Two (cloaked) Klingon bird-of-preys have tracked the Cardassian ship since it left Dominion space. They've been trailing it consistently, but have at times lost it from sensors and picked it up again.
This'll give me two Klingon ships to play with instead of just one.
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I don't know if anyone mentioned, but the Hood in WWII was a battlecruiser. About the same size of the Bismarck, but faster and with lighter armor.
We've seen the Hood in TNG many times, depicted as an Excelsior class vessel. Now, unless we get some verification on whether or not it was destroyed yet, don't get your stomach in knots.
To make a comparable story to the Bismarck in WWII, the Hood, or whatever the name the unfortunate victim has, would have to be a Sovereign class ship. Galaxy would be the next best bet.
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The Hood was commissioned in 1920, making it an aged veteran by the time of -41. The Excelsior could easily have been regarded a battlecruiser or Heavy BC, when compared to the Constitution, the best ship at the time. Remember that Kruge's people called the Connie a battlecruiser. I'm all for it.
Besides, the Valiant gave the Dommie-BC a handful, and the Lakota almost trashed the Defiant. I think the Hood with refits could prove a fair lady.
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The 'Hood' (the Excelsior-Class 'Hood' that is) was seen in the 6th season finale ... the name forgets me, but it was the battle for Chin'toka system. This story takes place sometime AFTER that, but before the end of the war ...
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Crew Names? Got a million of 'em. When I roleplay, I like to create names for my entire ship's complement... just so I can give it a personal touch during battle casualty reports and such. I'd advise throwing in some aliens, coz mostly you can make 'em sound like anything you want.
Lt. April Bogdanski Cmdr. Christopher Hails Ens. Michael Gulley Lt. Cmdr. Sobek (Vulcan) Lt. Kolax Ivari (Andorian) Ens Sarah Kovaine (Human/Andorian) Lt. Khlu'les (Klingon) (YES, it does sound like 'Clueless.') Captain T'Pram (Another Vulcan) Captain Daniel Shevok (Vulcan/Human) Commander Grunnut (Tellarite)
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The name Ark Royal doesn't fit with an Andorian ship or crew members. The name should stay with a Starfleet or Federation ship.
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I think he means he's considering giving it a name other than ARK ROYAL, since yes, an Andorian name would be far more appropriate for an Andorian Defense Forces ship.
Some Andorian starship names (from the LUG RPG manual "Among the Clans"):
I didn't mean to imply that the Andorian-ship would be named ARK ROYAL, but since that was the name I was giving to (oh, ok, Shik suggested the name, so I need to credit him there) the Starfleet ship, I was just using it to stand in for the name of an Andorian ship.
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The Excelsior-Class 'Hood' is damaged enough that the ship will be laid up in a drydock for quite a bit of time. Newly promoted Rear-Admiral (LH) (or Commodore?) Robert Desoto ("Tin Man") has taken a Sovereign- (or other newer class starship) as his flagship. Using Admiral's discretion, he has renamed it the 'Hood' (very easy to do, considering the other ship is in drydock)
Meanwhile, two Klingon bird-of-preys have tracked a new class of Cardassian super-battleship leaving Dominion space. Covertly, they have followed, and contact Starfleet, which orders Desoto to intercept and destroy the super-Battleship.
The new 'Hood' and escort Juno-Class 'Pancho Villa' engage the super-battleship: the 'Hood' is quickly destroyed, and only with luck is the 'Villa' able to escape.
Meanwhile, the two BOPs have lost the trail, but a third is able to detect it, and follow it long enough to determine a course heading towards one of nine key systems/starbases/etcetra in deep Federation territory ... (and not only does Starfleet not have enough forces in the area to protect all these key places, they're thinking they'll need four or five ships to stop the thing, so they've really only got enough resources to defend one area)
Which is bad news, b/c Starfleet has most of her forces along the borders of her space. The forces guarding the Andorian system are already stretched very thin, but the Andorian/Starfleet Joint Command dispatches a Tishratin-Class Battlecruiser commanded by Gen. Kolax Avari.
Meanwhile, all three bird-of-preys are ALSO on the hunt for the Cardassian super-Battlecruiser (this is going on WAY TOO dangerously close to the Klingon border for Martok's ease, and also because, hey, their Klingons ...)
Starfleet dispatches the Sovereign-Class SEGUR, which has recently finished minor repairs in the area. The SEGUR is commanded by Commander Michelle Dasz, who has taken command following the captain's death in combat (Dasz hopes that if she is successful she will be promoted to captain and given permanent command of the SEGUR)
Also dispatched is the Galaxy-Class ARK ROYAL, commanded by Cpt. Kovaine ... also an Andorian (which can put him in a compromising position ... his loyalty to Starfleet over his loyalty to seeing an Andorian ship bring down a ship Starfleet can't)
Also, Commander al-Hamad (I've got his name written down somewhere), the CO of the 'Pancho Villa' has disregarded Starfleet orders to bring his ship in for repairs, and intends to hunt down the Battleship on his own.
From a Federation Intelligence post, a civilian Tellerite named ???? helps the search by providing details on sightings of the ship, and by providing the crews with info Federation Allied spies have been able to gather regarding the ship itself.
So ... we've got a somewhat inexperienced CO (Dasz), a CO who might be more loyal to the Andorian ship than to Starfleet (the Ark Royal's CO), three Klingons, a Tellerite providing assistance (I'm sure the Andorians will love that), and a semi-suicidal CO intent on destroying the thing himself ('Villa''s CO)
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It's "Ivari." Andorians are finiky about you getting their clan names right. Oh, and "Kolax" means, in Andorian, "Heart of Ice." That might give you some ideas...
Kolax will be happy to be promoted, since in my RPG, he's just a Lieutenant Security Officer.
*blinks*
I'm talking about a made up character as if he were real. I need a vacation.
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Well for christ sake!!! We sit here talking about different levels of canon 'til our ears bleed. SCIENCE-FICTION IS THE BLEEDING OPPOSITE TO BEING CANONICAL!!!
We can't go down that road, First!!! The moment we turn our backs at the fiction is the moment we cease being Trekkers!!!
Now you must watch three Harry Mudd-episodes and like it. Call me in the morning if it gets worse.
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Regarding the battle to Sink the Bismarck: Does anyone know if the Prince of Wales was involved in that sinking? The Prince of Wales was of the same class as the Hood.
If yes, then you can use the Sovereign and Galaxy class ships that destroyed the Cardassian Supership.
If no, then to make it comparable, the strike force will have to consist of a combination of Excelsiors, Mirandas, Steamrunners, Sabres, Akiras, and maybe a Defiant.
There were two key things that helped the Allies sink the Bismarck. The first was a direct torpedo hit to the front of the ship. This created a hole in the Bismarck's oil reservoirs. Thus the Bismarck was leaking a trail of oil which was constantly being tracked by the allies. The second was a direct torpedo hit to the ships rudder. As it turns out, the rudder was the Bismarck's Achilles heel, during it's attempts to evade the allies, the torpedo struck the rudder, and the ship's heading was frozen: right into the allies who were pursuing her.
Comparable possibilities: Klingon BoP's make attack runs on the Bismarck. The first time, they are able to make a direct hit on a vital plasma conduit. The Achilles heel would be the navigational system. Torpedo hits to the bridge might do the trick.
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