OOC Design History
The Hov qIj was a Klingon battlecruiser, designed for use on STF’s short-lived Klingon ship, the IKS chunDab in Fleet Four. As was not uncommon at the time, the ship was comissioned prior to the specs being approved. The chunDab was finally declared a failure in October of 1998 and decommissioned. The crew was transfered to the new USS Brandywine, a Trafalgar-class ship in the new Fleet Six. The hov qIj was not used again.
HISTORY
On Stardate 96032.3, it was deemed by the Klingon High Council that a new class must be created to deal with the new threat created by the Borg. The council sent this request to the Klingon Engineering Department. The specs were fairly hard to satisfy: first, the new class must be able to withstand a Borg assault, possibly even defeat a Borg Cube if more than one ship present. The council and engineers also decided that the new class shall include the newest cloaking device.
The Engineering Department took these specifications to heart and created the Hov qIj Attack Cruiser. The prototype surpassed even the Council’s expectations. And on Stardate 97011.2 the Council Decided to put the Hov qIj into full production. On Stardate 97080.3 the I.K.C. chunDab was commissioned under the command of Captain Dalk.
DRIVE
The Hov qIj-class is powered by one of the largest Warp Cores ever put on a Klingon Ship of the line. The Ship has a primary and Auxiliary Power Reactors. The Auxiliary Reactor supplies power to the Bridge section should in the event of a catastrophic Warp Core Failure the Bridge be separated from the rest of the ship.
- Optimum Speed: Warp 7
- Cruising Speed: Warp 8
- Maximum Speed:Warp 9.82
WEAPONS
The main weapons of this ship are as follows:
- Disruptors: 14 Turrets
- 2 Bow
- 2 Aft
- 2 Port
- 2 Starboard
- 3 Ventral
- 3 Dorsal
The Turrets are all controlled from a gunnery chair located aft of the Captain’s Chair on the Main Bridge. The Photon Torpedoes are also targeted through the Gunnery Chair. Although the Hov qIj does have a tactical Console its is usually only in use at times when the Ship is not at Red Alert. When the ship is at Red Alert the Tactical Console controls are transferred to the gunnery chair, and the Damage Control assessment board is transferred to either the engineering console or the science console.
- Photon Torpedoes: 7 Launchers
- 4 tubes forward facing
- 3 on the Stern
DEFENSE
Shielding is Standard although unlike most Klingon Ships of the line this one has Primary and Secondary shielding. The primary shields are roughly 1.25 times the strength used on the Enterprise-D,while the secondary shields are only half as strong it was felt this was sufficient to withstand a borg assault.
The Armor on the ship is the Klingon Standard of Reactive armor plate/deflector grid which is designed to dissipate the effects of ship damage.
OTHER
The Hov qIj also incorporates many of the design aspects of the Vor’cha-class, although many of these are now included on the ship instead of as modules. These upgrades are as follows:
A disruptor Cannon is included and is aligned along the keel of the ship to help compensate for recoil. Although this weapon forward firing only it is still very effective against the New Borg threat.
The Hov qIj-class is also equipped with an ECM Generator, that was module for use on the earlier class of warship the Vor’cha-class. The generator can do many things:
- Hampers enemy communication
- Scrambles Sensors
- And even creates false images to confuse enemy craft and outposts.
- The Hov qIj is also equipped with the standard Cloaking Device as used on all Imperial Klingon Vessels.
Unlike most STF vessels, the Hov qIj does not have Emergency force fields to use in case of hull breach. The ship does have however Doors and bulkheads capable of handling any hull breech. These doors are often only shut during a combat situation or if the hull is compromised at any time.
All torpedo tube launchers are removable for ease of service, they can either be removed by a field repair unit or planetary based repair facility.
The ship also has three shuttle bays each containing three shuttles a piece
OTHER SHIPS
Most of these ships are either still under construction or waiting for approval to be built.
- I.K.C. chunDab (launched)
- I.K.C. Hov qIj (Prototype still in service)
- I.K.C. Nk’Cha
- I.K.C. Ar’Kana
- I.K.C. B’Tark
- I.K.C. Targ