Isopod

A combat-focused OSA cruiser, the Isopod fights like a Renaissance-class cruiser, though it is less capable than the Starfleet cruiser in its presence and reaction capabilities - despite having high-speed nacelles like the Renaissance, the Isopod has a much smaller shuttlebay. Unlike its Starfleet cousin, the OSA cruiser gets its firepower primarily from a heavy battery of phaser banks, making it rather easier to supply. Also helping matters is the presence of two "beya bays" - dual-use cargo bays and beya-war arenas, allowing for the storage of supplies and maintenance of crew morale.

The OSA commissioned these vessels to address defense needs after a series of Breen raids, and in response to piracy emerging from both Licori space and the Deadly Islands. This class mounts the same heavy Stingray-pattern phaser banks and Bazooka torpedo launchers as the Ray class, and is supposed to serve as heavy backup to any incident on the frontier a Ray might encounter.