The Duras sisters' Bird-of-Prey was a D12-class Klingon Bird-of-Prey operated by the House of Duras. It was destroyed in 2371 just after inflicting critical damage to the USS Enterprise-D in the Battle of Veridian III. (Star Trek Generations)
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This Bird-of-Prey was commissioned in 2351. (Star Trek Generations)
In 2369, Lursa and B'Etor used the starship to provide Tahna Los with bilitrium. (DS9: "Past Prologue")
In 2370, Lursa and B'Etor used the Bird-of-Prey during their plot to steal magnesite in the Kalla system. (TNG: "Firstborn")
While in orbit of Veridian III, Lursa and B'Etor staged a bold attack on the Enterprise-D in 2371. The Duras sisters had a considerable tactical advantage in knowing the Enterprise's shield frequency, meaning that the Bird-of-Prey was able to render the Enterprise's shields completely ineffective, allowing the Bird-of-Prey to score direct hits. The Bird-of-Prey was destroyed when the crew of the Enterprise exploited a design flaw in the D12-class' plasma coils to force it to cloak and lower its shields in the process. Unfortunately, this proved to be a Pyrrhic victory, as the Bird-of-Prey was able to inflict critical damage to the Enterprise-D before being destroyed, resulting in a warp core breach and the destruction of the Enterprise. (Star Trek Generations)
Klingon Birds-of-Prey | |||
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22nd century: | Unnamed: Duras' • Malik's | Mid 23rd century: | Unnamed |
Late 23rd- 24th century: |
IKS Buruk • IKS Che'Ta' • IKS Ch'Tang • IKS Hegh'ta • IKS Ki'tang • IKS Koraga • IKS Korinar • IKS M'Char • IKS Malpara • IKS Ning'tao • IKS Orantho • IKS Pagh • IKS Rotarran • IKS Slivin • IKS Vorn • IKS Y'tem | ||
Unnamed: Chang's • Duras sisters' • Japar's • K'Temang's • K'Vada's • Kang's • Klaa's • Kruge's ("HMS Bounty") • Lurin's • Trij's |
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It is unknown if the ship seen in the episodes and the movie was the same Bird-of-Prey. Although differences in appearance of the ship's bridge – when comparing TNG: "Firstborn" with Star Trek Generations – suggest that the ship is actually two different vessels, it is also possible that the bridge underwent a radical redesign, as is implied as happening with the HMS Bounty between Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Without direct evidence to confirm either possibility, this article assumes that it was the same starship.
Footage of the Bird-of-Prey being destroyed in Star Trek Generations was re-used from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
The Star Trek Customizable Card Game gives its name as Cha'Joh. (β)
The Star Trek Generations video game calls it the Q'uarath.
The game Star Trek HeroClix: Tactics III names it the IKS Toral.
External link[]
- Cha'Joh at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works