285 Scale Gorn Ssikg Tanks SRZ

The Gorns are six-to-seven-foot-tall, 350-pound, cold-blooded, egg-laying, reptilian humanoids bearing a superficial resemblance to a T-Rex or Raptor. Despite the fearsome visage, they are actually quite civilized people who run one of the few democracies in the galaxy. The Federation and Gorns met in a border incident in which two hot-headed captains shot first and faced embarrassing questions later. (A Federation corporation built an unauthorized colony outside of Federation territory. The Gorns saw a few Vulcans and thought the colonists were Romulans (with which they had fought wars for over a century). Diplomats smoothed everything over, and the Gorns became the most stable ally of the Federation. The Gorn legislature’s reluctance to spend money or join the Federation’s war limited this alliance during some periods. (Note: The dinosaur-based names are Federation “reporting names” because few in the Federation could pronounce the Gorn names for them. Shown books on paleontology, the Gorns were reportedly honored and amused by the naming convention.)

The Gorns built their tanks as an elliptical disk, with the main armament mounted in the centerline, phasers on both sides, 360-degree sensors, and a counter-gravity drive. The tank can spin in place or on the move, driving sideways to keep the fixed plasma cannon locked on a target. The tank has a crew of four, any one of whom can do any job on the vehicle. There are more than four jobs (driver, main gunner, commander, navigator, two phaser gunners), but it is rare that more than four jobs need doing at any one time. The tank can be fitted with medium or heavy armor packages, the heavy option giving up some speed for better damage resistance. This sprue contains four Gorn tanks.

The sprue of vehicles is available in a variety of materials. Vehicles are unpainted and, while designed for gaming, make fine display pieces.