IKS Hegh'ta

The IKS Hegh'ta was a Klingon Bird-of-Prey designated as a guard to the GTS transports in Klingon space, which ferried supplies to both Klingon and Romulan worlds due to their close proximity to each other. Despite having complete trust of the GTS, the Romulans despised the fact that the Klingons were commissioned to guard the transports by the League and constantly appealed to have the guard transferred when the transports crossed into Romulan Space. After years of having their requested ignored or denied, the Romulans opened fire on the Hegh'ta when it entered their space, forcing it to flee and allowing the Romulans to guide the GTS transports to their docking stations. This act was brushed over by the GTS as common conflict that they could not get involved with, and the matter was never taken forward by either government.

Later on in its military service, the Hegh'ta fought alongside the IKS Bortas in the conflict caused by the Duras, and the ship was commanded by Worf's brother. After a series of battles the Hegh'ta was severely damaged and the crew had to be beamed aboard the Bortas when the ship's life support was taken offline. When the Bortas's commander was subsequently killed in a battle, Worf's brother took over command of the Bortas and had the Hegh'ta scuttled, refusing to allow his previous command to be captured by the Duras.