ChR Praetor Pontilus

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The ChR Praetor Pontilus was a Romulan Bird-of-Prey of the mid 22nd century.

The Praetor Pontilus was notable in that it was the first Romulan vessel to feature a cloaking device. While Romulans had been able to successfully cloak smaller objects, such as mines by the mid 22nd century, cloaking technology was still a new technology, and cloaking larger objects was problematic. The power requirements to cloak a ship were such that the Praetor Pontilus was unable to maintain its antimatter containment systems, and was destroyed in the process. (ENT episode: "Minefield"; ENT novel: The Good That Men Do)

After the loss of the Praetor Pontilus, it would be over a century until the Romulans were finally able to develop and deploy a cloaking device capable of cloaking a starship. (TOS episode: "Balance of Terror")

22nd century bird-of-prey starships
	Brak'en • D'soria • D'tervik • Joran • Lubato • Maruccius • Mentenius • Munia • Narrocian • Opalius • Pesanius • Pola • Praetor Pontilus • Sapotius • Setro • Solus • Strato • Tovarek • Truntis • Velosh • Vrenek • unnamed 22nd century Romulan bird-of-prey starships