( Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) This Bird-of-Prey was destroyed at the first Khitomer conference by the USS Enterprise and USS Excelsior. 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. In 2293, one prototype Bird-of-Prey possessed the unique ability to fire torpedoes when its cloaking device was engaged. In an early storyboard proposal for Star Trek VI, Captain Montgomery Scott was in charge of disassembling the previously captured Bird-of-Prey for intelligence purposes.Ī few years later, the first Bird-of-Prey to ever breach the Great Barrier was commanded by Captain Klaa in 2287. 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. After acquiring the information, the ship destroyed the Merchantman, and later the USS Grissom, before facing off against the USS Enterprise in orbit of the Genesis Planet. ( Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)Ī well-publicized encounter with a Bird-of-Prey occurred in 2285, when 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, and was capable of visually identifying a Bird-of-Prey, as well as being familiar with its crew complement.
Starfleet possessed knowledge of the Bird-of-Prey during the 2280s.
History įor nearly a century, the Bird-of-Prey proved to be a rugged, sturdy design that saw continuous use, in that they were much like their Federation counterparts the Excelsior- and Miranda-class starships, whose usefulness out-lived contemporaries such as the Constitution II-class cruiser. The class' name is seen on the main viewscreen of the USS Dauntless. The IKS Koraga of the K'Vort-class was equipped with several escape pods in 2375. In the prime timeline the K'Vort-class had remained in service well into the 2370s. In an alternate timeline, the K'Vort -class was referred to as a " battle cruiser." 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. ( TNG: " Rascals")Ī graphic of IKS Koraga, a K'Vort-class ship Ferengi 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. The Enterprise-D under attack by DaiMon Lurin's Birds-of-Preyīy the 2360s, it was not uncommon to find a B'rel-class Bird-of-Prey stripped and relegated to a surplus yard. 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 2350s due to faulty plasma coils, which 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-class, B'rel-class, D12 class, and Class 5.
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