Wasn't there a D7 in ENT: "Unexpected"? Or am I misremembering?
And the ship in VOY: "Prophecy" is listed on both this page and K't'inga class. Which is it? -- Steve 20:01, 8 Dec 2004 (CET)
- Both -- the term D7 class is a misnomer -- the D-7 is actually the design, which both the D7 class and the K't'inga class belong to, variants of the same design. (Just as the B'rel class and K'Vort class are both Birds-of-Prey, and some are D-12s) -- Captain Mike K. Bartel 20:07, 8 Dec 2004 (CET)
- As K't'inga class cruisers are still in service at the time this episode is set, I believe the ship is a D7 class cruiser, not K't'inga class. --Defiant | Talk 11:12, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Whether or not it is decommissioned is irrelevant if the class was misidentified. Therefore, obviously any corresponding speculative data about being retired is going to be wrong to. It is a K't'inga, as that was the model blatantly used by the VFX group, as well, there is a statement that was made by Mike Sussman explaining the error in the script (it's all in the link). That by no means, is any sort of "some fans believe" speculation as is now posted in the article. Adding comments about D7 variations is purely speculative, whereas this should be treated as an obvious technical error by the writers/vfx and should be explained as such, as it more or less previously was. --Gvsualan 15:21, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I agree with Capt. Mike. The terms D-7 class and K't'inga-class are interchangeable. Does that really contradict Paris' line in "Prophecy"? Not necessarily. IIRC we never saw any K't'ingas in active duty in the 24th century until "The Way of the Warrior". So it's possible that the Klingons really decommissioned that class decades ago, but recommissioned and refitted them in 2372/2373 to support their war plans.