Breen warship The Breen warship was a vessel used by the Breen Confederacy in the late - 24th century . History . In 2366 , two Breen warships attacked the Cardassian transport " Ravinok " forcing it to crash land on the planet Dozaria . Its survivors were forced to work in a nearby Breen dilithium mine . ( ) In 2373 , it was noted by Tuvok that Breen ships used organic technology . ( ) In late 2375 , the Breen became allies of the Dominion , where they committed a large fleet of warships to join the war effort . Worf and Ezri Dax were brought aboard a warship after being captured by the Breen on a planet in the Goralis system . ( ) The Federation first encountered the ships in combat during the Second Battle of Chin ' toka . The Cardassian and Dominion ships held back while the Breen engaged the Federation , Klingon and Romulan forces . The ships had been equipped with energy dissipator s that disabled the Allied ships ' engines , weapon s , and shields . The weapon was instrumental in defeating the Allied fleet and forcing the Federation Alliance from the Chin ' toka system , losing the only enemy territory that they held in Cardassian space . ( ) Fortunately , the Klingon Bird - of - Prey was not affected , leading to a defense being discovered . ( ) Even without the energy dampening weapon , the Breen warships proved to be formidable . One such ship destroyed Legate Damar ' s ship in orbit of Cardassia Prime . Several warships participated in the Battle of Cardassia . During this engagement , a Breen warship was able to outmaneuver the , displaying exemplary maneuverability . Besides the energy dissipator , Breen warships mainly attack with torpedo weapons fired from at least three forward launchers at the pikes of the ship . Several Breen warships were destroyed by the Cardassian fleet when the Cardassians joined the Allies . Breen warships were also deployed in orbit of Cardassia Prime after the Dominion ' s retreat . ( ) Appendices . Background information . The Breen warship was designed by John Eaves and rendered as a CGI model . Eaves commented : " " Designing the Breen ship has an interesting origin . The Breen are a race that have no established architecture , therefore it opened the door to me to be extremely creative . My initial pass had the ship loosely around the letter ' T ' . The story behind the ' T ' is that it is the first letter of my fiance ' s name , Tara . I submitted the drawings and the producers liked the shape and requested more detailed drawings . When these were presented , the producers requested the drawings go a different direction than the original ' T ' shape . Therefore , I started designing ' T ' ships with a more stylish letter formation – lower case ' t ' s ' , ' t ' s ' hidden among other shapes , etc . Each design sparked enthusiasm with the producers , yet they still wanted to see more fantastic ideas . So , after several more passes , they chose a drawing I didn ' t think they would choose . It broke all the traditional rules that " Star Trek " ships are required to meet . The ' T ' ship , as I call it , is an open - faced , multiple plane swept wing conglomeration of weapons and engines and a big fat ' T ' right in the centre . If you know where to look , all of the letters of Tara ' s name can be found in the detailed panelling of the ship ' s exterior . This has been my favorite of all designs for DS9 because of the inspiration which went into its design " " . ( " Far Beyond the Drawing Board " , ) The mesh for the studio model would later be modified to represent the Quarren coyote ship s in and . Apocrypha . In the novelization " " , Worf mentions that the Breen warships are equipped with " s " that improve the resilience of their shielding . In the unpublished Last Unicorn Games sourcebook " DS9 The Dominion War Sourcebook – The Fires of Armageddon " , the Breen warship is referred to as the " Gor Taan " class . Breen warships appear in " Star Trek Online " as a part of the game ' s " Season Two " update . They are referred to as the " Chel Grett " class , a name that also appears in the " Fires of Armageddon " sourcebook . A playable version of this vessel was released as part of the 2012 winter event . Models . WizKids released two models of the Breen warship , the " Gor Portas " and the " Rav Laerst " , as part of the " " line .