1]
The interior of the shuttles is merely an open set: six seats, two portions of shuttle walls, and part of the ceiling are all that physically exist.[3] It is constructed on gimbals to let the production crew simulate a "rough ride" while shooting."[12]
The original registry of the Orville's shuttle was C1379.[13]
Krill Edit
Seen here, a shuttle recovered from the wreckage of the Kakov and used by spies of the Planetary Union to infiltrate the Krill.
It seats at least two persons.
History Edit
In September, 2419, at least two Krill shuttles deliver raiding teams to the Epsilon Science Station of Epsilon 2.[4]
Months later, a Krill shuttle is recovered from the wreckage of a Krill destroyer by the Orville after an intense battle.[14]
Production Edit
The Union shuttle has an extendable chamber used to connect the shuttle to a docking door, seen in If the Stars Should Appear. The chamber was created during production for that episode when the crew realized there was no easy way to dock the shuttle against the Dorahl bioship.[15]
The Krill shuttle was originally a small, 3-D-printed object that caught the eye of creator Seth MacFarlane, who subsequently directed designers to use the model as a reference.[16]
Appearances Edit
Planetary Union shuttlecraft Edit
- Episode One: Old Wounds (ECV-197-1)
- Episode Two: Command Performance
- Episode Three: About a Girl
- Episode Four: If the Stars Should Appear
- Episode Five: Pria
- Episode Seven: Majority Rule
- Episode Eight: Into the Fold (ECV-197-1, ECV-197-2)
- Episode Nine: Cupid's Dagger (SCV-183-2)
- Episode Eleven: New Dimensions
- Episode Twelve: Mad Idolatry
Krill shuttle Edit
Notes Edit
- ↑ Helmsman Gordon Malloy and Navigator John LaMarr have piloted most shuttlecraft flights flown thus far. Exceptions include: Majority Rule, wherein Lieutenant Alara Kitan flies the shuttle from a planet to the Orville. Into the Fold where Isaac files the shuttle and crashes on the biohazardous wasteland of a moon.
- ↑ Using cloaking technology. Episode 1: Old Wounds
- ↑ Commander Kelly Grayson ordering a marijuana-infused brownie from a food synthesizer. Episode 2: Command Performance
- ↑ Grayson drinking a glass of water presumably obtained from the synthesizer. Episode 12: Mad Idolatry
- ↑ Note that the authors incorrectly call the company 'Ghost Light.' See Lineweaver, Stephen & Robert Strohmaier. "The Orville: A Chance to Design the Future". ADG Perspective. July-Aug. 2018. Pg. 98.
References Edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bond, Jeff. The World of the Orville. Titan Books. 2018. Pg. 85.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Episode 8: Into the Fold.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bond, Jeff. The World of the Orville. Titan Books. 2018. Pg. 84.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Episode 1: Old Wounds
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Episode 2: Command Performance
- ↑ Episode 3: About a Girl.
- ↑ Episode 4: If the Stars Should Appear.
- ↑ Episode 5: Majority Rule.
- ↑ Episode 12: Mad Idolatry
- ↑ Episode 10: Firestorm.
- ↑ Episode 9: Cupid's Dagger.
- ↑ Lineweaver, Stephen & Robert Strohmaier. "The Orville: A Chance to Design the Future." ADG Perspective. July-Aug. 2018. Pg. 99.
- ↑ Bond, Jeff. The World of the Orville. Titan Books. 2018. Pg. 82.
- ↑ Episode 6: Krill.
- ↑ "The Orville Fan Podcast w/ The Visual Effects Team". Planetary Union Podcast. May 23, 2018.
- ↑ Bond, Jeff. The World of the Orville. Titan Books. 2018. Pg. 97.
