I like to imagine Klingon escape pods, all have boarding mechanisms. After learning that trick from Kirk.

I'd also say the Mogh class exhibits design philosophies from the Starfleet Defiant and Sovereign classes; likely based on Worf's personal experiences on those ships. Most 24th century Klingon ships were ships for tactical battle, but the Mogh and -Samurai- Kurak class are ships for strategic war. Honor and Glory to the house of Mogh. (Haha, that last part at the end about barrels; rivaling only tribbles for being the greatest threat to Klingons).

I think what you said at the end is perfect, a more methodical and professional way of waging war. Just like Worf. The cunning Warrior will always prevail. And while the Klingons may have stagnated a bit, I think Mogh is a wonderful design, a true return to form for a battered Empire. Nicely done.

The crack about barrels is so great. I like that Worf got a warship and that he basically was like "Hmm the Defiant, a warship with a cloaking device, what if you really designed a ship to make use of that."

Oh my, I'm in love! The Kurak looks so brutally effective. It's tied with the Vor'Kang as my favourite Klingon warship by pure looks alone. If the Vor'Kang looks like a crossbow, the Kurak looks like a hand-held disruptor, with blade wings❤

Glory to you and to your house

I think in sto . Martock restored the house of mogh and kurn as its leader. Wolf remained in the house of Martock. Undoing gowron acts

One of the things that makes the STO original designs such a wonderful addition to Star Trek lore is the amount of thought and detail that goes into their designs. Even though there isn’t much hard canon on these ships, there is always something to read deeper into. Your interpretation of the Kurak-class’s prow as a sensor array made me think of the “Miracle Worker” arrays on the Gagarin-class. I initially thought of the Gagarin as primarily a warp and slipstream interceptor and pursuit cruiser purpose built for the role the Cheyenne fulfilled in the 24th century. The nacelle design and the cyclical slipstream drive convinced me of this, but your reading of the Kurak as an aggressive reconnaissance vessel made me think of the Gagarin’s affore-mentioned arrays and their similar placement. It might be possible that the Gagarin could also be designed for this aggressive recon role. Thanks for another video and keep up the good work!

Klingons being mindful in battle and not idiot suicider-gloryhounds like the generations that came before? Will wonders never cease. My respect for them just increased.

I *LOVE* the Kurak. It's stunning, beautiful even, in it's hard angular geometry.

Honestly its nice that its recognised that Mogh was an honourable man as were all of Worfs family. Especially given canon has it that Worfs grandfather defended Kirk and McCoy and got a partial win in geting it only to the life sentance when it was meant to be death. Despite the stacking of the deck in the trial. Also an advocate of the accords as im sure Worfs father was. Its quite interesting how that house end up determining a lot of Klingon politics from the late 23rd century onwards despite probably being seen as a bit odd for their value on the human like internal instead of external honour.

At this rate, Venom's going to have enough head canon to do the Federation-Klingon War in the 25th century.

😂😂😂 barrels omg!!! The only threat greater than tribbles to a Klingon warrior. Also great video as always

We need some ships from the "Children of Tama" Maybe "Darmok" class

So, the Wiki says it has more firepower than the N'egvar, despite being smaller. I would actually believe that, since the Mogh is a much newer ship, that incorporates much newer technology and was designed to incorporate more advanced systems going forwards, while the N'egvar is decades old by the time of STO and was built at a time when Klingon technology was generally lagging behind the Federation, which to me puts a serious cap on how far you can upgrade and modernise it as a platform. It's the difference between trying to upgrade and modernise legacy aircraft, trying to keep pushing a platform from the 60's as far as it'll go, VS building a brand new next generation aircraft, that can do most things that the older aircraft could, but far more efficiently and has new capabilities that the old platform didn't have and could never have, no matter how hard you tried to push it.

When STO describes something as a "Cruiser" or "Battlecruiser," they are referring to a combination of the Mastery package and what other abilities are available. There are many different classes of ships beyond cruisers. Also, in STO, the Mogh and Kurak are actually modular, though mixing parts from both can lead to wild designs. Mostly, I just use the Mogh skin for the Kurak. Interesting that you classify the nose as a massive sensor, given the Kurak's Intel specialization seating. If it were full spec Intel, that would be even more applicable. Neat video.

Loves these STO ship break downs. I've never played STO, so all these ships are new geek eye candy for me. Plus your own take and opinion on them is always welcome and interesting.

Since the Federation is an Allie, did the federation give many materials and construction bases use support in showing their gratitude for the Klingons standing by side by side, even when things are going bad during the war? This might by another topic to be used!

Woe, What a ship? How much of a Military Juggernaut is this behemoth?

The Mogh Class is a pocket battleship ... like the real world Bismarck when she was new ... and the Warp naceelles look very Jem-Hadar

Too bad Worf never made the Typhon in canon. He needs his defiant. Also we now have a complete NX to Akira lineage thanks to Star Trek Online, NX- Ranger class - Matsumoto class - Akira - Armitage and then Alita.

When Kempeck announced Picard as the Arbitrator of Secession, in reality he appointed Worf.

Don't forget the warp drive is also the source of power. It's very likely the Mogh will sacrifice speed for power. Would make sense to me that those large warp engines produce enough power to make sure that whilst the Mogh is smaller it should be able to fight head on with bigger ships. Similar to the defiants role, and lets not forget Worf captained the defiant during the Dominion war. To me it explains the classification and fits perfectly with the Klingon psyche, why have big engines to run when you are already smaller and more manoeuverable, why not just cripple the enemy before they can run.

Nice

Would love more videos about Star Trek online ships and the Klingon demographics.

wa'SaD Hegh DaHotDI' DughIj wa' Hegh You feel a thousand deaths by fearing one. Honestly, these ships make sense but not for the reasons given. You could argue the mogh was designed for survival, but I believe it is meant to endure rather than survive. As others have said, even the escape pods could be used offensively. I will give a modicum of credence to 'scan-under-fire', but a rapid response of heavy firepower is far more practical. Instead of waiting for a report from a scout, the quraq captain can respond to an enemy detection personally and with a mogh not far behind, it would be a formidable response indeed. Otherwise, the designs in and of themselves are exceptional. They encourage warriors to learn from their mistakes rather than die by them.

size and fire power don't always go hand in hand don't forget the defiant is positively tiny but packs a huge amount of fire power most Star Trek ships have a lot of space dedicated to non combat equipment things like the Avenger, Defiant, Mogh etc are purpose built warships so they are packing more guns and more armor with less other gear getting in the way

Do the Vo'Devwl!

If you mix the part right, and use the jem'hadar shield, you get a fairly decent dominion ship.

Aggressive Recon is such a Klingon concept

Great ships!

At least the House of Mogh got reincarnated as a ship class.

"tough little ship"

13:20 The Light Brigade was a futile charge that got annihilated in that Valley of Death. The comparison you are looking for is the arrival of the Winged Hussars at the Siege of Vienna.

Dude, Worf is NEVER going to live that barrel thing down.

Cheers

Gotta admit, I swore never to touch STO again after I got cheated out of a year long event completion by a multi-hour maintenance and missing last clear finishing by 1-2 mins in 2021. Some of your videos really tempt me to reinstall STO. I find it interesting how STO classifies ships. Is it a cruiser that can mount cannons? Battle Cruiser! Is it a battle cruiser with a hanger? Dreadnought Cruiser! Battle Cruiser with TWO hangers? Dreadnought Carrier! No size/firepower requirements except that. ...It's kinda refreshing if prone to initial confusion over the term compared to ship size.

As chunky and thicc as this ship looks, i would think a ship like this would've been built sooner. hips before this seemed to vacillate between kamikaze machines (the sh!tbirds) to over-the-top showboats (the Negh'Var) with the exception of the Vor'cha but even the Vor'Kang as much as i love it leans toward the showboat category. The Mogh/Kurak in my mind is the perfect Klingon ship: built like a brick sh!thouse and enough weapons and gear to make Kahless blush.

I used to own the official Star Trek atlas. In that book, which showed all of the Alpha and Beta Quadrant powers at their fullest extent in the 24th century, the Klingon Empire was depicted as enormous. The only other political entity which could be compared to the UFP in sheer scale. There are two details that I've always wondered about which were never explained in any of my old source books. The Klingons oversaw a vast Empire, but it makes me wonder what other species lived there. And why they were seemingly never depicted fighting alongside the Klingons. Was there some sort of caste system that forbade anyone else from fighting for the Klingon Empire, or were the majority of other species simply wiped out and enslaved? Maybe both?

I want a T6 version!

I would buy a legendary version :)

those are not Escape Pods P'TAK! THEY ARE ASSAULT PODS! ALL HANDS PREPARE FOR DROP!

Sort of wonder how it stakcs up to the Avenger. My impression is that the Mogh has heavier firepower, the Avenger has heavier armor. Avenger may also be more maneuverable?

Is the House of Mogh reinstated ?

I liked the video. Let me know if you agree or disagree with what I'm about to say? when you said both these 2 ships use the same skeleton, It didn't sound quite right. (Please pardon the pun.) But how does chassie sound? Alos you sad that the Mogh didn't Feel like a Battlecraiser, do to it size. That made me think that could battlecruiser type vessels have sub Is monacours like cruisers do; you know light, medium, and heavy Battlecraisers? Again, I liked the video.

Worf- Admiral Picard. It is my honor to introduce you to my only son. Picard- Worf I've already met... Alexander- He's talking about the ship. Picard- Ah! I see. You must be very proud. Worf- Nothing in my life has ever made me prouder. *looks at Alexander* NOTHING!

I thought the Borg wanted to join the federation. I think the final battle will be the Enterprise D- Titian A-& Voyager. They will end up needing saved. Who will come to their rescue but the other Borg who wants to join the federation. Who's going to be sacrificed? All the TNG crew. Not dead, but leaving on D for parts unknown

Venom will you cover even if short the Borg invasion of the 25th century? 2409

But how does it compare to the Vor'kang Class?

i think calling these pocket battleships might fit their size and role, pocket battleships like graf spee

MILOTAAAAAAAA

Aren't these heavy disruptors actually disruptor lances?

A leaner, smarter Empire.

Are you ever going to do a romulan and earth fleet analysis like you did with the Vulcans and andorians?

Anyone know if any Star Fleet ships have siege guns? Or can they just use phasers the same way..?

Venom Geek, does STO explore the other side of the Alpha & Beta quadrants? I'd like to know what is on the other side of what's left of the Cardassian Union and both empires.

Let's hope they don't put Beatty in charge of the Kurak wing

Is there a duras class?

Could this be considered a “pocket battleship,” like the Deutschland-class?

Is Star Trek online Cannon in the Venomverss

I can`t help it, that`s a StarCraft Terran battlecruiser...

Did they whiteface Worf in Picard?

Worf-fare!😅