Build:Romulan Starbirds
2.4.4 Romulan Starbirds
Starbird is the Romulan term for a type of ship that Starfleet typically refers to as an Exploratory Cruiser. Equipped with advanced sensors, copious laboratory resources, and strong shields to protect the crew against radiation and other astronomical phenomena, it can conduct lengthy scientific missions in deep space. Thanks to the Starbird fleet, the boundaries of the Romulan Star Empire, the extent of its scientific knowledge, and the appreciation of the fundamental truth of D’era have all expanded within the past several decades.
Perhaps the most unusual of the Starbirds is the T’kairin class Generational Cruiser, due to leave stardock in 2378. The first of its kind in the Star Navy, it’s designed to carry a crew of up to 1,000 on decades-long journeys to other quadrants and galaxies. If the T’kairin Exploration and Colonization Program goes as planned, within a century the Star Empire could easily become the largest political entity in the galaxy.