• DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
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    1 year ago

    Did we ever get an explanation for why they’re “Birds of Prey” and not “Raptors?”

    Is it culturally important to Klingons that you say the whole phrase?

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      1 year ago

      You know, I am unsure about that and now I’m curious. I’m gonna look into it and I’ll let you know if I find anything!


      So the answer is just incredibly simple and kinda disappointing. Raptor wasn’t used as often as Bird of Prey during the 60s. That’s it. However @wombatula@lemm.ee (fucking amazing name) is right. There is a Raptor-Class that I knew absolutely nothing about at the time.

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        1 year ago

        afaik it’s only appeared in that regrettable Enterprise episode with the Klingons, I’m not entirely certain but I’ve got faith of the heart that is correct.

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      1 year ago

      “Bird of Prey” is a classification of light warship used by both the Romulan and Klingon forces, the smaller version of a “Warbird” class ship.

      It is not culturally important to them, anymore than a “Galaxy Class” or “Class III Neutronic Carrier” would be to a human/federation race.

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          Because “Raptor” is another class of ship, even smaller than a “Bird of Prey”, used mainly as a scout ship by the Klingons.

          Sorry to ruin your “gotcha” moment.

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            1 year ago

            Uh huh.

            Which do you think was introduced to the canon first?

            And what is the difference in Klingon between a Raptor and a Bird of Prey? Or do they simply go on context?

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              I literally just told you, size. You can go look up the exact ship specifications if you want, the Raptor is a small scout ship, the BoP is a mid-size warship, and the Warbird is a full-sized warship.

              Also what are you even talking about, what came into canon first? Of course the Bird of Prey, its from ToS, I do not understand how that is relevant to the discussion.