Vulcan starships
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The Star Trek television series and movie franchise has presented various configurations and designs of Vulcan starships.
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[edit] T'plana-hath
The T'plana-hath is a Vulcan science vessel in the 21st century. The T'plana-hath is the vessel which made first contact with Earth in the year 2063 when the Vulcans detected Earth's first warp flight. Following Vulcan first contact protocol the starship T'plana-hath lands at the launch site of the Phoenix.[1]
On landing three Vulcans exit the T'plana-hath, with their leader giving the Vulcan salute.[1]
The ship is named for T'plana-hath, the matron of the Vulcan philosophy.[2]
[edit] Mirror universe
Within the mirror universe first contact did not go so well between Human and Vulcans; Zefram Cochrane killed the Vulcan leader, and the humans surrounding the T'plana-hath raid the ship for its technology.[3]
[edit] Suurok-class
The Suurok class is a Vulcan science vessel in service in the 22nd century, like the D'Kyr and Sh'Raan the Suurok class vessels have a ring shaped warp nacelle and a pointed hull. The Suurok class is much more technologically advanced than the Enterprise NX-01.
The Suurok class starships possess technology such as tractor beams, deflector shielding and could achieve maximum speeds of warp 6.5; however, Captain Vanik states that the technology is "classified".[4]
[edit] Background
The Suurok class was originally designed by Doug Drexler.[5]
[edit] Sh'Raan
The Sh'Raan is a Vulcan combat cruiser in the 22nd century. Like the D'Kyr and the Surak class these vessels have a ring-shaped warp nacelle; however, the Sh'Raan type adds a long pointed hull.
The Sh'Raan is one of the Vulcan High Command's most powerful combat cruisers.[6]
The Sh'Raan possess many more technological advancements than those of the Enterprise. It is heavily armed, and capable of taking on at least three or more Mazarite warships in battle and disabling them, with little or no damage. The Sh'Raan is also the fastest known Vulcan ship with a top speed of Warp 7.[6]
A Sh'Raan combat cruiser carries at least one shuttlecraft.[6]The shuttle pods look very similar to the mother ship. Most notably, the engine nacelles look alike in appearance and configuration in relation to the fuselage, suggesting that the shuttle pods have warp capability.
[edit] Weaponry
The Sh'Raan was equipped with particle cannons which are capable of disabling several Mazarite warships in several successive hits.[6]
[edit] D'Kyr
The D'Kyr is a 22nd century type of vessel originally operated by the Vulcan High Command, as with the Suurok class and Sh'Raan these vessels follow a similar design and are have puce hull, the ship has a dual circular engine,[7] when the ships engines are active the ring glows blue, the ringed warp nacelle is also capable of turning,[8] a small auxiliary craft is located within the dual ring.[7]
The D'Kyr uses deflector shielding as its primary line of defence, the D'Kyr's shields can withstand a direct attack from the Enterprise without taking any severe damage, and take several hits from a Kumari-class starships particle cannon.
Equipped with particle cannons and photonic weaponry, the ship's weapons fire in a lime green colour. A D'Kyr's weaponry causes severe damage to the Enterprise during the "Battle of Andoria".
[edit] References
- ^ a b Star Trek: First Contact, (1996).
- ^ Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, (1986).
- ^ "In a Mirror, Darkly". Star Trek: Enterprise.
- ^ "Breaking the Ice". Star Trek: Enterprise.
- ^ Designing the Ti'Mur. Retrieved on 2006-10-10.
- ^ a b c d "Fallen Hero". Star Trek: Enterprise.
- ^ a b "Kir'Shara". Star Trek: Enterprise.
- ^ "Impulse". Star Trek: Enterprise.
[edit] External links
- T'Plana-Hath type article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
- D'Kyr type article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
- Suurok class article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
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