Actually, it would seem that the two class names are simply the Regular and Mirror versions of the same thing.
After all, the "Rascals" footage is simply the "Yesterday's Enterprise" footage recycled, with a special emphasis on showing how huge these BoPs are in relation to the E-D in both cases. All the new ship shots or compositions in "Rascals" further support the hugeness. The bigger size helps explain their success in combat. The small crew may simply reflect the concept of the Ferengi not really having the resources to operate the ships for any extended period of time - they were merely obtained for this heist. Although the episode never actually specifies the crew as small. It only mentions that the boarding party is not overwhelmingly large, i.e. can be overwhelmed by our heroes. Probably most Ferengi don't want to stick out their stubby necks and join the boarders... There might be hundreds back on the ships for all we know.
Believing in the "Big BoP vs. Small BoP" model seems reasonable enough, given the evidence. But we only know the canon dialogue names of the big version, in two universes. The smaller version, as flown by Martok, is never properly given a name, not even in background graphics (although an Okudagram describing the ship from which Worf ejected in "Penumbra" identifies that BoP as a K'Vort, we don't learn her size from the graphic).
As for the Hur'q, things can go either way. Canon only ever identifies them as raiders and invaders, never as an occupying or oppressing force, but Klingons might have gained a thing or two even from raiders, or may belittle a shameful longterm occupation as a mere raid.
I'm all for the idea that the Light of Kahless caused all sorts of rarely seen Klingon riffraff to crawl out of the woodwork, with ships dedicated to furthering their own agenda rather than supporting the ongoing Imperial expansion. Much of the arsenal at the Binaries might in fact be unsuited to combat, being scraped from the bottoms of House barrels in impromptu support of T'Kumva and his politically convenient but unexpected agenda. Later on, the real fighting is done exclusively by just three of the types: the crescent-winged BoP (which IMHO is a nice member of the overall BoP family), the baroque Destroyer (seen finishing off the Gagarin), and the flat Battle Cruiser which is what one gets if sitting hard on a K'Tinga.
The D7 is just a prison barge (and Saru calls it a BoP, but Saru probably is a fool). The Ship of the Dead is a family heirloom turned into a religious object; its size helps it in combat, but it may be a neutronic fuel tanker originally for all we know. And the weirder designs only ever appear at the Binaries.
Timo Saloniemi
After all, the "Rascals" footage is simply the "Yesterday's Enterprise" footage recycled, with a special emphasis on showing how huge these BoPs are in relation to the E-D in both cases. All the new ship shots or compositions in "Rascals" further support the hugeness. The bigger size helps explain their success in combat. The small crew may simply reflect the concept of the Ferengi not really having the resources to operate the ships for any extended period of time - they were merely obtained for this heist. Although the episode never actually specifies the crew as small. It only mentions that the boarding party is not overwhelmingly large, i.e. can be overwhelmed by our heroes. Probably most Ferengi don't want to stick out their stubby necks and join the boarders... There might be hundreds back on the ships for all we know.
Believing in the "Big BoP vs. Small BoP" model seems reasonable enough, given the evidence. But we only know the canon dialogue names of the big version, in two universes. The smaller version, as flown by Martok, is never properly given a name, not even in background graphics (although an Okudagram describing the ship from which Worf ejected in "Penumbra" identifies that BoP as a K'Vort, we don't learn her size from the graphic).
As for the Hur'q, things can go either way. Canon only ever identifies them as raiders and invaders, never as an occupying or oppressing force, but Klingons might have gained a thing or two even from raiders, or may belittle a shameful longterm occupation as a mere raid.
I'm all for the idea that the Light of Kahless caused all sorts of rarely seen Klingon riffraff to crawl out of the woodwork, with ships dedicated to furthering their own agenda rather than supporting the ongoing Imperial expansion. Much of the arsenal at the Binaries might in fact be unsuited to combat, being scraped from the bottoms of House barrels in impromptu support of T'Kumva and his politically convenient but unexpected agenda. Later on, the real fighting is done exclusively by just three of the types: the crescent-winged BoP (which IMHO is a nice member of the overall BoP family), the baroque Destroyer (seen finishing off the Gagarin), and the flat Battle Cruiser which is what one gets if sitting hard on a K'Tinga.
The D7 is just a prison barge (and Saru calls it a BoP, but Saru probably is a fool). The Ship of the Dead is a family heirloom turned into a religious object; its size helps it in combat, but it may be a neutronic fuel tanker originally for all we know. And the weirder designs only ever appear at the Binaries.
Timo Saloniemi
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