BRAD'S COMMENTS:  Much fan debate has raged over the exact size of the Nor Class stations.  I've done my best to render the Nor relative to the other big stations familiar to most Trek fans; especially the mammoth Spacedock.  I also believe that the Nor is a sort of middleground between the truly big, immobile space structures (like Spacedock) and the semi-mobile, limited facility stations like the Alamo Defense Outpost.  As we see throughout ST:DS9 the Nor performs the functions of both classes, in that it is a protector of the planet Bajor (Defense Outpost!) as well as a docking and repair/re-supply station for starships (Spacedock!) while at the same time being able to maneuver within a limited envelope (Defense Outpost!) while also acting as a waypoint between its home planet and shuttle ferrying people to and from orbit (Spacedock!)  To add to the confusion, Deep Space Nine (a.k.a: Tarok Nor) is largely modified by Federation and Bajoran engineers following the Cardasian retreat from bajor and the annexing of the station by combined Starfleet and Bajoran military personnel.  The Deep Space Nine station and your average Nor model are liable to have very different characteristics, so I have rendered two columns below, one for DS9 as we know it, and the other for the standard Nor as I am able to estimate.
      Aesthetically, the Nor is a pretty different space station compared to the other stations we saw prior to its debut in 1992.  Both Starfleet spacedocks (mushroom-shaped and cage-type) and the R-1 series of stations are quite unlike the Nor in appearance.  I credit the designers for their effort to come up with something that looked quite non-Terran in origin, owing to its Cardassian construction.  The interior sets are also very different from the Starfleet sets we become familiar with in TNG, creating a very different atmosphere for the entire show.
     From a game standpoint, I was unsure of how to handle the Nor.  It was my impression that Chief O'Brien up-gunned Deep Space Nine considerably in comparison to its Cardassian days, though the Cardassian model possessed weaponry too.  Deep Space Nine appears to be at its most potent around the time of the Klingon/Federation fissure, when we see Deep Space Nine mobbed by a considerable fleet of Klingon warships, absorbing and delivering a terrible amount of punishment.  I've tried to balance the station between the awesomeness of the Space Dock and the relative mortal Defense Outpost, and I hope all of you fans will remember that I'm largely flying by the seat of my pants here, with little official data to point the way.  If anyone can send me solid stats, be my guest.  I'd love to get my hands on such material.  Until then, I hope you have fun with this, as there are lots of scenarios that can be spun around a Nor station--especially Deep Space Nine itself!

* Denotes completely hypothetical model number and stats, devised by Brad R. Torgersen.
** Pulse phaser has special rules, detailed under the Defiant Class.

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