Cardassian Galor Class
Name: Galor
Craft: Cardassian Union Galor-Class Battle Cruiser
Type: Battle Cruiser
Scale: capital
Length: 371.88 x 192.23 x 59 meters
Starship Size: 6
Ship Mass: 1,678,000 metric tons
Skill: capital ship pilot
Autopilot: 3D
Crew: 300; Skeleton: 30/+10
Passengers: 485
Cargo Capacity: 166,000 metric tons
Consumables: 2 years
Warp Drive: 5 / 8.4 / 9.6 (6 Hours)
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D+1
Space: 7.5
Hull: 4D+2
Shields: 2D
Sensors
- Passive: 60 / 2D
- Scan: 130 / 2D+1
- Search: 170 / 3D
- Focus: 5 / 3D+2
Weapons
- Fire Arc: 360 degrees aft
Location: aft
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D+1
Space Range: 1-15/50/150
Firing Modes: Standard, Pulse
Rate of fire: 5
Damage: 5D
- Fire Arc: 5x 360 degrees forward, 1x 360 degrees starboard, 2x 360 degrees aft, 4x 360 degrees dorsal, 3x 360 degrees ventral
Location: 3 forward, 5 starboard wing, 5 port wing, aft dorsal, aft ventral
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D+1
Space Range: 1-2/5/15
Firing Modes: Standard, Pulse
Rate of fire: 3
Damage: 4D
- Fire Arc: 1 forward, 1 aft; but are self guided
Location: forward, aft
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D+1
Space Range: 1-15/50/175
Ammunition: 200 Type II Photon Torpedoes total
Spread: 10
Damage: 4D
- Fire Arc: 2 forward, 1 aft
Location: forward ventral, forward dorsal, aft ventral
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D+1
Space Range: 1-3/5/10
Rate of fire: 1
Strength: 4D+2
- Fire Arc: Shuttlebay
Location: 1 in each Shuttlebay
Crew: 1
Scale: Starfighter
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 0D+2
Space Range: 1-3/5/10
Rate of fire: 1
Strength: 3D
Miscellaneous: Year Commissioned: 2360 (Earth Reckoning)
Transporters
- Personnel: 2
- Range: 40,000 km
- Capacity: 6 persons
- Emergency: 4
- Range: 15,000 km
- Capacity: 16 persons
- Cargo: 4
- Range: 40,000 km
- Capacity: 400 kg
Complement
- Hideki Class Fighters: up to 13
- Probes: 60
Description: Galor-class cruisers were the primary class of warship by the Cardassian military during the latter half of the 24th century.
Design
The Galor-class shared the same basic superstructure as their Keldon-class counterparts, but were used far more frequently by the Cardassian military. (DS9: "Defiant")
Commonly referred to as "warships" or "war vessels", this class was also designated by the Cardassians and the Maquis as "cruisers". The Federation Alliance was also known to classify them as "destroyers." (TNG: "The Chase"; DS9: "Past Prologue", "Defiant"; VOY: "Fury")
During the late 2360s, these warships had three sub-classes, with the Galor-class, Type-3 being considered to be "top of the line." (TNG: "Ensign Ro")
During the Dominion War, these vessels were classified by Starfleet as "destroyers", in relation to their Dominion counterparts. (DS9: "Sacrifice of Angels")
Tactical systems
The arsenals of Galor-class warships vary, though typically they are armed with numerous phaser arrays. Although the Galor-class vessels were considerably inferior to the Federation's Galaxy-class starships, they proved to be very effective against Miranda-class and other older Federation starships. (TNG: "The Wounded"; DS9: "Sacrifice of Angels", "Waltz") These ships were often seen operating in squadrons of three, possibly to make up for their tactical weaknesses compared to contemporary warships of other interstellar powers.
In 2369, Captain Edward Jellico ordered a fleet of Galor-class starships to leave the McAllister C-5 Nebula one-by-one, ejecting their primary phaser coils. (TNG: "Chain of Command, Part II")
In 2370, Cardassian colonists living in the Demilitarized Zone modified Cardassian shuttles, which they equipped with Galor-class phaser banks to protect their colonial interests. (DS9: "The Maquis, Part I")
Source:
- Memory Alpha: Galor-class
- Memory Beta: Galor-class
- Ship Recognition Manual vol 2 (Spacedock) (pages 27-29)
- thedemonapostle