#Tos bird of prey series#

A game of cat-and-mouse ensued as the two ships attempted to destroy each other repeatedly. The vessel was successful in destroying several of the Federation outposts along the zone before being engaged by the USS Enterprise. In 2266 the Romulans sent the first of their new ships across the neutral zone in order to test out the Federations technological and psychological preparedness for open warfare. This vented the entire output of the ships EPS system into an enclosing force field (see weaponry section for details), creating a large and highly destructive energy bolt. To provide sufficient firepower to destroy heavily shielded vessels and installations, the bird of prey was equipped with a plasma torpedo system. While these were of a very high output, they were no match for the matter/antimatter system of contemporary Federation designs. This difficulty was not helped by the fact that the ship had only simple impulse style fusion generators to power her. The power required to maintain the cloaking device was enormous, and the Romulan vessel was unable to raise shields or fire whilst using this system.

#Tos bird of prey series#

A force field selectively bends light - and sensor signals - around the ship, while a series of measures were taken to reduce the emissions from internal systems to an absolute minimum. The Bird of Prey was the first vessel in standard military service which was known byt the Federation to incorporate cloaking technology.

Unfortunately for the Romulans, this came at the cost of very low speed and limited range. One of the most interesting designs of the 2260's, this vessel was designed to combine a very high level of firepower with stealth, small size and manoeuvrability. Shield system, total capacity 40,500 TeraJoules No beam weapons1 x Heavy Plasma launcher Equivalent to 20 S2 photon torpedo tube 197 have been retired from service.Дў266 - 2275, remained in service until 2305 Unknown, but thought to have peaked at 250 in service in 2274.