The Phoenix type ship of the game Star Trek Armada is the Romulans weapon of mass destruction, build in the Phoenix Facility. Even a completely functional Starbase will be destroyed when the Phoenix uses its only weapon next to it. It is slowly moving, expensive, but if it reaches its target successfully, the Romulan Empire will score another victorious battle. As the weapon is not directed, it is necessary for any friendlies to keep away from it, when it is deployed. That makes it a lot more vulnerable during the last phase of its approach than its Klingon pendant. When using it, it will be destroyed itself. As this ship is really expensive (3000) and takes a lot of time to be built (5 min), misfiring or losing it is really a big loss.

If you encounter this ship controlled by an AI, you might find that it is cloaked, while you yourself cannot cloak it. See the description of the Phoenix Bug on the matter. Short version: The AI can cloak it, you cannot. As the Rift Creator of this ship needs no special weapon energy, you can exploit it with the Free Phoenix move.