D'Kazanak class

The D'Kazanak class warbird was a new type of starship within the Romulan Star Empire. They were a built in secret with only rumours being heard of their capabilities. It is said that no one knew anything about these ships and those that attempted to breathe a word about the specifications would suffer under the penalty of death. Even the location where these ships were being constructed was not known.

The ships like most Warbirds would be constructed in orbit of a planet and it was rumoured that they were created above one of the more remote colonies within Romulan space. It was known that the D'Kazanak class was larger, faster and more heavily armed then the D'deridex class warbirds. The ships were constructed with the intention of combating the Federation Galaxy class starships and surpassing their advantages.

Previous warbird designs were known to suffer from a lower warp capability compared to Starfleet ships. The D'Kazanak class would have rectified this problem with efficient warp drives that would match the ones used by the Federation. It was also rumoured that this class of ship had a newer generation of Cloaking devices which would eliminate the 'ghost effect' which sometimes rendered cloaked ships visible to enemy sensors.

The ship was also rumoured to be equipped with more powerful 'photon' disruptors. What was one of the most dangerous rumours regarding this starship was that the cloaking device would allow weapons to be employed which no other cloaked ship was capable of at the time.

(TNG novel: The Romulan Prize)