It appeared to be several sized in that movie, and the trend continued in Star Trek IV, The Voyage Home. The Bird-of-Prey first appeared in Star Trek III, The Search for Spock and was designed to be 360' long, or 109.7 metres. According to the Haynes Klingon Bird-of-Prey Workshop Owners' Manual, this is because when the Klingons come upon a design that works, they use it over and over again, often scaling it up and down as it becomes necessary. The infamous Klingon Bird-of-Prey has appeared in many sizes. ( TOS movie & novelization: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)Īnother feature present in recent versions of these craft, which may not be standard, was the introduction of gravity mines that would latch on to and slow down enemy ships.A q'paQ class Corvette in Way of the Warrior Despite its advantages, this vessel was destroyed after only a few months of operation by the Federation Starfleet starships USS Enterprise-A and USS Excelsior. In 2293 one B'rel class ship, the IKS Dakronh, was modified to fire its weaponry while cloaked.
( TOS movie & novelizations: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)Ī modified B'rel class firing a photon torpedo whilst cloaked The B'rel class bird-of-prey features adjustable wings, which can take on different positions to optimize the class for battle, warp speed, atmospheric flight and even landing.
The B'rel class not only remained in service well into the 24th century but also inspired a larger variation, the K'vort-class. The B’rel class, first developed in 2270, is the second known Bird-of-Prey operated by the Klingon Empire, it builds directly on the successful design on the earlier birds-of-prey but includes ideas and technology taken from Romulan designs obtained in the short lived Klingon-Romulan alliance of the 23rd century, most notably a cloaking device ( ST reference: Starship Spotter)
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