Shuttlecraft Picasso SB11-1201/1

The Picasso SB11-1201/1 is a fictional spacecraft featured in the Star Trek mythos. It was seen in the sixteenth episode of season one of the original Star Trek series, "The Menagerie (Part 1)".

Description
The Picasso SB11-1201/1 is a Class-F shuttlecraft used by the Federation Starfleet and maintained at Starbase 11. The exterior of the craft is made out of a duranium metal shell and uses an ion engine propulsion system.

In the year 2267, Captain James T. Kirk and whom he believed to be Commodore José I. Mendez used the shuttle to chase after the USS Enterprise, which had left Starbase 11 en route to the planet Talos IV. The Enterprise had been commandeered by Kirk's First Officer Mister Spock, who risked his life and career to bring his former commanding officer Christopher Pike to the Talos star group. The Picasso did not possess the energy reserves to keep pace with the Enterprise and quickly depleted it's fuel. When Spock learned that the shuttle was trailing behind him, he used a tractor beam to bring it in and beamed Kirk and Mendez to the transporter room.

Notes & Trivia

 * The name of the ship is taken from the famous Spanish artist Pablo Ruiz Picasso.


 * Although Commodore José I. Mendez was an actual Starfleet officer, he did not actually accompany Kirk aboard the Picasso. What Kirk believed to be Mendez was in fact a clever illusion created by the telepathic Talosians.