Klingon Imperial Navy Q'vort-Class Warship
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- INFORMATION CLASSIFICATION: TOP SECRET
- RELIABILITY CLASSIFICATION: A (multiple prolonged contacts by multiple friendly/Star Fleet/OSFI assets)
BASIC STATISTICS
- Class Name : Q'vort (K'Vort)-class Battle Cruiser (Bird-Of-Prey)
- Classification : Warship
- Typical roles : First Strike Attack, Short Range Patrol, Interception.
- SFE Designation : DD (Destroyer)
- Introduced : 2310
- Model Number : G11 (G7, G9-G11 in service.)
- Number in service : 440 (95 G11 or G11 Refit.)
- Known Registries : I.K.C. Buruk, I.K.C. Pagh, I.K.C. P'Rang, I.K.C. T'Acog, I.K.C. Vorn, I.K.C. K'Vort, I.K.C. K't'inga, I.K.C. Praxis, I.K.C. T'Ong, I.K.C. Amar, I.K.C. Mogh (One assumes these are phonetic pronunciations)
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Length : 300 m
- Span : 350 m
- Draft : 80 m
- Displacement : 1,850,000 mt
COMPLEMENT
- Total Standard : 200
- Officers : 20
- Crew : 180
- Troop Capability : Berthing for 100 Troops.
PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Warp Propulsion System
- Drive Type : Q'vort-Class Refit G10 Variant, Grade 4.
- Number : 2 Inboard (Aft plasma venting.)
- Main Reactor : Q'vort-Class Refit G7 Dilithium M/AM Reactor, Grade 7.
Impulse System
- Drive Type : toQvo'wI'-Class Multiple-Vent Vector Type, Grade 3.
- Number : 2
- Secondary Reactor : toQghor-Class Generic Operations, Grade 6.
Velocity (G9 Onwards.)
- Standard Cruise Speed : 6.0
- Maximum Cruise Speed : 9.1
- Sustainable for 12 hours : 9.5
- Maximum Emergency Speed : 9.7
- Core Failure Imminent : 9.8
ARMAMENT AND DEFENSE
Phase Disruptors, Pulse Type, Class 10 power output
- Number : 2 cannons.
- Range : 250,000 km
- Arcs : 2 wing mounted forward firing, 50 degree conical arc.
Phase Disruptors, Omnidirectional Crystal Type, Class 9 (G9 On.)
- Number : 2 banks.
- Range : 225,000 km
- Arcs : Port Wing Trailing Edge array, Starboard Wing Trailing Edge array
Photon Torpedo Launchers
- Number : 2 tubes (30 Torpedoes.)
- Range : peng'otlh-Class Photon-Type : 2,700,000 km
- Arcs : 1 forward, 1 aft
Deflector System
- teqyoD'-Class Cocoon Multiphasic type, Grade 7.
Cloaking Device
- machSo'wI'-Class Plasma Coil Tactical type.
OTHER SYSTEMS
Atmospheric Flight System
- Variable Geometry Wing Control.
- toQvo'wI' Multiple-Vent Vectored Impulse Drive.
- toQchuyDaH Reaction Control Thrusters.
Transporters
- 6-person, small cargo : 3
- 25-person, Troop movement : 2
Embarked Craft (G9 Onwards)
- Travelpod, 4 man : 2 in aft docking recesses.
TACFLEET Notes
A basic design of eighty years heritage, this vessel has been the mainstay of the Klingon Defense Force, and a useful source of funding for the Klingon government; with over two hundred of these ships in various guises being used by freelance security task forces, military alliances etc. The Nh'Briht Alliance of Beta Quadrant is known to keep a fleet of fifty G10-Class K'Vort vessels in good working order, with well-disciplined crews.
Rugged, reliable and trustworthy, K'Vort Birds-of-Prey have regularly engaged Romulan Warbirds in battle since their introduction in the early 2300s. During these times of war, these ships were configured as fast response ships, patrolling a number of systems in groups of 2 to 6. More recently, K'Vort variants have become lighter, with improved systems and standard weaponry; the G9 variant finally letting a Klingon Captain use aft mounted phase disruptors as a tactical weapon, and have the ability to cruise at warp six.
A single K'Vort was always at a disadvantage to the superior firepower and tactical computer systems of a GALAXY-Class Light Cruiser, but a pair of the vessels could dispatch a poorly prepared Romulan Warbird with relative ease.
Always sufficiently quick, and certainly a match for Romulan vessels, K'Vorts always sacrificed speed for weapons and endurance. Overengineered, the sturdy yet flexible impulse drives made for a powerful and agile vessel in sublight maneuvers, like all Birds-of-Prey.
Well armed, further weapons upgrades are becoming more and more difficult as the basic spaceframe does not keep up with advances in disruptor systems and the new generation of to'peng and Duppeng torpedoes. K'Vort continues to use the venerable peng'otlh design, in service since the 2330s. Since the G9 refit, however, all ships use the teqyoD-Class deflector system, a unit still under examination by StarFleet Engineering.
The biggest K'Vort weak point, as the ship extends service into the 2400s, is the elderly machSo'wI' Cloak, as used by late B'Rel-class scouts. The design was amazingly compact in its day, yet recent service records suggest that it is difficult to maintain, and relatively easy to spot an ill-repaired cloaked K'Vort. The most obvious tell-tale is an intermittent ionised plasma trace emitted from impulse drive radiation venting, unsuccessfully masked by the cloak.
