3788 Scale Kzinti New Gunboat/PF Ship Tender (NPF)

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.

When the Kzintis finally introduced Needle gunboats {having relied far too long on heavy fighters), the shipyards scrambled to field as many gunboat tenders as possible as soon as possible and converted a damaged new heavy cruiser into a gunboat tender. Another was created as an expensive conversion of a medium cruiser PF tender (since medium cruisers were convertible into new heavy cruisers). The ship carries six gunboats on external docking positions and can (but usually does not) carry a seventh in an internal repair bay.

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.