Centauri Republic Vorchan Cruiser Armada Scale

If you see a pack of Centauri Vorchan Cruisers, its already too late.  The vorchan war cruiser by itself is deadly but they often are found in groups delivering the maximum firepower they can against their targets.  

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UPDATED 09/17/2021 Shapeways shows this model as 50mm as its largest dimension, the actual wingspan is 70mm

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And now for some fluff

With the exception of the Minbari, the Centauri are the most technically advanced member of the younger races with large populations in the Milky Way Galaxy and the Vorchan class cruiser is a good example of their technology. The ship carries about the same firepower and carries heavy armor than an Earth Force Omega class Destroyer yet is much smaller and is both far faster and more maneuverable than the Destroyer is.

While this ship is slightly less well armed than ships of the Three Galaxies, especially in number of missiles, the ship is comparable in most other respects and carries much more armor than most ships of the Three Galaxies, allowing the ship to hold its own against most of the ships except for in long range missile duels.

The Vorchan class cruiser is constructed in the form of a slender long body with wings coming out of the top, bottom, and sides of the main body.

The ship has impressive armor to protect the ships but also has defensive shields to prevent weapons from even striking the starships hull. These shields both use Gravimetric waves and radiation shielding to prevent energy weaponry together to achieve a more powerful shield and give munch better protections than the Interceptor grids on Earth Alliance vessels.

The ship is armed with two plasma accelerators for the ships main energy weaponry. These weapons are far more powerful than any other races plasma weaponry and inflict massive damage to targets that they hit. The ship also carries 16 light pulse cannons for primarily point defense although they can be used as anti-starship weapons as well when fired in combined volleys. They are similar to heavier mounts but are smaller and inflict less damage and have a shorter range. The ship also carries two missile launchers. The missiles are the equivalent of Phase World long range missiles

The Centauri have better fire control and targeting systems than the Earth Force does and if a Centauri ship engages a Minbari ship, the Centauri ship is treated to have sensors equal to ships from within Phase World and they can detect Minbari ships with moderate penalties.

The ships propulsion is a combination of two ion engines and a gravimetric propulsion system. This allows the ship to achieve accelerations much greater than ships of most of the younger races. The only other members of the younger races that can achieve the level of performance of Centauri ships are the Minbari and the Vree.

The ship design has both true artificial gravity and inertial dampeners. The artificial gravity allows the ships crew to serve in comfort and greatly increases the crews efficiency. The inertial dampening allows this ship to complete maneuvers that no ships built by the younger races other than those built by the Centauri, Vree, or the Minbari without killing the ships crew.

The ship can carry up to 12 fighters but the ship normally caries not fighters in the ships hanger bay. This is due to the fact that there is a shortage of starfighters and pilots for the starfighters. The ship also has no berthing for marines.