3125 Scale Kzinti Scout Drone Frigate (SDF) 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 pioneered the concept of long-range drone bombardment to attack dangerous targets or add firepower to fleets in direct combat. Their standard bombardment squadron consisted of one ship of this type (which had powerful special sensors to detect targets) and two drone frigates (which lacked the special sensors and were thus much less expensive). The concept (created in peacetime) never quite worked out in wartime and later generations of bombardment squadrons gradually shifted to consisting entirely of drone bombardment types with special sensors.

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.