3788 Scale Kzinti Heavy Carrier (CVA) SRZ

The Kzintis are a species of eight-foot-tall felines; the Klingons call them “tigermen.” They are adjacent to the Federation (and have fought two major wars with them, losing both) and the Klingons (and have fought several wars with them, winning a few and losing a few). Kzinti ships are armed with disruptors, phasers, and drones. They have more drones on their standard warships than any other empire, and forests of phaser-3s, because their ships are designed to fight each other. (They have had more civil wars than foreign wars.) They are enemies of the Klingons and Lyrans and allies of convenience with the Hydrans and Federation.

Production of Kzinti dreadnoughts was interrupted by the Klingon/Lyran attack on their capital. After that bit of unpleasantness ended, the Kzintis completed the unfinished dreadnought Olympus as a heavy carrier with 24 fighters. (This was based on reports of Federation carriers with that many fighters.) The Olympus was followed by the identical Titan and the two ships (and Goliath built later) were the core of the Kzinti battle fleet. The ship had fewer weapons than the dreadnought design of the original hull, but the fighters made up for any shortfall.

This ship is available in a variety of materials. Ships are unpainted, use standard flight stands available from many sources, and, while designed for gaming, make fine display pieces.