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Klingon Bird of Prey Possibly the strangest ship in all of Star
Trek history, the Klingon Bird of Prey is one of the most
commonly seen Klingon vessels - yet it was originally meant to
be a Romulan ship! As the Encyclopedia explains... 'The bird-of-
prey was originally established to be Romulan in 'Balance of
Terror' (TOS). An early draft of Star Trek III had Commander
Kruge stealing a Romulan ship for his quest against Kirk. The
Romulan connection was dropped in later drafts, but the ship
somehow remained a Bird of Prey.' (3rd edition, 'Klingon bird-
of-prey', p244) Despite this convoluted introduction, the ship
would subsequently become virtually the definitive Klingon
design. In common with almost every other Klingon ship seen it
has the twin hull configuration, with a forward 'head'
containing the command centre and a torpedo launcher, an aft
engineering hull connected to the head by a t