In the early 25th century, the Romulans used a design that was based on its predecessor of the 22nd century. ( DS9 novelization: What You Leave Behind TNG novel: Q & A) Vessels of at least one class saw action in, and after, the Dominion War. The Romulans had classes of birds-of-prey into the 24th century. ( TOS episode: " Balance of Terror" TOS reference: Romulan Ship Recognition Manual)
This advanced weaponry used a great deal of power making the use of warp drive in this class impossible at times. The bird-of-prey was a similar size to its 22nd-century counterpart but was armed with a powerful plasma weapon and the new cloaking device. Kirk's USS Enterprise when the Romulans used it in strikes on Federation outposts along the Neutral Zone in 2266. This class was first encountered by James T. ( TOS - My Brother's Keeper novel: Republic)Ī century later a descendant of the saucer-type 22nd century bird-of-prey, the Vas Hatham-class, was used as the test bed for a new and far more successful cloaking device. The third type of bird-of-prey known to be in service in the 22nd century featured a cyclindrical hull design, vessels of this class were known to be service in the Earth-Romulan War. ( ENT novel: The Good That Men Do ENT episodes: " Babel One", " United", " The Aenar")Ī Romulan bird-of-prey in service in the Earth-Romulan War A number of vessels of this class were modified with telepathic remote equipment and holographic masking systems to be used as remote drones.
( ENT episode: " Minefield" ENT novel: The Good That Men Do)Īlso in service in the 2150s was the T'Liss-class. Through the 2150s the Empire has at least three distinct classes in service The saucer type, of which vessels of the class had the distinction of being the first Romulan ships to encounter Humans at first contact in 2152, and the being the first class to deploy cloaking devices, though said device eventually proved to be dangerously unstable and destroyed the test ship Praetor Pontilus. The earliest known birds-of-prey were in service of the Empire in the 22nd century.
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