Changes: Theta class (starship)

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The Theta-class raider was a type of starship used by the Miradorn during the 2360s and 70s.

The Theta-class raider was equipped with deflector shields and armed with a dual forward photon torpedo bank and two wing mounted cannons for launching concentrated plasma charges. With this weaponry it could easily outgun small ships, such as Starfleet Danube-class runabouts. Its maximum velocity was capable of exceeding warp 5. (DS9: "Vortex")

Ships of the class

Certain

Ah-Kel and Ro-Kel's raider

Uncertain

Baran's mercenary vessel

Background information

In "Vortex", the runabout's computer identified Ah-Kel and Ro-Kel's raider as "Miradorn vessel, Theta-class", suggesting that the ships of this class are constructed by the Miradorn.

Baran's mercenary vessel, later seen in TNG: "Gambit, Part I" and "Gambit, Part II", was not specified as a Theta-class ship in those episodes, but based on its numerous similarities, unmodified studio model and use as a mercenary ship, suggest it is also a ship of this class.

A model of the Miradorn starship was released by Galoob as part of their Star Trek Micro Machines collection.

The CCG: Second Edition named this type of vessel as a Ma-Karn-class ship.

External link

Ma-Karn class at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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+{{Sidebar starship class|
-[[Image:ThetaClass1.jpg|thumb|200px|'''''Theta''-class''' raider docked at [[Deep Space 9|DS9]]]]
+|Name=        	''Theta'' class
-[[Image:ThetaClass2.jpg|thumb|200px|'''''Theta''-class''' (aft)]]
+| image=       	Theta class plasma charges.jpg
-[[Image:BaranTheta.jpg|thumb|200px|Baran's raider flying over the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|''Enterprise''-D]]]]
+|Affiliation= 	[[Miradorn]]
+|Type=		[[Raider]]
+|Active=	[[24th century]]
+|Speed=		[[Warp factor|Warp 5+]]
+|Armament=	[[Photon torpedo]]es, [[plasma charge]]s
+|Defenses=      [[Deflector shield]]s
+}}
+The '''''Theta''-class''' [[raider]] was a type of [[starship]] used by the [[Miradorn]] during the [[2360]]s and [[2370s|70s]].
-The '''''Theta''-class''' raider was a type of [[starship]] used by the [[Miradorn]] during the [[2360]]s and [[2370s|70s]]. The ''Theta''-class raider was armed with dual forward [[photon torpedo]] launchers and dual forward [[plasma]] charge emitters and could easily outgun a [[Starfleet]] [[runabout]]. Its maximum velocity is capable of exceeded [[warp factor|warp 5]].
+The ''Theta''-class raider was equipped with [[deflector shield]]s and armed with a dual forward [[photon torpedo]] bank and two wing mounted cannons for launching concentrated [[plasma charge]]s. With this weaponry it could easily outgun small ships, such as [[Starfleet]] {{Class|Danube}} [[runabout]]s. Its [[maximum warp|maximum velocity]] was capable of exceeding [[warp factor|warp 5]]. ({{DS9|Vortex}})
+==Ships of the class==
-In [[2369]], [[Ah-Kel and Ro-Kel]]'s ''Theta''-class raider visited [[Deep Space 9]], shortly after raiding a [[Vanoben transport]], just [[lightyear|two light-years]] from the [[starbase|station]]. ([[DS9]]: "[[Vortex]]")
+;Certain
+* [[Ah-Kel and Ro-Kel's raider]]
+;Uncertain
-A ''Theta''-class mercenary vessel was utilized by [[Arctus Baran]] during his search for the [[Stone of Gol]] in [[2369]]-[[2370]]. His vessel was encased in an energy-absorbing material (or sheath) that rendered the ship virtually undetectable to [[Federation]] long-range [[sensor]]s. It was armed with dual forward [[disruptor]]s and had a maximum velocity of warp 8.7.
+* [[Baran's mercenary vessel]]
+== Background information==
-In [[2370]], Baran and his group of marauders raided several ancient [[Vulcan]] [[archaeology]] sites throughout several systems between [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]] and [[Romulus]]. ([[TNG]]: "[[Gambit, Part I]] [[Gambit, Part II|& Part II]])
+In "Vortex", the runabout's [[computer]] identified Ah-Kel and Ro-Kel's raider as "Miradorn vessel, ''Theta''-class", suggesting that the ships of this class are constructed by the Miradorn.
-:''Baran's vessel was not specifed as a ''Theta''-class, however based on its numerous character similiarities and the same generalized identification (as a "mercenary ship"), it may be reasonably assumed that is of the same class.''
+[[Baran]]'s mercenary vessel, later seen in {{TNG|Gambit, Part I}} and {{e|Gambit, Part II}}, was not specified as a ''Theta''-class ship in those episodes, but based on its numerous similarities, unmodified [[Studio models (DS9)#Miradorn raider|studio model]] and use as a [[mercenary]] ship, suggest it is also a ship of this [[starship classification|class]].
+A model of the Miradorn starship was released by [[Galoob]] as part of their ''[[Star Trek]]'' Micro Machines collection.
-:''The ''Theta''-class model was designed by [[Richard Delgado]], and later re-used as a [[Taresian starship]] in [[VOY]]: "[[Favorite Son]]".''
+The ''[[CCG: Second Edition]]'' named this type of vessel as a ''Ma-Karn''-class ship.
+==External link==
+* {{mbeta|Ma-Karn class|''Ma-Karn'' class}}
 [[Category:Starship classes]]
+[[de:Theta-Klasse]]
+[[fr:Classe Theta]]