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=== The New Normal (2385 - current) ===
| image = [[Image:HutetClass.jpg|275px]]
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| name = Hutet
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<div class="card" id="elysion-class">
| affiliation = Cardassian Union
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Elysion_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
| role = Battleship
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<div class="card-caption">Elysion-class</div>
| dateEntered = 2375
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</div>
| expectedLife = 50 Years
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<div class="card" id="inquiry-class">
| expectedRefit = 5 Years
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Inquiry_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
| timeResupply = 6 Months
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<div class="card-caption">Inquiry-class</div>
| crewComplement = 2,500
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</div>
| emergencyCap = 25,000
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<div class="card" id="manticore-class">
| length = 550 meters
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Manticore_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
| width = 425  meters
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<div class="card-caption">Manticore-class</div>
| height = 205 meters
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</div>
| decks = 45
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<div class="card" id="reliant-class">
| propulsionSystem = Matter/Antimatter powered warp drive
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Reliant_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
| cruiseSpeed = Warp 6
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<div class="card-caption">Reliant-class</div>
| maxSpeed = Warp 8.5
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</div>
| emergencySpeed = Warp 9.1 (12 hours)
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<div class="card" id="resolute-class">
| energyWeapons =*2 Sextuple-Mounted Heavy Phaser Arrays (Forward)
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Resolute_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
*14 Heavy Phaser Emitters
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<div class="card-caption">Resolute-class</div>
| torpLaunchers =*18 Heavy Torpedo Launchers (Six Forward, Six Starboard, Six Port)
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</div>
| torpPayload =*2000 Photon Torpedoes
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<div class="card" id="vesta-class">
*500 Quantum Torpedoes
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Vesta_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
*160 Heavy Gravimetric Torpedoes
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<div class="card-caption">Vesta-class</div>
| shields =Regenerative Shielding
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</div>
| shuttleBays =1 (Amidships)
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<div class="card" style="opacity:0;>
| shuttles =20
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| runabouts =6 [[Hideki Class|Hideki-class Patrol Ships]]  
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}}The '''''Hutet''-class battleship''' is a rare Dominion War-era Cardassian warship, which saw service only in the closing months of the war. It is a massively scaled-up version of the same technology in use aboard both the [[Galor Class|''Galor''-class]] destroyer and the [[Keldon Class|''Keldon''-class]] cruiser, and is the largest starship ever built by the Cardassian Military. Slow, unwieldy, and expensive to maintain, this class of ship has two purposes: the defense of important Cardassian worlds and the devastation of important enemy worlds.
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== Science and Exploration ==
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With an endurance of only six months without support, the ''Hutet'' is not suited to exploratory missions of any kind. It does have a handful of science labs, but even a ''Galor''-class ship would be a better choice for scientific missions. This class is meant purely for war.
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== Diplomacy ==
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=== Post-War Renaissance (2375 - 2385) ===
The ''Hutet'' has luxurious accommodations for very senior officials and visiting dignitaries, but its chief diplomatic utility is its ability to devastate whatever planet it happens to be orbiting. These monstrous vessels are so resource-intensive, that the Cardassian Union would never send one on a diplomatic mission, except perhaps to secure the surrender of a troublesome word.
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<div class="card" id="argonaut-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Argonaut_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Argonaut-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="atlantia-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Atlantia_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Atlantia-class</div>
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</div>
  
== Engineering ==
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<div class="card" id="century-class">
The ''Hutet'' is the largest starship ever built by the Cardassian Union, and it only vaguely resembles its smaller counterparts. While it maintains the standard ankh-shaped horizontal cross-section common to all Cardassian warships, the ship's forward section is nearly as tall as the wings are wide, providing it with an imposing cross-shaped silhouette from head-on. With 45 decks and more internal volume than even a Federation [[Galaxy Class|''Galaxy''-class starship]] or Romulan [[D'Deridex Class|D'Deridex-class warbird]], the ship has six sets of warp coils in the wings, which still manage to only propel it at a very modest maximum speed of Warp 8.5, with an absolute emergency maximum of Warp 9.1. This low speed was deemed acceptable as the ''Hutet'' was not intended to keep up with the battle fleet, it was meant to either remain in defensive positions around Cardassian worlds or to secure planets after the main fleet had done most of the dirty work in space.
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Century_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Century-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="diligent-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Diligent_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Diligent-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="insignia-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Insignia_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption gold">Insignia-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="luna-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Luna_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Luna-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="odyssey-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Odyssey_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Odyssey-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="parliament-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Parliament_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Parliament-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="rhode-island-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Rhode_Island_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Rhode Island-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" style="opacity:0;></div>
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<div class="card" style="opacity:0;></div>
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<div class="card" style="opacity:0;></div>
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</div>
  
It is slow and ungainly at impulse speeds, using two primary impulse engines in the wings and two secondary ones lower on the main hull. This is usually not an issue, though, as the ship is meant to engage planets, stations, and other similarly ungainly large vessels.
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=== The Borg & Dominion Conflicts (2368 - 2375) ===
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<div class="mainpage-navigation mainpage-row spectiles">
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<div class="card" id="akira-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Akira_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Akira-class</div>
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</div>
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        <div class="card" id="defiant-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Defiant_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Defiant-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="galaxy-class-refit">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Galaxy_Refit_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption gold">Galaxy-class Refit</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="intrepid-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Intrepid_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Intrepid-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="norway-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Norway_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Norway-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="nova-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Nova_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Nova-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="prometheus-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Prometheus_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Prometheus-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="saber-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Saber_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Saber-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="sovereign-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Sovereign_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Sovereign-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="steamrunner-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Steamrunner_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Steamrunner-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="typhon-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Typhon_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Typhon-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" style="opacity:0;></div>
  
The main reactor module on the stern is heavily shielded and armored but must be oversized relative to the rest of the ship to accommodate the massive heat dissipation systems necessary to keep the ship from frying itself at full power. While recent attempts have been made to increase the power and speed of this design, it has not been a high priority given the lack of widespread conflict in the quadrant. However, the Cardassian Union has quietly commissioned not only a Type-2 ''Hutet'' design since the war, but also a Type-3 and Type-4, using more modern equipment. These upgrades remain at the ready to be integrated into the existing ''Hutet''-class ships, should war erupt.
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The ''Hutet'' has a large hanger bay that runs through the center of the ship, from port to starboard. It carries 30 shuttles, as well as 6 [[Hideki Class|Hideki-class patrol ships]], which serve in a point-defense capacity and as air support during planetary invasions. Fully-loaded, the ''Hutet'' can support 10,000 troops.
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=== Fleet Modernization Program (2350s - 2368) ===
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<div class="mainpage-navigation mainpage-row spectiles">
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<div class="card" id="california-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=California_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">California-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="challenger-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Challenger_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Challenger-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="cheyenne-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Cheyenne_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Cheyenne-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="galaxy-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Galaxy_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Galaxy-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="nebula-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Nebula_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Nebula-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="neworleans-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=New_Orleans_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">New Orleans-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="olympic-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Olympic_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Olympic-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="springfield-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Springfield_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Springfield-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" style="opacity:0;></div>
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<div class="card" style="opacity:0;></div>
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</div>
  
== Tactical ==
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=== The ''Ambassador'' Era (2330s - 2350s) ===
The sheer size of the ''Hutet'' allows her to mount some of the largest space-borne weapons ever developed by the Cardassian Union. The most distinctive feature of this class is two sextuple heavy phaser mounts on the bow, which are interconnected with the twin primary deflectors. The output of these weapons is equivalent to the most advanced weapons used by other Alpha and Beta Quadrant powers, though keeping nimble ships in its firing arcs is a chore for the clumsy battleship. All-around coverage is provided by fourteen heavy phaser emitters, which are over three times as powerful as the smaller ones found aboard lesser ships.
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<div class="mainpage-navigation mainpage-row spectiles">
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<div class="card" id="ambassador-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Ambassador_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Ambassador-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="freedom-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Freedom_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Freedom-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" style="opacity:0;></div>
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<div class="card" style="opacity:0;></div>
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</div>
  
Despite the prominence of the main phasers, the ''Hutet'''s signature weapons are its eighteen heavy torpedo tubes. These tubes were designed to handle munitions of many different sizes, with electromagnetic launching systems that can expand to handle heavy planetary bombardment weapons or mines or contract to handle standard torpedoes. As part of its standard ordnance, the ''Hutet'' carries gravimetric torpedoes, which are designed to devastate planetary ecologies both through the power of their explosions and through the devastation caused to the planet's crust and core by manipulating gravity. These heavy torpedoes are armored to survive atmospheric penetration and are larger than standard torpedoes. ''Hutet'' captains must choose carefully when to load these weapons, though, as it can take up to thirty seconds to reconfigure the launch tubes back to handling standard torpedoes, and that's enough time for a clever enemy to take advantage of the momentary vulnerability.
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=== Refinement & The Great Expirement (2270s - 2330s) ===
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<div class="mainpage-navigation mainpage-row spectiles">
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<div class="card" id="akula-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Akula_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption gold">Akula-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="centaur-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Centaur_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Centaur-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="constellation-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Constellation_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Constellation-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="constitution-class-refit">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Constitution_Refit_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption gold">Constitution-class refit</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="excelsior-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Excelsior_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Excelsior-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="excelsior-class-refit">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Excelsior_Refit_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Excelsior-class refit</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="miranda-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Miranda_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption gold">Miranda-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" style="opacity:0;></div>
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<div class="card" style="opacity:0;></div>
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</div>
  
Twelve of the torpedo launchers on the ''Hutet'' fire directly port and starboard. This can both be used to launch weapons on firing trajectories that allow them to circle back towards targets directly fore or aft, or to fight opponents on all sides during pitched battles. ''Hutet''-class ships have enormous standard torpedo magazines as well, which allow them to lob weapons from behind screens of smaller ships to assault enemy capital ships, as well as to wear down even the most hardened defenses.
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=== Standardization and Consolidation (2260s - 2270s) ===
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<div class="mainpage-navigation mainpage-row spectiles">
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<div class="card" id="saladin-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Saladin_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption gold">Saladin-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" style="opacity:0;></div>
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<div class="card" style="opacity:0;></div>
  
''Hutet''-clas shields are nearly impenetrable, with multiple redundant generators located all around the ship. Combined with all-around weapons coverage forward, starboard, and port, the only chance an enemy would have to damage or destroy such a battleship would be to avoid its main weapons and get behind it to have a chance at hitting the reactor--though on a ''Hutet''-class ship, its rear shields are actually the strongest, for this very reason.
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The most common assignment for ''Hutet''-class battleships is to serve as monitors, heavily armed but slow warships used for planetary defense. They rival many starbases in their sheer firepower and their low endurance makes them suited for little else. They are never found alone, and always have a fleet of at least twelve ''Galor''-class destroyers and six ''Keldon''-class cruisers escorting them, because the only real danger a ''Hutet''-class vessel would be in is if it were swarmed by many smaller ships, wearing down its defenses from all angles.
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=== Golden Age of Exploration (2210s - 2260s) ===
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<div class="mainpage-navigation mainpage-row spectiles">
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<div class="card" id="cardenas-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Cardenas_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption gold">Cardenas-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="constitution-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Constitution_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption gold">Constitution-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="crossfield-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Crossfield_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption gold">Crossfield-class</div>
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</div>
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        <div class="card" id="hernandez-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Hernandez_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption gold">Hernandez-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="nimitz-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Nimitz_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption gold">Nimitz-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="walker-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Walker_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption gold">Walker-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" style="opacity:0;></div>
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When used for invasion scenarios, the ''Hutet'' can embark 10,000 troops. It has many large-scale transporters and can take over a planet's capital within hours. Given that it is also always accompanied by other ships, it would be the centerpiece of an invasion of 50,000 or more troops, serving as the command ship for a very senior legate and multiple legions.
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== Shipboard Life ==
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=== Early Federation Starships (2161 - 2210s) ===
As with smaller ships, ''Hutet''-class ships have accommodations segregated by rank. It has an exceptionally large crew of 2,500 to keep all of its weapons operating and to provide security. It is not a particularly comfortable assignment compared to other large vessels of other powers, because of how much of its internal volume is devoted to troop accommodations and weapons. Because they don't generally stray far from home, the trade-off for this is more frequent opportunities for shore leave.  
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<div class="card" id="columbia-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Columbia_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption gold">Columbia-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="daedalus-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Daedalus_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption gold">Daedalus-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="freedom22-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=freedom_Class_(22nd_Century) <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption gold">Freedom-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="intrepid22-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Intrepid_Class_(22nd_Century) <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption gold">Intrepid-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="neptune-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Neptune_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption gold">Neptune-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="nx-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=NX_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption gold">NX-class</div>
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</div>
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        <div class="card" id="yorktown-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Yorktown_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption gold">Yorktown-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" style="opacity:0;></div>
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<div class="card" style="opacity:0;></div>
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<div class="card" style="opacity:0;></div>
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</div>
  
These massive ships have palatial suites for their commanding officers, who enjoy a standard of luxury far beyond that found on other Cardassian ships, given that command of these ships is only ever given to the most senior guls. Most of the existing ''Hutets'' also serve as the flagships for entire Cardassian Orders, and so have an even grander space for their legate.
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=== Starbases ===
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<div class="mainpage-navigation mainpage-row spectiles">
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<div class="card" id="aurora-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Aurora_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Aurora-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="guardian-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Guardian_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Guardian-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="immense-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Immense_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Immense-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="jupiter-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Jupiter_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Jupiter-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="k-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=K_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">K-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="norfed-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Nor_Class(Federation) <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Nor-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="presidium-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Presidium_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Presidium-class</div>
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</div>
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        <div class="card" id="regula-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Regula_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Regula-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="regulus-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Regulus_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Regulus-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="spacedock-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Spacedock<div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Spacedock-class</div>
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</div>
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<div class="card" id="unity-class">
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[https://wiki.bravofleet.com/index.php?title=Unity_Class <div class="card-image"></div>]
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<div class="card-caption">Unity-class</div>
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<div class="card" style="opacity:0;>
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Troop accommodations are very spartan, but the ''Hutet'' does not embark ground troops during its defensive missions.
 
  
== Class History ==
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=== Auxiliary Craft ===
As the Dominion War raged, it was clear that Cardassian shipbuilding lagged far behind that of its neighbors, as the burden for heavy firepower support was put almost entirely on Dominion forces. The Cardassian preference for medium-sized, medium-capability ships was failing to stand up to the Klingon preference for smaller, high-firepower designs, the Romulan preference for larger, highly-advanced designs, and the Federation's relentless ingenuity. As such, the ''Hutet''-class design was rapidly developed as the ultimate Cardassian war machine, which would be the centerpiece of any Cardassian fleet. The Cardassian Military intended to build twelve massive starships to serve as the flagships of all of the individual Orders, vessels that would be able to coordinate massive planetary invasions and serve as impregnable bulwarks over Cardassian worlds.
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::''Federation auxiliary craft can be viewed [[Auxiliary_Craft|here]].''
 
 
The design that was developed was incredibly lopsided in capabilities. Cardassians lacked experience building large ships, even with Dominion assistance, and so the engine technology left the ship with a paltry top speed. They also cost more than thirty ''Galor''-class destroyers to build and had massive crews. Only three vessels were completed by the time of the Battle of Cardassia Prime, being too late to have any impact on the war's ultimate conclusion. In practice, there were also teething problems with her advanced weapons, especially the torpedo launchers, which had a tendency to jam while being reconfigured to handle different munition sizes.
 
 
 
Following the war, the three existing vessels were used to transport refugees around the Union, their primary purpose gone. The remaining 9 space frames lingered in the shipyards, with six of them broken down within several years after the war to build non-combat vessels and to comply with arms limitations. Eventually, the remaining three were completed during the early 2380s, when it was feared that the Romulan situation would spiral across the quadrant.
 
 
 
Presently, the six ''Hutet''-class ships are something of an albatross: they are theoretically very capable battleships, but their utility is limited in the absence of all-out war that would threaten either Cardassian worlds or allow the Cardassians to threaten enemy worlds. Still, they are a symbol of Cardassian pride and serve as the flagships of six of the twelve orders, while watching over important Cardassian worlds. It is not expected that more will be built, unless a war were to errupt.
 
 
 
The ''Hutet'' has been superseded in every way other than pure firepower by the [[Damar Class|''Damar''-class dreadnought]], which is faster, more advanced, and capable of long-duration independent missions that the ''Hutet'' could never dream of.
 
 
 
== ''Hutet''-class In-Play ==
 
 
 
* This ship is a monster. It's huge. It's also slow and hard to maneuver. Once it gets you in its sights, you're toast. It excels at hitting stationary targets like planets and starbases.
 
* You're not going to see one of these unless you're in the core of the Cardassian Union. There are only six of them and they're restricted to defensive duties.
 
* This is unlikely to be an exciting assignment because they stay close to home. You might go a whole tour on a ''Hutet'' with the ship never having gone to warp!
 
* Think of the ''Hutet'' as essentially a mobile defense platform or planetary bombardment weapon, rather than a tip-of-the-spear fast battleship.
 
 
 
== Gallery ==
 
 
 
[[File:HutetOrtho.png]]
 
[[Category:Cardassian Starships]]
 

Revision as of 20:19, 21 March 2021

The New Normal (2385 - current)

Elysion-class
Inquiry-class
Manticore-class
Reliant-class
Resolute-class
Vesta-class

Post-War Renaissance (2375 - 2385)

Argonaut-class
Atlantia-class
Century-class
Diligent-class
Insignia-class
Luna-class
Odyssey-class
Parliament-class
Rhode Island-class

The Borg & Dominion Conflicts (2368 - 2375)

Akira-class
Defiant-class
Galaxy-class Refit
Intrepid-class
Norway-class
Nova-class
Prometheus-class
Saber-class
Sovereign-class
Steamrunner-class
Typhon-class

Fleet Modernization Program (2350s - 2368)

California-class
Challenger-class
Cheyenne-class
Galaxy-class
Nebula-class
New Orleans-class
Olympic-class
Springfield-class

The Ambassador Era (2330s - 2350s)

Ambassador-class
Freedom-class

Refinement & The Great Expirement (2270s - 2330s)

Akula-class
Centaur-class
Constellation-class
Constitution-class refit
Excelsior-class
Excelsior-class refit
Miranda-class

Standardization and Consolidation (2260s - 2270s)

Saladin-class

Golden Age of Exploration (2210s - 2260s)

Cardenas-class
Constitution-class
Crossfield-class
Hernandez-class
Nimitz-class
Walker-class

Early Federation Starships (2161 - 2210s)

Columbia-class
Daedalus-class
Freedom-class
Intrepid-class
Neptune-class
NX-class
Yorktown-class

Starbases

Aurora-class
Guardian-class
Immense-class
Jupiter-class
K-class
Nor-class
Presidium-class
Regula-class
Regulus-class
Spacedock-class
Unity-class


Auxiliary Craft

Federation auxiliary craft can be viewed here.