3125 Scale Carnivon Police Flagship (FLG) 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?

The Police Flagship was created as a jack-of-all-trades ship to support the operations of the police forces within Paravian space. This ship was a near-complete set of all the vital missions that could be performed. It could sweep a pirate minefield. It could patch up a damaged freighter. It could deliver critical supplies. It could control the operations of traffic over a wide area and provide at least some electronic warfare support to a convoy or police squadron. It could bring a landing force to resolve a local dispute. It included highly trained investigative teams to get to the bottom of major crimes. 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. Known names include Watch Bird, Watch Wing, Watch Strike, Watch Guard, Watch Sergeant, Watch Captain.

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.