Space Bug X-4 was a shuttlecrawler, a specialized type of space bug in service to Starfleet in the 23rd century. The vehicle was assigned to the Federation starship USS Enterprise in the mid-2260s.
History and specifics
Space Bug X-4 was specifically constructed for hazardous, all-terrain ground transport as well as spaceflight. It had four aft engines, two landing thrusters and a hatch on the starboard side. Tractor cylinders extended during landing and were capable of crawling over any terrain. The unarmed vessel was manned by a crew of five. Windows were cross-braced.
Early in 2266, Space Bug X-4 brought a landing party to a tropical rainforest on the planet Coltac. The team's mission was to locate herbs which were the main ingredient of an antidote to a plague occurring on neighboring world Zargot. As the space bug began traveling through the dense underground, it was discovered by a gigantic bipedal lizard which had to be repelled by hand-held type-2 phasers. After ten minutes of travel, the herbs were located. After collecting samples, Space Bug X-4 blasted off hurriedly to avoid an attacking pterodactyl, then returned to the Enterprise. (TOS comic: "Target: Zargot")
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| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) auxiliary craft | ||
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| 2240s-2264 | Columbus (I) • Icarus • Kepler (2254) • Keppler (2264) |  
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| 2260s five-year mission | NCC-1701/3 • NCC-1701/3 (II) • NCC-1701/4 • NCC-1701/4 (II) • NCC-1701/5 • NCC-1701/5A • NCC-1701/8 • NCC-1701/9 • NCC-1701/12 • Armstrong • Armstrong (II) • John Burke • Christopher • Columbus (I) • Copernicus (NCC-1701/7) • Copernicus (NCC-1701/12) • da Gama • Edwin Drake • Einstein • Ellis • Ericksen • Galileo (NCC-1701/1) • Galileo (I) • Galileo (II) • Galileo II • Caroline Herschel • Kepler (2270) • Leonardo (I) • Leonardo (II) • Mitrios • Niagara • Pursuit 1 • Pursuit 3 • Pursuit 4 • Pursuit 7 • Space Bug 4 • Space Bug 7 • Space Bug X-4 • Space Rescue Bug • Space Rescue Bug 5 • Sutherland | |
| 2270s-2280s | Brahe • Clarke • Columbus (II) • Conrad • Copernicus (NCC-1701/5) • Copernicus (two-man shuttle) • Galileo III • Gamow • Halley • Hawking • Herschel • Hoyle • Kahoutek • Kepler (2293) • Onizuka • Valgard • Zhang Sui | |
