<div class="floatleft">(http://www.modelermagic.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Kora_class_early_publicity_still.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Star Ship Characteristics</strong></span><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Ship Class:</strong></span><em>D'Kora</em>Multi-purpose cruiser<br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Length:</strong></span>630m<br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Width:</strong></span>210m<br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Height</strong></span>: 88m<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Weight:</span></strong>1,745,000 Metric Tonnes<br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Crew Compliment:</strong></span>450 Crew<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Armaments:</span></strong>Two directed energy cannons, eight disruptor arrays, one missile launcher, one torpedo launcher, one directed EMP generator<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Starfleet Intelligence Report</span></strong><br/>The<em>D'Kora</em>is pretty much the only known and significant modern combat ship of the Ferengi Alliance, though there are more than a few<em>D'Kora's</em>outfitted for merchant operations than combat.  The<em>D'Kora</em>is not an insignificant starship, longer than the Federation's<em>Galaxy</em>class, if not as wide or tall.  The lower and smaller profile works a bit in its favor, presenting a smaller target profile.  The ship has been in service for close to forty years, the ship first unknowingly encountered by the<em>U.S.S. Stargazer</em>.  There has been much speculation why there has been no new innovations or designs for the Ferengi, but in the end the simplest answer is the most likely.  There is no profit in a risky speculation on unproven technology.  Though old when compared to some of the starships in the galaxy, it does not mean it is a pushover, the ships proven in several conflicts, to include the Dominon War.  They were the only ships beside the Klingon Defense Forces to prove any challenge against the Breen.  While one might not be sure what type of ship one would encounter, behind the captain's chair would always be a shrewd and cunning Ferengi who have outwitted stronger and more dangerous opponents in the past.