This flat, wedge-shaped ship brought the first formal contact from within the Gamma Quadrant to Deep Space Nine. The ship was warp-capable and durable enough to survive the wormhole in good shape, yet small enough to use a Deep Space Nine docking port rather than a pylon mooring.

Drawing on an unusually intense bipolar current, the transporter/hologram generator used to power the Wadi's Chula game, and it contained the senior officers' maze, which was on Deck 2.