3125 Scale Tholian Patrol Corvettes (3) SRZ

Tholians are a crystalline species that once ruled the M81 Galaxy. When the Tholian Will was overthrown by the Seltorians, some small groups of Tholians fled to other galaxies. One small group of Tholians reached the Milky Way, where they took over the easternmost part of Klingon space, the part that originally bordered the Romulans. They called this the Tholian Holdfast. The Tholians (who considered carbon-based life to be lower than bacteria) enslaved Klingon colonies in the region and kept the Klingons at bay by their (at the time) superior technology. Their foes, the Seltorians, arrived in the Milky Way Galaxy later.

The Tholian Patrol Corvette was (or is?) their most numerous ship, being the size of a small frigate. When the Tholians first arrived, it was one of the most powerful ships in the galaxy, but Tholian technology did not advance while the native empires of this galaxy raced to catch up. The problem was that the Tholians who got here were not a major part of the empire, just an isolated industrial world with only a small shipyard able to produce small ships primarily for the local police forces. They could build endless PCs, but nothing bigger until (decades later) their engineers figured out how to combine PC hulls into larger ships.

An enterprising Tholian commodore invented the first pinwheel when confronted by a larger Klingon force. The three patrol corvettes under his command simply backed into each other (as if they were going to lay web) and used their web generators to dock the three ships into a single unit surrounded by web. This produced an instant "fortress in space" allowing the small ships to survive in the face of overwhelming odds until reinforcements could arrive. This group of three patrol corvettes includes a connector so you can create your own pinwheel if desired.

The Tholian patrol corvette is also available singly or as a one-piece pinwheel.

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.