Raptor

A Somraw class raptor.

Raptors are a type of Klingon playable starship. They are powerful, medium-sized warships of the Klingon Defense Force. Raptors are available at tiers 2 to 5, to Klingon characters from the rank of Lieutenant Commander upward. They typically carry around twice the crew of a Bird-of-Prey, and are built purely for firepower. They have good maneuverability and are comparable to the Federation Escort.

Raptors utilize a triangular configuration typical of the Klingon fleet, with bridge forward at the narrow point of the hull, and warp nacelles at the aft corners. The main body of the Raptor follows the center line of the ship from the bridge to the stern, increasing in volume toward the stern. Wings taper back from the neck forward, to the nacelles aft-starboard and aft-port.

All Klingon Raptors have 2 device slots and gain a bonus +15 weapons power.

Overview

To see which rank and profession of Bridge Officers you can have hover your mouse over the icons in the Bridge Officer column of the table. The values in the shield column show the capacity of the shield that ship has equipped as standard. See the shields guide for more details.

	Ship	Rank	Hull									BOffs			Cost
2	Somraw Raptor	10	16,500	0.83	3	1	100	2	1	1	2		16	0.2	Dil 15,000
2	SuQob Raptor	20	22,000	0.83	3	2	125	3	2	1	2		16	0.2	Zen 1,000
2	Qorgh Raptor	20	22,000	0.83	3	2	125	3	1	1	2		16	0.2	Dil 40,000
2	Pach Raptor	30	27,500	0.83	4	2	150	3	2	2	2		15	0.2	Dil 80,000
2	Puyjaq Raptor	30	27,500	0.83	4	2	150	3	3	2	2		15	0.2	Zen 1,500
2	Qin Heavy Raptor	40	33,000	0.83	4	3	200	4	3	2	2		15	0.2	Dil 120,000
2	Mirror Qin Heavy Raptor	40	33,000	0.833	4	3	200	4	3	2	2		15	0.2
2	Somraw Raptor Retrofit	50	31,500	0.83	4	3	100	4	3	2	2		16	0.2	FC 200,000
2	Fleet Somraw Raptor Retrofit	50	34,650	0.92	4	3	100	4	3	3	2		16	0.2	FC 20,000 FSM 4
2	Fleet Qin Heavy Raptor	50	36,300	0.92	4	3	200	4	4	2	2		15	0.2	FC 20,000 FSM 4
3	Jem'Hadar Attack Ship	40	34,500	1	4	3	50	5	4	1	2		20	0.22

Variants

Somraw Raptor

Somraw class

The Somraw Raptor is the first Raptor class starship that players of the Klingon Empire will gain access to. It has very good maneuverability, although not as good as a Bird-of-Prey. In comparison to the Bird-of-Prey which is the only ship at the Lieutenant Commander level for players, it has a better hull and one extra tactical station which is highly beneficial even at lower levels. It does however have a lower shield modifier, lower maneuverability and cannot cloak in combat.

Qorgh Raptor

Qorgh class

The Qorgh class is a third tier (Commander rank) Klingon Raptor. It provides players with an excellent choice to upgrade to if they used the original Raptor. Even if they didn't, it's a very good choice of ship. It is larger than its predecessor but still follows the same design principles. Unfortunately, it doesn't carry extra fore weapons much like the Bird-of-Prey of its tier. For more fore weapons, players should consider a Cruiser.

Qorgh Raptor Refit

SuQob class

Pach Raptor

Pach class

The Pach Raptor is the Captain Tier Raptor vessel available to Klingon Empire players. It is very similar in design to the Qorgh other than minor differences. The main difference is the neck stem connecting the main hull to the bridge, which instead of being a solid hull is comprised of several stems. It is the first Raptor to carry four frontal weapon slots and a Commander rank Tactical station.

Pach Raptor Refit

Puyjaq class

Qin Heavy Raptor

Qin class

The Qin Raptor is the most powerful Raptor available to players of the Klingon Empire and is only available when players reach the rank of Brigadier General. The design is not as progressive compared to the other types. It loses its red nacelles, has smaller wings (in ratio to the size of the vessels) and the neck stem is much smaller due to an enlarged hull at the fore section. The overall structure is vaguely reminiscent of early Andorian Kumari Class vessels due to the wings structural design, as well as the forward hulls size being dwarfed by the forward command module. Regardless, it has a very strong Klingon flavor to its overall design.

Performance

The Raptor is a formidable ship for any opponent, and for a player it brings a large amount of firepower to a fight. The ship is quite maneuverable and can out-match most Federation vessels (except for the Escort type starship). Raptors, like most Klingon vessels, have the ability to equip cannons into their arsenal. The brunt of a Raptors firepower comes from the front of the ship which holds more weapon slots than the aft section. Raptors unfortunately have weak shields due to sub-par Science and Engineering stations.

Due to their small crew size the Raptor has a poor repair rate. Raptors, much like a Bird-of-Prey, is superior in numbers compared to solo play although solo play for the ship is still very viable as a play style. They are very quick ships at impulse speeds and are only slightly slower than a Bird-of-Prey. In comparison to Federation vessels are equal to Escort class ships and faster than Cruisers and Science vessels. This provides the player with a good ability to maintain their firepower on specific sections of the opponents shields and hull.

All Klingon Raptors are fitted with a Cloak cloaking device, though battle cloak technology is reserved for Birds-of-Prey.

Gallery

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  Somraw Database Screenshot

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  Qorgh Database Screenshot

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  Pach Database Screenshot

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  Qin Database Screenshot

See also

• Destroyer