IKS Kla'Diyus
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The prototype bird of prey commanded by General Chang during the Khitomer Peace Talks. It was unique in that it was capable of firing photon torpedoes while cloaked, thanks to a low-power cloaking device.
As the USS Enterprise-A escorted IKS Kronos One, which was transporting Chancellor Gorkon to Earth for peace negotiations, the cloaked ship hid directly under the Enterprise. The only sign of its presence was a large amount of neutron radiation, which was detected too late as the Enterprise crew witnessed what appeared to be two torpedoes seemingly fired from their vessel hitting Kronos One, which was further complicated by the work of saboteurs who made it appear as though the Enterprise was missing those two torpedoes. As a result, Gorkon was assassinated, and Captain Kirk and Doctor McCoy were arrested for his murder. Fortunately, the Enterprise daringly managed to rescue them, disobeying orders from Starfleet Command.
Despite some skepticism from his fellow officers, Captain Spock, was able to determine the existence of this vessel, as it seemed to most logical explanation, if theoretical. His theory was proven true as he gleaned the information by way of mind meld with Lieutenant Valeris, who had been found to be in league with the conspirators, learning that there was only one such ship. After learning the new, secret location for the peace conference from Captain Sulu, on the USS Excelsior, both vessels headed to Khitomer where the Kla'Diyus was waiting for them.
As Chang quoted Shakespeare over all the comm channels, his ship opened fire on the helpless Enterprise, causing it heavy damage. The Excelsior, arriving late, was just as incapable of tracking Chang's ship and was damaged as well. Spock determined that despite its cloak, the bird of prey still released plasma exhaust, and based on an idea from Commander Uhura, installed equipment, with McCoy's help, on a photon torpedo designed to catalog gaseous anomalies. Once fired, the torpedo wound around space, slowly beginning to lock in on the exhaust from the bird of prey, until it impacted on the unshielded bridge, killing Chang and his command crew and exposing the ship, allowing further fire from the Enterprise and Excelsior to destroy it.
