3125 Scale Kzinti Scout Frigate 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, like everyone else, started the General War with frigate-based scouts that used their sensitive sensors to track approaching enemy fleets. These frigate-based scouts were of less use in direct combat where a single enemy volley could destroy them. Unlike anyone else, the Kzintis continued to use frigate-based scouts not as scouts but as drone bombardment platforms. These stayed well away from enemy fleets but could spot enemy fleets and then flood a battle zone with long-range type-III "cruise drones" that would support the fleet from long range. The Kzintis continued to have a major advantage in long-range drone bombardment during the entire war, even as the Klingons and Federation built smaller numbers of such bombardment ships of their own.

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.