Maquis SIM Project
Maquis Forces International's
Simulated Runabout Task Force
The premise of a "Runabout Task Forces" to be used for establishing Base Camps, or Colonizing new areas. A Task Force is an assembly of different vehicles needed to complete a specified task or mission. A Runabout Task Force would be made up of Five or more Runabouts, consisting of one of each variation listed below (ie: 1 ground assault, 1 medical, one Command Center version, etc).
Why use Runabouts, when all the necessary building supplies could be beamed down from a Galaxy, or Nebula Class Starship?
Runabouts are Completely Modular vessels. The Modules could either be removed from the Runabouts and used to form "fixed" structures, or could be left aboard the Runabouts and the ships themselves could be converted into structures. There would be little need to beam building supplies until a later stage of development. I consider a Runabout Task Force to be similar in nature to an advanced M*A*S*H unit.
