The USS Sarkhova was a type-18 shuttlecraft assigned to the USS Lionheart upon the ship's launch in2371.
She was used by Ensign Kara Evans and Lieutenant Junior Grade Meridian Janos to disable a Harelian mining freighter that was fleeingBalin IV with Tal Shiar agents aboard. ("Shakedown Cruise")
She was piloted Chief T'rook to transport an engineering team around the Tarrellian System for buoy maintenance the same year. ("Homecoming")
During shore leave on Vulcan in 2372, Nikolas, Spencer Stone andSusanne Flame used the shuttlepod to travel to their family's estate. The V'kar were not pleased with the type IV phasers on the shuttlepod. ("Ponn Farr")
Later that year Spencer Stone used the shuttlepod to travel to the Andor VII Observatory.