These ships are one of the primary classes of ships used the Cardassian fleets. While the Cardassian ships are not up to latest Federation standards, these ships are still powerful and can be very dangerous when in the hand of a skilled captain. They are about the equivalent of the Federations earlier Excelsior class Battleships but do not compare favorably to most of the newer federation vessels. There is a newer Cardassian vessel know as the Keldon class that is based off of the Galor class cruiser. That ship entered service sometime prior to the Cardassians joining the Dominion. A great many of these ships were lost during their first war against the Federation. After having rebuilt their forces, they lost alarge number of ships against the Klingons. After a short respite, the Cardassians and their Dominion allies went to war against both the Federation and Klingons. Most of the remaining Galor class cruisers were destroyed during that war.

The ship carries six banks of spiral wave disruptors for the ship's main beam weaponry. Each disruptor is more powerful than the unmodified siege phasers mounted on the Federations earlier classes of ships such as the Excelsior but require more power per mount and are unable to be mounted in the same number as the Excelsior class which make the ships firepower equivalent to each other. The Galor also has a powerful high powered spiral wave disruptor that fires aft. This weapon is similar in firepower and range to the federation mega-phaser mounts Of course, when some of the Excelsiors, such as the U.S,S. Lakota, were modified, they became much more powerful than the Galor class. The Cardassians have been unable to develop anti-matter warheads for torpedoes so their torpedoes create a laser initiated fusion explosion. These Torpedoes are called Ion Torpedoes. The Cardassian torpedo launchers are also more massive than the launchers carried on federation ships and like older federation launchers, each launcher can launch up to two torpedoes in each volley. The larger launchers have meant that the ship only carries two launchers, one launcher that fires forward and one launcher that fires aft.

This version is without major upgrades that the Dominion might have done to the Cardassian ships when they became allies. It might be at least expected that these ships after the Dominion and Cardassian treaty carry more powerful missiles with anti-matter warheads. The more powerful warheads are listed as an option under the torpedo launchers.

This ship has never been equipped to carry fighters but the class does carry a large number of marines for ground assaults. This ships are slightly more cramped than most Federation vessels but they do have large quarters for the senior officers. The Galors are set up to be able to act as Flagships.