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Universe : | Prime Timeline |
Affiliation : | Cardassians |
Class Name : | Cardassian Dreadnought |
Type : | Automated drone weapon1 |
Commissioned : | 23701 - present2 |
Dimensions : | Length : 100 m3 Beam : 15 m Height : 6 m Decks : 1 |
Mass : | 100,000 metric tons |
Armament : |
Various beam armament4, total output 32,500 TeraWatts 2 x Model 3 quantum torpedo tube1 with 20 rounds |
Defence Systems : | Standard shield system, total capacity 1,836,000 TeraJoules Heavy Duranium/Tritanium Double hull. Standard level Structural Integrity Field |
Warp Speeds (TNG scale) : |
Normal Cruise : 6 Maximum Cruise : 7 Maximum Rated : 9 for 12 hours. |
Strength Indices : (Galaxy class = 1,000) |
Beam Firepower : 650 Torpedo Firepower : 112 Weapon Range and Accuracy : 770 Shield Strength : 680 Hull Armour : 200 Speed : 792 Combat Manoeuvrability : 9,160 |
Overall Strength Index : | 515 |
Diplomatic Capability : | None |
Expected Hull Life : | Single Mission |
The Dreadnought project was approved in 2364, and from the first suffered many problems. The Cardassians had intended to have the first missile ready by 2367, but a combination of technical difficulties caused many delays. These problems centred around the computer core and the warhead; the former was always going to be a highly ambitious effort for the Cardassians, who have little experience with self programmable computer systems. The warhead was also the largest the Cardassians have ever fielded, and many problems were experienced in its development. Eventually the Cardassians decided to use a kinetic detonator unit1 in order to overcome these problems.
The first prototype Dreadnought was finally ready in 2370.1 After several months of tests with a dummy warhead - nearly half of them unsuccessful - the Cardassians decided to expend the prototype in a live fire test. It was launched against a Maquis munitions facility at Alpha 441 in the Badlands1 in order to give it a combat workout while not subjecting it to a high threat environment. Unfortunately for the Cardassians, the Dreadnought vanished without trace.1 Assuming that it had failed in even this relatively simple mission, the Central Command ordered the project cancelled.
Had the Cardassians known the truth they would have been more than alarmed; the Dreadnought had in fact penetrated the Maquis defences but then failed to detonate. The Maquis recovered the missile and re-programmed it to attack a Cardassian shipyard on Aschelan V, but after launch the missile was swept into the Delta quadrant by the Caretaker. Dreadnought, now suffering malfunctions to several systems, subsequently locked onto Rakosa V, an inhabited system in that quadrant. USS Voyager made several attempts to stop the missile, but this time Dreadnought performed exactly up to specifications. Eventually Voyagers chief engineer managed to phaser a hole in the warp core, destroying the missile just short of its target.1
Yellow text = Canon source | Green text = Backstage source | Cyan text = Novel | White text = DITL speculation |
# | Series | Season | Source | Comment |
1 | VOY | 2 | Dreadnought | |
2 | ||||
3 | Speculative | Approximation. | ||
4 | Generic canonical information |
Series : | VOY Season 2 (Disc 5) |
Episode : | Dreadnought |
Source : | Speculative |
Comment : | Approximation. |
Source : | Generic canonical information |
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