3788 Scale Souldra Ghost Heavy Carrier MGL

The Omega Octant is east of the Alpha Octant empires seen in the Star Fleet Universe (beyond the Inter-Stellar Concordium), on the other side of a galactic void. That void is a dead zone where life is impossible and ships fall apart, marking a separation between Octants.  The Souldra are comprised of a species of dark energy beings about which little is known. Apparently, the Souldra are native to an alternate dark matter dimension, which is connected to the material universe via an unusual “Black Sun” system in the depths of the Alpha/Omega Void. Only one extant Omega species, the faerie-like Loriyill, had encountered the Souldra before the modern era of Omega Octant history; the Loriyill had defeated the Souldra in a conflict centuries ago, eliminating them as a threat the Loriyill believed.

However, the surviving Souldra had fled back to the Black Sun system, from where they would steadily bide their time and build up their resources. In the decades prior to the Sixth Cycle, the Souldra would send long-range missions in search of pockets of dark matter across the Omega Octant, establishing dark matter caches in those pockets as waypoints and “recharge stations.” It would appear that once the Souldra became aware of the pending Andromedan invasion, they timed their own assault to coincide with it. However, it should be noted that no formal alliance existed between the two; the Andromedans were as liable to attack the Souldra (and vice versa) as anyone else. The Souldra drained the Bolosco home colonies of all life just prior to the Sixth Cycle; as the Invasions wore on, they attacked and drained the homeworld of the hummingbird-like Singers, who had been under the protection of the Loriyill at that time. As a result, the Loriyill ignored the Andromedan threat entirely and unleashed their full might against the Souldra. While Souldra ships lingered for years or decades after the final attack, their invasion at large was brought to a decisive end.

Souldra ships are built -- or perhaps grown -- from dark matter; a cross-section of a Souldra vessel would look like a crystalline circuit-board. They are armed with phaser-equivalent dark matter pulsars, plasma-like dark matter torpedoes, and a dimensional phase device (which enables a Souldra ship to temporarily phase out of the material universe). In addition, each Souldra warship is akin to a “casual carrier,” equipped with various types of fighter- or shuttle-like Shards - most notably the Black “Vampire” Shards, which are capable of attaching themselves to enemy units and draining their crews of their life energies, which in turn can be used by the Souldra ships to replenish their soul shields.

To a greater extent than most other Souldra warships, the Ghost heavy carrier exposed both the strengths and weaknesses of the Souldra logistical network. Somewhat larger in size than the Spectre Heavy Cruiser, this ship was armed with eight heavy and four light dark matter pulsars, and the capacity to launch no less than 18 Shards. On the one hand, as it was only encountered close to Souldra dark energy caches, it was not required to operate a one-third minimum of Black Shards, and was thus capable of fielding a dangerous complement of Red (superiority), Violet (torpedo), Green (dark matter bomb), and Orange (multi-role) Shards which were enough to rapidly overwhelm an unprepared opponent. On the other hand, given how taxing it seems to have been for the ship to maintain all those Shards at once, the Souldra were obliged to deploy it only against targets close to a dark energy source, or in a defensive role akin to Andromedan Concretor and Immobilator monitors.

This ship is available only in Fine Detail Plastic due to the fine points on the ship. Ships are unpainted, use standard flight stands available from many sources, and, while designed for gaming, make fine display pieces.