Star Trek Armada II - GAMING

Armada II Manual 10/19/01 10:22 AM Page 62ROMULAN EMPIRECARDASSIAN UNIONTal Shiar FacilityThe Tal Shiar, the secret Romulan Intelligence Agency,has created this facility to modify the Veles andShadow-class vessels. When each new technology isresearched, a new pod is built onto the facility. Thoughthey are attached to the facility, each pod has its ownshields and can be targeted independently from themain structure. If the facility is destroyed, all pods on the facility are destroyedwith it. The facility can build the following pods:Holo-emitter—Shadow-classPsychonic Blast—Shadow-classEnergy-Shield Converter—Shadow-classPhase Cloak—Shadow-classStar Empire Research InstituteThe Star Empire Research Institute is the Romulancenter for research and upgrades on shipboard systems.There are five separate ship systems that can beresearched and upgraded at the Institute: weapons,shields, sensors, engines, and life support. The systemscan each be upgraded by two levels: level 2 and level 3.Though they are attached to the institute, each pod has its own shields and canbe targeted independently from the main structure. If the Star Empire researchinstitute is destroyed, all pods on the institute are destroyed with it.Phoenix FacilityThe Phoenix Facility constructs the Phoenix-class vessel.The Phoenix is armed with a Spatial Rift creator, aweapon that creates an expanding tear in the space-timecontinuum that does massive damage to any ship orstation within its range. The ship and crew are destroyedin the resulting explosion.THE CARDASSIAN UNIONThe Cardassian Union is a powerful alliance of worlds with the homeworld ofCardassia at its heart. Poor in natural resources, the home of the Cardassiansdrove the evolution of their ruthless desire to gather and expand. After manyyears of hostilities towards the Federation, the ruling body of the Cardassiangovernment—the Detapa Council—begrudgingly signed the Federation-Cardassian treaty of 2370. Soon afterwards, an invasion by the KlingonEmpire—who suspected that the Detapa Council had been compromised byagents of the Dominion—left the Cardassian government angered andhumiliated. Rumors have made their way to the busy trade routes of the AlphaQuadrant that Cardassian military scientists have been called back to Cardassia.THE CARDASSIAN FLEETNON-COMBAT SHIPSFreighterThe Cardassian freighter uses its mining beams to extractand transport dilithium and latinum for processing. Thedrain of energy required to carry their heavy payload limitsthe freighter’s speed. Freighters have no weapons,though their heavy shielding allows them to withstandconsiderable damage in combat.Construction ShipThe Cardassian construction ship is loaded with a team ofworkers in its cargo bay. When constructing a station,these one-person engineering shuttlecraft are deployedfrom the construction vessel. While the construction shiptransports the raw materials, the worker bees assemblethe areas with welding lasers. Like freighters,construction vessels are not armed. They do have a tractor beam thatallows them to tow derelicts and ships with disabled engines.62 63