3788 Scale Carnivon Police Squadron SRZ

The Carnivons are a species that is often described as “wolf-like,” but they are, in fact, genetically related to the Kzintis and Lyrans, and all three apparently descended from some ancestral species. How they came to be on such widely separated worlds is unclear. Curiously, the felinoid species (descended from solitary hunters) created fairly unified stellar empires, while the Carnivons (descended from pack hunters) remained a species rather than a nation. There is no such thing as a Carnivon “government.” Instead, at any given time, there are anywhere from a dozen to two dozen hordes (each of millions of members), each subdivided into packs (each with hundreds of thousands of members).

Carnivon ships are different from those of almost any other empire in that the crew do not have cabins or staterooms but sleep in relatively small cubicles reminiscent of caves. Most of the Carnivon crew’s off-duty time is spent in common areas engaged in various sports or other social activities.

The Lyrans and Kzintis hated the Carnivons on sight, more so even than they hated each other. It took just over 50 years for those two empires to slaughter the Carnivons.

But what if the Carnivons hadn’t been wiped out? What ships would they build?

While the Police Flagship was a quite capable ship, with the ability to do almost anything the Carnivon police force could want. The one thing it could not do was fight its own battles against anything more powerful than an armed small freighter; for that, it relied on being able to call up any local police ships. Here it adds two Police Corvettes to stop the nefarious activities that drew its attention.

The sprue of ships 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.