Talk:Klingon starships

Canon Data
For users wishing to add technical data to this article, for example size, crew compliment etc which sources are considered canon?


 * I'd check at Star Trek canon, but to be brief about it, strict canon is what you see on screen in the TV shows and movies. There isn't an awful lot there, you won't often see them put a line in dialog talking about how big the crew of a ship is or how long it is. Officially licensed technical manuals have a lot of information in this regard that while not strictly canonical, is the most official word on the subject, written by people who have been integral to the production of Star Trek like Rick Sternbach and Mike Okuda and often called "semi-canon" and is the best information on the subject in a lot of regards.  --Wingsandsword 14:26, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Vor'cha first appearance wrong?
For maximum geek points, one of my first contributions to Wikipedia will be here, in the Klingon ship discussion...

The Vor'cha is credited as first appearing in "Sins of the Father". I just saw the episode again yesterday (which prompted me to come here), and I didn't see a Vor'cha there. There was a Bird of Prey, however. I'll have to see if I can come across the actual first appearance of a Vor'cha. JBHemlock 18:48, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

The Art of Star Trek, Matt Jefferies, and the D-7
before the invention of the internet, before Star Trek TNG, when it was all fandom and fanzines and Starlog, Matt Jefferies explained how the D-7 began as the Enterprise/ Yorktown, but the design was rejected. The next design (for the Enterprise) was what became the Horizon with the big ball primary hull, which was again rejected. later, after the Enterprise design was finalized, and the Klingons needed a ship, Matt remembered his earlier design, updated it, and submitted it. TOS purists will know that there was no Klingon ship in the Klingon episodes of the first season. Only the Romulan ship had been built. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.43.18.19 (talk) 02:57, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Luigi Colani's Aircraft Designs
Was the Klingon's spaceship original design inspired in Luigi Colani's aircraft designs?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_JwVHNJgOQ#t=28s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPGL73H81cU#t=102s Eyesighter (talk) 20:54, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Interesting. The article says the orginal series Klingon ships were designed to invoke a manta ray - frankly don't see that at all. They've always reminded me of Canadian geest - the bulbous head, slender neck, and then the main body with outstreched wings. Yep, Klingons are tooling around the galaxy in ships shaped like some of the most annoying birds around... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:801:4280:A710:84A7:6C99:B492:CD70 (talk) 17:48, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Bird-of-Prey
Are-we-supposed-to-always-hyphenate-now? At some point this article seems to have changed from "Bird of Prey" to "Bird-of-Prey" but it is not clear if that is a change that should also be applied elsewhere. Can anyone clarify? -- 109.77.200.184 (talk) 16:52, 7 July 2024 (UTC)