3125 Scale Kzinti New Heavy Cruiser (NCA) SRZ

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.

All empires were continually short of heavy cruisers, as construction was limited (compared to the smaller war cruisers) and there were many needs for those hulls. The Kzinti solution to the question of how to convert a medium (war) cruiser into a heavy cruiser reflected the constraints under which it was built. They designed a “ridge” structure that could be built in advance and quickly added to a medium cruiser, increasing the power, systems, and weapons. Rather than use battlecruiser engines, the Kzintis added a fourth medium cruiser engine, providing for a slight increase in energy compared to the battlecruiser. (There were two such engines on the added ridge section; the medium cruiser’s original top engine was removed and reused for the next new heavy cruiser.) Known names included Death Dealer, Firedancer, Grimholder, Shadowcutter, Swordbreaker, and Thunderstrike.

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.