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TREKCORE > DEEP SPACE NINE > SHIPS & STATIONS > Cardassian Freighter
PRODUCTION
BASE: Cardassia Prime Orbital Three Assembly Facility.
Source: DS9
Technical Manual
The design of the cargo modules indicates that they may be interchangeable; it is possible that fully loaded modules are attached together like the cars of the 20th century terrestrial freight train, towed to their destination, and then left behind.
Another similar station to the forward left is assigned to weapons control. On the wall just left of this station is a tactical map displaying navigational information. In the port and starboard corners, behind the captain, are two more stations where crew members stand to do their work. Quarters are small and simple. A set of bunk beds fill one wall, and each bunk is illuminated by its own light bar. Other amenities include a table with two chairs and a small wall safe.
Source: The
Official STAR TREK Fact Files
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A Cardassian
freighter is a long, narrow ship with a golden coloured hull.
It is a modular vessel, with a command module at the bow and
an engineering module at the stern; a number of cargo modules
(usually four) fit in between. The interior layout includes a
bridge, a number of cargo bays, and staterooms for senior crew
and guests. Cardassian freighters are considered to be
military ships, but the captains of such vessels have only a
small amount of prestige. The freighters are primarily supply
vessels, making deliveries to science stations and bases
throughout Cardassian space.
The
bridge is a small room with displays on the port and starboard
walls; at the forward wall, the viewscreen has a typically
Cardassian elliptical shape. Between the side wall displays
are thin orange vertical ribs of light. In the centre of the
bridge is the captain's chair, a substantial and imposing
structure. Forward of the captain and to his right is a
station that can control sensors, weapons and tactical
information. 
Though the
freighters are equipped with shields, sensors and tactical
computers, these supply ships carry limited weapons. The
freighters are not capable of defeating either a Nebula-class
Federation starship or a Klingon Bird-of-Prey. Even when a
Bird-of-Prey's shields are down, a freighters phasers cannot
penetrate its hull. Destroying meteors is all the ship's
weapons can normally manage. When a phaser is fired, the
entire freighter shudders and its phaser banks take much
longer to recharge than would the phasers aboard a Cardassian
cruiser or warship. The freighter is built for cargo, not for
war.
