The Ley, or Shuttle 09, was a Federation Type 15 shuttlepod that was in service with Starfleet in the mid-24th century, attached to the USS Enterprise-D.
In 2366, Lieutenant Commanders Data and Geordi La Forge investigated the Barzan wormhole from aboard the Ley. Along with a Ferengi shuttle, the Ley entered the wormhole and arrived in the Delta Quadrant, despite the fact that the terminus of the wormhole was supposed to be in the Gamma Quadrant. This inconsistency allowed Data and La Forge to realize that the wormhole was unstable and therefore useless, and they returned to the Alpha Quadrant with the news. (TNG: "The Price")
The Ley was possibly named after Willy Ley, a German-American writer who popularized the idea of spaceflight in both Germany and the United States. A crater on the far side of Luna is named for him.
| Type 15 shuttlepods |
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| Armstrong • Campbell • Chris Pike • Cochrane • Cousteau • Curie • El-Baz • Feynman • Heinlein • Ley • Lindberg • Onizuka • Pike • PT Farnsworth • Sam Freedle • Voltaire • Shuttlepod 01 • Unnamed |
| Shuttles of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) |
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| Shuttlecraft: Shuttlecraft 01 • Shuttlecraft 02 • Shuttlecraft 03 (Copernicus, Justman, Curie, Hypatia) • Shuttlecraft 04 • Shuttlecraft 05 (Clarke, Feynman) • Shuttlecraft 06 • Shuttlecraft 07 (Galileo (Type 6), Galileo (Type 7) • Shuttlecraft 08 • Shuttlecraft 10 • Shuttlecraft 11 • Shuttlecraft 13 • Shuttlecraft 15 (JF Kennedy, Magellan, Goddard, Hawking) • Shuttlecraft 16 • Shuttlecraft 20 • Shuttlecraft 21 • Berman • Hawking (2367) • Piller |
| Shuttlepods: Shuttlepod 01 • Shuttlepod 02 • Shuttlepod 03 • Shuttlepod 05 (El-Baz, Onizuka) • Shuttlepod 07 • Shuttlepod 08 • Shuttlepod 09 (Lindberg, Ley) • Shuttlepod 10 • Shuttlepod 12 (Sam Freedle, Pike) • Shuttlepod 14 • Shuttlepod 15 • Shuttlepod 18 • Shuttlepod 19 • Campbell |
| Captain's yacht: Calypso Unknown: Unnamed |