Here is a new version of the Argos-Type Heavy Transport from Star Trek Nemesis. I had generated a version a few years back but I never really liked how it had come out. I made it up from scratch yesterday while sitting around with little to do while Dave was running a session where the group was dealing with a character building exercise. This version l like better than the other version.

This version I gave phasers on all sides and better shields and greater shields. I would liked to have better phaser Arrays even thought they are Type VII Phaser Arrays I would like to upgrade the shields to even better defensive systems. One of the things that I did was give it a heavy hull resistance equal to a starship level hull resistance where it should be half as much. The warp drive is uprated to allow the ship to travel between star systems quickly as a personnel transport and cargo ferry.

The weapons and shields are strong and combat capable to inflict damage on most all other craft the same size as the Argos. Never the less the crafts speed is where the crafts real defense lies in battle.

Federation Argos-Type Heavy Transport Shuttlecraft
Class and Type: Argos-Type Science/Cargo Shuttlecrafts
Commissioning Date: 24th Century

Hull Systems
Size: 2
Length: 19.5 m
Beam: 8.5 meters (in Atmospheric Flight 15.5 Meters)
Height: 4.0 meters (in Atmospheric Flight 7.5 Meters)
Deck: 1
Mass: 25.9 Metric Tonnes
SUs Available: 625
SUs Used: 623

Hull Outer <8>
Hull Inner <8>
Resistance Outer Hull: 8 <9>
Resistance Inner Hull: 8 <9>

Structural Integrity Field [1 Power/10 Protection/round]
Main: Class 3 (Protection 60/90) <20>
Primary Backup: Class 3 (Protection 30) <10>
Secondary Backup: Class 3 (Protection 30) <10>
Specialized Hull: Atmospheric Capability <2>
Planetfall Capability <2>
Submersible Capability <4>

Personnel Systems
Class/Passengers/Evac: 1 - 5/15/10
Crew Quarters None
(Optional) Barracks instead of seating housing 20 crewmembers <1>

Environmental Systems
Basic Life Support [4 Power/round] <8>
Reserve Life Support [2 power/round] <4>
Emergency Life Support (no emergency shelters) <4>
Gravity [1 Power/round] <2>
Consumable: 2 month's worth <2>
Food Replicators: [2 Power/round] <2>
Industrial Replicators
Type: Network of small Replicators [2 power/round] <2>
Medical Facilities: Medical first Aid kits <5>
Personnel Transport: Jefferies Tubes <2>
Fire Suppression System [1 Power/round when active] <2>
Cargo hold: 10 cubic meters (with ground vehicle removed from the transports aft hanger) <1>
Locations: aft in vehicle
Escape Pods: <1>
Number: 6
Capacity 1 person per pod

Propulsion Systems
Warp drive Nacelles: Type 4 <25>
Speeds: 4.4/6.4/7.0 [1 power/.2 warp speed]
Uprating: Package 4 (+0.4 standard and sustained) <16>
Embedded nacelles <8>
PIS: Type E (8 hours at maximum) <10>
Impulse Engine Type: Class 3 (.5c/.7c) [5/7 Power/round] <15>
Location: Varies in position; typically aft
Reaction Control System (.025c) [2 Power/round when in use] <2>

Power Systems
Warp Engine Type: Class 4/g (generates 230 Power/round) <53>
Location: aft
Impulse Engine[s]: 1 class 3 (generates 24 Power/engine/round)
Auxiliary Power: 1 reactors (generates 5 Power/reactor/round) <3>
Emergency Power: Type A (generates 25 Power/round) <25>
Fuel supply: 90,000,000 fuel points
EPS: Standard Power flow, +50 Power transfer/round <15>
Standard Usable Power: 254

Operations System
Bridge: Forward <10>

Computers
Core 1: Amidship [5 Power/round] <4>
Uprating: class Alpha (+1) [1 power/round] <2>
ODN <6>

Navigational Deflector [5 Power/round] <8>
Range: 10/20,000/50,000/150,000
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location: Ventral

Sensor Systems
Long-range Sensors [5 Power/round] <25>
Range Package: Type 2 (Accuracy 3/4/7/10)
High Resolution: 5 Light-year (0.5/0.6-1.0/1.1-3.5/3.6-5.0)
Low Resolution: 12 light-years (1.0/1.1-3.0/3.1-8.0/8.1-12.0)
Strength Package: Class 7 (Strength 7)
Gain Package: Class Alpha (+1)
Coverage: Standard

Lateral Sensor [5 Power/round] <17>
Strength Package: Class 7 (Strength 7)
Gain Package: Class Alpha (+1)
Coverage: Standard

Navigational Sensor [5 Power/round] <16>
Strength Package: Class 7 (Strength 7)
Gain Package: Class Alpha (+1)
Sensor Skill: 3

Flight Control Systems
Autopilot: Shipboard systems (flight Control) 2, Coordination 1 [1 Power/round in use] <7>

Navigational Computer
Main: Class 2 (+1) [1 Power/round] <2>
Backup: 1 <1>

Inertial Damping Field
Main <8>
Strength: 2 [3 Power/round]
Number: 2
Backup <2>
Strength: 1 [2 Power/round]
Number: 2
Attitude control [1 power/round] <1>

Communications Systems
Type: Class 6 [2 Power/round] <12>
Strength: 6
Security: -2

Tractor Beams
Emitter: Class Alpha [3 Power/Strength used/round] <3>
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location: Forward

Emitter: Class Alpha [3 Power/Strength used/round] <3>
Accuracy: 5/6/8/11
Location: Aft

Transporters
Type: personnel [2 Power/use] <11>
Pads: 2
Emitter/Receiver Array: Personnel Type 3 (25,000 km range)
Energizing/Transition coils: Class G (Strength 7)
Number and Location: Aft of cockpit

Security Systems Rating: none <0>
Anti-Intruder System: none
Internal Force Fields: [1 Power/3 Strength] <2>

Science Systems Rating 2 (+1) [2 Power/round] <12>
Specialized Systems: None
Laboratories: None

Tactical Systems
Phaser arrays <19 x 2 = 38>
Type VII
Damage: 140 [14 Power]
Number of Emitters: 80 (up to 2 shots per round)
Targeting Systems: Accuracy 5/6/8/11
Range 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: one forward, one aft
Firing arc: forward 540 degrees
Firing Modes: Standard, Pulse, Continuous, Wide-beam

Phaser arrays <13 x 4 = 52>
Type VII
Damage: 140 [14 Power]
Number of Emitters: 40 (up to 1 shots per round)
Targeting Systems: Accuracy 5/6/8/11
Range 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: one dorsal, one ventral, one port, one starboard
Firing arc: forward 540 degrees
Firing Modes: Standard, Pulse, Continuous, Wide-beam

Microtorpedo Launcher <9>
Standard Load: Microtorpedo (50 Damage)
Spread: 5
Range: 1/100/500/2000
Targeting systems: Accuracy 5/6/8/11
Power: [1]
Location forward Ventral
Firing arc: Forward
Mircotorpedoes carried: 100 <1>

TA/T/TS: Class Beta [1 Power/round] <9>
Strength: 8
Bonus: +1
Weapon Skill: 3

Shields (Forward, Aft, Port, Starboard) <17 x 4 = 68>
Shield Generator: Class 2 (Protection 400) [40 Power/shield/round]
Shield grid: Type C (50% increase to 600 Protection)
Subspace Field Distortion Amplifiers: Class Beta (Threshold 134)
Recharging System: Class 1 (45 seconds)
Backup Shield Generators: None
Auto-Destruct System <2>

Auxiliary Spacecraft System
Shuttlebay(s): Capacity for 2 Size worth of ships <4>
Standard Complement: one ground transport
Location(s): Aft

Notes: The shuttlecraft is multi-versatile work shuttle that is capable of operating in multiple roles. The shuttle is generally capable to travel between planets and star systems with cargo loads.

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Federation Ground Transport
Class and Type: Argos-type Ground Transport
Commissioning Date: 24th Century

Hull Systems
Size: 2
Length: 5 meters
Beam: 2.5 meters
Height: 2.5 meters
Deck: 1
Mass: 2.5 metric tonnes
SUs Available: 65
SUs Used: 56

Hull Outer <4>
Hull Inner <4>
Resistance Outer Hull: 1 <0>
Resistance Inner Hull: 1 <0>

Structural Integrity Field: None
Specialized Hull: Planetfall Capability <2>

Personnel Systems
Class/Passengers/Evac: 1/2/5
Crew Quarters None

Environmental Systems
Basic Life Support: none
Reserve Life Support: None
Emergency Life Support: none
Gravity none
Consumable: 2 Day's worth <2>
Food Replicators: none
Medical Facilities: Medical first Aid kits <5>
Personnel Transport: Jefferies Tubes <2>
Fire Suppression System: none

Propulsion Systems
Ground mechanical drive <2>
Speeds: 30/60/70 kph [1 power/round]

Power Systems
Fusion Reactor: (generates 20 Power/round) <10>
Location: aft
EPS: Standard Power flow, +10 Power transfer/round <6>
Standard Usable Power:

Operations System
Bridge: Forward <5>

Computers
Core 1: [5 Power/round] <2>
ODN <3>

Navigational Deflector: None

Sensor Systems
Long-range Sensors: None

Lateral Sensor [5 Power/round] <2>
Strength Package: Class 1 (Strength 1)
Gain Package: Standard (+0)
Coverage: Standard

Navigational Sensor [5 Power/round] <2>
Strength Package: Class 1 (Strength 1)
Gain Package: Standard (+0)
Sensor Skill: 2

Flight Control Systems
Autopilot: Shipboard systems (flight Control) 1, Coordination 0 [1 Power/round in use] <3>
Manual Steering Column [1 power/round] <1>

Navigational Computer
Main: Class 1 (+0) [0 Power/round] <0>

Inertial Damping Field: None
Attitude control: None

Communications Systems
Type: Class 1 [2 Power/round] <2>
Strength: 1
Security: -0

Tractor Beams: None
Transporters: None

Security Systems Rating: none
Anti-Intruder System: none
Internal Force Fields: None
Science Systems Rating: None
Specialized Systems: None
Laboratories: None

Tactical Systems
Phaser Weapon <2>
Type V
Damage: 10 [1 Power]
Number of Emitters: 80 (up to 2 shots per round)
Targeting Systems: Manual targeting
Range 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
Location: one forward, a one aft
Firing arc: forward 360 degrees
Firing Modes: Standard, Pulse

TA/T/TS: none

Shield: None
Auto-Destruct System <1>

Auxiliary Spacecraft System: None

Description notes: This is capable of traveling moderately rough terrain that is long distance without the need of the Shuttle being moved from a landing site. However the ground vehicle is capable of remotely controlling the shuttle bringing it to the ground vehicle for a quick pick up.

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This is the Argos let me know what you think.