These positions included: one pair on the 'head' (one on either 'cheek'), one pair on the vertical structure at the aft end of the ship (one on either side), two pairs on the aft edges of the port and starboard dorsal and ventral wings (one emitter at each location, for a total of four), and one pair at the dorsal apex of the ship. In addition, the warbird was to have a total of ten disruptor emitters, positioned in various locations on the model. ( TNG: ' Contagion', ' Unification II' DS9: ' What You Leave Behind')Īlthough not mentioned on screen, the original Andrew Probert design of the warbird was to have a single torpedo launcher positioned at the upper 'nape' of the ship, at the top foremost position of the upper 'shell'. Three additional weapon arrays were located, one each, along the top of the upper 'neck' support, along the bottom of the lower 'neck' support, and at the tip of the 'nose'. ( DS9: ' The Die is Cast' TNG: ' The Defector', ' Face Of The Enemy', ' Timescape' VOY: ' Message in a Bottle') Some warbirds were also known to have been equipped with phasers. The primary directed energy weapons array of a warbird was located in its 'head' and consisted of a disruptor array, capable of firing both beams and pulses, which also appears to have been shared with a torpedo launcher. As previously noted on the board, I did not design the subsequent ships that ignore my attempt at requirements-for-warp-drive continuity. They are separated to allow the engines to 'see' each other and generate a warp field. He writes, 'The wings were to have had a LOT more substance to them (as seen in my drawing) but was reduced the model. ( TNG: ' The Neutral Zone', etc.)Īndrew Probert, who designed the D'deridex -class warbird, intended for it to have a length of 4,440 feet (1,353 meters). The 'head' featured the bridge, main engineering, and a majority of the primary weapon systems of the vessel. The bulk of the ship's overall size was incorporated in the open-shell, which resembled two separate 'wings' that met at either side at the warp nacelles, at the 'tail' and off the 'neck', which was connected to the 'head' or primary forward hull section. The outboard plan of the warbird's design incorporated a unique, horizontally split 'shell' hull design, with a prominent forward section. Two D'deridex-class warbirds outgunned an Intrepid-class starship in a Starfleet simulation.

These warbirds were roughly twice as long as a Federation Galaxy-class starship with a lower overall maximum warp. Using a forced quantum singularity as a power source and the latest in Romulan cloaking technology, the D'deridex was not only one of the most advanced vessels in the Romulan Star Empire, but also in the Alpha Quadrant.

The D'deridex-class warbird was classified as a battle cruiser by Starfleet. ( ENT: ' Future Tense')Ī cross-section schematic of a D'deridex-class warbird Captain Jonathan Archer and T'Pol scrolled past the schematics in 2152. ( Star Trek: Lower Decks opening title sequences)ĭaniels, a 31st century temporal agent, brought a database with him to the 22nd century that included schematics on the D'deridex-class. The USS Cerritos was present for this conflict, but fled the scene. ( DS9: ' What You Leave Behind')Īt some point circa 2380, ten D'deridex-class warbirds battled six Borg cubes. One is known to have been destroyed and at least five survived. ( DS9: ' The Die is Cast') At least seven warbirds were present in the Federation Alliance fleet at the Battle of Cardassia. The entire fleet was ambushed and destroyed by a fleet of 150 Dominion ships. ( DS9: ' Tears of the Prophets', ' The Changing Face of Evil')įive warbirds were used in the Battle of the Omarion Nebula, joined with fifteen Cardassian Keldon-class cruisers in a combined fleet of twenty ships. The design saw action during the First and Second Battles of Chin'toka, as well as the final showdown of the conflict, the Battle of Cardassia.

Over the next ten years, these warbirds, under the command of both the Romulan military and the Tal Shiar, participated in numerous encounters with Starfleet and the Dominion.īy 2374, they were prominently featured in the Dominion War, where they were instrumental in forcing the Dominion fleets back, time and again.

The uncloaking of a warbird of this type in 2364, during an encounter with the USS Enterprise-D on the edge of the Neutral Zone, signaled the end to fifty-three years of Romulan isolation.

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