Stormbird Class

Name: Stormbird
Craft: Romulan Star Empire D7-Class Battle Cruiser
Type: Cruiser / Scout
Scale: capital
Length: 209.87 x 147.36 x 55.12 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 400; Skeleton: 40/+10
Passengers: 135
Cargo Capacity: 3,000 mertic tons
Consumables: 1 year
Warp Drive: 5 / 6 / 7.5 (12 Hours)
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D+2
Space: 6.25
Hull: 3D+2
Shields: 1D+2
Sensors

• Passive: 40 / 2D+2
• Scan: 120 / 3D+1
• Search: 150 / 4D
• Focus: 5 / 4D+2

Weapons

• 3 Type V Disruptors

Fire Arc: 120 degrees forward
Location: forward module, starboard pylon, port pylon
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-15/50/150
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, Wide-Beam
Rate of fire: 2
Damage: 4D

• Photon Torpedo Launcher

Fire Arc: forward; but are self guided
Location: forward
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D+2
Space Range: 1-50/200/375
Ammunition: 20 Type I Photon Torpedoes total
Spread: 3
Damage: 5D+1

• 2 Class Beta Tractor Beams

Fire Arc: 1 forward, 1 aft
Location: forward ventral, aft ventral
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-4/7/10
Rate of fire: 1
Strength: 7D

• Class Alpha Tractor Beam

Fire Arc: Shuttlebay
Location: Shuttlebay
Crew: 1
Scale: Starfighter
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-4/7/10
Rate of fire: 1
Strength: 6D+2

Miscellaneous:

• Auxiliary Power: 2 reactors @ 1D+2 each
• Computer Systems: 1

• Communications Bonus: +1D

• Navigational Computers: Class 1
  • Backup Nav Computers: 2

• Cargo

• Cargo Holds: 3,000 cubic meters
• Cargo Locations: 6 locations throughout ship

• Cloaking Device: Class 7
• Crew Quarters:

• Barracks: House 360 crewmembers
• Spartan: 100

• Decks: 12
• Escape Pods: 120

• Capacity per Pod: 4

• Flight Control System: 2D+1
• Hull: 3D+2

• Base Structure: 1D
• Outer Hull: 1D+1
• Inner Hull: 1D+1

• Maximum Life Support: 2,900
• Medical Facilities: 4
• Starship Size: 5
• Propulsion Systems:

• Impulse Engine: Class 3A
• Max Impulse: 25
• Max Speed: 75

• Science Labs: 7

• Scientific Skill Bonus: +1D

• Sensors:

• Lateral Sensors: Class 6

• Gain Package: Class Alpha

• Navigational Sensors: Class 6

• Gain Package: Class Alpha

• Long-Range Sensors: Class 6

• Gain Package: Class Alpha

• Range Package: Mrk VIII

• Shields: 1D+2

• Shield Threshold: 0D+1
• Shield Generator: Class 2
• Shield Grid: Type A
• Shield Generators: 4
• Recharging System: Class 0 (60 seconds)

• Ship Mass: 436,000 metric tons
• Structural Integrity Field: 1D+2 / 2D+2

• Secondary Structural Integrity Field: 0D+2
• Tertiary Structural Integrity Field: 0D+2

• Year Commissioned: 2267 (Earth Reckoning)

Transporters

• Personnel: 4

• Range: 20,000 km
• Capacity: 6 persons

• Emergency: 4

• Range: 8,000 km
• Capacity: 22 persons

• Cargo: 6

• Range: 18,000 km
• Capacity: 200 kg

Complement

• Shuttle Craft: 2
• Probes: 30

Description: The D7 class battlecruiser was a type of warship designed and built by the Klingon Empire during the mid 23rd century. Many also entered the service of the Romulan Star Empire following the formation of a Klingon-Romulan alliance in the 2260s. (TOS episodes: "Elaan of Troyius", "The Enterprise Incident", "Day of the Dove"; WizKids module: Attack Wing)

History

The D7-class was the next step in Klingon battlecruiser design, its form being a development of the earlier D4 class. The first prototypes entered service as early as 2151 (ENT episode: "Unexpected")

By the mid 23rd century the class had become the mainstay of the fleet. Following the formation of a Klingon-Romulan alliance in the 2260s, many D7s entered service in the Romulan Star Empire as Stormbird-class cruisers. (TOS episode: "The Enterprise Incident," FASA RPG module: The Romulans: Star Fleet Intelligence Manual).

A variant of this cruiser was the D7-A, which saw use as early as 2269. (FASA RPG: Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update).

A significant class variant was the D7-M or K't'inga-class. (FASA RPG: Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update).

In 2272, several D7-class ships were among the Klingon vessels assimilated by the Borg, who were manipulated by the rogue Vulcan scientist T'Uerell while she was allied with the Klingons. These assimilated Klingon ships engaged Starfleet in battle, during Admiral James T. Kirk's efforts to thwart T'Uerell's plans, and were destroyed. (ST video game: Legacy (game))

Source:

• Memory Alpha: D7 class
• Memory Beta: D7 class
• Ship Recognition Manual vol 4 (Spacedock) (pages 90-92)
• thedemonapostle