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Ported to OBJ from the low poly model created by Taldren Studios originally for use with the Starfleet Command (SFC) series of video games. Based on the filming model created for use in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9), most notably in the episodes "Tears of the Prophets" and "What You Leave Behind." Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. NO MODEL DOWNLOAD.

The terms defense platform and battle satellite are largely interchangeable in most science fiction and both mean the same thing: a space-based construct, usually but not always automated (some larger designs are crewed), that is used to defend a given point in space. The difference between the two is where they're located. Battle satellites are usually found only in orbit around a large spatial body such as a planet, moon, or large asteroid and are used to defend it against enemy attack, or they can be turned inward to deal with surface-based threats. Defense platforms in the Trek multiverse, on the other hand, can be anywhere. They can be used as standard battle satellites, they can be used to defend important interstellar assets such as large space stations and starship yards, they can be seeded in an asteroid field as a nasty surprise for any enemies that have to pass through it, they can be used to defend interstellar borders without any major spatial body nearby, and so on. Again, the difference between the two is in how and where they're used, with the defense platform having a broader range of uses than a mere battle satellite in the Trek multiverse.

This is the standard Cardie "batsat" or "defplat" (grin) for the early part of the TNG/DS9/VOY era. It's far smaller than its Klingon counterpart and fully automated (or so I'm told) although just as effective when used properly. The above preview piccy shows it with its "arms" fully extended after initial activation and in preparation for firing its weapons; these are normally folded whenever this is inactive. For more data consult the game.

This is canon, given its use on screen in multiple episodes of DS9.

"You can respect a Cardassian, because he fights for his people and follows a code ...."

Description

Ported to OBJ from the low poly model created by Taldren Studios originally for use with the Starfleet Command (SFC) series of video games. Based on the filming model created for use in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9), most notably in the episodes "Tears of the Prophets" and "What You Leave Behind." Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. NO MODEL DOWNLOAD.

The terms defense platform and battle satellite are largely interchangeable in most science fiction and both mean the same thing: a space-based construct, usually but not always automated (some larger designs are crewed), that is used to defend a given point in space. The difference between the two is where they're located. Battle satellites are usually found only in orbit around a large spatial body such as a planet, moon, or large asteroid and are used to defend it against enemy attack, or they can be turned inward to deal with surface-based threats. Defense platforms in the Trek multiverse, on the other hand, can be anywhere. They can be used as standard battle satellites, they can be used to defend important interstellar assets such as large space stations and starship yards, they can be seeded in an asteroid field as a nasty surprise for any enemies that have to pass through it, they can be used to defend interstellar borders without any major spatial body nearby, and so on. Again, the difference between the two is in how and where they're used, with the defense platform having a broader range of uses than a mere battle satellite in the Trek multiverse.

This is the standard Cardie "batsat" or "defplat" (grin) for the early part of the TNG/DS9/VOY era. It's far smaller than its Klingon counterpart and fully automated (or so I'm told) although just as effective when used properly. The above preview piccy shows it with its "arms" fully extended after initial activation and in preparation for firing its weapons; these are normally folded whenever this is inactive. For more data consult the game.

This is canon, given its use on screen in multiple episodes of DS9.

"You can respect a Cardassian, because he fights for his people and follows a code ...."