We’ve seen a lot of classifications in Star Trek…
Battleships, dreadnoughts, cruisers, freighters, fighters, couriers, frigates, escorts, explorers, shuttles, runabouts, pods, tankers, space stations, outposts, spacedocks, starbases, relays,
we all have seen them before in Star Trek, but what about carriers?
Well today we’ll be talking about one, but what makes this video even more special?
It’s of course about the honorable Mr Worf and his SECRET Star Trek flagship that YOU don’t know about!
Alright, today is a good day to sit back and watch this video.
WELCOME, honorable warriors of the empire to Trek Central. I’m your host Lieutenant Adam and today, as you probably guessed, we’re going straight to Qo’NoS at maximum warp.
Now before those of you looking to match me in Snark start ranting in the comments in ALL CAPITALS,
I should start with the disclaimer that I AM AWARE the Typhon class is not technically a screen-canon Star Trek Ship. In fact, it appears as a mobile outpost and carrier starship used in the Video Game “Star Trek: Invasion”,
with Commander Worf serving as its tactical officer in charge of an elite force of attack fighters known as Valkyrie Squad!
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Nailing down the technical specs and GLORIOUS HISTORY of a ship like the Typhon-class is as FRAUGHT WITH PERIL as any Beta-canon starship is wont to be.
What we DO know is that the starship was active during the end of the 24th century, in the service of Starfleet of the United Federation of Planets.
It was a new type of Starship for starfleet, active as both a mobile outpost and carrier starship, carrying a squadron of 28 Valkyrie type starfighters.
The only vessel of the Typhon Class was the USS Typhon, and had an NX registry to denote that the vessel was a prototype vessel, similar to that of the NX-01 enterprise, the original USS Defiant and most recently, the USS Protostar.
Carriers were not really a conventional ship within starfleet, though small starfighters were seen in battles during the Dominion War, and the Battle near Xahea during the “Control Incident” of 2257.
A lot of the interior of the Typhon Class was dedicated to the storing of the Valkyrie-type starfighter. This storage was nestled inside the hull and featured a sophisticated transport system for moving fighters to and from the hangar bays.
Much like the majority of Starfleet vessels, the Typhon was equipped with a full scientific and medical equipment loadout, but these were really secondary to its ENORMOUS array of weaponry.
Multiple turrets, which were armed with twin mounted Quantum Torpedo launchers and dual Type-X phasers were installed on the starship, meaning she was designed for battle,
much like another Starship Worf commanded at some point… some tough little ship or other… what was it called again? I forget… I swear I’ve mentioned it before.
The more unconventional role of the Typhon-Class was also present in its design, with the class not having many characteristics of conventional starfleet design.
There was no saucer element to the ship, with its main hull being a singular piece with 4 nacelles attached directly to the hull at the rear of the ship.
The hull bore some similarity to that class I can’t remember, having a prolonged nose look, but also looking way more like a floating fortress.
The Typhon did share some similarities with ‘regular’ Starfleet designs, however, most notably the deflector array which was still located on the underbelly toward the fore,
however it was more…. Bulbous than ordinary Starfleet design philosophy, being overall much more blocky and obtrusive.
The dorsal side of the ship had docking clamps, as the Typhon class was able to be docked to other ships, like the sovereign class, to be brought into systems.
This denotes that the Typhon probably wasn’t a fast ship, and more served as a mobile outpost than an actual vessel, though what warp speed the vessel could reach was unknown.
The tactical array at the disposal of Typhon-Class starships was probably the most broken of any Starfleet vessel ever.
The ship packed boomsticks and dynamite of starbase-grade caliber on a mobile platform;
we saw an abundance of Pulse Phase turrets and Quantum Torpedo tubes. Phaser arrays could also be spotted on the vessel’s hull.
If that wasn’t overpowered enough, the Typhon-Class had the ability to enter a mode known as “Fortress Mode” where it would alter its hull configuration to be much more resilient to damage.
While in Fortress Mode, any open hangar bays would be closed, so fighters could not be deployed whilst hunkered down in this position. However when in fortress mode, the pilots could manually control the ships turrets to defend against oncoming enemies.
The Typhon also seemed to have an extensive holographic array, being able to create holographic environments to help train pilots of the Valkyrie Class fighters.
Given that it was evidently intended to serve as a mobile outpost, this is hardly surprising when you think about it.
We’ve touched on the Valkyrie fighters a lot so far, but that raises a good point all of its own; when talking about the technical specifications of the Typhon-Class, it is also prudent to note the specifications of the Valkyrie-Class starfighter which the Typhon carried.
So let’s have a look!
The Valkyrie-class was a type of starfighter that - in the Beta Canon of Invasion - was introduced by Starfleet shortly after the Dominion War in the 24th Century.
During the Dominion War, strike craft such as the Peregrine-Class Federation Attack Fighter were utilised during engagements.
The Peregrine class had also been used by the Marquis as strike craft.
And before you start mouthing off at me, I am not talking about retrofitted Courier Ships here; it’s a well-known fact that stock footage and ship models were often repurposed as different types of ship throughout Star Trek's history.
I personally have lost count of the amount of species that all seem to use the exact same design of freighter over the years somehow, like a weird cosmic macguffin… but ANYWAY…
These strike craft were introduced alongside that of the Typhon-Class, working in conjunction and were first tested in 2377. Several Design Variants for the Valkyrie were developed, three Valkyrie types, and 3 separate named variants.
The Valkyrie-Class starfighter would be remarkably upgraded during its time in service against an enemy known as the “Kam’Jatae” (Kam Jay-Tay), with variants changing their weaponry, design and other capabilities.
Some of these variants would be more heavily armed and armoured, with additional cloaking capabilities such as the Mark 2. Nuts to the treaty of Algeron, I guess.
Or further removed, the Mark 3 would integrate the “Kam’Jatae” bio-technology into the vessel, steering remarkably away from conventional Starfleet design, with a Y shaped hull.
Though this mark 3 variant would be the strongest, coming equipped with polaron weaponry, protomatter missiles and gravimetric mines.
The prototype model of the Typhon-class, the USS Typhon, was commanded by Lieutenant Commander Worf at the time of the Titan System Incident. The starship's official registry was NX-85808, and was introduced shortly after the conclusion of The Dominion War in 2376.
By 2377, the Valkyrie-class attack fighters were attached to the USS Typhon, designed to work in conjunction with the carrier class. The squad which would become well known, Valkyrie-Squadron, were assigned to the USS Typhon
In that very year, Starfleet and the Federation had their hands full. Dealing with a Borg Invasion fleet,
a renegade Cardassian splinter group made up of former obsidian order members who survived the Dominion War, Romulan retaliation attacks, Nausicaan Pirates and deadly space-dwelling parasite colonies.
It was as if every variant of Covid-19 spawned an alien fleet.
But the biggest threat would be the Kam’Jahtae (Kam Jay-Tay) - that’s my third attempt to pronounce that and I’m probably still not getting it right - a new species who were reactivated from cryosleep by a corrupted starfleet ship.
This alien species was discovered to be a descendant of the Ancient Klingon blood enemies, the Hur’Q, who 1000 years prior, had almost destroyed the Klingon Empire when they invaded Qo’Nos. Even though they were defeated by the Klingons,
the Hur’Q stole their most precious relic, the Sword of Kahless, and are despised by the Klingons to this day.
The Kam’Jahtae (Kam Jay-Tay) were attempting to send the Vanguard Complex, the superstructure which housed the Kam’Jahtae (Kam Jay-Tay) in cryosleep, to Earth through an artificial wormhole.
Why? To invade Earth, of course, and help to quickly destabilise the region before the arrival of the Hur’q, for whom they intended to open an interspatial rift, allowing for their return to the galaxy. However this plan was waylaid by the efforts of Valkyrie Squadron. Hurrah!
The corrupted Starfleet Ship responsible for the Kam’Jahtae’s awakening was the USS Sentinel, a hilariously ironic name if ever there was one.
It was under the command of Captain Brennan, who had also been corrupted by a device they had found on a planet. They were the ones creating the interspatial rift to allow the Hur’Q back with the help of an Interphase generator.
After the destruction of the USS Sentinel by Valkyrie Squad - oh wait, no, it was Brennan actually ordering it to self-destruct, sorry - the corrupted captain was yanked into the rift with the Interphase generator, locking the rift and throwing away the key so it could never be opened again.
After destroying the Hur’q Mothership and once and for all eliminating the Hur’Q invasion.
We get footage of the USS Typhon doing a flyby over san-francisco, which just seems to be a tradition at this point as Voyager does the exact same thing when it returns from its long voyage!
And while that may be a wrap on our Star Trek Ship Breakdown for today, I would be remiss in my role as Snarky Klingon Fanboy if I didn’t rant about how we STILL haven’t seen Worf actually commanding a new ship in a new iteration of Star Trek
Yes, yes, I remember what happened in Deep Space Nine when he chose to rescue Dax instead of meet the Cardassian double agent, but COME ON, it’s JADZIA DAX, wouldn’t we ALL have done the same?
Come on Starfleet; Let bygones be bygones, I say; GIVE US MORE WORF! There’s room for it in Star Trek: Picard if you’re looking for Finely Aged Klingon Blood Wine,
Before Captain Jack whacks me over the head or drags me to sickbay on the heels of a Nerve Pinch to end my rambling though, , is there a Star Trek Starship you would like us to take a look at?
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For now, I’ve been Lieutenant Adam, thanks for watching and we’ll see you next time! QA’PLA, my friends!