The Telok Escort Cruiser is a lighter, cheaper warship designed to escort Galor Cruisers into battle. Designed before the Norin Light Cruiser, the Telok fills a similar role to that the Norin would later adopt.

Armed primarily with defensive weaponry including a sizeable light phaser loadout, the Telok is suitable for providing cover fire for larger Cardassian ships. The Telok is much weaker structurally than the Galor, however, and cannot take the same amount of punishment that those larger warships can.