Changes: Vorok's battle cruiser

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Vorok's battle cruiser was a type of 22nd century Klingon battle cruiser that was in service during the early 2150s, under the command of Klingon Captain Vorok. The vessel was armed with forward and aft torpedo launchers, as well as an aft tractor beam.

In 2151, a Xyrillian starship hid in the plasma wake of this battle cruiser causing various on-board malfunctions to the ship. After being contacted by the Earth starship Enterprise, this battle cruiser fired upon the Xyrillian ship and locked it in a tractor beam. The Xyrillian ship was eventually released upon the installation of holotechnology aboard the Klingon ship. (ENT: "Unexpected")

Personnel

Vorok's battle cruiser personnel

Appendices

Background information

This battle cruiser was a very much "unexpected" reuse of the K't'inga-class CGI model, used at the behest of the producers, despite the series being set over a hundred years before this Klingon ship class made its first appearance. A new CGI model was created to represent this ship, but the design was ultimately rejected.

External link

The Everlasting Klingon Battlecruiser at Ex Astris Scientia: includes excerpts from interview with John Eaves

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-'''Vorok's battle cruiser''' was a type of [[22nd century]] [[Klingon battle cruiser]] that was in service during the early [[2250s]], under the command of [[Klingon]] [[Captain]] [[Vorok]]. The vessel was armed with forward and aft [[torpedo launcher]]s, as well as an aft [[tractor beam]].
+|Name=        	Vorok's battle cruiser
+| image=       	Voroks battle cruiser-fore, Unexpected.jpg
-In [[2151]], a [[Xyrillian starship]] hid in the [[plasma]] wake of this battle cruiser causing various onboard malfunctions to the ship. After being contacted by the [[Earth]] [[starship]] ''[[Enterprise (NX-01)|Enterprise]]'' this battle cruiser fired upon the [[Xyrillian]] ship and locked it in a tractor beam. The Xyrillian ship would eventually be released upon the installation of [[holographic projector|holotechnology]] aboard the Klingon ship. ([[ENT]]: "[[Unexpected]]")
+|imagecap=    	Forward view
+|Affiliation= 	[[Klingon Empire]]
+|Type=		[[Battle cruiser]]
+|Active=	[[2150s]]
+|Armament=	[[Torpedo launcher]]s (fore and aft)
+|Defenses=	[[Tractor beam]]
+}}
+__NOTOC__
+'''Vorok's battle cruiser''' was a type of [[22nd century]] [[Klingon]] [[battle cruiser]] that was in service during the early [[2150s]], under the command of [[Klingon]] [[Captain]] [[Vorok]]. The vessel was armed with forward and aft [[torpedo launcher]]s, as well as an aft [[tractor beam]].
+In [[2151]], a [[Xyrillian starship]] hid in the [[plasma]] wake of this battle cruiser causing various on-board malfunctions to the ship. After being contacted by the [[Earth]] [[starship]] ''[[Enterprise (NX-01)|Enterprise]]'', this battle cruiser fired upon the [[Xyrillian]] ship and locked it in a tractor beam. The Xyrillian ship was eventually released upon the installation of [[holographic projector|holotechnology]] aboard the Klingon ship. ({{ENT|Unexpected}})
+{{clear}}
 <gallery>
-Image:Voroks battle cruiser-fore, Unexpected.jpg|Forward view.
+File:Voroks battle cruiser-profile, Unexpected.jpg|Starboard profile
-Image:Voroks battle cruiser-profile, Unexpected.jpg|Profile view.
+File:Voroks battle cruiser-tractor beam aft, Unexpected.jpg|Aft view, with tractor beam engaged
+File:Vorok.jpg|Bridge view
-Image:Voroks battle cruiser-tractor beam aft, Unexpected.jpg|Aft view, with tractor beam engaged.
 </gallery>
-==Background==
+== Personnel ==
+* [[Vorok's battle cruiser personnel]]
-This battle cruiser was a very much-'unexpected' reuse of the [[K't'inga class|''K't'inga''-class]] model, and was admittedly an error on the part of the VFX department. [[John Eaves]] and the rest of the team, understandably exhausted after the ''Enterprise'' pilot, were asked to do yet another design at the last minute. Eaves did, labeling it a "D-4", but the producers said that "it's windows weren't prominent enough", a fact Eaves was very unhappy with. Due to time constraints, they ended up reusing the battle cruiser model that was built for ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', and had previously appeared in another discontinuity in "[[Prophecy]]" ([[VOY]]), as a [[D-7 class]] battle cruiser.
+== Appendices ==
-The mesh was eventually finished, by [[Koji Kuramura]], but it was never used in an episode. It ''did'', however, appear in one of the "Ships of the Line" calendars, and images of the mesh have been posted on an Internet model building forum. The designation of this model by the meshmakers was the '''D-4'''.
+=== Background information ===
+This battle cruiser was a very much "unexpected" reuse of the [[K't'inga class model#CGI model|''K't'inga''-class CGI model]], used at the behest of the producers, despite the series being set over a hundred years before this Klingon ship class made its first appearance. A [[D4 class (concept)|new CGI model]] was created to represent this ship, but the design was ultimately rejected.
-<gallery>
-Image:Unexpected klingon ship-sketch.jpg|Sketch for the original design.
-Image:D4d.jpg|Finished mesh for the "D-4 class".
-</gallery>
+=== External link ===
+* {{eas|articles/klingon-battlecruiser.htm|The Everlasting Klingon Battlecruiser|external}}: includes excerpts from interview with John Eaves
+[[Category:Unnamed Klingon starships]]
-==External links==
-* [http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/klingon-battlecruiser.htm Ex Astris Scientia article on it, with excerpts from interview with John Eaves]
-* [http://flare.solareclipse.net/cgi2/ultimatebb.cgi/topic/6/2612.html? Links to images of completed model, excerpts from Eaves on TBBS]
-[[Category:Klingon starships]]
 [[Category:Klingon starship classes]]
+[[de:Voroks Schlachtkreuzer]]