The D'ridren Disruption Destroyer entered service in 2368 and was quickly pressed into battle in a support role, helping to police the borders of Romulan space and assist in large fleet actions against the Dominion during that war. It was in the field during times of crisis that a problem was discovered with the new disruption bolt. It was found that, though the weapons themselves were not prone to the power surges and catastrophic failures of those onbard D'deridex Advanced Warbirds, they were extremely maintenance intensive and constant repairs were being needed post-battle in order to keep them operational. This logistical strain proved that the disruption bolt was not an acceptable weapon to retrofit onto such a small hull that simply cannot store the required supplies to reliably maintain the weapons on the field (Historical Note: many of the components used within the disruption bolt, and the ones that tended to fail more than others, could not be replicated by shipboard replicators because of their use of trilithium and trilithium resin as a catalyst agent. It was, in fact, some of the trilithium from the disruptor bolt project that Dr. Soran stole from the Romulans during his attempt to redirect the Nexus).