285 Scale Tholian Spider-H Bomber 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 Tholians saw other empires building bombers, which were triple-sized or quadruple-sized armed shuttles that could only be based on planets. In effect, they were powerful defensive units slightly harder to kill than standard fighters. The Tholian produced their own Spider-H bomber design by scaling up their heavy fighter. These were built with phasers and two heavy weapons (either disruptors copied from the Klingons or photons provided by the Federation). For the unique challenges of the Tholian defense forces, bombers proved less than ideal and virtually the entire production run of them was destroyed during the battles of Operation Nutcracker. The Tholians did not replace the lost bombers, focusing instead on more versatile standard fighters and on the new gunboats.

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.