3125 Scale LDR Mountain Lion (DND) CVN

The Lyran Democratic Republic (LDR) began as the Dark Star County of the Enemy's Blood Duchy of the Lyran Empire. The ruling family was corrupt, and a revolution slaughtered the family and declared a democracy, but still loyal to Enemy's Blood. The Duke decided to remove the democrats and install his second son as the new count, which would strengthen his rule as he would be able to count on his son's support. The adjacent Foremost Duchy thought it better if the Dark Star County became independent as this would weaken their rivals at Enemy's Blood. Dark Star County eventually became fully independent, albeit only because Foremost protected it from Enemy’s Blood. The LDR then made a deal with the Hydrans, gaining Gatling phaser technology in exchange for a promise to never rejoin the Lyran Empire. Their "smooth hull" ships reflect the cleaner lines of thought and lower maintenance support of the republic.

The LDR was always in search for more ships, and had no ability to build anything larger than a destroyer (which they could convert to a war cruiser). The Lyran shipyard that made the center sections for their dreadnoughts had the capacity to build more of them than the Lyran fleet could use, and proposed to sell dreadnought center sections which the LDR could convert into Mountain Lion destroyers. Despite years of on-again/off-again negotiations, the deal never happened. The LDR suspected that the Lyran empire did not want the LDR to convert its only heavy cruiser into a dreadnought using one of the “destroyers” that the yard proposed to sell.

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.