Star Trek: Shipyards - Klingon Fleet
Real world article
(written from a production point of view)
Star Trek: Shipyards – Klingon Fleet, subtitled The Encyclopedia of Star Trek Ships, is a mass-market hardcover reference book that was co-authored by Ben Robinson, Marcus Riley, and Matt McAllister.
The third volume of the Shipyards series, it was published on 1 May 2019 by Eaglemoss Collections under the company's Hero Collector imprint and distributed through Penguin Random House's Publisher Services division. Following Eaglemoss's bankruptcy, Titan Books reissued the book in May 2024.
Summary
- Solicitation blurb
- The Star Trek Shipyards series provides Star Trek fans with the first ever chronological guide to 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 the original Star Trek television series through their most recent appearances in the hit new series Star Trek: Discovery.
- A chronological history of the Klingon fleet from the Star Trek television programs and films, including the TV series Star Trek: Discovery.
- Series Overview: The Star Trek: Shipyards series is an in-depth reference which includes technical overviews and service histories for each Starfleet ship, and is full of visual effects artwork from the television and film series.
Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.
Contents
- Chapter 1: 22nd Century
- Klingon Defense Force Bird-of-Prey (2150s), p. 10
- Klingon Raptor, p. 18
- Klingon Battle Cruiser, p. 24
- Klingon Augments' Ship, p. 30
- Goroth's Starship, p. 36
- Klingon 22nd Century Transport Ship, p. 42
- Size Chart, p. 48
- Chapter 2: 23rd and 24th Century
- Klingon Bird-of-Prey, p. 52
- Klingon Sarcophagus Ship, p. 56
- Veqlargh Class, p. 60
- Qugh Class, p. 64
- 'Etlh Class, p. 68
- Klingon Cleave Ship, p. 72
- Bortas Bir Class, p. 76
- Jach Class, p. 80
- Klingon Raider, p. 84
- Sech Class, p. 88
- Batlh Class, p. 92
- Daspu Class, p. 96
- Qaw' Class, p. 100
- Qoj Class, p. 104
- Chargh Class, p. 108
- Klingon D7-Class Battle Cruiser, p. 112
- Klingon Defense Force Bird-of-Prey, p. 118
- Klingon K't'inga Class Battle Cruiser, p. 126
- Klingon Military Freighter, p. 134
- Civilian Transport, p. 140
- Klingon Defense Force Vor'cha Class, p. 144
- Klingon Transport 2372, p. 150
- Klingon Defense Force IKS Negh'var, p. 154
- Size Chart, p. 160
- Index, p. 164
- Credits, p. 168
Background information
- The book is principally composed of "in-universe" starship profile articles produced for Eaglemoss Collections' Official Starships Collection partwork and its Discovery spin-off, combined with expanded text content and new artwork, charts, and articles.
- Co-author Ben Robinson characterized the book series as an attempt to create "an equivalent of Jane's Fighting Ships for Star Trek". [1]
- As with the first outing in the series, none of Pixomondo's Discovery digital modelers were credited or acknowledged for the same reasons.
- The second appearance of the Klingon cleave ship (and the other Klingon ships) in the Discovery's season 2 finale "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2" came too late to have it covered in the book.
- The first solicitation title for this book was Star Trek: Shipyards - The Klingon Fleet.
Gallery
Solicitation cover
pp. 154-155 spread
pp. 156-157 spread
pp. 158-159 spread
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