Star Trek Armada II - GAMING

Armada II Manual 10/19/01 10:22 AM Page 70CARDASSIAN UNIONCARDASSIAN UNIONCardassian ShipyardThe Cardassian Shipyard has two bays, one forconstruction and one for repair. This allows it toconstruct or repair one ship at a time. The Cardassianshipyard can build the Hideki, Colony, Sartan, Janissary,Gul Vystan, Brinok, Legate, and Rasilak-class ships.Cardassian Plasma TurretThe Cardassian Plasma Turret is a larger, unmanneddefensive platform. It provides support for Cardassianoutposts by firing plasma torpedoes at all enemy vesselswithin its range.Cardassian Military Research CenterThe Cardassian Military Research Center allows you toupgrade the Hideki, Brinok, Gul Vystan, Rasilak, Vasad,and Keldon-class, each with their own special weapon.When each new ship’s technology is researched, a newpod is built onto the Military Research Center. Thoughthey are attached to the center, each pod has its ownshields and can be targeted independently from the main structure. If theMilitary Research Center is destroyed, all pods on the center are destroyed withit. A Military Research Center can build the following pods:Tachyon Detection Grid—Hideki-classDrones—Brinok-classFlux Wave—Gul Vystan-classMicro-organisms—Rasilak-classPlasma Bank Overload—Keldon-classSensor Scrambler—Vasad-classCardassian Advanced ShipyardThe Cardassian Advanced Shipyard has two bays, one forconstruction and one for repair, like its smallercounterpart. The Advanced Shipyard can build theKulinor, Vasad, Galor, and Keldon-class vessels.Cardassian Advanced Research StationThe Advanced Research Station upgrades theKulinor-class vessels. When each new technology isresearched, a new pod is built onto the advancedresearch station. Though they are attached to thestation, each pod has its own shields and can betargeted independently from the main structure. If theadvanced research station is destroyed, all pods on thestation are destroyed with it. The Kulinor-class vessels can be built without theAdvanced Research Station, but their special weapons must be researched at it.The Advanced Research Station can build the following pods:Impulse Engine Boost—Kulinor-classQuantum Singularity Effect—Kulinor-classPlasma Cannon—Kulinor-classShield Harmonics Disruptor—Kulinor-classCardassian Research InstituteThe secretive Cardassian military research engineershave put the fruits of their research into the ResearchInstitute. There are five separate ship systems that canbe researched 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 areattached to the institute, each pod has its own shields and can be targetedindependently from the main structure. If the Research Institute is destroyed,all pods on the Institute are destroyed with it.Cardassian Advanced Robotics Institute.Recent breakthroughs in advanced robotics have driventhe Detapa Council to devote entire facilities to furtherthis research. These research facilities have led to thedevelopment of the Dreadnought missile, which is nowbuilt at the Advanced Robotics Institute.70 71