7000 Scale Monster Space Tarantula MGL

A new sort of space creature started showing up in the off-map “coreward” parts of the Alpha Octant. What became known as space tarantulas finally showed up in the well-mapped portions of the Federation toward the end of the General War. Gorns and Kzintis confirmed encounters with these creatures. Genetically related to space spiders (see Captain’s Log #50), these space tarantulas may have been changed by the Radiation Zone. In some ways, they are certainly more deadly.

Space tarantulas are nearly impossible to detect at over 40,000 kilometers away. When they are within 30,000 kilometers, they can cast a strand of web at a ship and then jump on the ship itself. The space tarantula then “kills” its prey by using its dozen legs and six fangs to damage the shields of the ship and then the ship. Even its web strands can damage the ship!

Even worse for non-spacefaring worlds, the space tarantula’s webs reflect light. When it builds its 5,000-kilometer radius nest for its eggs, it severely impacts the weather on the planet. Even worse, when the the space tarantula babies hatch, they will ravage the planet as they look for metal, which is what they “eat.”

The space tarantula is available in four scales: 7000 Scale (1/7000) which can be used as baby space tarantulas, Omni which can be used for the young space tarantulas, 3788 Scale (1/3788) which while scaled to accompany the 3788 Scale ships, can be used as young adult space tarantulas, and 3125 Scale (1/3125) which matches our 3125 Scale ships and can be used as the adult space tarantula.

This unpainted space tarantula is designed to fit on a typical 5/8-inch hex map or to allow more room on a larger hex map. (If used for A Call to Arms: Star Fleet, simply change the measurements from inches to centimeters.)