K'Vort Class
Name: K'Vort
Craft: Klingon Empire K'Vort-Class Warship
Type: warship
Scale: capital
Length: 323.40 x 335.61 x 140.73 meters
Ship Mass: 2,450,000 metric tons
Starship Size: 7
Skill: capital ship pilot
Autopilot: 3D+1
Crew: 355; Skeleton: 36/+10
Passengers: 1,200
Cargo Capacity: 33,000 metric tons
Consumables: 2 years
Warp Drive: 6 / 9.2 / 9.6 (12 Hours)
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 1D+1
Space: 7.5
Hull: 3D+2
Shields: 2D+2
Sensors
- Passive: 35 / 1D+1
- Scan: 100 / 1D+2
- Search: 140 / 2D+1
- Focus: 10 / 3D
Cloaking Device: while cloaked, +2D+2 Difficulty to detect ship
Weapons
- Fire Arc: 2x 180 degrees forward, 2x 180 degrees aft
Location: 2 starboard "wing," 2 port "wing"
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D+1
Space Range: 1-2/5/15
Firing Modes: Standard, Pulse
Rate of fire: 3
Damage: 4D
- Fire Arc: 1 forward, 1 aft; but are self guided
Location: forward ventral, aft engineering
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D+1
Space Range: 1-15/50/175
Ammunition: 160 Type II Photon Torpedoes total
Spread: 6
Damage: 4D
- Fire Arc: 1 forward, 1 aft
Location: forward ventral, aft ventral
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D+1
Space Range: 1-3/5/10
Rate of fire: 1
Strength: 4D+2
- Fire Arc: Shuttlebay
Location: Shuttlebay
Crew: 1
Scale: Starfighter
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 0D+2
Space Range: 1-3/5/10
Rate of fire: 1
Strength: 3D
Miscellaneous:
- Crew Quarters:
- Barracks: House 1,200 crewmembers
- Spartan: 160
- Basic: 90
- Expanded: 30
- Luxury: 7
- Decks: 10
- Escape Pods: 160
- Capacity per Pod: 4
- Year Commissioned: 2339 (Earth Reckoning)
Transporters
- Personnel: 2
- Range: 40,000 km
- Capacity: 4 persons
- Emergency: 3
- Range: 15,000 km
- Capacity: 16 persons
- Cargo: 2
- Range: 40,000 km
- Capacity: 400 kg
Complement
- Shuttle Craft: 6
- Probes: 40
Description: The K'vort-class (or K'Vort-class) was a type of Klingon Bird-of-Prey light cruiser starship in Imperial Defense Force service in the 24th century. (TNG episode: "Yesterday's Enterprise"; Decipher RPG module: Starships)
The K'Vort was similarly used as a patrol and pursuit craft in the mirror universe, by the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance. By the 2370s, the K'Vort was one of the most common and expendable vessels in Regent Worf's fleet. (DS9 episodes; CCG set: Mirror, Mirror)
The K'vort class was developed out of the highly successful B'rel class, and is essentially just a much larger version of the same design. (ST reference: Starship Spotter)
Despite its success, the class began to fall into obscurity towards the end of the 24th century following the introduction of more advanced cruisers such as the Vor'cha class.
Source:
- Memory Alpha: Klingon Bird-of-Prey
- Memory Beta: K'vort class
- Ship Recognition Manual vol 3 (Spacedock) (pages 60-62)
- thedemonapostle