Mogai class

## SPACECRAFT CLASS

Dorsal forward view

Dorsal aft view

The ***Iirhhaedh'rrhiet Mogai*** or ***Mogai*-class**, named for a large avian predator native to Romulus, was a type of spacecraft developed by the Romulan Guard in the late 24th century. Starfleet classified the vessel as a scale 6 heavy cruiser.

## History

The concept of the *Mogai*-class was born from early reports of the development of the *Sovereign*-class by Starfleet and the *Negh'Var*-class by the Klingon Defense Force. Though most leaders in the Romulan Guard preferred to upgrade the formidable *D'deridex*-class, a small faction advocated for a new class of warbird. The debate raged well into 2371 but shifted drastically after the disastrous Battle of the Omarion Nebula. The new warbird design was ordered and work began immediately.

The *Mogai*'s final design was approved in mid-2372 and construction began immediately. The space frames for the prototype, named the IRW *Norexan*, and eleven other warbirds were assembled at the Ur-Metheisn Shipyards in orbit of Romulus. Construction slowed when war broke out between the Dominion, the United Federation of Planets, and the Klingon Empire, as resources were directed to refits and upgrades of existing warbirds. However, construction resumed in earnest when the Star Empire entered the war in late 2374.

The conflict resolved before the new *Mogai*-class entered active service, with the twelve new warbirds being completed at the end of 2375. The new vessels became the first step in rebuilding of the Romulan Star Navy from its significant losses during the Dominion War. Production was drastically increased and another forty of the class were completed by 2379.

When the Imperial Romulan State split from the Star Empire in 2381, a number of warbird commanders, many of them in command of the new *Mogai*-class starships, pledged themselves and their starships to the new government. Headquartered on Achernar Prime, the new state gained control of the Aeihk'aeleir Shipyard and some of the experimental technologies being developed there.

The most viable was the shield absorptive frequency generator, which was designed to modulate the EM frequency of energy weapons, thereby absorbing some of the shields from a target vessel while boosting the shield power of the attacking starship. Empress Donatra ordered the immediate development of warbirds integrated with the device. A new class, named after Donata's personal warbird, the IRW *Valdore*, was developed using the *Mogai* as its template.

At the same time, some of the *Mogai* warbirds were refit to include a superstructure containing robust command and control systems. The new *Melponar*-class was created to fill a gap in Donatra's forces and provide better coordination amongst the Imperial State's fleet. The main, and most noticeable, addition was a large structure at the aft end of the dorsal hull. This vane housed advanced command and control systems, allowing a *Melponar* to serve at the center of Romulan fleet formations. Only a dozen of the vessels were constructed before their role was subsumed by the more versatile *Valdore*.

The *Mogai*-class continued to see service by Romulan forces, even after the supernova that destroyed Romulus and Remus in 2385. Some were commandeered by forces of the Reman Resistance, while others were used by the Tal Shiar to spread and enforce their influence in the disorganized territories of the Star Empire. Surprisingly few of the vessels came to be operated by the Romulan Republic Militia.

Romulan Republic engineers brought the *Mogai* silhouette into the 25th century with the *Morrigu*-class, named for a carnivorous bird native to Romulus. The design integrated experimental ablative hazard shielding, which granted vessels a temporary, secondary, absorption shield.

## Technical information

### Class variations

While some fleets held *Dinæs s'Daihlsam* (Right of Standard) that allowed them the use of custom liveries on their vessels, the biggest variation among *Mogai* warbirds was hull coloration. The color varied depending on where the ore used in the metals for the hull was mined and smelted. Emerald (*ehrie*) was reserved for Command fleets and ivory (*Aye s'Fvillha*) for the *Tal'Prai'ex*, with gray, gray-green, and brown-hulled warbirds disbursed amongst the Senatorial fleets and client state defense forces.

## Appendices

### Connections

**Project Groups:** C3 warbirds (*Baratan* • *Deihu* • *Vastam*) • Miracle Worker (*Nijil* • *Tebok* • *Varel*) • Multi-mission explorers (*Galas* • *Surhuelh* • *Taenen*) • Pilot escorts (*Khaiell* • *Jaeih* • *Okhala*)

**Other Named Classes:** *Aelahl* • *Aves* • *Craeul* • *Deleth* • *Faehht* • *Kholhr* • *Laeosa* • *Osprey* • *Ra'nodaire* • *Rahhae* • *Thrai* • *T'liss* • *Valkis*

**Auxiliary Craft:** *Falconet* • *Kestrel* • *Scorpion* • *Talon*

**Agencies:** Romulan Republic Temporal Defense • Reman Resistance

**Military:** Romulan Republic Militia • Romulan Republic Army • Republic Militia Intelligence • Romulan Republic Navy • Republic Special Forces

**Facilities:** New Romulus Command • Dewa IV Shipyards • Rh'Ihho Station • Tephrei Fleet Yards • Vauthil Station

**Territory:** Crateris • New Romulus • Rhi III • Virinat

**Species:** Reman • Rli'shu • Romulan • Yuyati

**Territory:** Crateris • Pictae • Romulus (Ra'tleihfi) • Remus (Biscae) • Unroth III

**Agencies:** Guard • Imperial Army • Star Navy • Tal Diann • Praetorian Guard • Tal Shiar

**Spacecraft classes:** *Accipiter* • *Buzzard* • *Condor* • *D'deridex* • *Draconarius* • *Falcon* • *Falconet* • *Firehawk* • *Griffin* • *Hawk* • *Kestrel* • *King Condor* • ***Mogai*** (*Valdore*) • *Osprey* • *Phoenix* • *Scimitar* • *Scorpion* • *Seahawk* • *Shadow* • *Shrike* • *Sparrowhawk* • *T'varo* • *T'liss* (*Snipe*) • *Talon* • *Thrai* • *Veles* • *Venator* • *Vulture*

### Sources consulted

* Valdore type article at *Memory Alpha*.
* Mogai class article at *Memory Beta*.
* *Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection* issue 31: "Romulan Warbird *Valdore*."
* Mogai Heavy Warbird article at the *Star Trek Online Wiki*.
* Heavy Warbird Retrofit Mogai Heavy Warbird Retrofit article at the *Star Trek Online Wiki*.
* Mogai Heavy Warbird (Mob) article at the *Star Trek Online Wiki*.
* Valdore Class article at the Bravo Fleet Wiki.
* Norexan Class Warbird article at The Starship Files.

### Footnotes

1. ↑ *Star Trek: Titan* novel - *Taking Wing*.