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...plus locating shuttlebays on other klingon ships seem rather hard too. Katinga, BOP, etc....
Where do the klingons keep their shuttlesbays? And also, where are their escape pods and how are they placed throughout the ship?[By that I mean there's no clear markings on the hull indicating their presence like on Fed ships]
Just can't find them...eeek
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It seems likely to me that things like shuttlebays and escape pods on Klingon ships would be covered by armored plates like they are on the Defiant. There may not be any exterior evidence of these things.
However, I think the 7th season DS9 episode where Ezri goes looking for Worf's escape pod in the badlands gives a BOP schematic which shows the location of its escape pods.
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I think it was the episode "Penumbra." It was at least one of the early Final Chapter episodes. If remember right, the escape pods were on either side of the neck according to the diagram Ezri was looking at. Either way, I agree with Aban Rune. The openings are probably concealed with armor plating to stiffen up what could be a very fatal weak point in the ship's structure.
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There's no canon evidence that Klingons even use shuttles aboard their ships. The only Klingon shuttle we've seen was the Toron class, and that was a stand-alone shuttle, not launched from a mothership.
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Hmmm... One would think there would be no escape pods on a Klingon ship since to die in battle is one of the greatest honors, and that it would also also bring great honor to one's family.
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Klingons are brave -- not stupid.. theyll hop in an escape pod if they need to
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I think they were on the neck too. It was the unrecovered pod that was "closest to the bridge."
The grey "hump" vents on the BOPs....Hmmm...On the model I have, the grooves interlace which would seem to indicate that that is where the articulation occurs when the wings move up and down. But, I suppose there's room in there for those structures to have a function as well.
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Actually, wasn't there something written somewhere that said the front section of the Vor'cha could seperate much like the nose of the Defiant was postulated to?
Anyway, I'd bet the Klingon ships did have escape pods. Where's the honor in sitting on the ship to die while the warp core's breaching or the the ship's heading into a quantum slipstream? As to the evacuating to escape a battle, would there not be some honor in staying alive to avenge your fallen comrades and fallen ship in a rematch? Just something else to think about...
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yeah not all starship deaths are caused in battle. Klingons believe in escaping to fight another day.
And a space anomaly that swallows a cruiser and its crew while they sit helpless when they could have 'fought the forces of nature' and escaped, is simply a waste of brave warriors.
Besides, senseless death isnt their way.. honorable is.. they arent simply fighting machines that do everything with no question.
Besides who said the proverb 'Only a fool fights in a burning house' and passed it off as Klingon. how about 'losing a battle to save an empire' retreat is an option for Klingons, when honor is satisfied
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