D'valek Class
Name: D'valek
Craft: Romulan Star Empire D'valek-Class Swift Warbird
Type: warbrid
Scale: capital
Length: 822.35 x 753.77 x 303.46 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 1,450; Skeleton: 145/+10
Passengers: 5,513
Cargo Capacity: 100,000 metric tons
Consumables: 3 years
Warp Drive: 6 / 9.2 / 9.6 (12 Hours)
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D+1
Space: 9
Defenses:
- Hull: 6D+2
- Structural Integrity Field: 4D+2
- Shields: 6D+1
- Back-up Shields: 1D+1
Sensors
- Passive: 45/2D+2
- Scan: 135/3D+1
- Search: 190/4D
- Focus: 15/4D+2
Weapons
- 6 Valkor Disruptor Arrays
- Fire Arc: 2 forward, 1 starboard, 1 port, 1 ventral, 1 aft
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D standard; 2D pulse
Space Range: 1-15/50/150
Rate of fire: 5
Damage: 8D+2 standard; 9D+2 pulse
- High Yield Torpedo Launcher
- Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 5D- Type II Photon Torpedoes
- Space Range: 1-175/750/2,025
Ammo: 200
Rate of fire: 10
Damage: 6D+2
- Space Range: 1-175/750/2,025
- Class XIV Plasma Torpedoes (See Notes)
- Space Range: 1-15/165/315
Ammo: 100
Rate of fire: 1
Damage: 20D / 13D+1 / 6D+2
- Space Range: 1-15/165/315
- 6 Tractor Beams
- Fire Arc: 2 forward, 2 aft, 2 in the shuttlebays
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+1
Space Range: 1-3/5/10
Rate of fire: 1
Damage: 4D (forward, aft); 2D (shuttlebays)
Gear:
- Auto Pilot: Sensors: 4D; Capital Ship Pilot: 3D; Capital Ship Shields: 3D; Communications: 3D; Command: 2D; Capital Ship Gunnery: 5D
- Auxiliary Power: 6 reactors @ 1D+2
- Computer Cores: 3
- Computer Programming Bonus: +2D
- Astrogation Bonus: +2D
- Cloaking Device: +37 difficulty to detect ship while cloaked. No shields and no weapons.
- Decks: 67
- Maximum Life Support: 19,000
- Medical Facilities: 8
- First Aid Bonus: +2D
- Science Labs: 23
- Secondary Structural Integrity Field: 1D+1
- Tertiary Structural Integrity Field: 1D+1
Transporters
- Personnel: 4
- Range: 40,000 km
- Capacity: 6 persons
- Emergency: 4
- Range: 15,000 km
- Capacity: 20 persons
- Cargo: 4
- Range: 40,000 km
- Capacity: 400 kg
Complement
- Shuttle Craft: 30
- Probes: 60
- Escape Pods: 240
- Capacity: 8 persons per pod
- Captain's Yacht: yes
Notes:
- Class XIV Plasma Torpedoes: These torpedoes deteriorate over distance. Reduce damage by 2 pips for every 15 space range (30 km atmosphere).
Description: The D'valek-class was a type of swift warbird that saw service with the Romulan Star Empire during the 24th century. The class entered service in 2368. (Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 3: Ships of the Klingon Empire; The Dominion War Sourcebook: The Fires of Armageddon)
Developed in the 2360s using many of the specifications from the D'deridex-class the D'valek resembles its larger cousin with the principle differences being the lack of ventral superstructure between the nacelles and that the wing pylons sweep forwards more sharply.
The D'valek was a fast and maneuverable craft despite its size. It had a high standard and maximum warp speed but was not able to maintain its maximum warp as long as the D'deridex. It is also heavily armed and shielded.
The class was initially designed as a support vessel for the enormous S'varen-class dreadnought. After the S'varen design was cancelled the class was shifted to perimeter defense and rapid response role. Many served in the fleets the Romulan Star Navy assigned to defend its core worlds. (Ship Recognition Manual, Volume 5: Starships of the Romulan Star Empire)
Source:
- Ship Recognition Manual vol 5(Spacedock) (pages 22-24)
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