Vortex (Imperial Registry: NXT 212204-1204) is a Daystrom-class Heavy Combat Cruiser Commissioned on December 4, 2364 by the Imperial Federation of United Worlds as a Long Range High Impact Maneuvering Cruiser sent on several High Risk missions along the Bajorian/Cardassian/Dominion Neutral Zone (also known as the Demilitarized Zone or DMZ) of both missions of combat or mercy (or at times both).