Posted Nov 10, 2009 by Galaxy Babe
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First two paragraphs, which the sub-ed altered:
<<The Bird-of-Prey scout ship is a formidable weapon in the arsenal of fighting ships of the Klingon Empire. There are two principle BoP variants; scout class and cruiser class. Scout class are the smaller B'Rel (seen in Star Trek 3, 4) and the D12 (seen in Generations and superficially identical to the B'Rel). The cruiser class is a much larger, but otherwise identical ship called the K'Vort class. The B'Rel class is not big by Starfleet standards – just over 50 metres in length and with a wingspan about half as wide again – it is a fast, highly manoeuvrable vessel with the fire-power to inflict serious damage to an adversary. Its weaponry includes forward-firing photon torpedoes and wing-tip-mounted rapid-fire disruptor cannon, but perhaps its greatest asset is its 'cloaking' device, technology acquired from the Romulans during the brief period in which the two races forged an alliance.
There are two types of Bird-of-Prey: the B'rel (or D-12) scouting vessel for which the normal ship's company is 12 crew members, and the larger but otherwise identically designed K'Vort cruiser having of company of 24. Cruising speed is Warp 5, with a maximum speed of around Warp 8 to 9. Like Federation vessels, the Bird-of-Prey can activate deflector shields to defend itself against photon torpedo and phaser attacks. The Bird-of-Prey seems to be the most successful warship when fighting Starfleet. No other class of ship is seen destroying anything like as many ships, Birds-of-Prey took out two Enterprises, and one of them was the Federation flagship at the time. Birds-of-Prey are also the most successful class of ship in the Dominion Wars.>>
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The Bird-of-Prey scout ship is a formidable weapon in the arsenal of fighting ships of the Klingon Empire. There are two principal variants: scout class and cruiser class. Scout class vessels are the smaller B'Rel (as seen in Star Trek 3 and 4) and the similar D-12 (as seen in ST:Generations). The cruiser class is a much larger, but otherwise identically designed ship - the K'Vort class. The scout class Bird-of-Prey is not big by Starfleet standards — just over 50 metres in length and with a wingspan about half as wide again — it is a fast, highly manoeuvrable vessel with the fire-power to inflict serious damage to an adversary. Its weaponry includes forward-firing photon torpedoes and wing-tip-mounted rapid-fire disruptor cannons, but perhaps its greatest asset is its 'cloaking' device, technology acquired from the Romulans during the brief period in which the two races forged an alliance.
The normal ship's company of the B'rel and D-12 scouting vessels is 12 crew members, that of the larger K'Vort cruiser 24. Cruising speed is Warp 5, with a maximum speed of around Warp 8 to 9. Like Federation vessels, the Bird-of-Prey can activate deflector shields to defend itself against photon torpedo and phaser attacks. The Bird-of-Prey seems to be the most successful warship when fighting Starfleet. No other class of ship is seen destroying anything like as many ships, Birds-of-Prey took out two Enterprises, and one of them was the Federation flagship at the time. Birds-of-Prey are also the most successful class of ship in the Dominion Wars.
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