Star Trek: Armada III begins with the first stirrings of the Dominion War and allows players to take command of five unique factions, the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Cardassian Union/Dominion Alliance, and the Borg Collective. Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no one has gone before.
The SuQ'Jagh-class heavy support cruiser is the primary carrier warship of the Klingon Defence Force. Its hangars are crowded with the Empire's deadly fighters, torpedo bombers and assault barges. One feature, however, causes the SuQ'Jagh to stand out - it is, in fact, a prison ship. With the exception of the officers and crew who operate and maintain the SuQ'Jagh itself, the entire compliment aboard a SuQ'Jagh is made up of some of the Klingon Empire's most vicious criminals, kept chained in cells as punishment for some past disgrace.
The SuQ'Jagh, however, offers these disgraced convicts a chance at some level of redemption. Organised and given some rudimentary training, these desperate criminals pilot the swift and deadly strike craft in the SuQ'Jagh's hangars, and man the assault barges ready to board enemy ships. Their basic training is made up for by their fanatical desire for vindication, and the pilots of SuQ'Jagh carriers have been known to carry out attack runs normally considered insane by other pilots. Though they must still see out their sentences as punishment for their crimes, valour and distinction in battle offers a degree of personal redemption - though they may not be pardoned in their mortal lives, at least honour in Sto'Vo'Kor awaits them. And, of course, those who fight well ultimately find themselves being treated with greater respect by their overseers. Scum they remain, but scum with worth.
The SuQ'Jagh itself is a formidable warship, well armed with disruptors, pulse cannons and photon torpedoes. While not as potent as a dedicated battlecruiser, the SuQ'Jagh fills the vital role of providing fighter support for the Klingon fleet. When the SuQ'Jagh is part of a Klingon strike force, the Empire's enemies have many more reasons to tremble.
What a joy it would have been if Kirk and McCoy and to serve on one of there instead of Rura Penthe.
One thing we learned from Beyond is that McCoy is actually a brilliant fighter pilot.
Ugh.
I think that was a stab at Spock needing McCoy's doctors hands to operate on a torpedo in Undiscovered Country. Another face palm among many in Star Trek movies.
Still a better film than either of its own prequels, any of the TNG movies, and most of the TOS movies.