2.19 Romulan, Ferengi & Borg Ships

Romulans

The Romulans have only recently emerged from an extended period of isolationism, and thus very little is known about their technology. We do know that they have developed some formidable new ships in the interim, and that they are equipped with a more sophisticated cloaking device which renders their ships nearly invisible to even our most advanced sensors. Because of the tremendous power drain involved, weapons systems cannot be used while the cloaking device is engaged. Romulan ships-of-the-line are generically called Warbirds.

Romulan D'Deridex Class Warbird: This is a huge vessel, which is probably more than a match for the Enterprise in terms of firepower. Maximum sustainable warp speed is about 9.1, slightly slower than that of the Enterprise. Power source is believed to be a system which harnesses the x-ray emissions from a captive quantum singularity. Armed with disruptor banks and torpedoes.

Romulan Scout Ship: Seen in “The Defector”. A small, minimally armed, warp capable vehicle. Substantially slower than the Warbird.

Ferengi

Ferengi ships are called Marauders, powered by matter/antimatter reactors very similar to (and probably copied from) older-style Federation starships. Some Ferengi Marauders are equipped with a very powerful energy/wave weapon (seen in “The Last Outpost”), while others are armed with some kind of photon torpedoes.

The Borg

Very little is known about the huge cube-shaped ships of the Borg. We do know that their technology is highly decentralized with each key system having numerous backups located throughout the ship. This gives their ships an ability to continue operating even after having absorbed a tremendous amount of damage. Starfleet believes the Borg use some kind of sophisticated power source which somehow taps the difference in energy-state potential between different layers of subspace. This gives them an almost unlimited power source which allows their ships to travel vast distances at very high warp factors. It also gives their ships the ability to quickly regenerate damaged parts during battle situations. The Borg home world is believed to be located on the other side of the galaxy, somewhere deep in the Delta quadrant.