This vessel was commanded by General Chang and used to assassinate Chancellor Gorkon of the Klingon Empire while implicating the Enterprise crew of the crime. Inone prototype Bird-of-Prey possessed the unique ability to fire torpedoes when its cloaking device was engaged. This event was well documented in the events leading up to the court martial of Admiral Kirk, and the ship was thereafter utilized for time traveling back to Earth's 20th century. Kirk the privilege of Starfleet capturing its first Klingon Bird-of-Prey. Kruge ultimately lost the battle, and his ship, allowing James T. A well-publicized encounter with a Bird-of-Prey occurred inwhen a Bird-of-Prey commanded by Kruge conducted a mission to uncover the secrets of Project Genesis. Hikaru Sulu was among those familiar with the class at that time, since he was capable of visually identifying a Bird-of-Prey, as well as being familiar with its crew complement. Starfleet continued to possess knowledge of the Bird-of-Prey during the s. The Bird-of-Prey dates back to the midnd century, when they were first encountered by Earth Starfleetduring a short confrontation on the edge of the Sol system in ENT : " The Expanse ". In the prime timeline the K'Vort class had remained in service well into the s. While slower than the Galaxy -class battleships of the era, in a three-to-one confrontation, a Galaxy class was not able to last long.
In an alternate timelinethe K'Vort class was referred to as a battle cruiserand was larger than its "prime universe" counterpart. By the sit was not uncommon to find a B'rel -class Bird-of-Prey stripped and relegated to a surplus yard.įerengi DaiMon Lurin acquired two of these vessels, complete with cloaking devices, and managed to make them space worthy once again, after a few repairs and the addition of some weapons.
A low level ionic pulse could cause the plasma coil to reset, which would activate the ship's cloaking device, thus lowering their shields. This could be exploited as a means of remotely disabling the ship's shields. The D12 class was retired from service by the s due to faulty plasma coilswhich were components of the cloaking systems. The Klingons applied several class designations to the different types of their Bird-of-Prey design, including the K'vort classB'rel classand D12 class. This type of craft, initially descended from its counterpart from a century earlierwas one of the most versatile warships employed by the Empire, serving a variety of mission roles, including that of a scoutraiderpatrol shipand cruiser.
The Klingon Bird-of-Prey was a type of warship utilized by the Klingon Empire serving the Klingon Defense Forces from the late 23rd century into the late 24th century.
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