IRW Praetor Pontilus
Facts
- Name: Praetor Pontilus
- Prototype bird-of-prey
- Fleet: Romulan Navy
- Launched early 2152 (ENT: "Minefield")
- Testbed for starship-scale cloaking device (ENT: "Minefield"; ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
- Destroyed: late 2152 (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
- Antimatter containment failure as a result of power-intensive stealth systems overtaxing power generation (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
- Stealth system determined untenable on general starship installation as a result (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
- Functioning shipboard cloaking device not developed by Romulan Star Empire until 2266 (TOS: "Balance of Terror")