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D'Deridex Class Warbird | ![]() |
Comments:
The D'Deridex is the only known class of Romulan warship. Much data on the class is unknown so most is based on estimations and exrapolations of the Federation's few encounters with the class. It considered to be roughly comparable to the Federation Galaxy class and Klingon Vor'Cha.
The most notable feature of the D'Deridex is it's sheer size. It is almost twice as long as a Glaxy class starship. However, it is considered that the class was built big for psychological reasons. Additionally, although the D'Deridex mounts a formidable array of weaponry, the shortfall in Romulan technology means they are no more powerful than the Weapons fit of a Galaxy of Weapons pod equipped Nebula class starship.
Nevertheless, the D'Deridex is a highly capable warship, it's main weakness being a distinct lack of agility due to it's great size. This, however, is not as great a weakness as first may be thought, as the D'Deridex has a highly advanced cloaking device which is effective against even the most advanced sensor systems in the current Federation inventory.
The arena in which the D'Deridex is known to excel is planetary invasion and troop support. However, little of the D'Deridex's true capabilities or of how many of them the Romulan fleet possess is known at present.
Class Statistics:
| Type: | Battleship |
| Commissioned: | Unknown - before 2364 |
| Dimensions: | Length: 1280m Width: 1000m Height: 400m Decks: 115 (est) |
| Mass: | 20,000,000 tons (est) |
| Crew: | 1,650 plus 30,000 ground troops (est) |
| Armament: | 1 x Class 21 Disrupter cannon 18 x Class 18 Disrupter cannon 12 x Photon torpedo tubes 1 x Plasma torpedo tube Antimatter spread emitter |
| Defences: | 2,295,000 TerraJoule Shield System (est) Standard Hull + 11cm High Desity Armour (est) Standard Structural Integrity Field (est) |
| Warp Speeds: (TNG Scale) |
Normal Cruise: Warp 5 (est) Maximum Cruise: Warp 9 (est) Maximum Rated: Warp 9.5 for 12 hrs (est) |
| Relative Strengths (Galaxy Class = 1000) |
Phaser Firepower: 1,300 Torpedo Firepower: 750 Weapon Range & Accuracy: 860 Shield Strength: 850 Hull Armour: 1,200 Speed: 990 Manoeuvrability: 680 Overall: 980 |