The Romulan's SR-71: The Raven Class

Today we take a closer look at one of the ships featured in "The Kithomer Massacre" The Raven class spy-ship. designed specifically for intelligence gathering and incorporating the latest advances in romulan cloaking technology the Raven was an eluscive ship in its day. but was the intelligence it gathered put to good use?
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[@Marinealver]

We heard about the Romulan Interceptor when Quark was "gifted" a shuttle. Never saw one.

[@alexanderleach3365]

Impressive starship. Raven is a perfect name for it.

[@ycplum7062]

You already created the lore, but my initial impression is that of a reconnaissance and electronic warfare vessel, much in the same mold of the old USAF EF-111, also called the Raven. 😉

[@venomgeekmedia9886]

Ah the EW variant of the AaarrrDVaaaarrrrrK!

[@ycplum7062]

@@venomgeekmedia9886 Computer processing requires a lot of power and active jamming requires even more more power. These systems run hot,cplacing even greater demand on power. As such, a larger vessel would be required. That is why the E-3 Sentry has a bigger, more powerful radar than any air/surface surveillence helicopter. Ergo, a vessel that is larger, with a bigger engine/powerplant, but less room for more weapons and munitions.

[@birdmonster4586]

Like you said, It's a bit of a redundant design, but it's a testament to its design and niche capability that it managed to carve out it's own distinct place in the fleet.

[@venomgeekmedia9886]

I wouldn't say redundant? Although soon obsolete

[@geekiusmaximus1882]

I’ve always pronounced it “Nae-eer” The smaller variant aspect is most interesting, and really shows iust how unprepared everyone was for the dominion. It’s not like they thought of making the smaller variant more heavily armed or anything, they assumed it would only be good for reconnaissance anyway…attack ships really hit the quadrant out of nowhere

[@LaterMercury823]

Great ship chat of the Romulan Raven class. Hope to see a ship chat of the IRW Melak and compared it to the Vmelak class you used in the past and it's dimensions are in the future.

[@venomgeekmedia9886]

Watch this space...

[@GuardianSage]

You said that the person who designed the ship and had it on their website said that it was produced right after the destruction of praxis. What if that was when the original design was proposed but was shot down because they already had a bunch of good designs already in use. Then, when the Tomed incident occurred, someone pulled out the old design, made a few minor tweaks, changed what its official roll would be, and presented to the Romulan Senate where it finally got approved for official development and production.

[@davidreeves4556]

I would have liked this to have reverse firing weapons like the Cobra Night raven/firefox, it can fire on pursuers and uses its speed and stealth as its main defence.

[@mathewweeks9069]

Your awesome dude and awesome video you rock

[@thestanleys3657]

I don't know if you've covered this before but would you say a quantum singularity drive is like a nuclear powered ship were as an antimatter core is like a petrol/diesel engine?

[@venomgeekmedia9886]

Yeah pretty much

[@venomgeekmedia9886]

Yeah pretty much

[@thestanleys3657]

@@venomgeekmedia9886 ah right. thanks for the response 😃👍

[@ycplum7062]

I don't have a vessel analogy, but I have one for home heating. The quantum singularity engine is analogous to geothermal heating while the antimatter engine is analogous to fuel based heating (natural gas, oil, coal, wood, etc.). Geothermal taps into the energy of the earth while quantum singularity taps into the structure/fabric of space itself.

[@thestanleys3657]

@@ycplum7062 thanks for the info I hadn't thought of geothermal energy 👍

[@Unsound_advice]

So many windows. Always so many windows. Is it a cruise ship?

[@venomgeekmedia9886]

That's just standard in this era. Lots and lots of windows

[@Unsound_advice]

@@venomgeekmedia9886 Romulans seem too practical to have a use for windows honestly. Always expect their ships to have “slick” hulls with minimal details beyond panel lines and sensor grids. As opposed to Starfleet vessels with all their “unnecessary” crew comforts such as individual quarters, windows, and “recreation” areas.

[@venomgeekmedia9886]

@@Unsound_advice it's a misconception that romulans are austere. They actually care a great deal about luxury and comfort

[@Unsound_advice]

@@venomgeekmedia9886 i understand that in architecture and home construction but they seem very to the point in military construction.

[@MrZonehawk]

We hide with Pride!

[@chrisortega7521]

KneeUuh' Ruuh, maybe?

[@occultatumquaestio5226]

Hmm, Raven are quite black birds. I presume this is where the name is derived. It is indeed an interesting design. I wonder if there are any holonovels with a Romulan version James Bond using this ship as its mobile base?

[@venomgeekmedia9886]

Romulan spy thrillers. Less realistic than cardassian thrillers

[@ycplum7062]

In Norse mythology, a pair of ravens spied for Odin. Ravens also have a reputation for being smart and curious across several cultures.

[@hughtonne1775]

what woud a tri-naccel Romulan design look like?

[@venomgeekmedia9886]

Not sure...they are quite awkward.

[@hughtonne1775]

@@venomgeekmedia9886 Fair enough, but it would at least be interesting to think of. Perhaps the Romulans never experimented with different Nacell configurations because of "fleet doctrine" or similar

[@IronMan-kz8tg]

Here's one for you but not much history from my HUSNOCK . 50 billion just snapped away . TNG

[@tony5318]

Can you do one on the Obena class starship?

[@cross3052]

I think this is in the Borg Incursion mod for Armada 1. Fascinating. I much prefer the name "Raven". Pronouncable, birdy and apt.

[@lynngreen7978]

A predecessor to the spy ship from New Frontiers.

[@Stay_at_home_Astronaut81]

Are you a TrekBBS member, Venom? 😅

[@venomgeekmedia9886]

Can't say that I am

[@Stay_at_home_Astronaut81]

@@venomgeekmedia9886 Don't, it's a weird place. :D

[@shanenolan5625]

Lol I'm not gonna try pronounce that. Edit . They ran . Lol descretion is the greater part of valor.

[@venomgeekmedia9886]

its just not worth it...

[@miamijules2149]

It’s called the 😯😧😬🤔🥴

[@weldonwin]

I'm saying that as the Nay-Rah Class, but I agree, Raven is much easier

[@shanenolan5625]

I think the romulan scout is called thr romulan intercepter. , apparently they are very fast .

[@venomgeekmedia9886]

where is it called the interceptor?

[@shanenolan5625]

@@venomgeekmedia9886 ds9 . Rom to quark . The episode with roswell. Rome is comparing the ferengi shuttle to different ships. She is as easy to fly as a federation runabout and as fast as s romulan interceptor. ( its possible he was referring to the romulan shuttle we she in season 6 but that hadn't been created on depicted on screen yet ) I assumed it was a the vessel in the defector. Or the one seen in voyager .which seems like a smaller version of the same vessel. We see a larger version in tng . The phase cloak ship season 5 . ?

[@dot2562]

chipshat

[@stevenewman1393]

🖖😎👍

[@carnifexor3010]

Nothing wrong with giving it a lament, than using the given name. Thus, every NATO lament of Soviet/Russian military equipment and the ST English name of Vulcan. A Vulcan from Vulcan, or is it Vulca, or should the lament Vulcanite be used? Vulca Vulca! My head hurts, time to go to sleep!

[@venomgeekmedia9886]

Yeah giving it a starfleet reporting name.

[@_BLACKSTAR_]

@ 4:04 you say it has 4 disruptors & 1 torpedo. @ 10:09 you say it has 2 disruptors & 1 torpedo. ????

[@grantyocom]

Glad to see you caught that too. I guess, not many is the point.

[@venomgeekmedia9886]

The disruptors are twin linked... so 2 pairs of 4