HMS Bounty
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| "HMS Bounty" | |
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| Class: | Klingon Bird-of-Prey |
| Affiliation: | Klingon Empire / Federation |
| Status: | Unknown (2286) |
HMS Bounty was the name given to the Klingon Bird-of-Prey commandeered by James T. Kirk in 2285. It was given the moniker by Leonard McCoy in a fit of historical irony, as the original Bounty, an Earth seagoing ship, had been taken over by mutineers - a situation similar to that the former USS Enterprise crewmembers found themselves in. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
After seizing control of the vessel from Klingon Commander Kruge above the Genesis Planet, Kirk took the Bounty to Vulcan in order to take Spock to Mount Seleya for the fal-tor-pan ritual. (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)
The Bounty remained on Vulcan for three months into 2286, before Kirk and his crew chose to return to Earth to face court martial for their actions. However, the arrival of the Whale Probe forced Kirk to take the Bounty back in time to 1986 to recover two humpback whales. For much of its time in the 20th Century, it remained under cloak and under danger of power failure due to the time warp degrading its dilithium crystals. Thanks to a recrystalization process developed by Spock, the power problem was restored. Upon completion of the whale tank and recovery of Chekov, it took off still under cloak to pick up the whales. It arrived just in time; the whales were under threat from a whaling ship. The ship decloaked and loomed over the whaler in order to frighten it off. Upon returning to the 23rd century, the Bounty was crippled by the probe, and crashed into San Francisco Bay. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
[edit] Bounty personnel
- See HMS Bounty personnel for a complete list of the ship's original Klingon crew.
| Klingon Birds-of-Prey |
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| IKS Buruk • IKS Ch'Tang • Chang's Bird-of-Prey • Dukat's Bird-of-Prey • Duras sisters' Bird-of-Prey • IKS Hegh'ta • K'Temang's Bird-of-Prey • K'Vada's Bird-of-Prey • Kang's Bird-of-Prey • IKS Ki'tang • Klaa's Bird-of-Prey • IKS Koraga • IKS Korinar • Kruge's Bird-of-Prey • IKS M'Char • IKS Malpara • IKS Ning'tao • Okrona • IKS Orantho • IKS Pagh • IKS Rotarran • IKS Slivin • IKS Vorn • IKS Y'tem • Unnamed |
[edit] Background
- In Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, the design of the bridge aboard the Bounty was completely redressed from the vessel's original appearance in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. This appearance would act as a reference for all future bridges aboard Klingon ships.
- An early storyboard draft of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country featured the Bounty in spacedock being disassembled by Starfleet engineers.
- The Star Trek Customizable Card Game gives its name as the IKS Qel'Poh.
[edit] External link
- HMS Bounty at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
