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| Three carrier vessels surround USS Voyager. | |
| Affiliation: | Trabe/Kazon Collective |
| Type: | Warship |
| Armaments: | Particle beam weapons, torpedoes |
| Defenses: | Deflector shields |
| File:Kazon carrier vessel, Basics.jpg | |
| Forward quarter view | |
| File:Kazon carrier vessel, aft, Basics.jpg | |
| Aft quarter view | |
Kazon carrier vessels were a type of 24th century starship originally designed by the Trabe, that was later commandeered by the Kazon and used as a massive warship. This class of vessel is much clumsier in battle at lower speeds than at warp, and can be easily out maneuvered by agile craft. (VOY: "Initiations")
Two Kazon sects known to possess this class during the 2370s, the Kazon-Ogla and Kazon-Nistrim. Although the Kazon had seized a large majority of the Trabe fleet, a small number of these ships remained under Trabe control as part of the Trabe convoy. (VOY: "Alliances")
In 2371, an Ogla carrier attacked the USS Voyager, and Val Jean, while the two vessels attempted to protect the Caretaker's array. This ship was destroyed by Chakotay when he rammed the Val Jean into the larger carrier, which in turn caused the larger carrier to crash into the array. (VOY: "Caretaker") Tom Paris would later recall that the vessel was "armed to the teeth." (VOY: "The Voyager Conspiracy")
In early 2372, a second Ogla carrier captured a Federation shuttlecraft and later destroyed it. (VOY: "Initiations")
In late 2372, First Maje Culluh of the Kazon-Nistrim gathered a fleet of eight carriers to mount an attack against the Voyager. Their attack formation was in a classic Cardassian echelon.
Voyager was able to divert four of the vessels from the fleet, leaving them to face four ships on their own. They were able to destroy one of the carriers with three photon torpedoes, however, this was not enough of a deterrent, and the combined weapons' fire of the three remaining carriers managed to overwhelm the severely damaged Voyager's shields and allow Nistrim troops to board and capture the Starfleet vessel. (VOY: "Basics, Part I")
A vessel of this class later appeared in the TCARS display aboard the USS Relativity during the 29th century. (VOY: "Relativity")
Appendices
Appearances
- VOY:
- "Caretaker"
- "Initiations"
- "Alliances"
- "Basics, Part I"
- "Unity" (flashback sequence)
- "Relativity" (flashback sequence/Star Trek Encyclopedia variation display graphics)
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Star Trek Encyclopedia variation. (center)
This class of vessel is often believed to be the Predator-class, however, this has not been confirmed on screen. The most recent edition of the Star Trek Encyclopedia featured an inaccurate representation of this class vessel, which it described as the aforementioned Predator-class. Although this image was inaccurate and technically non-canon at the time of publication, it would later be "made canon" in the TCARS display in "Relativity."