*
Here's another old one for you guys to chew on... The original D7
Klingon battle cruiser from TOS... There's nothing like a good packet of
blueprints and manuals...
K L I N G O N W A R S H I P
CLASS ONE CODE D MK VII BACKGROUND & CLASS LISTING
Background Of "Klolode" Class:
Around Sd 3900, Star Fleet Intelligence began getting indications that
the Klingon Fleet was involved in the construction and testing of a new battle-
cruiser design. Intelligence intercepts subsequently revealed the configur-
ation and component producers for the new "Klolode" class, as well as the
Imperial Planning Council's original projections for construction of twenty
ships.
The existence of a completed "Klolode" class vessel was not verified until
Sd 4014.40 when a surveillance drone launched from the Gamma Three Station
near Donatu intercepted a coded transmission from the battlecruiser "Gortuk."
The name and identification code of this vessel matched those of the third
battlecruiser scheduled for completion. Visual transmissions from the drone
verified that this was one of the newly designed warships.
The first contact with one of the vessels came on Sd 4201.71 when the
starship "Constellation" (NCC-1017) discovered an intruder in the Sauran star
system in Federation space. An indecisive battle followed, resulting in minor
damage to "Constellation" and a hasty retreat to Klingon space for the battle-
cruiser, which bore the designation "Atropos" on its hull.
As a result of the close observation afforded by the battle, much valuable
data concerning the new ship's capabilities and general battleworthiness was
obtained. Above all else, it was found to be extremely warp dynamic. Low mass
allowed for rapid development of OCM necessary for warp entry. The vessel's
extremely smooth hull reflected the then-prevalent view among Klingon designers
regarding the balancing of deflector/force field capabilities and warp dynamic
qualities. (Subsequent Klingon advances in warp technology have allowed great-
er shielding without sacrifice of speed, as first evidenced in the "K't'inga"
design).
As ships of this class aged the Klingons began selling some of the older
ones to the Romulans in exchange for the right to buy their newly-developed
cloaking generators. Starship "Enterprise" confirmed suspicions to this effect
on Sd 6215.43 when it encountered a pack of three of the "Klolode" class ves-
sels under Romulan command.
Though the existence of only 21 "Klolode" class battlecruisers has been
confirmed, it is believed that a total of 45-60 were built, with some 15 (7
confirmed) having been sold to the Romulan Fleet to date. While for some time
it was thought that ships of this aging class would be uprated to match the
more powerful but physically similar "K't'inga" configuration, this does not
seem to have been the case. The Klingon Imperial Fleet seems content to let
the vessels wear themselves out.
Listing Of Known "Klolode" Class Battlecruisers:
Name (Translation) I.D. Number Existence Verified Status
---- ------------- ---- ------ --------- -------- ------
Atropos (Invincible) KL 10097 Sd 4201.71 by Active
"Constellation" (NCC-1017)
Flethish (Prominence) ChR 222 Sd 6283.01 by In
"Jenghiz" (NCC-501) Romulan
Service
Gortuk (Furious) KL 08422 Sd 4014.40 by Unknown
surveillance drone
Hakask (Horrendous) KL 99019 Sd 4141.07 by Active
Gamma Two Station
Jurakte (Assassin) KL 32533 Sd 5547.69 by Active
"Monitor" (NCC-1713)
Kahless (The Merciless One) KL 08405 Sd 4392.41 by Unknown
merchant vessel
Klathas (Pestilence) KL 68953 Sd 5689.38 by Active
"Federation" (NCC-2100)
Klolode (Destruction) KL 02529 Sd 4267.15 by Active
"Diana" (NCC-589)
Klothos (Carnage) KL 99970 Sd 4517.23 by Active
"Constitution" (NCC-1700)
Lachesis (Havoc) KL 66065 Sd 4972.80 by Unknown
"Etzel" (NCC-509)
Luctas (Starfire) ChR 316 Sd 6215.43 by In
"Enterprise" (NCC-1701) Romulan
Service
Makita (Executioner) KL 31060 Sd 4765.20 by Active
merchant vessel
Marta (Corona) ChR 333 Sd 6348.17 by In
"Constitution" (NCC-1700) Romulan
Service
Meninarca (Gauntlet) ChR 400 Sd 6317.12 by In
Earth Outpost Two Romulan
Service
N'lanaes (Predator) ChR 385 Sd 6215.43 by In
"Enterprise" (NCC-1701) Romulan
Service
Parno (Broadsword) ChR 381 Sd 6215.43 by In
"Enterprise" (NCC-1701) Romulan
Service
Tabor (Powerful) KL 85269 Sd 4517.23 by Active
"Constitution" (NCC-1700)
Thanatos (Vengeance) KL 63573 Sd 4696.34 by Active
"Shaitan" (NCC-519)
Tor'stog (Deviser) KL 73796 Sd 4958.81 by Destroyed
"Bonhomme Richard" (NCC-1712)
Trelinitu (Starlight) ChR 566 Sd 6216.28 by In
"Potemkin" (NCC-1711) Romulan
Service
Tuer (Murderous One) KL 74717 Sd 5405.27 by Active
Delta One Station
K L I N G O N W A R S H I P
CLASS ONE CODE D MK VII SPECIFICATIONS
Current Specifications Of "Klolode" Class:
Dimensions Ship's Complement
---------- ------ ----------
Overall Length: 216.4 m Officers: 24
Overall Draught: 57.1 m Crew: 430
Overall Beam: 152.4 m
Performance
-----------
Primary Hull Length: 42.7 m
Primary Hull Draught: 32.8 m Maximum Velocity: Warp 7
Primary Hull Beam: 48.8 m Cruising Velocity: Warp 6
Acceleration:
Nacelle Length: 73.2 m Rest-Onset Critical Momentum: 10.28 sec
Nacelle Draught: 17.8 m Onset Critical Momentum-Warp Engage: 2.21 sec
Nacelle Beam: 11.2 m Warp 1-Warp 3: 1.00 sec
Warp 3-Warp 5: .71 sec
Displacement Warp 5-Warp 7: 2.36 sec
------------
Light: 105,000 m.t. Duration
Standard: 110,000 m.t. --------
Full Load: 115,000 m.t.
Standard: Approx. 2.4 Earth Years at Standard
Complement
Maximum: Approx. 7.2 Earth Years at Standard
Complement
Systems
-------
Navigation: "Chon" Vector and Tensor Analysis Unit
(Developed at the Xixobrax Military Research And Development
Station on Korvus VIII (Xixobrax))
Computers: "Krotus'Mor" Level 12 Central Information Unit
(Developed at Sapiar, Wangroon by K'lomar Tashut)
Weapons: Gravitic Disruptor Mounts: 2 (Force 47) of the "Ovlarka Moy" type
(Developed at the Boskon Weapons Facility on Bosklave)
Magno-Photon Projectile System: 1 Tube (Force 103) of the
"Yagust-
(Produced by Aku Yagust on Mingren II (Mingren'mor))
Stasis Field Generator
(Specifics Deleted--Security Level Five Required For Access To
This Data)
Defense: "Mengat Pul" Force Field and Deflector Generation System
(Developed and Produced by Das'trivil Mengat in the Zhan Bur
Kingdom of Merat, Kazh)
"Sorg'tu Vwe-cha" Tactical System
(Produced by Klinthis on Kinkuthanza II (Kinkuthanza'mor))
"Clitimera" Cloaking Generator
(Developed and Produced by Clita on Romulus (Ch'Ri'Han))
Propulsion: Hyperphotic: (2) S-2 Dilithium Conversion Graph Units
(Developed and Produced by K'tchar in the Sta Mura Kingdom of
Komari, Kazh)
Subphotic Primary: (1) Hydrogen Energy Impulse Unit
(Produced at Hyinga, Kinkuthanza II (Kinkuthanza'mor) by Haksu)
Maneuvering: Chemical Propulsion
(Specifics Unknown)
Life Support: Artificial Gravity Generator
(Specifics Unknown)
Radiation Protection System
(Developed and Produced by Das'trivil Mengat in the Zhan Bur
Kingdom of Merat, Kazh)
"Bar'ak" Waste Regeneration and Ship's Maintenance System
(Produced by trin'ak on Sif III (Sif'Kelt))
[TO:00:06:01:07.01 & TO:00:06:01:07.09 From 'Federation Reference Series'
(RS: 480371*2) copyright (c) 2288]
Jimmy Dee Notes/Comments
------------------------
What we have here is an excellent example of the depth of Technical Fandom, and
of how much Research goes into this type of thing... To begin with, this is the
standard Klingon Battlecruiser seen throughout the original Trek series... It's
nominal class name of "Klolode" comes from Alan Dean Foster's Star Trek Log
Series (Log 4, his novelization of "The Time Trap")...
This ship is called the D7 Battlecruiser (Code D Mark VII), the D designating
a Klingon warship whose hull is designed after the Drell (Drell-design), a
lizard like creature native to the Klingon homeworld... There's LOTS of
confusion over what a D7 Battlecruiser actually is, as there's a major
split between how Technical Fandom and FasA interprets these
warships... In Tech Fandom only the "Klolode" class is a D7... FasA
calls EVERY Klingon warship, aside from the Klingon Bird of Prey, a D7
with a letter suffix appended to indicate subdivision of class... Here's
a brief rundown:
Technical Fandom
Nominal Class Model
------------- -----
"Raxor" D6
"Klolode" D7
"K't'inga" D8
"K'teremny" D9
The "K'teremny" was never seen on the screen, a long, sleek destroyer class
looking like a squashed down "K't'inga" starship... The "K't'inga" is a heavy
battlecruiser class first appearing in ST-TMP (it's class name coming from the
ST-TMP novelization): a "Klolode" with deflector shield plates and lots of neat
detail...
The "Raxor" and "Klolode" classes are often confused and are similar to the
"Constitution" and "Bonhomme Richard" classes in this respect... The "Klolode"
is the immediate predecessor to the "K't'inga" with a single photon torpedo
tube mounted in her nose, 2 disruptor mounts under her forecastle, and engine
nacelles tipped with Bolognium shields... The "Raxor" class, on the other hand,
is almost identical except features a sensor array in place of the bow torpedo
tube, tractor beam units in place of her forecastle distruptor mounts, and
disruptor banks on her engine tips--the Klingon battlecruiser firing on the
"Enterprise" in "Elaan of Troyius" was of this class... With the lack of a
torpedo tube on the "Raxor" her 2 disruptors are supplemented with phasers:
3 emplacements below the main sensor on the primary hull, 2 banks (of 2 each)
on the topside of the secondary hull along with 2 single banks on the lowerside
of the secondary hull... The stasis field generator replaces the primary hull's
phasers if installed... Obviously the Klingon Empire tried phaser weaponry out
on these early starships then realizing the greater efficiency of disruptors
switched over... Probably many "Klolode" class ships were originally "Raxor"
class, merely refitted...
The Reference Report TOs given here are worthy of analysis... The KL I.D.s
were first introduced in the novels, though not all these registries were
given in the books, as were the CHr I.D.s for Romulan ships... The "Starfire,"
"Predator," and "Broadsword" were supposedly the three ships encountered in
"The Enterprise Incident"... The class ship "Destruction" (or "Klolode") was
commanded by Commander Koloth in the first Trek novel "Spock Must Die!"--the
same section of the novel interestingly enough says that he first met Kirk
during the Xixobrax Jewelworm affair which refers to a non-Trek short story by
the author James Blish, and Xixobrax (according to this file) is a Klingon
military station located on Korvus VIII where the navigational systems of this
class were built! Korvus, in turn, is a star system located within the Empire
seen on the Internal Arrangement map published in From The Files of Star Fleet
Command which is more popularly seen in Star Trek Maps! Talk about CONTINUITY
--I'd like to see F**A research something out like this! Other Klingon star
names taken from Maps/Files is Kinkuthanza (which originated in Alan Dean
Foster's Star Trek Log 7 novelization of "The Counter Clock Incident": the name
of an immortalized Klingon) and Sif... Kazh is of course the Klingon homeworld
and the different races I've covered in other files, and Ch'Ri'Han the Romulan
homeworld made famous in the Diane Duane novels... The "Klathas" is Commander
Kumara's battlecruiser from Foster's novelizations "The Counter Clock Incident"
and "The Slaver Weapon"... The "Deviser" was Koloth's ship (yes, another one)
from TAS' "More Tribbles, More Troubles"--the Federation Reference Series lists
her as Destroyed here, perhaps justifying his command of the "Destruction" in
"Spock Must Die!" which is likely set after TOS/TAS... The "Hakask" is from the
novel "My Enemy, My Ally" (which gives quite a few "K't'inga" class starships,
most are listed in the FRS' "K't'inga" datafile)... The "Klothos" was Commander
Kor's battlecruiser in "The Time Trap"...
Which brings us to other Treknical references... Most of which referring to the
D7 are really describing the "Raxor" configuration... Including the Star Fleet
Handbook and the excellent Book Of General Plans: D7 Class Battle Cruiser by
Michael McMaster--8 sheets and 1 supplement which give full deck plans of this
D6 warship... For completeness, here's a list of the specifications...
Length Overall: 216.408 m
Width Overall: 152.4 m
Height Overall: 55.28 m
Gross Deadweight Metric Tonnage: 110,000
No. Of Main Propulsion Units: 2
Primary Hull Maximum Width: 48.768 m
Depth: 31.265 m
Length: 42.672 m
Secondary Hull Maximum Depth: 19.2 m
Length: 88.8 m
Main Propulsion Units Distance Apart: 132.2 m
Length Overall: 73.152 m
Major Axis: 17.0 m
Minor Axis: 7.1 m
Boom Maximum Length: 83.8 m
Minimum Width: 5.0 m
Hangar Deck Length: 16.2 m
Standard Ceiling Height Over Deck: 2.38 m
No. Of 6 Person Transporters: 3
No. Of 18 Person Transporters: 1
No. Of 22 Person Transporters: 5
No. Of Cargo Transporters: 2
Cruising Speed: W/F 6
Battle Speed: W/F 7
Armament:
Phaser Banks: 9
Disruptor Banks: 2
Stasis Field Generator - Replaces Primary Hull Phasers When Installed
Ship's Complement (These are Star Fleet equivalents of Klingon offices):
Normal Office
Rank
Command:
K4 Commanding Officer 1
K5 Executive Officer 1
K7 Helmsman 6
S3 Yoeman 5
K6 Chief Navigator 1
K7 Navigation Officer 1
S2 Navigator 9
K7 Ordnance Officer 3
S1 Ordnance Specialist 16
K6 Tactics Chief 1
S1 Tactics Specialist 16
K7 Tactics Officer 2
--
86
Sciences:
K5/K6 Science Officer 1
K7 Ass't Science Officer 1
S2 Scientist 6
S3 Laboratory Technician 66
S3 Yoeman 3
K6 Chief Surgeon 1
K7 Medical Officer 3
S1 Head Nurse 1
S3 Nurse 16
S1 Medic 6
S2 Medical Technician 39
--
145
Engineering:
K6 Chief Engineer 1
K7 Assistant Engineer 1
S1 Engineering Officer 4
S3/S4 Engineering Specialist 25
S4 Mechanician 77
S2 Transporter Specialist 25
S2 Yoeman 2
--
135
Other Offices:
K7 Communications Officer 1
S3 Communications Specialist 9
K6 Chief Of Security 1
K7 Security Officer 1
S1 Security Specialist 38
S2 Security Troops 40
--
90
27 Officers, 427 Crewmen. Total 454
And here's a deck-by-deck summary...
Primary Hull
------------
Deck 0: Special Sensors & Deflectors
Sensor arrays and bridge/turbolift housings topside
Deck 1: Bridge
With turbolift corridor, chart, and communications rooms
Deck 2: Medical Labs
Medical Research Lab, Bio-chemical Lab, and Dentists' Office.
Bridge Emergency Life Support blister is aft.
Deck 3: Sick Bay
Top deck located below the "blister" flanked by port/starboard
Officers Lounges (looking out through the 5-segmented viewports),
Intensive Care, Operating Rooms etc.--aft is Ship's Computer room.
Deck 4: Reception & Offices
5-segmented lateral viewports flank 5-man transporter rooms. Center
occupied by Ship's Computer. Negotiation Room (see in "The Time Trap")
and Briefing Room take up remaining room with Officers Mess astern.
Deck 5: Food Preparation
Manual Food Preparation, Automated Food Preparation (for galley Above),
Small Arms Arsenal, Ceremonies Room.
Deck 6: Main Deck/Officers Recreation
Extends across to Engineering Hull (including boom with turboshafts).
Center features Emergency Bridge and Chart Room. Officers Gym, Inspir-
ational Media Room, Weapons Proficiency Range, and Jungle Tactics Room.
Deck 7: Senior Officers' Quarters
Center is Cloaking Device Room surrounded by Officers Quarters (as seen
in "The Enterprise Incident"). Aft is Emergency Transporter Room.
Deck 8: Junior Officers' Quarters
Arrangement similar to Deck 7 but less luxurious and roomy.
Deck 9: Intelligence Facilities
Forward Surveilance Room, Interrogation Room, Mind Scanner Booths.
Stern consists of Circuit Breaker & Switching Room and Batteries.
Deck 10: Sciences
Lowermost deck's outer shell is Raw Materials Storage. Remainder
consists of Aux. Fire Control, Cosmology Lab, Sensor Monitors etc.
Engineering Hull
----------------
Deck E1: Hangar Deck
Landing bay has 3 landing target/launch tracks and tractor beams, and
port/starboard craft elevators to deck below.
Deck E2: Maintenance
Small craft storage and Maintenance. Bow dominated by Emergency Gen-
erator. Aft consists of Target Drone Storage.
Deck E3: Ships' Guards' Quarters/Engineering
Barracks for Security personnel takes up forward section. Aft section
is Impulse Engineering high-bay with Emergency Reactor, Engineering
Computer Room, and Maintenance Shops.
Deck E4: Engineering/Ships' Personnel
More Crew Barracks. Port and starboard Upper Phaser Bank rooms.
Power Conversion, Waste Water Reconversion, and Impulse Engines.
Deck E5: Battle Sick Bay/Combat Troops' Quarters
Topside of boom houses Fresh Water Storage and Science Labs. Aft
region is Combat Troops Barracks, large-scale Battle Sickbay. All
flanked by Air Conditioning machinery rooms.
Deck E6: Main Deck
Continued from Primary Hull, Water Storage around the boom's access
with the Access Boom's Engines. Crews' Baracks, Ship's Emergency
Computers, Rear Surveillance Room, Ship's Mess. Center dominated by
Batteries and 2nd Class Emergency Bridge (seen in "The Enterprise
Incident"?). Topside of propulsion pylons houses Fuel Processing &
Storage facilities...
Deck E7: Crew Reception/Brig
Security Section & Brig, Elevator Repair Shop, Visicoms, Transporter
Room, Food Fabrication, Crews Gym, Inspirational Media Room, Weapons
Proficiency Range, Ship's Laundry. Pylon hull incorporates Hydrogen
Ramjet scoop, Matter Compression/Sorters, Antimatter Fabrication and
Fuel Storage tanks (for feed to nacelles).
Deck E8: Fabrication/Transporters
Largely consists of Staging Areas for 5 21-person Transporters (seen
in "More Tribbles, More Troubles"?). Bow houses Metallic Fabrication,
Sanitary Waste Recovery, Materials Reclamation, Aux. Fire Control
Rooms and Lower Phaser Banks. Pylon regions house Fabrication and
Raw Materials Storage.
Deck E9: Cargo/Storage Facilities
Cargo holds of all sizes with 2 cargo transporter rooms.
The "Star Fleet Handbook" fully backed up these McMaster prints, mentioning
that the D6 was almost identical in appearance but lacking the power and vers-
atile weaponry of the D7... The Klingonese markings on the side of the original
model translate to D74 (D7, 4th commissioned?)...
This source gives a somewhat different class listing...
Battle Cruisers in the Klingon Imperial Fleet:
Annihilation+
Atropos<
Carnage <<Klothos>>
Conqueror
Destruction<<Klolode>>
Devisor
Exectutioner
Furious
Invincible<<Atropos>>
Kahless
Klathas
Klolode*<
Klothos<
Lachesis<<Havoc>>
Ruthless
Thanatos<<Vengeance>>
Vengeance<
Havoc<
*class vessel
As you can see, I've indicated where the names given in this early class
listing conflict--there're 5 duplicates here! I can only guess that this early
on there were goofs made, and it's far less complete a list than that given in
the Federation Reference Series... Then there's the undocumented Annihilation,
Conqueror, and Ruthless which aren't listed in the FRS D7 class roundup!
Possibly these 3 ships were originally of the earlier D6 and mistakenly listed
here... Speaking of which, McMaster's Size Comparison Chart (the first of its
kind) shows us the "Klingon D7" and "Romulan D6" specs side by side... Briefly,
The D7's tonnage is the standard 110,000 while the D6's 108,000--still within
standard parameters... However, ship's complement on the D6 is only 293, giving
her a Battle Speed of warp 8... Armament on the D6 is LASERS and disruptors
along with the cloaking device--the D7 is given phasers, disruptors, and the
stasis field generator instead of cloak... Possibly the earlier D6s had
lasers instead of phasers? The Cloak vs. Stasis Field is truly variable and I'm
sure that All D7 ships in service have Both systems today...
Anyhow, next time I'll follow it up with a file on the K't'inga class
battle cruiser... Provided that these got out and you guys are
interested in reading about another Klingon warship...