Product Description
Designed by the United States Rocket & Spacecraft Corporation and released to the public in 2145, the Bison-class and its derivatives would go on to become a staple of United Earth's early interstellar exploration, trade, and defense. Their early fusion-powered drives were terribly slow by modern standards - averaging about a month per light-year traveled - but hundreds were built, and would continue to ply the spacelines for over a century.
The Bison-class was available in a large variety of configurations, ranging from a simple bulk freighter to a liquids tanker, a luxurious passenger liner, a 'sleeper' ship carrying tens of thousands of passengers in stasis, and more. The Fleet would use the same hull design for their Pioneer-class light cruisers and numerous other prominent classes, the bulk of large combatants through the War. Matter/Antimatter reactors would better than double their speeds, tying Earth's sprawling colonies - and her allies - that much closer together.
UES Oomingmak (AP-38), a late-model matter/antimatter powered Bison-class that served as a fleet transport, is on display at the Fleet Museum.
Based on original art by Masao Okazaki. Used with permission. This model is offered in different scales for your gaming pleasure. The item you are viewing is modeled in 1/3788 scale, and will work well with 1/3900 scale models as well.