Pakled Clumpship

A Pakled Clumpship was an enhanced starship utilized by Pakled rebels during the 2380s, with the assistance of the rogue Klingon officer Captain Dorg. (LD: "wej Duj") These vessels began as Mondor-type craft, but were heavily fortified with new stolen or salvaged components. (LD: "No Small Parts", et al.)

History[]

By 2380, the Pakleds had stolen or acquired enough ship parts to be able to retrofit their ships into formidable foes. These ships contained components from such species as the Romulans, Klingons, Ferengi, Bajorans, and Arkonians.

Technical data[]

Pakled Clumpships were equipped with warp drive. (LD: "No Small Parts")

Another ship, captained by Jackabog, had weapons, including multiple phasers, from over thirty different species, and proved to be far superior to a California-class starship.

These ships were also equipped with mining arms, which were used to snare other ships, as well as tear those ships apart for salvage. These arms were strong enough to tear a nacelle off a ship, which would result in an unsurvivable explosion were the ship to attempt to jump to warp.

However, the need to arbitrarily integrate disparate, potentially incompatible systems meant that computer security was out of the question because it might prevent a stolen system from working. This left Clumpships with a significant Achilles' heel – any kind of computer virus would run rampant on a Clumpship's systems unchecked, with no way to mitigate the effects, something a vessel under attack could easily exploit. The transporters also appeared to be sluggish due to strain on the computers caused by the random systems, allowing any crew under attack to escape a boarding party before they were fully beamed in. (LD: "No Small Parts")

Early Clumpships encountered by the Federation had a variable configuration due to their cobbled-together nature, with the only consistently-configured part being the Mondor-type craft at the heart of the vessel. However, by 2381, designers had managed to standardize the configuration. (LD: "No Small Parts", "The Spy Humongous", "wej Duj")