Hmmm, lets think. Oh yeah, the Class 8 Shuttle! That can go into combat! Yeah, but the Odyssey isn't the size of Voyager is it? Voyager is the SMALLER than a Galaxy Class (If you don't believe me, watch the episode 'Relativity') The Sovereign is slightly larger than the Galaxy, and the Odyssey is 2x larger than the…
Point taken, but at least reduce the recharge time for boarding parties, or even better, if you have another bridge officer with boarding parties, allow the 2nd boff to send it's boarding party after?
But is a mid-large ship classified to have a crew of 2500, and 2 shuttlebays? I would say that's pretty large! And still, the Delta Flyer isn't a fighter, but Voyager, 50 years ago mind you (Star trek time of course) had it. And, oh would you look at that, the Delta Flyer is a shuttle for a shuttlebay, and the odyssey…