3788 Scale Kzinti X-Ship Light Cruiser (CMX) SRZ

The Kzintis are a species of eight-foot-tall felines; the Klingons call them "tigermen." They are adjacent to the Federation (and have fought two major wars with them, losing both) and the Klingons (and have fought several wars with them, winning a few and losing a few). Kzinti ships are armed with disruptors, phasers, and drones. They have more drones on their standard warships than any other empire, and forests of phaser-3s, because their ships are designed to fight each other. (They have had more civil wars than foreign wars.) They are enemies of the Klingons and Lyrans and allies of convenience with the Hydrans and Federation.

The Kzintis faced a crisis with this class. While the battlecruiser and frigate were both well suited to X-conversion, the only ships between those were the light cruiser (few if any of which survived the General War), the war destroyer (initially regarded as totally unsuited to X-technology), the medium cruiser (only marginally suited to X-technology), and the old pre-General War destroyer design (only two of which survived as Needle tenders and no production facilities for which existed). After much debate, it was decided to build a limited number of specially reinforced medium cruisers as CMX light cruisers. More were built after the General War, as they were needed to fill out X-squadrons in the War of Return, Inter-Stellar Concordium Pacification, and Andromedan War which followed the General War. Known names include Deathmaker, Exorcist, Firemaker, and Havocmaker.

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.