3125 Scale Gorn X-Ship Advanced Destroyer (DDX) SR

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.)

The Gorn legislature authorized construction of some destroyers with the new advanced technology (X-ships), believing the technology would make them more than adequate against the Romulans. The ships were, while more expensive than the advanced frigates, cheaper than advanced battle destroyers. The Admiralty managed to keep the legislature baffled by keeping one ship of this type in service and another under construction at all times. Whenever a ship was completed and a new one started, one of the old ones would be reported as “damaged, and converted to an Advanced Technology Battle Destroyer during the repair process.” The Federation reporting name is Carnosaurextremis.

This 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.