D5 class starship - Definition and Overview

The D5 class was a make of starship used in the Star Trek fictional universe by the Klingon Empire space navy during the 22nd century. It was easily superior in speed and firepower to the NX ships in use by Earth during the same era. The D5 was built according to the basic Klingon battlecruiser shape: a small primary hull at the forefront attached to the larger engineering hull by a long, horizontal boom, an impulse drive module supported above the secondary hull at the aft end, and two back-set warp engines held by two downward-angled pylons. The D5 is distinguishable from its ancestor, the D7, by its (proportionally) larger, longer, less spherical primary hull, non-forward-angled engine pylons, and larger, tapered nacelles.

Specifications

• Production facility: Unknown
• Type: Battlecruiser
• Dimensions: Unknown
• Accommodation: Unknown
• Propulsion:
  • One or more impulse engines
  • One or more power sources, likely matter/antimatter-reaction-based, powering two warp engines
• Performance: Warp 6 (Cochrane scale; approximately warp 5, new scale)
• Weaponry:
  • One or more disruptor cannon
  • One or more torpedo launchers
• Defenses:
  • Hull plating
  • Possibly other defenses
• Auxiliary vessels: Unknown

Known D5s

• The BortaS
• The Klothos

External links

• "Klingon Ship Classes" at Ex Astris Scientia (http://ex-astris-scientia.org/schematics/klingon_ships.htm) - As of this writing, the D5 is the fourth down
• "The Everlasting Klingon Battlecruiser" at Ex Astris Scientia (http://ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/klingon-battlecruiser.htm)