I was looking at the blueprints for the Motion Picture, and they have the K'tinga class designated Drell-4 or D-4. Can we assume that these vessels are uprated versions of an older class of ship than those we saw in TOS, the D-7s? The dimensions are smaller, and there are proportional differences as well, but that could be part of the upgrade.
Posted by Starship Freak (Member # 293) on :
Could you scan some nice, big pics of the ships?
Posted by Sargon (Member # 1090) on :
Yeah, but I can't upload until my 250th post. Bummer. Sadness.
Posted by Futurama Guy (Member # 968) on :
however, you can email them to someone who can, or upload them to a personal site and link the link....
Posted by Triton (Member # 1043) on :
In the novelization by Gene Roddenberry, er Alan Dean Foster, the K'tinga is supposed to be a new Klingon heavy cruiser class and one of the reasons why the Enterpriseis being uprated because of the new threat this class poses to the Federation.
I never understood what Drell-4 meant on the blueprints by David Kimbel. Does it really mean that the K'tingais D-4 Klingon heavy cruiser? If so, it would mean that the D designations are not chronological because the novelization is clear that these were the newest and most powerful Klingon ships. The Klingons sent their best to intercept V'ger, and its shocking and worrisome to Kirk that V'ger could annihilate these starships so quickly.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Incidently, I was always under the impression, from the film, that the Klingon ships had encountered V'ger while on patrol, not that they had been sent out specifically to intercept it. But it seems either interpretation works.
Posted by djewell (Member # 1111) on :
^^^ Me too. Maybe the Klingons go in reverse order (D-10, 1-9...) They are aliens after all.
Posted by Triton (Member # 1043) on :
I also seem to remember reading that the Klingon's deployed the K'tinga-class in groups of three or more starships that were called "wolfpacks". I guess this was the Federation designation for them, much like the German U-boats hunted in "wolfpacks" during the Battle of the Atlantic during WW II. That information must come from the David Kimbel blueprints. Unfortunately, I haven't seen the blueprints for years.