3125 Scale Gorn Compsognathus-B+ Battle Frigate SR

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.)

All of the basic Gorn warships came in two sizes (heavy cruiser and light cruiser, medium cruiser and  heavy destroyer, battle destroyer and destroyer) and so did the police frigate, which (as with the others) could be quickly converted with larger engines and an extra hull section into a ship with 30% more firepower. The shipyard had hoped to ramp up production of police frigates and deliver them to the fleet as battle frigates (which were a bit more powerful than Navy destroyers) but the fleet refused the offer. The police, however, bought all the yard could produce and converted as many existing frigates to this design as possible, giving them more powerful police units to keep pace with the increasing savagery of the General War. It later received the “plus” refit. The scaled panels on the outer surfaces represent efforts to reduce the electronic signature of the Compsognathus-B+ battle frigate and match it to the standard Compsognathus-B battle frigate so the enemy could not tell the difference.

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.