Dreadnought
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- Alternatively, you could be looking for Dreadnought Missile, a Cardassian Union weapon.
Dreadnought is a designation used to describe a type of starship that is usually built solely for combat, with the best weapons and the strongest defences. Starfleet's first dreadnoughts, the Federation-class, were developed in the 2250s and 2260s in response to the growing Klingon threat. The Klingons themselves developed many dreadnoughts in response. (Star Fleet Technical Manual and TOS novels: The Klingon Gambit and Fortunes of War, #1: Dreadnought!).
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