Counting Kamars

Late last year we posted a guide to the weapons of Wing Commander Academy. One of the topics was the slight differences between the 'generic' Kilrathi capital ship design created for the show. Star*Soldier divided these similar ships into different sizes: the Kamar-class blockade-runner, the Dorkar-class transport, the Ralar-class destroyer and the Naukar-class carrier.

We decided it would be interesting to go through the season and see how many of the capital ships we could identify in-continuity. We learned that the model appears on the show a total of 18 times, although six of these are briefing holograms and one, a carrier, is a TrainSim opponent. The remaining 11 are one Kamar, two Ralar, two Dorkar, three Naukars… and two cruisers and a corvette?! That's right, in the process of trying to identify each ship's class (first from dialogue and failing that by looking at outlines, scripts and storyboards) we discovered that there were two previously unknown classes intended in the set! We've cataloged every ship below:

Unnamed Naukar-class
Episode: Red and Blue, Act 1
ID: "Hey, I hope you're not thinking about taking on that carrier."
Notes: Simulated

Unnamed Kamar-class
Episode: Red and Blue, Acts 2 & 3
ID: "During a routine training flight they surprised and destroyed a Kilrathi blockade-runner."
Notes: Identified as a blockade-runner by the Confederation Handbook; destroyed

Unnamed Dorkar-class
Episode: The Last One Left, Act 1
ID: "A Kilrathi transport!"
Notes: Destroyed or captured

Ras'Nik'Ra & Unnamed Ralar-class
Episode: Chain of Command, Acts 2 & 3
ID: "Two destroyers, two corvettes and four, no wait a minute five fighters."
Notes: One is destroyed in Act 1. The other is identified as the Ras'Nik'Ra in the script despite not matching the Fralthi seen in Expendable.

Unnamed Corvette
Episode: Chain of Command, Acts 2 & 3
ID: "Thrakhath's Dreadnought, Garahl's destroyer, and a Kilrathi corvette guard the jump node."
Notes: Identified as a corvette in the script & storyboards. It is possible that it is the same type as the Kamar blockade-runner. Storyboards confirm that the choice as a corvette was intentional.

Unknown (3)
Episode: Chain of Command, Acts 2
ID: ""... the Kilrathi main fleet...""
Notes: Briefing room holograms; most likely intended to represent the carriers Admiral Bergstrom believed were present

Unnamed Cruiser (2)
Episode: Chain of Command, Act 3
ID: "TWO KILRATHI CRUISERS - both targeting the Manassas."
Notes: Identified as cruisers in the script & storyboards.

Unnamed Dorkar-class
Episode: Invisible Enemy, Act 1
ID: "As a Kilrathi Transport flies INTO THE SHOT, moving away."
Notes: Identified as a transport in the script; destroyed

Unnamed Nakuar-class
Episode: Invisible Enemy, Acts 1 & 2
ID: "I'm returning to the carrier to rearm."
Notes: It is possible this is the same carrier as in Recreation or Price of Victory but nothing specifically indicates this.

Na'Al'Kerrak, Naukar-class
Episode: Recreation, Acts 2 & 3
ID: "It's Kilrathi alright, a carrier."
Notes: Destroyed

Unknown (3)
Episode: Walking Wounded, Act 3
ID: "... a Kilrathi advance force…"
Notes: Briefing room holograms

Unnamed Naukar-class
Episode: Price of Victoy, Acts 1 - 3
ID: "Great, there's your carrier."
Notes: Destroyed