Unnamed D7 class starships

List of unnamed Klingon and Romulan starships of the D7-class.

By commander

• Kang's battle cruiser
• Kohlar's battle cruiser
• Kuri's battle cruiser
• L'Rell's battle cruiser
• Tal's flagship

By year

Interceptor near Organia

D7 firing a magnetic pulse

In 2267, this warship was sent to Organia by the Klingon Empire as a prelude to the invasion of that planet. On stardate 3198, the vessel intercepted and attacked the USS Enterprise upon entering the Organian's star system.

After being hit by an unprovoked bombardment of magnetic pulses, the Enterprise returned phaser blasts, completely destroying the Klingon vessel. (TOS-R: "Errand of Mercy")

This was the first Klingon space vessel ever mentioned on Star Trek. While unseen during the original broadcast of "Errand of Mercy," it was later established as a D7-class warship in the 2007 remastering of the episode.

The English script in the Klingon language edition of the comic "Against Their Nature" establishes this ship as the IKS Vortha

, a ship of a class of Klingon scout vessels, similar in design to the D7-class but about one third the size.

External link

• IKS Vortha at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

Klingon invasion fleet

Enterprise faces off against the Klingon fleet

Following the declaration of war between the Klingon Empire and the Federation, the Klingon fleet was spotted in the quadrant near Organia by Unit XY-75847.

Soon after, eight Klingon space vehicles, led by Commander Kor, engaged the USS Enterprise, driving it away from the system before they assumed orbit around the planet to deploy their invasion forces.

The two fleets were later prepared to engage each other outside of Organia, but were stopped by the Organians, who made all instruments of violence on both of the star fleets radiate a temperature of 350 degrees, effectively ending the battle before it began. (TOS-R: "Errand of Mercy")

This fleet was unseen in the original broadcast, but was established as being comprised of D7-class warships in the 2007 remastering of the episode.

Confrontation near Capella IV

A Klingon scout ship at extreme visual range

This warship utilized by the Klingon Empire during the 2260s.

In 2267 this ship transported Kras to Capella IV, so that the Klingon agent could acquire the rare mineral found there called topaline. Kras described the vessel to James T. Kirk as "a small scout ship."

The ship later lured the USS Enterprise away from the Capellan homeworld in an attempt to bolster Kras' position during negotiations, by first relaying false distress calls from the SS Dierdre and USS Carolina. When the Enterprise returned to Capella IV, the warship attempted a brief stand-off, but ultimately yielded. (TOS-R: "Friday's Child")

Original appearance

In the original broadcast of this episode, the exact classification of this vessel was obscure. Kras identified his ship as "a small scout ship," but the ship encountered by the Enterprise, which may or may not have been the same vessel, was identified by Pavel Chekov as a "Klingon warship" and was referred to in the false distress calls sent by the Klingons as a "Klingon vessel."

In the 2007 remastered release of this episode, the ship was recreated as a D7-class warship. According to Mike Okuda, "The story situation required the ship to be very small on the screen, and we wanted it to be recognizable as a familiar Klingon ship. Small changes to the design would not have been noticeable, and larger changes could run the risk making the ship unrecognizable, especially since we only saw it for a few moments."

In recalling the original appearance, the script refers to the visual as "a throbbing point of light pinpoints the Klingon vessel. (Similar effect as used in "Mudd's Women".)" and "the pulsing light that marks the Klingon vessel." Visually, this effect appeared as a flat shape with some sort of "handle" affixed to it.

Encounter at Neural

Klingon vessel in orbit of Neural

This vessel carried Krell to the planet Neural in 2267.

The vessel was detected by the Enterprise arriving at Neural just as the Enterprise landing party was beaming up to the Enterprise. Because the Enterprise was on the far side of the planet, the Klingon vessel did not spot the Federation ship, which was confirmed when the Klingon's routine message to their home base made no mention of Enterprise. To prevent detection by the ship, the Enterprise maintained radio silence, and after beaming a second landing party down, it left orbit to hide from the Klingon vessel until the Enterprise landing party could complete its mission. (TOS-R: "A Private Little War")

This vessel was merely mentioned in the original version of the episode and remained unseen until its appearance in 2008 as the recurring D7 CGI model, for what was its final Star Trek remastered television appearance.

Pursuit in the Tellun system

Pursuing battle cruiser

In 2268 this Klingon battle cruiser, working in conjunction with Kryton, attempted to destroy the USS Enterprise while it traveled through the Tellun system.

After Kryton sabotaged the warp drive of the Enterprise, it was the job of the battle cruiser to strafe the Federation starship in order to persuade it into engaging its warp drive and destroy the ship.

The ship was ultimately outmaneuvered by the Enterprise and limped back to Klingon territory. (TOS-R: "Elaan of Troyius")

This episode was the earliest in the original run of the series to be filmed using the "D7" studio model. However, it was not the first appearance of the ship on the air, as "The Enterprise Incident" (see below), an episode produced after "Elaan of Troyius", originally aired in September 1968, while "Elaan of Troyius" would not air until December of that same year.

All appearances of this type of ship in the remastered series before "Elaan of Troyius"—which aired prior to "The Enterprise Incident" in the inaugural run of the remastered series—represent new scenes added using a computer-generated model. None of those episodes featured this type of ship or its model in their originally-aired versions. (A similar addition was made for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations"; much of the episode takes place during the events of "The Trouble with Tribbles", but that episode as originally aired never showed the Klingon ship described within it, and a new scene was created for the Deep Space Nine episode featuring a computer-generated model.)

Capture of the Enterprise

Romulan D7s

In late 2268, this Romulan vessel joined Tal's flagship and a Bird-of-Prey in the capture of the USS Enterprise after it crossed into Romulan Neutral Zone.

They would eventually be outmaneuvered by the Enterprise after it engaged a cloaking device stolen from the Romulan flagship. (TOS-R: "The Enterprise Incident")

Original appearance

In the original broadcast, all three Romulan ships were of the "D7" type and were represented by the same studio model. In the remastered version of the episode, the Romulan Bird-of-Prey replaced one of these ships, and the Romulan D7s sported markings on their ventral hulls in the image of birds – resembling the markings on the Romulan Bird-of-Prey – that were not present in the original broadcast.

As "The Enterprise Incident" aired before "Elaan of Troyius" (the first episode produced using the "D7" studio model) during the original run of the series, "The Enterprise Incident" featured the first on-air appearance of this type of ship.

Encounter en route to Rator III

Two battle cruisers approach the Enterprise

In 2269, two Romulan battle cruisers intercepted the USS Enterprise en route to Rator III, as the Federation starship violated the Neutral Zone.

During a brief engagement, the Enterprise disabled the propulsion units of the lead cruiser, and the power supply of the second cruiser, leaving the crew unharmed. Following the engagement the Romulan cruisers to moved off, the latter, according to Spock needed several days to complete repairs. (TAS: "The Survivor")

Mousetrap in the Delta Triangle

Kuri's battle cruiser and a second cruiser

Later in 2269, these Klingon battle cruisers, including the IKS Klothos, were involved in a mouse trap maneuver against the USS Enterprise in the Delta Triangle.

The commander of the lead sister ship was Commander Kuri, who contacted the Enterprise after witnessing what he believed to be the destruction of the Klothos, demanding their surrender.

After refusing to surrender, the two sister ships fired on the Enterprise, only to lose it from their sensors after it entered the region of space known as Elysia. (TAS: "The Time Trap")

Ambush of the Enterprise near neutral zone

Three D7s prepare for an ambush

In 2270, three Romulan warships ambushed the Enterprise from behind a type 4 asteroid, just outside the Romulan Neutral Zone.

They later pursued the Federation vessel deep into Federation space before retreating after failing to capture the ship. (TAS: "The Practical Joker")

Outmaneuvering the Enterprise

The Klingon fleet attacking Enterprise

According to an anything but canon account, these six battle cruisers hopelessly outnumbered and outmaneuvered the USS Enterprise, all because the commanding officer couldn't efficiently command his ship due to the inadvertent misuse of figures of speech that offended his bridge crew. As a result, the ship exploded. (VST: "Skin a Cat")

Surprise attack on the Enterprise

Klingon fleet attacking Enterprise

According to an anything but canon account, on the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: The Animated Series, these six battle cruisers attacked the USS Enterprise during a Post-Mainframe Acid-Cardassian Ten Forwardcore performance on the bridge. D'Vana Tendi determined that the attack was not part of the song following an explosion on the bridge. (VST: "Walk, Don't Run")

Vulcan museum piece

On display

This battle cruiser was on display at a Vulcan museum on Vulcan in 2380. (LD: "Veritas")