3125 Scale Gorn Heavy Battlecruiser (BCH) SRZ

The Gorns are six-to-seven-foot-tall, 350-pound, cold-blooded, egg-laying, reptilian humanoids bearing a superficial resemblance to a T-Rex or Raptor. Despite the fearsome visage, they are actually quite civilized people who run one of the few democracies in the galaxy. The Federation and Gorns met in a border incident in which two hot-headed captains shot first and faced embarrassing questions later. (A Federation corporation built an unauthorized colony outside of Federation territory. The Gorns saw a few Vulcans and thought the colonists were Romulans (with which they had fought wars for over a century). Diplomats smoothed everything over and the Gorns became the most stable ally of the Federation. The Gorn legislature’s reluctance to spend money or join the Federation's war limited this alliance during some periods. (Note: The dinosaur-based names are Federation “reporting names” because few in the Federation could pronounce the Gorn names for them. Shown books on paleontology, the Gorns were reportedly honored and amused by the naming convention.)

As with other empires, the Gorns eventually supplemented dreadnought production with an improved battlecruiser design. This ship, which used the long form of the original “bubble” hull sections, appeared a couple of years after the Battle of Delmac. The additional torpedo took the design to the ultimate limit of a cruiser hull (short of causing “shock” effects). Increased power allowed the class to reach the full potential of the original CA design. The plasma-F firing arcs were changed to more aggressive ones. The Federation reporting name is Albertosaurus Imperator. Known names include 231 Galnitak, 232 Torch of Conquest, and 233 Lord of Lightning.

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.