SC-4

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{{sidebar starship
| image       = File:SC-4 above Korath's planet.jpg
| caption     = Bow
| class       = {{type|SC-4}}
| registry    = SC-4
| owner       = {{Federation}}
| operator    = [[Starfleet]]
| status      = Unknown
| datestatus  = 2378
| image2      = SC-4 aft.jpg
| caption2    = Aft
}}
'''SC-4''' was the designation of a [[Starfleet Command]] [[shuttlecraft]] in an [[alternate timeline]] in the late [[2390s]] and early [[2400s]].

The shuttle was capable of achieving a speed of at least [[Warp factor|warp 6]] and was equipped with [[deflector shield]]s. It was also equipped with several advanced anti-[[Borg]] technologies developed by the crew of {{USS|Voyager}} between [[2394]] and [[2404]], including [[stealth technology]], an [[ablative generator|ablative armor generator]], [[transphasic torpedo]]es, as well as a [[neural interface]] and [[synaptic transceiver]].

This shuttle was used by [[Admiral]] [[Kathryn Janeway]] at the turn of the [[25th century]] in order to alter history. Along with the anti-Borg technology, she equipped the shuttle with a [[chrono deflector]] stolen from [[Korath]] in 2404. The shuttle was chased and fired on by [[Negh'Var warships 002|his forces]], but escaped only to be intercepted by the {{USS|Rhode Island}}. Its {{dis|captain|rank}}, [[Harry Kim]], allowed Janeway to leave and rescued her from Korath's forces when they caught up with them. 

Janeway was then able to generate a [[temporal rift]] to the [[Delta Quadrant]] of the year [[2378]], where she shared the technology with the crew of ''Voyager''. Later, she used the shuttle to infiltrate the Borg [[Unicomplex]] and delivered a [[neurolytic pathogen]] to cripple the [[Borg Collective]]. This bought time which allowed ''Voyager'' to use a Borg [[transwarp conduit]] to return to the [[Alpha Quadrant]] sixteen years before they would have without Admiral Janeway's intervention. The Borg found the shuttle eventually and it was captured, however the unicomplex was destroyed soon after, so its technology wasn't assimilated. ({{VOY|Endgame}})

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File:SC-4 interior.jpg|Shuttle cockpit
File:SC4-ablative armor.jpg|Ablative generator in effect
File:USS Rhode Island intercepts SC-4.jpg|Intercepted by the USS ''Rhode Island''
File:SC-4 Opens Temporal Rift.jpg|Entry into a temporal rift
File:USS Voyager alongside SC-4.jpg|Rendezvous with USS ''Voyager''
File:SC-4 in Voyager's shuttlebay.jpg|Waiting in ''Voyager''{{'}}s [[hangar]]
File:SC-4 heads into the nebula.jpg|Departure for the Unicomplex
File:SC-4 is captured.jpg|Capture by the Borg
</gallery>

{{bginfo|This type of shuttle was similar to the [[Class 2 shuttle]] of the [[24th century]], but more streamlined. According to a production sketch of this shuttle by [[Rick Sternbach]], dated 02-01, the SC-4 was an uprated Type-18H shuttle. It had nanotech molecular armor plating, hot-ready filament phasers, and conformal defense shield grid (embedded). ''{{el|neutralzone.de/database/Federation/Shuttle/_Type18HShuttleUprated.gif}}'' The interior of the shuttlecraft was a set that was filmed on [[Paramount Stage 16]]. (''Information from shooting schedule'')}}

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