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Ported to OBJ from the model included with the video game Star Trek Legacy (STL). Wingless Whitewing model modded by me from the STL original but based on the description given in the original FASA materials. Based on the original design created by Forest Brown and Dana Knutson for FASA Corporation's various licensed Trek gaming products from back in the day. Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. NO MODEL DOWNLOAD.

This is where the Rommie Wing Generation of starships begins the transition from the end of the TOS/TAS era into the TMP era.

The V-7 Whitewind (Rom. aye mosaram, named for an unusual phenomena-causing biannual wind on Remus) was one of the first all-new Rommie starship classes made after the Klingon-Romulan Alliance as mentioned on screen in TOS "The Enterprise Incident," taking newly gained and more advanced Klingon starship technology and successfully mating it with Romulan Wing Generation design sensibilities. For the first time in its fleet history, this was a Rommie cruiser that was on a par with its late TOS era and (very) early TMP era contemporaries. Furthermore it got regular in-service refits and upgrades for the whole of the TMP era to keep it on a par with them for as long as possible. It had solid engines, good shields, the cloaking device, and in an unusual move traded Romulan plasma weaponry for the Klingon version of photon torpedoes in a deliberate effort to have a heavy weapons system that didn't take a long time to charge (but with less effective results, of course). It was designed as a multi-mission, multi-role cruiser class starship from the start and the Rommies took to it right away, although it did take them a while to get used to using photon torpedoes instead of plasma torpedoes. The fourth and final production block reverted to traditional plasma torpedo weaponry, although this was the smaller yield yet faster firing system developed during the TMP era and normally used by them for its Hawk Generation starships either as a primary heavy weapon on its smaller classes or as a backup or supplementary system on the large classes. Like almost all Wing Generation Rommie starships Whitewind was capable of planetary landing and liftoff, being one of the largest Rommie starship classes ever fielded with this capability. This was one of the most popular of the Romulan Wing Generation of starships, with somewhere between 80 and 100 hulls built in four different build groups by some estimates (exact number unknown, the last group being the plasma-armed one), and playing second only to the later Wing Generation's Winged Defender in terms of combat capabilities in its heyday. It remained in service with the Romulans from near the end of the TOS/TAS era well into the TNG/DS9/VOY era, by that time relegated to secondary and tertiary roles such as fleet fire support and bombardment missions. Today Whitewind is considered one of the classic Rommie Wing Generation starship designs.

I should also make mention of the wingless version of Whitewind that you rarely ever saw during the TMP era (preview piccy lower left) but more and more often in later eras, which in its original form was used strictly as a Rommie fleet military transport though the whole of the TMP era. Old demilitarized versions of this converted for civilian use and under civilian ownership are the ones most likely to be encountered in the TNG/DS9/VOY eras.

This is probably one of the most popular FASA Rommie starship classes ever made. It struck a chord with Rommie fans at the time and still continues to do so to this day, with almost everybody who's a Rommie fan using it in their stuff. It's one of only two FASA Rommies (with Winged Defender being the other) to ever achieve the same kind of universally accepted status among Trek fans as other Trek semi-canon and the better fanon starship designs. Needless to say Whitewind has popped up and continues to pop up as a fan creation for many a retail Star Trek video game too. Most of the time it's treated strictly as a TMP-era design and there's nothing wrong with that, although strictly speaking and per the original FASA materials it comes in at the tail end of the TOS/TAS era.

This is semi-canon (appears in a licensed product; i.e. STL and the original FASA materials) although it is not full canon (appearing on screen in any form). It also received a semi-canon endorsement of sorts by the Franchise with its later inclusion in STL, so there you go.

Sab khut hafeth, frazhannempal was qailefeth.

ASIDE - I feature a Whitewind as the Commander's new ship in my STNV adaption of "Intersection Point." These would have been brand new at the time this story takes place. Here's a link to where it makes its initial dramatic appearance in that tale:

Description

Ported to OBJ from the model included with the video game Star Trek Legacy (STL). Wingless Whitewing model modded by me from the STL original but based on the description given in the original FASA materials. Based on the original design created by Forest Brown and Dana Knutson for FASA Corporation's various licensed Trek gaming products from back in the day. Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. NO MODEL DOWNLOAD.

This is where the Rommie Wing Generation of starships begins the transition from the end of the TOS/TAS era into the TMP era.

The V-7 Whitewind (Rom. aye mosaram, named for an unusual phenomena-causing biannual wind on Remus) was one of the first all-new Rommie starship classes made after the Klingon-Romulan Alliance as mentioned on screen in TOS "The Enterprise Incident," taking newly gained and more advanced Klingon starship technology and successfully mating it with Romulan Wing Generation design sensibilities. For the first time in its fleet history, this was a Rommie cruiser that was on a par with its late TOS era and (very) early TMP era contemporaries. Furthermore it got regular in-service refits and upgrades for the whole of the TMP era to keep it on a par with them for as long as possible. It had solid engines, good shields, the cloaking device, and in an unusual move traded Romulan plasma weaponry for the Klingon version of photon torpedoes in a deliberate effort to have a heavy weapons system that didn't take a long time to charge (but with less effective results, of course). It was designed as a multi-mission, multi-role cruiser class starship from the start and the Rommies took to it right away, although it did take them a while to get used to using photon torpedoes instead of plasma torpedoes. The fourth and final production block reverted to traditional plasma torpedo weaponry, although this was the smaller yield yet faster firing system developed during the TMP era and normally used by them for its Hawk Generation starships either as a primary heavy weapon on its smaller classes or as a backup or supplementary system on the large classes. Like almost all Wing Generation Rommie starships Whitewind was capable of planetary landing and liftoff, being one of the largest Rommie starship classes ever fielded with this capability. This was one of the most popular of the Romulan Wing Generation of starships, with somewhere between 80 and 100 hulls built in four different build groups by some estimates (exact number unknown, the last group being the plasma-armed one), and playing second only to the later Wing Generation's Winged Defender in terms of combat capabilities in its heyday. It remained in service with the Romulans from near the end of the TOS/TAS era well into the TNG/DS9/VOY era, by that time relegated to secondary and tertiary roles such as fleet fire support and bombardment missions. Today Whitewind is considered one of the classic Rommie Wing Generation starship designs.

I should also make mention of the wingless version of Whitewind that you rarely ever saw during the TMP era (preview piccy lower left) but more and more often in later eras, which in its original form was used strictly as a Rommie fleet military transport though the whole of the TMP era. Old demilitarized versions of this converted for civilian use and under civilian ownership are the ones most likely to be encountered in the TNG/DS9/VOY eras.

This is probably one of the most popular FASA Rommie starship classes ever made. It struck a chord with Rommie fans at the time and still continues to do so to this day, with almost everybody who's a Rommie fan using it in their stuff. It's one of only two FASA Rommies (with Winged Defender being the other) to ever achieve the same kind of universally accepted status among Trek fans as other Trek semi-canon and the better fanon starship designs. Needless to say Whitewind has popped up and continues to pop up as a fan creation for many a retail Star Trek video game too. Most of the time it's treated strictly as a TMP-era design and there's nothing wrong with that, although strictly speaking and per the original FASA materials it comes in at the tail end of the TOS/TAS era.

This is semi-canon (appears in a licensed product; i.e. STL and the original FASA materials) although it is not full canon (appearing on screen in any form). It also received a semi-canon endorsement of sorts by the Franchise with its later inclusion in STL, so there you go.

Sab khut hafeth, frazhannempal was qailefeth.

ASIDE - I feature a Whitewind as the Commander's new ship in my STNV adaption of "Intersection Point." These would have been brand new at the time this story takes place. Here's a link to where it makes its initial dramatic appearance in that tale: