Dukat ' s Bird - of - Prey Dukat ' s Bird - of - Prey was a Klingon Bird - of - Prey that was captured by Dukat , with help from Major Kira Nerys , Damar and Tora Ziyal , in 2372 . Dukat used it to conduct a series of independent raids during the Klingon - Cardassian War . History . Under K ' Temang ' s command . In the early 2370s , the ship was commanded by Captain K ' Temang , with a crew of thirty - six . In 2372 , the ship disabled the planetary defense system s of Korma colony and destroyed all of the buildings there . As well as the Cardassian dead , fifteen Bajoran s were also killed in the attack , as they had been attending a conference on the planet . The Cardassian freighter " Groumall " that had been assigned to bring Kira Nerys to the conference from Deep Space 9 arrived on the scene soon after . The Bird - of - Prey decloaked near the freighter , scanned them and began to move off . Even after the " Groumall " fired on them with its weak weapons , they continued to move off and engaged their cloaking device . The " Groumall " equipped itself with a salvaged System - 5 planetary disruptor from Korma and attempted to lure the Bird - of - Prey into decloaking by modifying the subspace transceiver array to project the image of the freighter having refined dilithium crystal s aboard . Dukat ' s plan was successful and the Bird - of - Prey decloaked near the " Groumall " in the Loval system . K ' Temang demanded the freighter ' s surrender , and after the Klingon ship locked a tractor beam on the " Groumall " , it moved closer , about to beam the " precious cargo " off the ship . This allowed the " Groumall " to fire its planetary disruptor , breaching the Bird - of - Prey ' s hull and disabling their impulse engine s . However , the Bird - of - Prey was still able to fire on the " Groumall " . Dukat and Kira beamed onto the Bird - of - Prey and , using Klingon transporter code s , beamed the Klingon crew to the " Groumall " and the Cardassian crew to the Bird - of - Prey . Dukat and Kira made their way to the Klingon bridge , where Dukat fired the ship ' s disruptors on the Groumall and destroyed it , killing K ' Temang and his crew . ( ) Under Dukat ' s command . The ship was the first Klingon starship to have been captured by the Cardassian Union and was discovered to have valuable computer log s , featuring status report s from several Klingon starships around the Union . The Detapa Council decided to not use the data to launch an offensive against the occupying Klingon forces , still favoring a diplomatic approach . Even though he was offered the chance to resume his old post as military advisor to the Detapa Council , Dukat decided to use the Bird - of - Prey to fight the Klingons himself . Kira managed to convince him to let Ziyal live on Deep Space 9 , not wanting her to live the life she led - as a freedom fighter . ( ) Dukat ' s Bird - of - Prey began attacking Klingon ships , and Dukat himself procured a baldric . ( ) Mission to Ty ' Gokor . Early in 2373 , Kira asked Ziyal to contact her father and ask him to bring his Bird - of - Prey to Deep Space 9 . Dukat ' s ship was needed by Benjamin Sisko , Worf , Odo and Miles O ' Brien to infiltrate the Klingon Empire and bring them to Ty ' Gokor , where they were to unmask a Changeling posing as Chancellor Gowron . During the journey , Damar voiced his opinion of using the Bird - of - Prey ' s photon torpedo es to destroy Gowron ' s command center . This idea was dismissed by Odo and O ' Brien , who told him he would " be lucky to launch one torpedo before they shot you down " . Using the Bird - of - Prey ' s computers , Dukat was able to plant the Starfleet team ' s assumed Klingon identities in Ty ' Gokor ' s central computer system . Nearing Ty ' Gokor , Dukat ' s ship was hail ed by another Bird - of - Prey . Usually , Dukat would have used the ship ' s holofilter to project the image of a crew of Klingons , but on this occasion its optronic relay s were fused , rendering it useless . Worf offered to talk to them , but Dukat preferred to destroy them . After depositing Sisko and his team on Ty ' Gokor , Dukat and his Bird - of - Prey left the system . ( ) Dukat ' s last days in command . Later that year , Dukat ' s Bird - of - Prey was damaged in a confrontation with a Klingon battle cruiser and he visited Deep Space 9 for repairs . ( ) Several days later , Dukat ' s Bird - of - Prey joined the and two runabout s to face an invading Dominion fleet . After the Dominion starships moved away from the station and set a course for Cardassia , Dukat appeared to move to intercept them . This was not the case , as he was joining the Dominion fleet . He announced his negotiations with the Dominion and Cardassia ' s membership in it from the bridge of his ship . The last time the crew of Deep Space 9 saw Dukat ' s Bird - of - Prey , it was moving with the Dominion fleet towards Cardassia Prime . ( ) In 2375 , Dukat and Damar reminisced about their time fighting the Klingons with the Bird - of - Prey . Damar remarked that " those were simpler times " . ( ) Appendices . Background information . The " Star Trek Fact Files " card for this ship suggests it was the first Bird - of - Prey the Dominion was able to study . Apocrypha . As part of a promotion for the " Star Trek Customizable Card Game " , Decipher released several sets of matching officers and their ships . " Dukat , True Cardassian " was released along with this ship , which was given the name " Naprem " . This would indicate Dukat renamed the ship in honor of the late Tora Naprem , with whom he conceived Tora Ziyal .