Delta Rana warship The Delta Rana warship was an illusory starship created by the Douwd who had taken the form of Kevin Uxbridge . He used the illusion as a form of planetary defense system for Delta Rana IV against the . ( ) It was noted to have five times the mass of the " Enterprise " . History . First appearance . In 2366 , when the USS " Enterprise " - D was investigating the destruction of the Federation colony on Delta Rana IV , Kevin created this illusory warship in orbit of Delta Rana IV in an attempt to force the " Enterprise " - D to leave the planet , and his home . This class of warship wasn ' t listed in the Federation vehicle classification index , but at the time it was assumed to be the same Husnock warship which had previously attacked and obliterated the Delta Rana colony . Initially this illusory vessel fired jacketed streams of positron s and antiproton s , an equivalent firepower of 40 megawatt s , which caused no damage to the " Enterprise " - D . The " Enterprise " - D fired a warning shot at the ship , causing it to retreat from the system . The " Enterprise " - D attempted to pursue but was unable to close the gap between the two vessels , even after increasing velocity to Warp 9 . 37 . ( ) Second appearance . Kevin made the ship reappear , some time after the " Enterprise " - D had returned to Rana IV . During its second appearance , the warship looked to the crew of the " Enterprise " - D to be much larger and much " meaner . " " Enterprise " - D attempted to hail the ship to warn it to stay away from the planet . In response , the ship fired four hundred gigawatt s of particle energy at the " Enterprise " - D , causing only superficial damage to the ship , but effectively taking down its shields . A second shot took out the rest of the " Enterprise " - Ds shields and caused thermal damage to the hull . Ship sensor s , however , were able to determine that the warship was in possession of enormous energy reserves , capable of striking with far more powerful bursts . Following the second attack , the ship moved into orbit of Rana IV and assumed a position over the Uxbridge residence . The " Enterprise " - D fired a full phaser and photon torpedo barrage at the ship , but caused no damage to the warship . It was then determined that the warship ' s defenses were able to absorb any incoming weapons fire . The warship returned fire , taking out the " Enterprise " - Ds shields , weapon systems control , as well as causing some internal damage to the ship and non - fatal injuries to sixty - six members of the crew . ( ) Third appearance . When the " Enterprise " - D returned for a third time , Picard told Kevin that the " Enterprise " - D would stay in orbit to protect Kevin as long as the threat from the warship remained . Kevin had the warship appear for a third time . This time , the " Enterprise " - D kept its distance and allowed the warship to once again enter orbit over Rana IV - at which time it destroyed the Uxbridge residence . Following the attack , the " Enterprise " - D fired a single photon torpedo at the warship , destroying it . Picard had determined that the warship was directly serving the needs of Kevin Uxbridge to bait and later chase the " Enterprise " - D away from the planet . Kevin Uxbridge confirmed the assumption , and indicated that he had tried the same diversionary tactics on the Husnock warship , also to no avail . ( ) Background information . The script notes for the episode indicate that the ship created by " Kevin " was a recreation of the Husnock warship that destroyed the colony . The as well as the " Star Trek : The Next Generation Companion " also support the supposition that this vessel was intended to be a Husnock ship . The deflector shields of the ship had a similar segmented visual effect as the Borg drone shields of this era as they were depicted in for example . Studio model . This vessel was designed and built by Tony Meininger . According to the " " ( 3rd ed . , page 103 ) , " " The Husnock warship , built by Tony Meininger , was one of the first not designed by a member of the TNG art staff . ' Usually there just isn ' t time to put into designing them if they ' re just a ' ship - of - the - week ' that ' s going to be re - dressed later anyway , ' said Rick Sternbach , adding that decisions on re - use are made by the alternating TNG visual - effects teams headed by Dan Curry and Rob Legato and their model contractors . " " It was Meininger ' s first involvement with the " Star Trek " franchise ( and his only one for " TNG " , albeit as an outside contractor ) , before moving on to become the main supplier of studio model s for televised " Star Trek " starting with In this episode , the model of the ship was modified slightly for the second appearance : one weapon ' s spike was added to the underside of the ship , so the ship did look " meaner " the second time .