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Ported to OBJ from the stock model included with the video game Starfleet Command 3 (SFC3). Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. NO MODEL DOWNLOAD.

The terms defense platform and battle satellite are largely interchangeable in most science fiction and both mean the same thing: a space-based construct, usually but not always automated (some larger designs are crewed), that is used to defend a given point in space. The difference between the two is where they're located. Battle satellites are usually found only in orbit around a large spatial body such as a planet, moon, or large asteroid and are used to defend it against enemy attack, or they can be turned inward to deal with surface-based threats. Defense platforms in the Trek multiverse, on the other hand, can be anywhere. They can be used as standard battle satellites, they can be used to defend important interstellar assets such as large space stations and starship yards, they can be seeded in an asteroid field as a nasty surprise for any enemies that have to pass through it, they can be used to defend interstellar borders without any major spatial body nearby, and so on. Again, the difference between the two is in how and where they're used, with the defense platform having a broader range of uses than a mere battle satellite in the Trek multiverse.

Well, the Breen had to have these too, you know, just like everybody else -- especially in the video game from which this came (wink).

This is semi-canon, given its creation for a Franchise licensed video game.

"Never turn your back on a Breen."

- old Romulan saying

Description

Ported to OBJ from the stock model included with the video game Starfleet Command 3 (SFC3). Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. NO MODEL DOWNLOAD.

The terms defense platform and battle satellite are largely interchangeable in most science fiction and both mean the same thing: a space-based construct, usually but not always automated (some larger designs are crewed), that is used to defend a given point in space. The difference between the two is where they're located. Battle satellites are usually found only in orbit around a large spatial body such as a planet, moon, or large asteroid and are used to defend it against enemy attack, or they can be turned inward to deal with surface-based threats. Defense platforms in the Trek multiverse, on the other hand, can be anywhere. They can be used as standard battle satellites, they can be used to defend important interstellar assets such as large space stations and starship yards, they can be seeded in an asteroid field as a nasty surprise for any enemies that have to pass through it, they can be used to defend interstellar borders without any major spatial body nearby, and so on. Again, the difference between the two is in how and where they're used, with the defense platform having a broader range of uses than a mere battle satellite in the Trek multiverse.

Well, the Breen had to have these too, you know, just like everybody else -- especially in the video game from which this came (wink).

This is semi-canon, given its creation for a Franchise licensed video game.

"Never turn your back on a Breen."

- old Romulan saying