An older Cardassian ship, the Neterok Raiding Destroyer is not a mainline warship but rather a ship designed for raiding enemy supply lines and capturing cargo. The Neterok is armed well enough to overwhelm most transports and has enough cargo capacity to recover sizable amounts of spoils.

Neteroks were used heavily against Federation civilian shipping during their border wars in the 2350's. Unfortunately, their inability to defend themselves against enemy warships proved to be a major failing in the otherwise sturdy design.