STSTCSOLD&A | Klingon D-9 "Seeker" class

BRAD'S COMMENTS: I always liked the original D-9's looks. Small forward profile, forward-sweeping wing body, and traditional pod-on-boom beck assembly. This ship looks like something from the Star Trek II era, not ST:TOS era. But the ship history suggests that it arose during the bogus "Four Years War", a time before Captain Kirk's command of the Enterprise, at least where FASA is concerned. The ship's history is also interesting in that it makes this vessel out to be a science ship. Yes, believe it or not, a Klingon science vessel. Now, that makes perfect sense from a practical standpoint. Even the rabid Klingons need to get out into the boondocks and turn over a few rocks now and again. Like the Federation, the Klingons need specialized ships to do it. Ships with combat as a secondary role.
        Still, it always seemed somewhat odd to me that the D-9, a ship whose numerical sequence places it as a descendent of the D-7, would have no torpedo weaponry. Thus when I attempted a re-draw in 2007 I decided to equip the class with a torpedo in the forward arc, which dramatically improves its combat performance during game play.
        Moreover, the re-draw itself proved interesting in that the original D-9 stats state that the vessel is mass VIII, with a length just 72% of the D-7 K'tinga class. Scaled to this percentage, the D-9 command pod and warp nacelles are ridiculously small, thus I had to make a decision: scrap the stats, or keep the nacelles and command pod scaled to the original size, in which case the overall length of the craft far outstrips the D-7, and many other craft as well.
        I opted to believe the stats, thus the command pod and nacelles wound up much larger, on the re-draw, than anticipated, which lead to a series of alterations on all three views that yielded a design much different from the original. Overall, I am pleased with the results, as the original D-9's neck boom was spindly, even for Klingon aesthetic standards, and the angle of the nacelles on the original did not match between the forward view and the dorsal view; the former slanted inward whereas the latter was slanted outward.
        And as mentioned before, I opted to add a torpedo; simply to give the D-9 more punch as a playing piece.

Construction Data: Model Numbers- Ship Class- Date Entering Service- Number Constructed	B VIII 1/9704 82	C * VIII unknown unknown
Hull Data: Superstructure Points- Damage Chart- Size Length- Width- Height- Weight- Cargo Cargo Units- Cargo Capacity- Landing Capability-	20 C 160 meters 110 meters 24 meters 100,500 tons 100 units 5,000 tons None	23 C 160 meters 110 meters 24 meters 112,230 tons 100 units 5,000 tons None
Equipment Data: Control Computer Type- Transporters- Standard 6-person- Combat 22-person- Emergency 18-person- cargo- Cloaking Device Type- Power Requirement-	ZD-5 4 none 2 2 None None	ZD-5BX 4 none 2 2 None None
Other Data: Crew- Troops- Passengers- Shuttlecraft-	380 40 None 4	395 40 None 4
Engines and Power Data: Total Power Units Available- Movement Point Ratio- Warp Engine Type- Number- Power Units Available- Stress Charts- Maximum Safe Cruising Speed- Emergency Speed- Impulse Engine Type- Power Units Available-	38 4/1 KWD-1 2 18 L/N Warp 6 Warp 8 KIB-2 2	38 4/1 KWD-1 2 18 L/N Warp 6 Warp 8 KIB-2 2
Weapons and Firing Data: Beam Weapon Type- Number- Firing Arcs- Firing Chart- Maximum Power- Damage Modifiers +3 +2 +1 Beam Weapon Type- Number- Firing Arcs- Firing Chart- Maximum Power- Damage Modifiers +3 +2 +1 Missile Weapon Type- Number- Firing Arcs- Firing Chart- Power To Arm- Damage-	KD-5 4 1p, 2f, 1s P 4 (1 - 10) (11 - 18) KD-4 1 1a J 4 (1 - 10) (1 - 10)	KD-5 4 1p, 2f, 1s P 4 (1 - 10) (11 - 18) KD-4 1 1a J 4 (1 - 10) (1 - 10) KP-2 2 1f H 1 10
Shields Data: Deflector Shield Type- Shield Point Ratio- Maximum Shield Power-	KSF 2/3 9	KSF 2/3 9
Defense Factor- Weapon Damage Factor-	61.6 14.4	unknown unknown

* Denotes completely hypothetical model number and stats, devised by Brad R. Torgersen.

	CLASS NAME: D-9 "Seeker" CLASS TYPE: Cruiser GOVERNMENT: Klingon Empire
Port view
Dorsal view
Bow view