Star Trek Shipyards: The Klingon Fleet

Star Trek Shipyards: The Klingon Fleet

Featuring the ships of the Klingon fleet from their first appearance in the original TV series through the hit new series Star Trek: Discovery ! THIRTY KLINGON SHIPS INCLUDING FOURTEEN SHIPS FROM STAR TREK: DISCOVERY This volume features ships of the Klingon Fleet, from the 22nd to the 24th Century. Opening with the Klingon Defense Force bird-of-prey - an essential part of the fleet since the Empire first achieved space flight - the book features thirty ships, including the D7-Class Battle Cruiser , the Sarcophagus , the Raptor and the late 24th Century I.K.S. Negh'Var . With technical details, operational histories and annotated plan views, the book shows the evolution and development of the fleet in sumptuous CG renders, and is the most comprehensive collection of Klingon ships ever produced. The Star Trek Shipyards Encyclopedia series provides Star Trek fans with the first ever chronological history of the starships from the television and film series. In this third volume, the ships of the Klingon fleet are explored from their first appearances in all the Star Trek television series through their most recent appearances in the hit new series Star Trek: Discovery . From the inside flap This third volume in the series profiles ships of the Klingon Fleet. Including several bird-of-prey warships and the ships from  STAR TREK: DISCOVERY , detailed CG renders are accompanied by technical details and the ships’ operational history. Featuring thirty ships, it shows the full might and long history of the Klingon warships, and reveals their artistry in closeup. With technical details, operational histories and annotated plan views, the chapters trace the evolution and development of the fleet in sumptuous CG renders. STAR TREK SHIPYARDS  is a series of lavishly illustrated books that provide in-universe profiles of  STAR TREK  ships, building into the ultimate illustrated encyclopedia of  STAR TREK  vessels. Each ship is profiled with technical information, operational history and plan view CG renders – wherever possible using the original VFX models that were used on the TV shows and movies. Ben Robinson is best known as the man behind Eaglemoss's Official Star Trek Starships collection, which in the last three years has become the largest and best-regarded collections of model Star Trek ships ever produced. He has been involved with Star Trek for 20 years. Ben was the launch editor of the huge Star Trek Fact Files reference work, which sold over 50 million units. Then he went on to edit the US Star Trek: The Magazine , which ran between 1999 and 2003. He has co-written two Haynes Manuals , the first featuring all seven Enterprises, and the second focusing on the Klingon Bird-of-Prey. Ben is particularly passionate about the writing, design, and visual effects behind the series. In the last two decades he has conducted extensive interviews with many of the most significant figures in the history of Star Trek from Dorothy Fontana and Matt Jefferies to Michael Piller, Ira Steven Behr, Ron D. Moore, and Bryan Fuller. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book would not have been possible without all of the writers, producers, production designers, concept artists and modelers (both traditional and CG) who have worked on STAR TREK over the years. In particular we’d like to acknowledge the work of Foundation Imaging, Digital Muse, Eden FX and Pixomondo who created many of the CG models that fill the pages of this book. Before that Greg Jein, Bill George, and Tony Meininger’s Brazil Fabrications were responsible for many of the physical models, which were recreated by our own talented CG modellers Fabio Passaro and Ed Giddings. We’d especially like to acknowledge the work of the modellers at the CG companies. Sadly we don’t always know the names of everyone involved, but we know that particular thanks are due to Pierre Drolet, Brandon MacDougall and Koji Kuramura. We’d also like to thank Rob Bonchune and Adam ‘Mojo’ Lebowitz, who not only introduced us to Ed and Fabio, but also created many of the renders you will find inside this book. We’d like to thank all the VFX supervisors and producers whose role in creating the final ships is often overlooked. William Budge provided invaluable assistance when it came to establishing the lengths of the Klingon ships from STAR TREK: DISCOVERY.When it came to tracking down the appearances of different classes of ship, the website Ex Astris Scientia was an invaluable resource. We’d like to thank our friends at CBS Consumer Products: Risa Kessler, Marian Cordry and John Van Citters. More than anyone, we’d like to thank Gene Roddenberry and Matt Jefferies for laying the foundations for everything that followed. More recently Michael Piller, Ron D. Moore and Ira Steven Behr have played important roles in guiding the Klingons into the 24th century, and Alex Kurtzman and Bryan Fuller gave them new life in the 23rd. FOREWORD Having produced two volumes tha