We did not have a shuttlecraft for much of our first season. The 
reason is that the expense of building all of the standing Enterprise sets was 
so high that the studio wanted to defer the expense of the shuttle until the 
second season. What the studio didnÕt count on is that writer Sandy Fries 
wanted to show some parts of the ship that hadnÕt been shown yet. Upon 
discovering that we had not yet seen a shuttlecraft, Sandy was quick to write 
it into his first season script ÒComing of Age.Ó Ironically, this was somewhat 
similar to the situation that existed during the early days of the original Star 
Trek series when they, too, could not yet afford a shuttlecraft mockup. (This 
also explains why our heroes did not send a shuttle down to the planet to 
rescue Sulu and company in the original seriesÕ early first season episode 
ÒThe Enemy Within.Ó)  Æ