3788 Scale Lyran Refitted Space Control Ship CVN

The Lyrans are human-sized cats that bore a distinct similarity to Terran lynxes in both appearance and temperament. Bitter enemies of the Kzintis (tigermen eight feet tall), the Lyrans were staunch allies of the Klingons and enemies of the Hydrans as well. Like Kzintis, Lyrans were carnivores known to eat their captives on rare occasions. The Federation assigned each Lyran ship-type a “reporting name” to keep them separate. Lyrans were organized as a feudal society. Twenty-one counties each had a squadron of ships lead by a heavy cruiser; four dukes had dreadnoughts to lead the four fleets, while the king-emperor commanded from the capital.

A late war conversion, the Siberian Lion Space Control Ship was a conversion of the Lion Dreadnought. The first such ship was completed in time to fight the Inter-Stellar Concordium and Andromedans. This design applied the Siberian Tiger carrier modifications (moving the shuttle bays to the outer hulls and expanding them) to a Lion-class dreadnought. The two fast patrol ships on the central mech-links can be repaired in collapsible bays. The ship carried six gunboats and a dozen fighters. It was normally escorted by a war cruiser and two war destroyers, often but not always special variant types. The Aztek panels on the outer surfaces represent efforts to reduce the electronic signature of the refitted Siberian Lion Space Control Ship and match it to the original Siberian Lion Space Control Ship so the enemy could not tell the difference.

The 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.