After the Terran Rebellion built their own version of the Defiant in 2372, Generals Julian Bashir and Zek turned the abandoned Klingon-Cardassian Alliance space station Empok Nor into a shipyard capable of producing up to twelve Defiant-class starships at once. Like the rest of the Defiant-class warships, the Terra Victor was equipped with a Romulan cloaking device.