The Chargh-class, also known as the 'chargh-class, was a Klingon starship class, a battleship in service to various Great Houses of the Klingon Empire in the 2250s decade. (DSC episode: "Battle at the Binary Stars", STO - Age of Discovery mission: "Battle at the Binary Stars")
Specifications[]
Plan views of the 2256 model.
The class name meant conquer in Klingonese. It was 773.6 meters long. (DSC reference: The Official Starships Collection size-chart partwork)
This was one of two related battleship classes, both variants of the same basic spaceframe. Besides the chargh, the other type was the Jach-class. The ship consisted of a minuscule primary hull with an impulse engine at its stern, flanked by a pair of enormous warp nacelles that held spikes and weapon ports. (DSC reference: The Official Starships Collection size-chart partwork)
The chargh was a battleship, armed with disruptor beam arrays and photon torpedo launchers. (STO - Mirror of Discovery mission: "Battle of the Binary Stars")
Service history[]
Plan views, 2410 temporal warship.
Ships of the class were employed by the Klingon Great Houses by 2256. (DSC episode: "Battle at the Binary Stars")
Ships of this class were also used by Klingons of the mirror universe around the same time. (STO - Mirror of Discovery mission: "Para Pacem")
Several vessels of this class fought in the Federation-Klingon War of 2256-2257, beginning with the Battle of the Binary Stars in May 2256. (DSC episode: "Battle at the Binary Stars")
In late 2256, a pair of battleships of this class was part of an armada engaging the USS Gagarin, destroying the Shepard-class ship. (DSC episode: "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum")
In 2257, a pair of bortaS bIr-class battleships were part of an armada gathering in the Sol system to attack Earth. The armada disengaged and returned to Klingon space when Chancellor L'Rell ended the war. (DSC episode: "Will You Take My Hand?")
In 2410, the temporal displacement of J'Ula and many of her forces of House of Mo'Kai from the Defense of Starbase 1 to present-day, the chargh class returned service. (STO - Age of Discovery mission: "Downfall")
Ships of the class, including from a 2256-era mirror universe, were involved with trans-temporal events instigated by Sylvia Tilly at Pahvo. (STO - Mirror of Discovery missions: "Para Pacem", "Illusion of Communication", "Peril Over Pahvo")
A Chargh-class battleship.
A chargh-class battleship led the House Mo'Kai marauders during an assault on spore colonies in a Briar Path system. The battleship sent a wave of M'Chla-class birds of prey and Sech-class battlecruisers to Asteroids Alpha and Beta each to confront astromycologist Paul Stamets and his Khitomer Alliance escort. Following their defeat, the chargh engaged the Alliance at Asteroid Gamma with the third wave of Mo'Kai ships, but were waylaid by the sudden arrival of Elachi vessels. These were awakened Elachi, a mutated from friendly to the Alliance, emerging from the mycelial realm. The joint forces destroyed the remaining Klingon ships, and worked on removing hargh'peng radiation from the spore colonies. (STO - J'Ula's Discovery mission: "Within The Briars")
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External links[]
- Chargh class article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Klingon Chargh Battleship article at Star Trek Online Wiki.
- Chargh Temporal Warship article at Star Trek Online Wiki.