3125 Scale Iridani Supply Dock MGL

The Omega Octant is east of the Alpha Octant empires seen in the Star Fleet Universe (beyond the Inter-Stellar Concordium), on the other side of a galactic void. That void is a dead zone where life is impossible and ships fall apart, marking a separation between Octants.  The Iridani Questors are comprised of an otter-like mammalian species native to a small cluster of stars in orbit of the Milky Way Galaxy. The distance from the Iridani Cluster to the nearest edge of the Galactic Rim is approximately equal to that between the Drex homeworld and the Probr capital, and is marked by numerous chains of supply docks connecting the Cluster to numerous entry points along the Galactic Energy Barrier. The Iridani themselves are a short-lived species, with an average lifespan of 35 to 40 years. Thus, the Iridani set out to live life to the fullest, though they are tempered by their strictly observed honor code. 

Prior to the Andromedan and Souldra invasions, the Iridani mostly set out for the galaxy in service of a given Quest, which a ship's captain (typically a noble) was obliged to fulfill prior to accepting their place in society. To that end, most Quest ships were designed to be modular in nature; the choice of modules would be selected prior to leaving the Cluster with the captain's particular Quest in mind, and would almost never be changed prior to its return home. With only two exceptions (each of which failed), the Iridani avoided any attempt to establish their own holdings along the Galactic Rim. For their part, no Omega faction, not even the Zosman Marauders, succeeded in establishing a foothold of their own in Iridani home space.

This “splendid isolation” lured the Iridani into a false sense of security, which the Andromedan Invaders would ruthlessly exploit. The Andromedans conquered Iridia in the midst of the Sixth Cycle, while the bulk of the Iridani fleet was deployed on Quests inside the Omega Octant. However, the invaders underestimated the depth of Iridani resolve; the Quest ships “still at large” assembled for the Grand Quest which successfully liberated the Throne Planet two years later. Iridani ships are armed with wide-angle phasers, focused energy beams, and target illuminators. Some Quest ships also possess either a Captain’s Gig or an Admiral’s Gig, a special shuttle type for use by its commanding noble. Note that the Iridani often decorate their ships garishly to resemble the ships they used to sail, even down to flags and pennants (which have no utility in space).

The Supply Dock was a small base type used to support long-range Quests sent from the Iridani Cluster into the Omega Octant and back again. Each such base was designed around a pair of core modules, which could be transported in an inactive state by an Iridani Tugboat. Once set in place, the Iridani would connect six additional modules of varying types to the core pair, in order to produce a “complete” base. These bases were found in the near-void between the Cluster and the Omega Octant, as well as at certain waypoints inside the galaxy proper. With only a pair of wide-angle phaser-1s on the core module pair, plus whatever additional weapons were added by the choice of modules taken, Supply Docks were totally exposed and unsupportable when deployed inside the galaxy proper. Thus the Iridani were obliged to negotiate with those governments which were willing to host such bases and often paid a steep price in the process. The Supply Dock model as presented is equipped with a Repair Module (which enabled the ship to provide limited repair facilities to supply docks or Quest ships) and a pair of Shipping Modules (each little more than a large cargo hold) in the forward module slots, plus a Survey Module (with a special sensor and additional laboratory facilities), a Weapons Module (by far the most common module, providing additional phaser firepower and a pair of auxiliary power reactors to support their use), and a Defense Module (seen as a cowardly choice for most Quest knights, but which was often required to fulfill the terms of a given Quest) in the aft module slots.

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.