<div class="floatleft">(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/1/16/IKS_Amar.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090525062806&amp;path-prefix=en)</div><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Star Ship Characteristics</strong></span><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Ship Class:</strong></span><em>K'T'Inga</em>Battle Cruiser<br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Length:</strong></span>350m<br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Width:</strong></span>252m<br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Height</strong></span>: 105m<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Weight:</span></strong>760,000 Metric Tonnes<br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Crew Compliment:</strong></span>800 Crew<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Armaments:</span></strong>Six disruptor arrays, two torpedo launchers<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Starfleet Intelligence Report</span></strong><br/>The<em>K'T'Inga</em>battlecruiser (formerly classified as the D7) is the best example of a starship design which had survived the test of time for over two hundred years, and for two hundred years it had been held up as an example of space superiority for the galaxy.  Through it, the Klingon Empire was able to make itself into one of the dominate political powers, subjugating and annexing dozens of races and cultures.  For ages Starfleet Academy used the<em>K'T'Inga</em>as the base behind its infamous Kobioshi Maru "no win scenario".  The class has started to show its age in the last twenty years and no longer inspired terror and fear in its enemies.  However, as an old Klingon says goes, "Even an old targ has fangs", and the<em>K'T'Inga</em>still has some surprises for the enemy who underestimates it.  The crew of<em>K'T'Inga's</em>are full of young and hungry Klingon warriors looking to prove themselves, or old and washed up warriors who no longer warrant a more worthy posting.  Both can be a blessing and disguise as one could be prone to mistakes due to their youth and inexperience, or to lazy and inept to be a threat.  Then again, hunger and ambition could bring out a ferocity which catches the enemy unaware, and old officers with experience to win one more battle for the glory of the Empire.