Orbital Weapon Platform

Orbital weapon platforms are a type of powerful, automated planetary defense system developed by the Cardassian military during the Dominion War. They were protected by regenerative shields and equipped with heavy spiral wave cannons and a 1,000 plasma torpedoes

The platforms were developed in late 2374, when the Cardassian Union and the Dominion were embroiled in fighting on three separate fronts, with the Federation, the Klingon Empire, and the Romulan Star Empire. Faced with the prospect of being overwhelmed, the Cardassians began developing the automated defense platforms as a means of cheaply defending their home territories, allowing large numbers of Galors and Hidekis to be deployed on the offensive against the Federation Alliance.

The first platforms were deployed in the Chin'toka system, since the system's defending forces had been thinned substantially. In the subsequent attack by the Federation Alliance, the platforms demonstrated their superior firepower against the Allied fleet, scoring numerous kills against larger starships. Their regenerative deflector shielding also protected the platforms from return fire, rendering them nearly invulnerable.

Record 1084 - technology - Last update 28 Mar 2007, 23:12:53

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