3788 Scale Klingon C8VB Heavy Carrier WEM

The Klingons never saw a ship, weapon, or concept that wouldn’t be much better if it were much bigger. Hence the highly successful D7V strike carrier inspired them to convert C8 dreadnoughts into C8V heavy carriers. These retained most of the dreadnought’s weapons (losing only the drone racks, arguably irrelevant since the fighters were flying drone racks) while gaining 12 Z-Y Superiority Fighters and 12 Z-D (originally Z-1) Assault Fighters; this was later changed to 18 Z-Ys and only six Z-Ds, or 24 Z-Ys. At the end of the General War these ships carried 12 Z-H or Z-K Heavy Fighters instead of the 24 single-space fighters originally embarked. The ships had large escort groups of a cruiser, a destroyer, and a frigate. Many historians feel that the turning point of the entire war was the celebrated carrier duel between Vindicator and Napoleon that left both ships with massive damage.

Known names include 1 Vindicator, 2 Harbinger, and 3 Apocalypse.

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.