![]() Much use is made of live worm-like creatures or animal intestines, but the Klingon restaurant on DS9 also serves tlhllm'qach – a fruit dish, and ghlaDst – an oyster-like seafood, both of which are popular with non-Klingons, as well as skull stew (never named in the series). Ideally, a Klingon likes his (or her) food fresh to the point of being barely killed and preferably still putting up a fight for survival. The Bird-of-Prey is not designed for comfort, nor is it designed as a restaurant. In the mess hall crew members can relax, discuss old battles and indulge in one of their favourite pastimes – brawling. Most off-duty time is spent in the mess hall, a large space with a long table at which meals are eaten. Crew's quarters are very utilitarian, containing little more than a metal-framed bed with a wire-grid sleeping platform. Lighting it kept at a very low level, which adds to the feeling of gloom. Rust-brown is the predominant colour and metallic plates the primary decor. Everything is functional and to Federation eyes appears to have been assembled from bits foraged from a scrapyard. Comfort is not a word that figures often in Klingon dialogue, nor did it occur much to the Bird-of-Prey's designers. ![]() InteriorĮverything on board a Klingon Bird-of-Prey is designed for one thing and one thing only – battle. In addition to the scout and cruiser Birds-of-Prey, the range of Klingon battleships includes the much larger K'T'inga- and D7-class battle cruisers as well as the huge Vor'cha- and Negh'var-class attack cruisers, the latter being over 650 metres long. Birds-of-Prey are also the most successful class of ship in the Dominion Wars. 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. The Bird-of-Prey seems to be the most successful warship when fighting Starfleet. Like Federation vessels, the Bird-of-Prey can activate deflector shields to defend itself against photon torpedo and phaser attacks. Cruising speed is Warp 5, with a maximum speed of around Warp 8 to 9. 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. 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 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. The Cruiser class is a much larger, but otherwise identically designed ship – the K'Vort class. Scout class vessels are the smaller B'Rel (as seen in Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock and Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home) and the similar D-12 (as seen in Star Trek: Generations). ![]() There are two principal variants: Scout class and Cruiser class. The Bird-of-Prey scout ship is a formidable weapon in the arsenal of fighting ships of the Klingon Empire. The Star Trek name, fictional characters and all references to Klingons and the Klingon Bird-of-Prey remain the copyright of CBS Paramount Television. This entry is for reference purposes only. ![]()
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