Omni Scale ISC Large Freighter (Class-II) SRZ

The Inter-Stellar Concordium (ISC) is an organization of five species associated by treaty, all speaking a common language. In this, they are similar to the Federation. As is typical of the Alpha Octant’s eastern regions, all of these species are native to different planets. Still, most of these systems are within a relatively small area at the center of ISC territory. The various species discovered each other, fought several minor wars, and formed the ISC before the era of warp-powered starships. There, the resemblance to the Federation ends. The ISC has no concept of a Prime Directive and will intervene in the development of any species to bring it up to ISC standards. The ISC’s prime conviction is that “a peaceful, harmonious and well-ordered universe is the duty of all sentient species. Civilizations collapse when that duty is ignored; therefore, it must be required of all.” The dark underside of the ISC is that they have no respect for individual or cultural rights that violate this principle and will go to any lengths to enforce their idea of “peace, order, and good government.” Therefore, the ISC will try (usually successfully) to separate warring powers, forcing them back within their borders. The ISC does not try to conquer those powers or force them to adopt ISC philosophies, but the ISC enforces a “Zero Tolerance for War” policy.

All empires operated large freighters, known as Class-II since they carried two cargo pods. A Large Freighter consists of a drive unit and two pods. The concept was for the drive unit to take pods of cargo to a planet and leave it there to be unloaded later, picking up pods of export cargo and taking them to an industrial center for processing. As large freighters carried two pods, such a ship could either carry cargo to and from two separate planets or twice as much cargo to a single destination. While every empire used the standard civilian freighter, every empire also built its own local freighters that could carry both the standard 40x200 meter cylindrical pods and their national pods with a similar volume but a unique shape. Here we have the ISC drive unit carrying two ISC cargo pods. In theory, the civilian heavy freighter could carry any nation’s pods, and the drive unit of any nation could carry any other nation’s pods.

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.