Type
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General purpose cargo carrier | ||
Unit Run
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Commissioned
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2341 - 2371 | ||
Dimensions
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Length : 124 - 241 m, depending
on cargo pods carried.
Beam : 37 m Height : 61 m Decks : 4 |
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Mass
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150,000 tons | ||
Crew
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12 | ||
Armament
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1 x Low power disrupter bank, total output 50 TeraWatts | ||
Defence Systems
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Shield system, total capacity
13,500 TeraJoules
Light Monotanium double hull Low level structural integrity field |
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Warp Speeds
(TNG Scale)
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Normal Cruise : Warp Factor 5
Maximum Cruise : Warp Factor 6 Maximum Rated : Warp Factor 6.2 for four hours |
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Strength Indices
(Galaxy class = 1,000)
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Beam Firepower : 1
Torpedo Firepower : - Weapon Range and Accuracy : 5 Shield Strength : 5 Hull Armour : 0.625 Speed : 229 Combat Manoeuvrability : 2,300 |
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Overall Strength Index
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30 | ||
Approximately equivalent to Starfleet Grade 1 or less | |||
Expected Hull Life
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100 years | ||
Refit Cycle
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Minor : 5 years
Standard : 10 years Major : 20 years |
Notes : The Cardassians use these useful craft as general purpose cargo carriers. It is a modular design, with a power system and warp and impulse engines in a stern section and the crew quarters, computer systems and bridge in the bow section. Between the two is anything from one to five cargo sections, each of which carries six storage pods. The standard pod is capable of carrying normal cargo items, but pods designed for bulk ores, liquids, and frozen items are also available.
Although most cargo vessels are unarmed, the Cardassians chose to equip this ship with a single light disrupter cannon in order to defend against low intensity threats such as mercenaries and raiders. The ship has no shields or armour of any kind.
To date the most notable achievement of the cargo ship has been the capture of a Klingon bird of prey by the Groumall, under the command of Gul Dukat. Dukat, with the assistant of Major Kira of the Bajoran militia, mounted a system five disrupter cannon on his ship and waited for the Klingons to attempt to steal his cargo before firing on them. He beamed on board the Klingon ship while its shields where down, and used its own transporters to beam the Klingons onto his own ship, which he subsequently destroyed.
The cargo ship is now out of production, and although
many were destroyed during the war over two hundred remain in service and
it is likely to be a common sight until well into the next century.
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