Paladin class

The Paladin class was a class of Hydran dreadnoughts that doubled as supercarriers. They could use the multi-vector assault mode. When they did, they formed three ships, each of which was capable of independent operation. The components were numbered from port to starboard. The total firepower of a Mirak assault carrier could match that of a starship. 

History
The basic architecture of the Paladin-class dreadnought originated in the 2280s. They were build to counter the dreadnoughts the Klingons used against them. It carried a mixture of fusion beams and hellbore cannons. Like most Hydran ships it carried attack fighters, which made up a significant portion of its firepower. It was initially designed to carry twelve fighters.

A wider variant was then designated the Monarch-class battleship and both designs had hellbore cannons. (' video game ')

During the next 100 years, the Hydrans have refitted their ships and the next generation of Hydran dreadnoughts, while using the same architecture, used multi-vector assault mode and modern warp cores. It was the only Hydran ship capable of doing so, with the exception of the Monarch-class battleship, until the 2380s.

Modern-day Paladins
The Hydran Keepership was so busy with dealing with internal problems within the Hydran Kingdom that the sectorial flagship, the HMS Pinafore, has asked the Bouteina for assistance with a hanyurii poaching problem. ("Humans, Romulans and Space-Beasts")

These ships had the highest maximum evacuation capacity of any MVAM-capable starship known in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants in the 24th century, with respectively 23,700 and 29,500 people, until the advent of the. The nature of Hydran starship designing makes them capable of holding this many people at all times. The MVAM version could also operate with eighty fighters in its shuttlebays.