3788 Scale Gorn Fast Battlecruiser+ (BF+) 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.)

Fast Battlecruisers were designed for high speed in an effort to create tactical options. The Gorns only built two. The Federation called them the Velociraptor class. They were used as raiders and as high-speed interceptors against Romulan fast raiders. The ships were expensive to build, maintain, and repair and had slightly lighter weapons loads than the standard battlecruiser. The scaled panels on the outer surfaces represent efforts to reduce the electronic signature of the Fast Battlecruiser+ and match it to the original so the enemy could not tell the difference. Known names include Fireclaw and Swiftclaw.

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.