The armament of the Morlasasi Stelam left much to be desired with many in the higher circles of the Senate, especially given the acquisition of disruptor technologies from the Klingons a decade before. Yet other despised the photon torpedo armament, instead preferring to mount home-grown plasma weapons. Both of these camps managed to force through the Romulan Senate orders to construct a limited run of Stelam Mosaram Dreadnoughts to meet their needs. The new Stelam Mosarams (meaning "solar wind") were acceptable, but ultimately it was decided that they were too slow and cumbersome to be effective.