Falchion Dreadnought Warbird

Overview
In the late 24th Century, the  was developed covertly by a group of Remans under the command of Praetor Shinzon, a clone of Jean-Luc Picard. Though equipped with numerous weapons and housing a contingent of Scorpion Fighters, the original Scimitar’s key feature was the ability to utilize thalaron radiation as a terrifying weapon. Shinzon first used a smaller thalaron radiation device to kill the entire Romulan Senate, and then relied on the Scimitar’s strength to back his overthrow of the Romulan government.

Praetor Shinzon attempted to deploy the Scimitar’s thalaron generator in the against the U.S.S. Enterprise-E and two Mogai-class Heavy Warbirds, but the Enterprise's crew prevented the weapon from being fired and destroyed the Scimitar – albeit at a heavy cost. Since the Battle of the Bassen Rift, both the Tal Shiar and the Romulan Republic have developed new variants based on the original ship design.

One of these new variants, the Falchion-class Dreadnought Warbirds are often employed by the Republic. Several vessels of this class have been lost to the Tholians near the Azure Nebula.

The Falchion-class Dreadnought Warbird has an Engineering focus, gaining two Engineering console slots at the cost of two Tactical console slots.

Universal consoles
The comes equipped with the. This ability is part of the Advanced Scimitar Systems Set, which also includes and  obtainable with Scimitar Dreadnought Warbird (T5) and Tulwar Dreadnought Warbird (T5), but also equippable on the. For each console added after the first, an additional passive bonus is unlocked.



Equipping all three consoles unlocks the following active ability:

As a Romulan Flagship, the can also equip consoles part of the Flagship Technologies Console Set, which includes, ,  and  obtainable with Krenim Science Vessel (T6), Khopesh Tactical Dreadnought Warbird (T6), Shamshir Operations Dreadnought Warbird (T6) and Flambard Science Dreadnought Warbird (T6). For each console added after the first, an additional passive bonus is unlocked.



Hangar bay
The comes equipped with a single wing of Scorpion Fighters. These light craft are equipped with fore Plasma Pulse Cannons and Plasma Torpedo Launcher.

The variant of the Scorpion Fighter is obtainable from the New Romulus reputation system.

Purchasing the also unlocks Romulan Drone Ship Frigates which can be equipped on any Romulan Dreadnought Warbird variant and Kelvin Timeline T'laru Intel Carrier Warbird. Romulan Drone ships utilize two unique pieces of technology. The first is Multi-Spectral Emitters, which allow them to take on the appearance of a limited variety of other types of ships. To support this technology, Romulan Drone ships are also equipped with Tri-Phasic Emitters. These change the frequency of the Drone Ship’s disruptors to emulate the weapon signatures of other weapon types, causing them to change both visually and functionally.

Standard configuration
Romulan starships come with standard equipment and weapons of the lowest mark available at the ship's minimum rank. The items provided are appropriate to the type of vessel and its related playing style.

Ship comparison

 * Following table compares all high tier Scimitar class Dreadnought Warbird variants.