Comment on Canon Connections: LDS 4x06 - Parth Ferengi's Heart Place
Haus@kbin.social 8 months ago
The question about Cardassian weapons got me trying to remember what they used in STO. Even though it's not canon, I though it might be of interest:
the Cardassian Keldon Cruiser is well-engineered to tackle nearly any combat scenario. It comes pre-equipped with Spiral Wave Disruptor Beam Arrays. These fire a unique energy type that combines the special effects of Phasers and Disruptors, as well as having slightly higher damage and accuracy than other beam weapons.
USSBurritoTruck@startrek.website 8 months ago
Interesting. Cardassian starship weapons are most frequently described as phasers arrays. I can’t say for certain it’s never said in an episode that they also carry disruptors, but I do know that every time I can remember a shipboard armament on a Cardassian vessel being mentioned, it’s a phaser.
The DS9 Technical Manual says the Cardassian ships have spiral-wave disruptor arrays and a large aft disruptor cannon – presumably that’s what the pincer like structure on the back is supposed to be – but the DS9 Tech Manual is also…not up to the standard of quality established by the TNG Technical Manual.
Now I kinda want to check.
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 8 months ago
It looks like there might be an Okudagram in “The Wounded” that refers to Cardassian ships having disruptors.