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B’REL CLASS

LAUNCHED: 23rd C
KLINGON
BIRD-OF-PREY
LENGTH: 139 METERS

NUMBER OF DECKS: 6
 Contents
P04: BIRD-OF-PREY
B IRD-OF-PRE Y
P10: IN ACTION

P12: DESIGNING THE SHIP

P16: FILMING THE SHIP

P18: ON SCREEN

Stand assembly:
KLINGON DEFENSE FORCE

Push the top of the stand into the red

impulse engines at the back of the ship Final position

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KLINGON BIRD-OF-PREY
SPECIFICATION

OPERATED BY: KLINGON DEFENSE FORCE

CLASS: B’REL

LENGTH: 139 METRES

DECKS: 6

CREW: 36 (STANDARD)

TOP SPEED: WARP 9

WEAPONRY: 2 PHASE DISRUPTOR CANNONS

1 PHOTON TORPEDO LAUNCHER

K L ING O N D EFE N SE FORCE

BIRD-OF-PREY
The Bird-of-Prey was a classic Klingon ship that was
perfectly designed for stealth and aggression

W
hile they all share the same design, the was fitted to the underside of the ship, just forward
name Bird-of-Prey refers to several classes of the landing ramp and landing gear, which could
of ship in the Klingon Defense Force, be deployed when the ship entered a planet’s
These range from the smaller B’rel-class raiders to atmosphere and landed on the surface.
the massive K’vort-class cruisers which are almost
as large as Starfleet’s Galaxy-class ships. The crew SWIFT AND DEADLY
complement varies, with the smallest scouts having The Bird-of-Prey was fitted with warp and impulse
a crew of around a dozen, to 36 for the standard engines and, like Federation vessels, used dilithium
raiding ship, and hundreds for the largest cruisers. crystals to focus the enormous power generated
Regardless of their size, Birds-of-Prey were armed by a matter-antimatter reactor that could propel
with two powerful disruptor cannons mounted at it to warp speed. Alongside its offensive weapon
the tips of the wings as well as a photon torpedo systems the ship was also fitted with a cloaking
launcher that fired from the nose. A tractor beam device, which used technology that the Klingons
 SHIP PROFILE

DATA FEED
The Bird-of-Prey remained in service in the
Klingon Defense Force for more than a century
without any significant alterations to its exterior.
The interiors and warp engines were clearly
refitted and upgraded during this period.

acquired from the Romulans in the late 2260s. The commander of a Bird-of-Prey is a man of  A BIRD-OF-PREY that
When activated the cloaking device rendered some importance and he is typically drawn from had been captured by
Admiral James Kirk
the ship invisible not only to the naked eye but Klingon nobility and educated at the officers’ visited Earth in the
also to conventional sensors. Due to a major academy. However, it is also possible for a Klingon 1980s, where it rescued
drawback in the technology, however, cloaked warrior to rise through the ranks by earning two humpback whales
from an attacking
ships were unable to raise shields or operate any battlefield commissions. Typically a Bird-of-Prey
whaling ship and
of their weapon systems, leaving them at a serious would be commanded by a captain but during the transported them to the
disadvantage if detected. In the latter part of the Dominion War, General Martok, who would later 23rd century.
23rd-century scientists working for General Chang become Klingon High Chancellor, commanded the
finally developed a Bird-of-Prey that was capable Ninth Fleet from his Bird-of-Prey, the Rotarran.
of firing photon torpedoes while cloaked, but The Bird-of-Prey is controlled from the bridge
improvements in detection technology meant the which is located in the ship’s ‘head’ at the end
advantage was short lived. of the extended neck. The bridge is extremely

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 SHIP PROFILE BIRD-OF-PREY OVERVIEW

 The BIRD-OF-PREY
can enter a planet’s
atmosphere and land on
the surface. When it does
so the wings sweep into
a upward position,
allowing the ship to land
in the smallest possible
area. Landing gear is
deployed from the
underbelly and a ramp is
let down from the rear of
the ship allowing the
crew to walk down to the
surface. The cloak can
be activated on the
surface making the ship
invisible to passers-by.

 The Bird-of-prey uses

a cloaking device that
renders it invisible to the
naked eye and
sophisticated sensors.
When the cloak is
deactivated, the ship
shimmers into view.

u It is common for
Klingon crewmembers
to fight among
themselves, either to
establish dominance
over one another, or if an
officer is questioning the
course of action chosen
by his superior.

functional to the point of spartan, with all available honoured positions are at the heads and in
space devoted to consoles dedicated to the centre of the table. These are occupied by
controlling the ship’s weapons, engineering and the most senior members of the crew with new
defensive systems. additions to the ship often forced to fight in order
A long corridor connects the bridge with the to win a seat at the table.
rest of the ship, which consists of crew quarters
and several communal areas. With Klingons READY TO FIGHT
typically paying little attention to physical comfort, In fact, fighting is common on Klingon ships. Every
conditions in the living areas are every bit as spartan officer must constantly be on his guard for attacks
as on the bridge, with the mess hall serving as the from subordinates, who are obliged to challenge
social focus of the ship. Klingon crews prefer live, him to a duel to the death if they feel he is failing in
fresh food, such as live gagh (serpent worms) to his duties. Far from being a recipe for anarchy, this is
replicated food so the ship’s crew includes a chef, a highly organised system that ensures that the crew
and the cargo includes livestock that can be maintains its honour and that only the best officers
freshly slaughtered. A massive table dominates the prosper. Strict rules ensure that a challenge can only
mess hall with strictly hierarchical seating. The most be made if the officer is demonstrating cowardice,

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 SHIP PROFILE

 Over the years,

BIRDS-OF-PREY have
featured different styles
of bridge. This version
was used by
Commander Kruge in
the 2280s. By the late
24th century, ships had
a very different design.

 The BIRD-OF-PREY is
a heavily armed ship.
The single most powerful
weapon is the photon
torpedo launcher which
is fitted to the underside
of the nose section.

dereliction of duty or incompetence, and a Klingon

may only challenge his direct superior. DATA FEED
Klingons are famously devoted to their duty, and General Martok was already
crew members spend much of their leisure time in revered as a great warrior
when he assumed command
training areas, practicing hand-to-hand combat
of the Klingon Bird-of-Prey, the
as well as Mok’bara drills, with or without bat’leths.
Rotarran, which became his
The hall is also used for occasions when the captain flagship during the Dominion
needs to assemble the crew, such as briefing a War. In many ways he was the
boarding party. ideal Klingon soldier, and he
Despite the spartan arrangements it would be a inspired his crew to many famous
victories. Under his command the
mistake to think that life onboard is grim. A happy
Rotarran was involved in retaking
Klingon crew often sings while working (favourite
the Bajoran station Deep Space
songs tend to be from operas recounting the battles Nine from the Dominion, in both
fought by semi-legendary warriors), and a good battles of Chin’toka and in the
captain always keeps a supply of bloodwine on final battle for Cardassia.
hand to reward the crew for their victories.

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 SHIP PROFILE BIRD-OF-PREY IN ACTION

u When a DATA FEED

BIRD-OF-PREY
Klingon vessels seen in the 22nd
decloaks, the wings
century are clearly predecessors of
are typically in the
down position. The the later BIRD-OF-PREY and have a
ship’s weapons are very similar though more basic design.
most effective when These earlier ships didn’t feature
they are fired from cloaking devices, but they were
this position. armed with wingtip disruptors.

p In normal cruising mode, the

BIRD-OF-PREY’s wings are
extended, creating the most
efficient shape for the warp fields.

Wing positions
O
ne of the most striking features of the Bird-of-Prey a triangle allowing the crew to concentrate firepower on
is its ability to move its wings into different positions a single target. In this position, the disruptors can draw on
each of which gives the ship a different advantage. additional, highly-pressurised plasma, from the warp systems,
The wing movements are achieved by using a redundant and this significantly increases the destructive yield of the
series of six electromechanical actuators, that are powered plasma bolts. The disruptors can, of course, still fire regardless
by three pairs of medium-power step-down plasma nodes. of what position the wings are in. Unlike the larger Klingon
In flight mode the wings are held parallel to the body of the battlecruisers, the Bird-of-Prey has also been designed to
ship. This maximises the performance of the twin warp fields, enter a planet’s atmosphere and to set down on the surface,
which are generated by the superheated plasma that runs when it does so the crew exit from a ramp in the underside.
through the structure of the wings, where they energize the While the ship is in the landing position the wings are raised
warp plates. In attack mode the wings are lowered to form enabling the deployment of the landing gear.

8 BIRD-OF-PREY IN ACTION
 SHIP PROFILE

p A B’rel-class BIRD-OF-PREY
drops its wings into the combat
position as it faces off against the
U.S.S. ENTERPRISE NCC-1701 in
orbit around the Genesis Planet. The
conflict ended with the crews
swapping places as Captain Kirk
tricked the Klingons into boarding
his ship before setting the
ENTERPRISE to self destruct. Kirk
later boarded and commandeered
the Klingon ship, eventually
renaming it HMS BOUNTY.

u The wings
swing up when the
BIRD-OF-PREY prepares
to land on the surface of
a planet, allowing the
landing gear to be
deployed. The wings are
not put in this position
for any other purpose.

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 SHIP PROFILE BIRD-OF-PREY PLAN VIEWS

CLOAKING DEVICE
The cloaking device is one of the most
DATA FEED
important ‘weapons’ in the Bird-of-Prey’s
Martok’s Bird-of-Prey, the Rotarran, had
arsenal. It uses an instantaneous teleportation
a crew of 36 but could be operated by
field around the ship making it appear as if it as few as seven personnel.
isn’t there. The technology was developed
by the Romulans but was acquired by the
Disruptor cannon
Klingons in 2269, who have fitted it to their ships
ever since. On the Bird-of-Prey, the emitter runs
around the outside of the nose section and is
capable of generating a field that covers the
entire ship. The technology evolved constantly Targeting sensors
to counter improving sensor technology.
For example, in the 2290s the Federation
managed to detect a cloaked Bird-of-Prey
by tracking its engine emissions.

Articulated wing

Warp wing induction energy storage

 The BIRD-OF-PREY’s impulse engines generate a bright

orange glow that can be easily seen from the back of the ship.

Landing ramp

 The powerful Klingon disruptors work by firing concentrated bolts Loading bay
of plasma rather than a directed energy beam like a phaser.

10 BIRD-OF-PREY PLAN VIEWS

 Bridge module

Cloaking device emitter

Disruptor cannon

Central corridor

Warp field shaping plates

DOCKING PORT
When a Klingon BIRD-
OF-PREY docked at
DEEP SPACE NINE it did
so nose first, allowing
the crew to walk directly
on and off the station.
There was also an
emergency exit hatch
in the bridge module.

ESCAPE PODS
Although the Klingons
are famous for their
willingness to die in
battle, the BIRD-OF-
PREY is fitted with
escape pods. The
RCS thruster
Klingons take the view
that it is better to live
Impulse engine
and win the war than
Cloaking field emitter
to die gloriously in one
battle.
Photon torpedo launcher
ARMOUR PLATING
Klingon ships are
incredibly tough and, in
addition to conventional
shields which work by
generating an energy
field around the ship,
the BIRD-OF-PREY had
ablative armour, where
Navigational deflector
the hull plating was
strengthened by running
Wingtip disruptor cannon a charge through it.
 The basic look of the BIRD-OF-PREY was
sketched by Nilo Rodis, but the design was finished
by Bill George when he built this study model.

DESIGNING THE

BIRD-OF-PREY
Bird-of-Prey
The look of the Bird-of-Prey presented a challenge as it was one of the
first STAR TREK ships that wasn’t designed for the original TV series.

W
ith its huge articulated wings, that since the Klingons had played a same time being as visually striking as
sleek frame and distinctive much bigger role in the original series the Enterprise was far from easy. The
painted underbelly, the they would be a better choice as the original Romulan Bird-of-Prey had
Klingon Bird-of-Prey is easily one of the movie’s villains. featured in the original series episode
most recognisable of all STAR TREK ships. Even though the Romulans had been Balance of Terror but its design had
From its debut in STAR TREK III: THE dropped, Nimoy and producer Harve been too simple and couldn’t be used
SEARCH FOR SPOCK it has become a Bennett were still keen to use the name for a movie, so no one knew what this
mainstay of the Klingon fleet but things Bird-of-Prey since they felt it was Klingon Bird-of-Prey should look like.
could have been very different. The evocative and gave a strong direction Nimoy was keen for a brand-new design
earliest story outlines for the movie for the design. Even so, coming up with which would look like a bird on the
featured the Romulans as the enemy. a ship that looked different to anything attack – threatening and frightening. He
But director Leonard Nimoy decided that had come before while at the even demonstrated the swooping
  The study model established the propor- DESIGNING THE SHIP
tions and the basic shape but left the
surface details, such as the raised plating
on the wings, for the final filming model.

 Nimoy and the ILM team discuss

the designand
 Nimoy of the
theBIRD-OF-PREY, while
ILM team discuss the design of the
examining Nilo Rodis’s concept drawings.
BIRD-OF-PREY, while examining Nilo Rodis’s concept
Sadly the drawings
drawings. Sadly thehave disappeared
drawings from
have disappeared from
the ILM and Paramount archives.
the ILM and Paramount archives.

motion with his arms to the design team

at Industrial Light and Magic!

MOVING TO ATTACK
At that same meeting the idea came
out that the ship’s wings should move
into different positions — from cruising
and then into an attacking position. that point he’d never seen an episode up the elaborate Klingon uniforms, Rodis
Nimoy added that he wanted the ship of STAR TREK and knew next to nothing felt it was likely that Klingons would take
to have an outstretched neck to add to about Romulans, Klingons or their ships. a similar approach to their ships. To
the impression of a bird swooping down He didn’t feel particularly inspired by achieve the look he added a textured
into the water in pursuit of its prey. anything in the material until Nimoy quality to the exterior of the ship, that
Visual effects art director Nilo Rodis, handed him a picture of a Klingon not only echoed the decorative
was shown both the Romulan warrior in full battle gear. Things then uniforms but also gave the impression
Bird-of-Prey and the original Klingon started to fall into place. Seeing the of metallic feathers lending the ship
battlecruiser and asked for a design. At leather, metal and piping that made a somewhat gothic or art deco feel. It

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 DESIGNING THE SHIP BIRD-OF-PREY

also served to make the ship look as

different as possible to the Enterprise
whose outer hull was smooth. To further
emphasise the differences, Rodis gave
the ship a bright green colour, which
again contrasted with the blue/grey of
the Enterprise.

READY FOR WAR

Rodis got to work on a series of design
studies incorporating both his and
Nimoy’s ideas. Being a war-loving
species, he decided it was likely that
 The only established Klingon design that Nilo Rodis and Bill George could draw inspiration from was the
Klingons would ensure that ships built for Klingon battlecruiser, which had been upgraded for STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE.
the purpose of raiding would carry as
much weaponry as possible. So instead Once Nimoy and the rest of the Along with sketches of the
of just one gun, he placed weapons on production team had approved Rodis’ Bird-of-Prey, Rodis had also added a
either side of the wings and also in the sketches, modelmaker Bill George was quick doodle of a big muscleman
nose. When Bennett explained that like then tasked with creating a study flexing his biceps in a downward
the Romulans, the Klingon ships would model. Although Rodis had established motion. He explained to George that he
also use a cloaking device, Rodis the bird-like proportions of head, neck wanted the finished ship to look
pitched the idea that when the ship and body, the design was far from something like a bodybuilder flexing the
decloaked the weapons would be complete, and Rodis had left plenty of muscles in his biceps, or a brawny
the very first thing that materialised room for interpretation, wanting George football player getting ready for a play.
enabling the Klingons to appear with to bring his own particular brand of According to George, this abstract
their guns blazing. creativity to the project. approach had a profound influence on

t  Early versions of STAR TREK III

had the Romulans as the villains, not
the Klingons, so Bill George painted a
wing pattern on the ship’s underside as
a tip of the hat to the original Romulan
BIRD-OF-PREY.

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  From the very
beginning, Leonard
Nimoy had told ILM
that he wanted the ship
to swoop like a bird.
This led to the idea of
the wings moving into
different positions. In
normal flight, the
wings would be
stretched out
perpendicular to
the ship like this.

the design and he didn’t hesitate to graphic on the underbelly as a tribute to  This angle with the
incorporate this idea with the basic the original Romulan Bird-of-Prey. wings down shows
how the design was
proportions that he had been given. George’s final model solidified the influenced by the
Running with the football theme, design, and he and Rodis shared the silhouette of an
George added a chin guard to the credit for the eventual design, which American football player.
The ‘radiators’ are the
ship’s nose as well as massive shoulder George describes as basically being
shoulder pads, the nose
pads to the base of the wings where three things in one “a football helmet, section is shaped like
they attached to the ship. muscleman body and suitably a helmet and even has
threatening wings.” a chin guard, with the
wings echoing the shape
MUSCLEBOUND DESIGN For Rodis what really mattered is that
of a muscleman flexing
The wings were then placed in an the design was so simple the basic his arms.
attack position looking very like Rodis’ shape could be drawn in only a few
idea of a posing muscleman. But while seconds and, as a result, it has gone on
the ‘shoulder pads’ fitted in with Rodis’ to become one of the most memorable
football concept, they made it difficult ships in the STAR TREK universe.
for the wings to move into the swooping
and attack positions. George solved the
problem by borrowing the interlocking
‘radiator’ feature found on old style I was very interested in the idea that
radio sets. Acting as giant hinges, they it should have this outstretched neck as though
enabled the wings to move up from a
downward ‘posing’ position to that of
you would see a bird flying to attack
a bird in full flight. a creature. Leonard
Nimoy
As a final touch, George, a long-time
fan of the original series painted a
FILMING THE

BIRD-OF-PREY
 FILMING THE SHIP

The first version of the Klingon Bird-of-Prey

was a motorised practical model that
turned out to be worth a small fortune.

A
fter the study model had been approved appear that their enemies would easily have
by director Leonard Nimoy, Bill George enough time to blow them away!
went on to build a detailed practical The Bird-of-Prey was used in all the remaining
model that could be used for filming. In contrast to original series movies, with the VFX teams building
George’s original study model, the shooting model full-scale replicas of some of the landing gear and
was incredibly detailed. The finished model was the exterior of the bridge for STAR TREK IV, and a
15” by 36” and covered with intricate deck miniature of a section of the wing with a disruptor
plating, which had been inspired by Egyptian cannon for STAR TREK V.
jewellery, art deco and the modern look for the The model continued to be used on STAR TREK:
Klingons themselves. Unlike any previous STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION but by now the motors in
model, the Bird-of-Prey moved. Steve Gawley, the wings rarely worked properly so it made only
from Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), put a motor infrequent appearances and the wings were
inside so the visual effects team could film the always stuck in the same position. When a fleet of
wings moving into different positions. Klingon ships appeared at Deep Space Nine in the
ILM only built one version of the model for STAR episode The Way of the Warrior the VFX team
TREK III, although they came close to building cheated by using dozens of Hallmark Christmas
more. The Bird-of-Prey makes one of the most ornaments that could be easily destroyed without
dramatic entrances in the history of STAR TREK damaging the filming model.
when it de-cloaks above a tiny smuggling ship and Soon after this, the effects team built the
VFX supervisor Ken Ralston originally planned the computer-generated version of the Bird-of-Prey,
effect to be much more complicated than the which has been used ever since. Now that the ship
finished result. The idea was that the ship would was CG, the wings could once again be moved
appear section by section, starting with the and the Bird-of-Prey was able to swoop across
skeletal framework, followed by the rooms inside, a planet’s surface with its guns blazing. The original
before the exterior finally appeared. ILM even studio model was eventually sold at auction at
looked into building a model skeleton of the ship Christie’s in 2006, where it fetched no less than a
for the shot before abandoning the idea on the quarter of a million dollars, more than 20 times the
grounds that it was taking so long for the ship to original estimate.

p Bill George works on the original studio model that p A computer-generated version of the BIRD-OF-PREY was created
was created for STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK. for its many appearances on STAR TREK:DEEP SPACE NINE.

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 APPEARANCES BIRD-OF-PREY
BIRD-OF-PREY
NCC-1701-D

ON SCREEN TRIVIA
In the original STAR TREK television series,
the BIRD-OF-PREY is a Romulan rather than
a Klingon ship. When Leonard Nimoy took
the decision to make the switch to the
Klingons in STAR TREK III he was reluctant to
lose the name for the ship so decided that
the Klingon captain Kruge had somehow
acquired a Romulan ship, probably by
stealing it. However, on the TV series STAR
TREK: ENTERPRISE it is established that
Klingons had had ships with a similar design
for over a hundred years meaning that Kruge
cannot have stolen the ship.

FIRST APPEARANCE: STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK In early episodes of STAR TREK: THE NEXT
GENERATION Klingon ships are sometimes
TV APPEARANCES: STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION; referred to as having phasers rather than
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE disruptors.

DESIGNED BY: Nilo Rodis, Bill George

KEY APPEARANCES
STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
After recovering Spock’s body from ‘A MATTER OF HONOR’
the Genesis Planet and using a stolen As part of an officer exchange
Bird-of-Prey to head to Vulcan in STAR programme Riker is sent to serve as
TREK III, Kirk and his crew must return the first officer on the Klingon Bird-
to Earth to face the consequences of of-Prey the IKS Pagh. Although the
disobeying orders. When they arrive Federation and the Klingons have Two different versions of the BIRD-OF-PREY,
the planet is under attack from a been allies for decades, neither group the ones used in STAR TREK V and STAR
mysterious probe and the crew have understands much about the other. TREK GENERATIONS, have featured a
no choice but to take their Bird-of-Prey While he is serving on the Pagh, Riker periscope like device that the commanding
officer can use to target the weapons.
into the past where they must recover learns how life operates onboard a
Nothing like this was ever seen in STAR
two humpback whales who can Klingon ship and the audience gets its
TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE where the
communicate with the probe. Although first real introduction to Klingon culture.
BIRD-OF-PREY made by far the greatest
heavily modified, the Klingon ship is Fortunately Riker is a quick study since
number of appearances.
very unfamiliar to them and they barely his Klingon commander decides to
make it back alive. attack the Enterprise...

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