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[QUOTE]Originally posted by targetemployee: [QB] During the run of the first series, there was no mention given of the Klingons having a cloaking device. Considering the number of times that battle did take place between these two fleets in the original, we would have heard of the Klingons having this device. Contrary to fan opinion, I side with canonicity when it states that the Romulans didn't have warp drive prior to 2269 ("Insurrection"). We know that in 2269 that the Romulans were using Klingon warships equipped with warp drives and cloaking devices. In this deal, what did the Klingons get? I think they got the cloaking device and lessons on how to build a stronger ship. As shown in the first series, Klingon warships weren't really a match to Federation ships. A single scout could be destroyed by a volley of torpodoes ("Errand of Mercy") or a battlecruiser damaged by several well targeted phaser strikes ("Elaan of Troyius"). After suffering horribly in battle, the Klingons needed an advantage in warfare. This advantage was the cloaking device. They could sneak in on an enemy ship and strike the ship before the crew had time to react. As for the Romulans, their ships were no match for Federation starships. They might have been able to travel close to the FTL barrier, but they couldn't do warp. Within a year of the battle at the Neutral Zone, the Romulans were forced to use ten of their warbirds to drive a single starship out of their territory ("The Deadly Years"). So, at a disadvantage, they formed a temporary alliance with the Klingons and learned warp drive. They later abandoned this warp drive system for a more unique and complicated warp system involving the use of singularities. Why didn't the Klingons ask for cloaking technology from the Xytherians? Klingons were able to defend themselves and their worlds. They had the advantage against the humans. No nation in the 2150's could conquer the Klingon nation. So, the canonical evidence points to the Klingons having cloaking technology after 2269. And the Romulans having warp technology after 2269. And, there is evidence of conflict between the two sides in the words of the Klingon commander in ST 3. He specifically states that negotiators of his nation and that of the Federation are working on a peace treaty. A peace treaty is usually discussed after a period of intense, bloody conflict. And I just remembered somthing else-we do have the earliest known ship to have cloaking technology in the Klingon fleet. In that 7th season episode of Voyager with the religious Klingons, a D-7 from 2275 used a cloak to hide itself from the sensors of the [i]USS Voyager NCC-74656[/i]. We know that the [i]IKS Amar[/i] didn't use cloak in 2273 when she and two sister ships engaged V'Ger based on visual evidence of the battle. So, between 2273 and 2275, Klingons first employed the cloaking device on selected ships. This narrows the window for the Battle of Caleb V to 10 years (2275-2285). [/QB][/QUOTE]
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