3788 Scale Neo-Tholian X-Ship Medium Cruiser (NMX)

Tholians are a crystalline species that once ruled the M81 Galaxy. When the Tholian Will was overthrown by the Seltorians, some small groups of Tholians fled to other galaxies. One small group of Tholians reached the Milky Way, where they took over the easternmost part of Klingon space, the part that originally bordered the Romulans. They called this the Tholian Holdfast. The Tholians (who considered carbon-based life to be lower than bacteria) enslaved Klingon colonies in the region and kept the Klingons at bay by their (at the time) superior technology. Their foes, the Seltorians, arrived in the Milky Way Galaxy later.

The Tholian ships seen earlier were all variations of the Patrol Corvette, a frigate-sized ship designed as a heavy police unit. The Tholian Dyson Sphere that arrived in our galaxy was not fitted with a military shipyard, but it had facilities to maintain and produce police ships. In the middle of the General War, a squadron of Tholian military ships arrived from the M81 Galaxy. These were designed from the start as military warships and were quite capable in those roles.

The year after the Inter-Stellar Concordium completed its “pacification” of the Alpha Octant, a Neo-Tholian advanced technology light cruiser appeared with a collar (an added structure between the main hull and the command module). The advanced technology collar added firepower and the tactical flexibility of a larger battery deck. With the collar, the ship became known as the X-Ship Medium Cruiser (also called the Advanced Medium Cruiser).

There is some question as to how many collars were built. It would have been obvious to provide at least one such collar for both of the two Neo-Tholian advanced heavy cruisers and both the Neo-Tholian advanced technology light cruisers for the improvement in combat capabilities they would bring. The two ships, when fitted with the collar, retained the names Defiant and Valiant.

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.