Warbird

In starship classification, a warbird was a type of warship. They generally resembled large predatory birds. (; )
Three cultures are known to have operated warbirds:
* Klingon Empire
**Klingon warbird (; )
* Romulan Star Empire/Romulan Free State
**, utilized during the mid-22nd century ()
**, utilized during the 2340s ()
**, utilized during the 2390s (, et al.)
** warbird, utilized during the mid-2360s and mid-2370s (–)
**Oh's warbird, utilized in 2399 ()
**, described as warbirds in 2399 ()
** warbird, utilized during the late 2370s ()
* Reman
**Scimitar, a prototype referred to as a "Reman warbird" ()
== Appendices ==
=== Background information ===
The term "warbird", as used within the Romulan Empire, dates back as far as 2154, as the Romulan drone ship was a modified warbird; this, however, was most likely a warbird of a much earlier design than that of the D'deridex class. The term was known to Starfleet as early as a 2344 encounter with the . It is, however, unclear if this specifically refers to the D'deridex-class design or that of yet another unknown warbird class.
The word in the Romulan language apparently is "D'deridex", as what Data refers to in the episode as a "D'deridex-class cruiser" is also referred to as a "Warbird-class starship" by Picard in .
Prior to and , "warbird" or "Romulan warbird" were used exclusively to refer to D'deridex-class starships. Brannon Braga has mentioned that the use of the term "warbird" to describe Klingon ships in was a mistake, implying that the production team only wished Romulan ships to be identified as warbirds.
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