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  PART FOUR 
   
  2049-2065:  THE EARTH-KZIN WARS 
  0VERVIEW 
   
  TIMELINE OF MAJOR EVENTS 
   
  STARSHIPS 
  KZINTI PATROL CRUISER 
  KZINTI DESTROYER 
  DY-550 SERIES 
  MAHAN CLASS HEAVY CRUISER 
  DY-X ASSAULT CRUISER 
  LIBERTY CLASS SCOUT 
  COCHRANE CLASS EXPLORER 
  VERNE CLASS SURVEY CRUISER 
   
  ALIEN ENCOUNTERS 
  THE KZINTI 
   
  TERRAN EXPLORATIONS 
  KZIN (61 URSAE MAJORIS IV) 
   
  HISTORICAL ARTICLES 
   
  KASHISHOWA STATION MISSING 
  BRYNNER CITY DESTROYED BY KZINTI 
  ALPHA CENTAURI BELONGS TO KZIN 
  COCHRANE AND ENTERPRISE M.I.A. 
  ALPHA CENTAURI LIBERATED 
  STAR FLEET OFFENSIVE STALLS 
  THE ROCK IS DROPPED 
  HALLEY’S COMET BREAKS UP 
  MARS DECLARES INDEPENDENCE 
  WARP DRIVE BECOMES REALITY 
  THE WAR IS OVER!  
   
  SCHEMATICS 
   
  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
   
  A Kzinti cruiser explodes (2051) 
   
   
  Operation Rock Drop (2060) 
   
   
  DY-100 (1995) and DY-X (2065) 
  Painting courtesy Dyson-Yoyodyne Intersystems, LTD. 
   
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  SPECIAL NOTICE 
   
  Due to the subject matter of this volume and the 
  dates involved, the period of years covered by this 
  and the following installment of the Federation 
  Spaceflight Chronology have been adjusted from their 
  normal 25-year pattern.  This volume is devoted 
  exclusively to the Earth-Kzin Wars, which occurred 
  from 2049 to 2065.  The next volume covers Terra’s 
  acceptance into the Local Group’s spacefaring 
  cultures, with the cutoff at 2100 per the normal 
  study pattern.  We at Star Fleet Academy Training 
  Command apologize for any confusion that this may 
  cause midshipmen in their studies. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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  2049-2065:  The Earth-Kzin Wars 
   
   
   
  In 2048 humanity got their first contact with an 
  intelligent, non-terrestrial, non-human species that 
  certain of its members had for so long desired.  They 
  had hoped, prayed, built their dreams on such an 
  encounter, imagining it to be a benevolent and 
  peaceful exchange with a rational, highly advanced 
  alien race that would accept humanity for the 
  stumbling yet promising species that it was. 
   
  What they got instead were the Kzinti. 
   
  The Earth-Kzin Wars were a bloody landmark in 
  humanity’s quest for the stars.  They were a brutal 
  wake-up call to the fact that not all aliens were going 
  to be the benevolent and peaceful species for who 
  New Age types had for so long yearned.  Like every 
  species before them who had run afoul of Kzin, 
  humanity had a simple choice.  It could either be 
  conquered 
  or 
  fight 
  to 
  survive. 
   
  Humanity 
  understandably chose the latter.  What made them 
  different from almost other cultures that had made 
  the same choice, though, was that they took it one 
  step further.  They took the war to the Kzinti.  They 
  fought back with a determination and savagery that 
  rivaled that of their feline foes.  At the same time, 
  however, they managed to keep from falling into the 
  well of martial depravity for which the Kzinti were 
  legend.  Somehow, despite everything they suffered, 
  humanity never lost its nobility, its compassion, its 
  sense of justice balanced with mercy. 
   
   
  During the war, when one of the few rare intelligent 
  kzinretti escaped captivity by her people and fled to 
  human-controlled space, humanity welcomed her with 
  open arms.  She was not treated as a second-class 
  citizen, nor was she made an object for public 
  spectacle.  She was treated as a true equal, an 
  intelligent being in her own right no different from a 
  human save for the fur on her skin.  The freedom that 
  she now enjoyed was almost too much for her to 
  comprehend.  When she was asked if she had a name, 
  she merely shook her head, saying that in her culture 
  females didn’t deserve names.  When her hosts kindly 
  asked her if she would like to have her very own 
  name, she immediately broke down in tears.  This 
  spoke much of man’s nobility during the Earth-Kzin 
  Wars.  They would be rewarded for that nobility 
  within months of the war’s end. 
   
   
  By the time the final death toll was compiled from the 
  First Earth-Kzin War, in which humanity fought to 
  save its very freedom and newly-found place in the 
  stars from its would-be felinoid oppressors, more 
  than 4,500 humans had died and over 13,000 injured 
  in both the Sol and Centaurean star systems.  That 
  was only the beginning.  It was a drop in the bucket 
  compared to the massive casualty figures that were 
  about to be racked up.  There was another attack 
  wave on the way and more behind them. 
   
  Information gleaned from wrecked Kzinti ships and 
  some of the dying crewmen aboard them had made 
  this all too clear.  The standard Kzinti tactic for 
  dealing with a new foe was to send several fleets 
  every few years, starting with the ones closest to the 
  new threat, in massed wave attacks until either their 
  new foe was beaten or proved unbeatable.  The data 
  did not reveal the identity of the “unbeatables.”  UESF 
  Major General Hans Dietrich, now the Unified Field 
  - 5 - 
  
  Commander of both Terran and Centaurean forces, 
  wanted to make clear to the Kzinti that humanity 
  were definitely among the “unbeatables.”  He 
  therefore began planning a long-term strategy 
  designed to put the Kzinti out of action as soon as 
  possible.  In the short term this meant quickly 
  rebuilding the combined fleets and filling them with 
  new 
  ships 
  that 
  had 
  the 
  armament 
  and 
  maneuverability to deal with their foe.  In the long 
  term this meant finding a way to strike at the Kzinti 
  so as to break up their staggered massed-wave 
  tactics.  The first part was easy, relatively speaking.  
  The second part would be harder, given that Terran 
  ships were still limited to sublight velocities.  Zefram 
  Cochrane’s new warp drive wouldn’t become practical 
  for at least another decade, given current estimates, 
  and by then it might be too late.  Another way had to 
  be found to short-circuit the Kzin battle plan before 
  their sheer numbers finally took their toll on 
  Dietrich’s available resources. 
   
  Perhaps the most important discovery of the war at 
  this time was made while Terran and Centaurean 
  scientists were reverse-engineering captured Kzinti 
  technology.  They learned that the Kzin already 
  possessed a form of warp drive.  It was crude and 
  incapable of sustained use.  Instead, Kzinti ships 
  would “jump” from point to point and then spend a 
  fair amount of time in between recharging their 
  engines for the next jump.  This explained why they 
  could travel anywhere they wanted in the Local Group 
  within two years’ time.  It was officially dubbed the 
  continuum distortion propulsion (CDP) generator 
  after current Terran experiments along the same 
  lines.  It was similar to the CDP generator technology 
  that was being tested at Kashishowa Station prior to 
  its destruction in 2053.  Most humans called it the 
  “jump drive” for short.  Kzinti energy generation 
  technology was roughly on the same level as 
  humanity’s, though, which meant that the engines of 
  their ships simply weren’t up to the massive power 
  requirements involved for sustained crusing.  This was 
  the basic operating princible behind the “jump drive.”   
   
  When a captured Kzinti officer was asked how they 
  came up with the CDP engine, he is said to have 
  smiled and then snarled, “We didn’t.  The pig-men did.  
  We took it from them.  Made them build it for us.  
  But that was long ago.  We fight you now.  You will 
  meet them soon, when you lie beside their bones on 
  our dinner tables.  Softskins like you, but with hair like 
  us and hooves for claws.  Very fat.  Very tasty.”  The 
  full import of his words would not be understood until 
  first contact was made with the Tellarites in 2073. 
   
   
   
   
  Much has been made by the historians of Operation 
  Rock Drop, the incredible event that brought an end 
  to the Third Earth-Kzin War.  It would have been 
  impossible to achieve, let alone attempt, had it not 
  been for the alien device found at Sidonia on Mars 
  decades earlier.  After years of others failing to 
  unlock its mysteries, General Dietrich’s new scientific 
  advisor somehow managed to discern its purpose.  It 
  was an artificial wormhole generator, the first (and 
  still only) ever discovered by man, designed to open a 
  tunnel in space from one point to another.  No one 
  knew why the Builders had left it behind, nor did 
  General Dietrich frankly care.  Dietrich also 
  remembered an asteroid in orbit around the Sol 
  System, that at one time had been a comet and was 
  fitted with fusion engines to keep it from hitting 
  Terra.  He had in his hands both the means and 
  method to deal the Kzinti a crushing, possibly fatal 
  blow, provided a way could be found to power and 
  operate the device.  Dietrich was not surprised when 
  his new scientific advisor, a man of considerable 
  genius, quickly found a way to make the device 
  operational.  Thus was Operation Rock Drop born.   
   
  Any future plans Dietrich might have had for his new 
  device were shattered when a Kzinti battle fleet 
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  attacked his own, just as Operation Rock Drop was 
  getting underway.  The battle was eventually won and  
  Operation Rock Drop a success, with the planet Kzin 
  devastated by the asteroid strike; however, 
  Dietrich’s fleet suffered many casualties during the 
  fight.  Among these was his new scientific advisor, 
  who was lost when the science section of Dietrich’s 
  flagship Indomitable was hulled during the battle.  The 
  alien wormhole generator was also wrecked beyond 
  repair.  They were both irreplaceable and the hand of 
  Fate would never deal humanity such cards again in 
  the Earth-Kzin Wars.  General Dietrich consoled 
  himself with the fact that they had bought enough 
  time for Star Fleet’s new warp drive ships to come on 
  line.  When the Kzinti came back, and they 
  undoubtedly would once they had recovered 
  sufficiently, Star Fleet would be ready for them.  Star 
  Fleet would be waiting with a fleet of ships the Kzinti 
  could not possibly hope to defeat.  On that day the 
  Kzinti would go down and never menace humanity 
  again. 
   
   
   
   
  The Earth-Kzin Wars eventually broke the back of the 
  Kzinti Empire.  Many of its former occupied systems 
  promptly overthrew their Kzinti garrisons and 
  declared their freedom after the fourth and final war.  
  These would be eager to be affiliated with the 
  Federation once that arose a few decades later, 
  never again wanting to suffer brutal occupation as 
  they had done under the Kzinti paw.  Several of the 
  Kzinti border sectors or former servitor races, 
  though, broke away from the quickly collapsing Empire 
  and declared their independence as stellar powers in 
  their own right.  These still thirsted for conquest in 
  true Kzinti fashion and humanity would learn their 
  names in turn.  The savage M’Dok … the lizard-like 
  Tzenkethi … and the genetically engineered Kzinti 
  offshoots of the Mirak Star League … these were 
  the ones who, along with the shrunken Patriarchy, 
  would continue to trouble the spaceways for decades 
  to come.  Humanity would be there to challenge 
  them, though, along with many newfound allies whose 
  respect they had forever earned in their long and 
  bloody struggle with the Kzinti. 
   
   
   
   
  Meanwhile, on the other side of former Kzin space, 
  two other interstellar forces sensed the shift in the 
  balance of power along their borders.  They began to 
  push back the disorganized and disheartened Kzinti 
  border fleets, expanding their own empires at the 
  sake of their former foe.  It would be almost a 
  century before the first of these would encounter 
  humanity, and another half-century more before it ran 
  across the other.  The Local Group and its newly 
  added territories might be safe for now, but there 
  were two other future foes already lurking over the 
  distant horizon. 
   
  Miklos Sofia 
  The Rise and Fall of the Kzinti Empire 
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  MAJOR EVENTS 
   
  2049-2050 
  • 
  The First Earth-Kzin War 
   
  2049 
  • 
  The colony ship Hawking launches from Terra. 
  • 
  The Adam & Eve is destroyed by the Kzinti just short of 
  its goal of reaching Barnard’s Star. 
  • 
  The First Battle of Alpha Centauri. 
  • 
  Alpha Centauri is attacked by a Kzinti battle fleet 
  looking for the homeworld of the Sakharov.  A 
  combined Terran-Centaurean effort is able to drive 
  them away through the use of portable mass drivers 
  converted into giant “space shotguns.”  This marks 
  the first time that the humans of Terra and Alpha 
  Centauri have worked together on a joint enterprise. 
  • 
  The Terran vessel Icarus takes heavy damage during 
  the Battle of Alpha Centauri.  It is forced to lay over 
  for several months longer than planned in order to 
  effect repairs. 
  • 
  The inventiveness and vigorous tenacity of the humans 
  surprises the Kzinti.  They had no idea that the 
  “softskins” would prove to be such formidable 
  opponents. 
  • 
  One small boon gained by the Kzinti during the Battle 
  of Alpha Centauri is that they learn the location of 
  Terra.  A second battle fleet already enroute to Alpha 
  Centauri is rerouted towards the Sol System. 
  • 
  Upon 
  hearing 
  the 
  news of the Kzinti 
  attack 
  the 
  New 
  United 
  Nations 
  declares martial law in 
  those sectors of Terra 
  it still controls.  All 
  civilian 
  craft 
  are 
  appropriated by the UESF, armed, and pressed into 
  emergency service.  What remains of Terra’s orbital 
  weapons network is redeployed outward.  Work begins 
  on converting the Sol System’s interplanetary “beam 
  rider” laser network into a defensive weapon.  Mass 
  drivers are deployed across the Sol System at all key 
  points in anticipation of the impending attack. 
  • 
  Zefram Cochrane’s efforts into turning his warp drive 
  theory into a practical reality are given a sudden boost 
  by both the Terran and Centaurean governments.  He 
  doesn’t care about the new Earth-Kzin war; however, 
  he gladly welcomes the new funding and resources 
  without question. 
  • 
  Sol System activity in the Terran space colonies 
  continues to boom via new industrial methods, 
  boosting the Gross Solar Product yet again. 
  • 
  The Monticello class military transport enters service. 
   
  2050 
  • 
  The First Battle of the Sol System. 
  • 
  A Kzinti battle fleet arrives at the Sol System and 
  begins to systematically attack its outer outposts and 
  UESF bases.  Humanity is ready for them, however, 
  having been in preparations for almost a full year.  A 
  week of savage fighting will take place throughout the 
  outer Sol System before the Kzinti are stopped at the 
  Asteroid Belt.  Most of the Kzinti ships are destroyed 
  by a combination of asteroid based lasers and mass 
  driver fire.  A surprising number are also caught when 
  the Sol System “beam rider” system is activated, 
  catching and destroying them as if they were flies in a 
  web.  A fleet of UESF vessels led by a number of armed 
  DY-500s, which had been laying in wait behind the 
  asteroids, destroys most of the survivors.  Only a 
  handful of Kzinti ships escape the battle. 
  • 
  The dual victories of humanity at Alpha Centauri and 
  the Sol System mark the official end of the First Earth-
  Kzin War.  The Kzinti will not be heard from again for 
  another two years. 
  • 
  The starliner Enterprise finally arrives at Alpha 
  Centauri.  By some miracle it has managed to avoid 
  the Kzinti.  The common answer given as to how is, 
  “Space is a big place.” 
  • 
  The Terran gravitic distortion engine, better known as 
  the “Firecracker drive,” is first tested.  It proves 
  unworkable and is shelved.  A positive side benefit of 
  the program is the development of the inertial 
  dampening system, which will become standard on all 
  Terran (and Federation) vessels once it enters service. 
  • 
  Zefram 
  Cochrane’s 
  unmanned test drone 
  exceeds the speed of 
  light for 1.004 seconds 
  by use of subspace field 
  technology.  His efforts 
  represent 
  mankind’s 
  first working warp drive.  For this he will be honored 
  on his homeworld and receive the Nobel Prize on Terra 
  – the first non-Terran ever to receive the honor.  
  Despite the accolades he knows that the test did not 
  go as planned and major problems still remain with 
  warp drive.  More work is needed in order to make it a 
  practical reality. 
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  • 
  Unknown to all concerned, a Vulcan survey ship has 
  quietly observed Cochrane’s first successful warp 
  drive demonstration.  They are the only species in the 
  Local Group that currently posses the secret of 
  faster-than-light drive.  Logic dictates to the Vulcans 
  that they should initiate contact with humanity once a 
  stable human-built warp drive is achieved. 
  • 
  Cochrane is offered the chance to go to the Sol 
  System aboard the returning Icarus to continue his 
  warp drive research. 
   
   
  NOTE: 
  Convergence point between the Prime One and Prime 
  Two timelines (see Volume 3). 
   
   
  2051 
  • 
  The Icarus begins its return trip to Terra.  They leave 
  without Zefram Cochrane, who has decided to 
  continue his warp drive research on his homeworld 
  Alpha Centauri. 
  • 
  All Terran colonization flights are put on hiatus due to 
  the conflict with the Kzin.  Human exploration of the 
  stars, save for military excursions and isolated flights, 
  will not resume on any great scale until the end of the 
  Fourth Earth-Kzin War. 
  • 
  Terran shipyards begin producing new spaceships of all 
  sizes and classes in anticipation of the continuing war 
  with the Kzinti. 
  • 
  The rapid increase in the number of civilian and military 
  military transports and transports within the Sol 
  System has a profound impact on the Sol System’s 
  war economy. 
  • 
  Rail gun technology is developed by Terra and deployed 
  on the next generation of UESF warships.  Both single 
  and dual railgun systems are backfitted onto older 
  vessels and civilian craft whenever possible. 
   
  2052 
  • 
  In view of the situation regarding the Kzinti, the 
  scheduled retirement of the Galileo class transports is 
  delayed “for the duration.”  Some will even continue in 
  service for their owners (with first-generation warp 
  drive upgrades) until the 2150s. 
  • 
  The Glenn class space bus enters service. 
   
  2053 
  • 
  On Alpha Centarui, theorist Zacmar Hodgkins publishes 
  his thesis on the Law of Parallel Planetary 
  Development.  In brief, it states that similar lifeforms 
  on similar worlds will develop similar cultures along 
  similar timelines.  This will later become known as 
  Hodgkin’s Law and will be proven time and again as 
  mankind explores the universe around him. 
  • 
  Colonel Green’s War occurs as part of the Post 
  Atomic Horror.  This is another genocidal war carried 
  out by Colonel Edward F. Green, who had escaped 
  prosecution during World War III.  
  Millions more will die on Terra as a 
  result of his tactical nuclear strikes 
  against the “impure peoples” of Asia 
  before he is finally killed. 
  • 
  The main laboratory at Kashishowa Research Station 
  literally disappears from the surface of Luna on 08 
  August 2053, taking most of the station with it and 
  leaving behind a perfectly smooth crater 18 meters in 
  diameter.  This event appears to have resulted from 
  an overload due to a Terran warp drive experiment. 
  • 
  Data gleaned from the Kashishowa Event provides 
  Zefram Cochran with the information he was missing 
  to perfect his warp drive theory.  The modified base 
  equation for warp travel now includes a variable 
  (known as Cochrane’s Constant) that takes into 
  account distortions in the local space-time continuum, 
  such as the gravity of large stellar masses. 
   
   
  According to Section 31 this marks a common convergence 
  point among many of the various Prime and Mirror timelines.  
  The track that the timeline will follow depends on whether or 
  not Cochrane elects to inform the Terran-Centaurean military-
  industrial complex of his revised warp drive equation.  Should 
  he decline, then his “masters” will seize it from him by force in 
  order to win the war and permanently divert the track into the 
  realm of the alternate Mirror timelines. 
   
   
  2054-2056 
  • 
  The Second Earth-Kzin War 
   
  2054 
  • 
  The Icarus returns from Alpha Centauri. 
  • 
  The Wayne class scout enters service. 
  • 
  The Kzinti return in force, attacking both the Sol 
  System and Alpha Centauri simultaneously. 
  • 
  The Second Battle of the Sol System.  The Kzinti come 
  in from below the plane of the ecliptic and attack all 
  major Terran space colonies simultaneously.  This is to 
  keep them from sending reinforcements in their 
  planned attack on Terra itself. 
  • 
  The 
  L-5 
  space 
  station 
  Brynner City is hulled by 
  attacking Kzinti craft during 
  an intense space battle.  
  Over 6000 colonists die 
  within 20 seconds from 
  depressurization and loss of atmosphere.  The 
  shattered space city will later be declared a total loss 
  and scrapped for parts and materials. 
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  • 
  Particle beam weaponry is used by Terran forces for 
  the first time at the Battle of the Line in defense of 
  Terra itself.  It proves devastatingly effective against 
  the Kzinti, disrupting the graviton field of their ships 
  and sending them spinning out of control.  The Second 
  Battle of the Solar System ends in victory for 
  humanity.  Never again will Terra come so close to 
  conquest and occupation by the Kzinti. 
  • 
  The Second Battle of Alpha Centauri ends in victory for 
  the Kzinti.  They overwhelm the fledgling Centaurean 
  self-defense forces and occupy Alpha Centauri VII. The 
  survivors flee to the hills or to deep ocean bases 
  where the Kzinti will not follow.  The Kzinti will control 
  the Alpha Centaurean system for the next three years. 
  • 
  Zefram Cochrane is among 
  a number of Centaurean 
  dignitaries and scientists 
  inside the Terran starliner 
  Enterprise in orbit.  It 
  manages to successfully 
  run the Kzinti blockade of Alpha Centauri VII and 
  escape to deep space.  The ship will spend the next 
  four years on the run until it is found and rescued by 
  UESF forces.  The fact that it has upgraded engines 
  and improved weaponry, added during its stay at Alpha 
  Centauri, has a lot to do with this.  The presence of 
  Cochrane and his technological genius is another 
  factor. 
  • 
  The attempted Kzinti attack on Terra brings about the 
  end of the Post Atomic Horror within the decade.  
  Mankind once again unites under the banner of the 
  New United Nations against the Kzinti menace. 
  • 
  Terran scientists working to reverse-engineer Kzinti 
  technology from captured and damaged ships discover 
  that their foes already have a crude form of warp 
  drive.  It is only capable of warp “bursts” over “short” 
  distances and works off of stored energy from a 
  spaceship’s fusion power plant.  It is quickly dubbed 
  the “jump drive” by the Terrans.  General Dietrich 
  makes building a working Terran copy of the Kzinti 
  “jump drive” one of the UESF’s top project priorities. 
   
  2055 
  • 
  “Spinner” drives are revived by the UESF as part of 
  the research into CDP generator technology. 
  • 
  The DY-550 class transport enters service. 
  • 
  The 
  UESP 
  warp 
  prototype ship WD-1 
  propels Rosy the chip at 
  a speed of Warp 1.5 
  across the length of the S
  the UES Fisher near the Pluto Test Range.  It employs 
  CDP generator technology as modified by reverse-
  engineering Kzinti “jump drive,” plus refinements from 
  Zefram Cochrane’s latest warp drive research.  Work 
  commences immediately on CDP generator that can be 
  back-fitted onto ships with ion impulse and spiked 
  antimatter drives. 
  A Vulcan survey s
  ol System.  It is retrieved by 
  • 
  hip monitors this successful warp 
  • 
  humanity is at last 
   
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  The Keller class space ambulance enters service.  
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  • 
  their 
  • 
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  • 
  obability 
  and in no way contradict this study.” 
  drive test.  They transmit the information back to their 
  homeworld for further analysis. 
  The Vulcan Council rules that 
  beginning to fulfill the promise it has shown.  First 
  contact will be withheld pending the final defeat of the 
  Kzinti.  Best estimates place the collapse of the Kzinti 
  Empire as taking place with favorable odds of 2.635 to 
  1 within 10.827 years. 
  2
  • 
  Thes  have been developed in light of the massive 
  casualties from the First and Second Battles of the 
  Solar System.  They are some of the fastest sub-light 
  ships of their time, designed to quickly travel to and 
  from battle zones in the war with the Kzinti. 
  The UESF retires the last of its DY-50
  transports.  One is converted into a memorial at the 
  UESF Titan Base in honor of the fallen from the First 
  Battle of the Solar System.  Many will continue to fly 
  on under civilian ownership for years (and even 
  centuries) to come. 
  The 
  Kzinti 
  halt 
  attacks on humanity for a 
  time. 
   
  Instead, 
  they 
  consolidate their position 
  on Alpha Centauri and set 
  up a forward base of 
  operations on one of the pla
  Centuri.  The cessation of Kzinti attacks in this year is 
  generally regarded as the end of the Second Earth-
  Kzin War. 
  The Mahan
  nets of nearby Proxima 
  the first of the UESF’s war-era starships.  It is also 
  the first to incorporate many hard-learned lessons in 
  space battles against the Kzinti into its design. 
  2057 
  • 
  News Services lists the top three achievements of the 
  past century as the first man on Luna, the Venus 
  Terraforming Project, and Zefram Cochrane’s invention 
  of warp drive.  It also lists the ongoing Earth-Kzin 
  Wars as being more of a threat to the future of 
  mankind than had been the Third World War. 
  The now-infamous UESPA Xenobiological Pr
  Study, overseen by Dr. Maurice Bertrand of the L-4 
  colony New Paris, “concludes beyond any shadow of 
  doubt that the possibility of non-human life in the 
  Universe is practically non-existent.”  When criticism 
  is leveled against him with regards to the Kzinti, the 
  good doctor points out, “They are but feline humanoids 
  - 10 - 
  
  • 
  he brunt of the 
   
  2058-20
  The legendary DY-X series assault cruiser enters 
  service with the UESF.  It will bear t
  burden during the Third and Fourth Earth-Kzin wars 
  and become a legend in its own time. 
  60 
  • 
  The Third Earth-Kzin War 
   
  2058 
  The Third Battle of the Solar System ends in a decisive 
  defeat for Kzinti forces.  The new ships, weaponry, and 
  • 
  • 
  f orbital weapons platforms finish 
  Luna, Mars, 
  • 
   the Kzinti 
  • 
  ntaurean military forces 
  • 
   Cochrane and the Centauri delgates 
  • 
   
  205
  On 21 August, at the 
  end of a heavily fought 
  s Rangers” commander Major 
  • 
  he captured Kzinti base at Proxima 
  • 
   the ability of Zefram Cochrane and other 
  • 
  ” campaign towards Kzinti space.  Their 
  • 
  • 
  rs a ship of the Vegan Tyranny for the first 
   
  • 
  “jump drive” technology of the UESF is the telling 
  factor in the fight. 
  The Liberty class cruiser enters service. 
  A new generation o
  placement by the UESF around Terra, 
  Asterpolis, and other key Sol System sites. 
  For the first time since the beginning of the Earth-Kzin 
  Wars humanity goes on the offensive, driving
  from their advance bases around the periphery of the 
  Sol System.  General Dietrich’s first major goal is the 
  liberation of Alpha Centauri.  His second is to take the 
  war to the Kzin themselves. 
  Working under the banner of the Combined Forces, the 
  UESF along with surviving Ce
  use jump drive technology to travel to Alpha Centauri 
  in less than a year.  Their goal is to retake the system 
  from the Kzinti. 
  The Enterprise is located by the Combined Forces.  
  They whisk Zefram
  to safety back on Terra as soon as possible. 
  The Third Battle of Alpha Centauri begins. 
  9 
  • 
  campaign that lasted 
  for 459 days, the 
  Combined 
  Forces 
  retake Alpha Centauri 
  VII.  Kzinti commander 
  Zrath-General, former 
  governor of the occupie
  combat with “Hardigan’
  Susan Hardigan rather than be captured and held as a 
  prisoner of war.  317,432 members of the Combined 
  Forces campaign are killed and 742,385 wounded.  
  1,238,455 Kzinti are killed in the battle.  Only 14 are 
  successfully taken prisoner at the Kzinti base at 
  Proxima Centauri, which was captured 74 days into 
  the campaign in a far less costly fight.  Over 18.6 
  million Centaurean civilians have been slaughtered by 
  the Kzinti by the time their homeworld is freed by the 
  Combined Forces. 
  The location of the Kzinti homeworld is gleaned from 
  the databanks of t
  Centauri. 
  Conception of Operation Rock Drop.  Its success will 
  depend on
  human scientists to make operational an unusual alien 
  device recovered at Sidonia on Mars (Sol IV) back in 
  1987. 
  The fleets of the Combined Forces embark on a “planet 
  hopping
  offensive eventually grinds to a halt near an unnamed 
  rogue planetoid halfway to the Kzinti Empire’s border. 
  The Pluto Advanced Research Station opens as an 
  adjunct of UESPA’s Pluto Observation Post.  It is the 
  first new civilian space facility since the start of the 
  Earth-Kzin Wars. 
  The Bathyscaphe class ships are withdrawn from 
  service. 
  • 
  A UESF squadron in pursuit of fleeing Kzinti forces 
  encounte
  time.  It inflicts heavy damage on them and forces 
  them to withdraw, allowing the Kzinti to escape. 
  2060 
  Operation Rock Drop is executed successfully.  A large 
  asteroid is sent to the Kzinti homeworld via a 
  • 
  • 
   class military transports are 
  first 
  • 
   is to return Zefram 
  ment-in-exile 
  home amid a joyous celebration. 
  • 
  temporary wormhole.  It smashes into the planet, 
  killing Kzinti by the millions and laying waste to large 
  areas of the planet.  This action effectively ends the 
  Third Earth-Kzin War. 
  The Industrial Space Ark concept is proposed. 
  The last of the Saratoga
  withdrawn from service. 
  • 
  The 
  UES 
  Bonaventure 
  becomes 
  humanity’s 
  d planet, elects to die in single 
  true warp drive starship.  
  CDP generator “jump drive” 
  technology becomes obsolete ove
  The Bonaventure’s first flight
  Cochrane and the Centaurean govern
  rnight. 
  - 11 - 
  
  • 
  A UESF intelligence gathering team following up on 
  reports in the captured Kzinti archives rediscovers a 
  “lost” Centaurean space colony on the second planet 
  • 
   
  2061 
  ys for 
  the viewing of Halley’s Comet as it makes its regular 
  76-year pass through the Sol System.  The comet 
  • 
  s own right.  Also, at this 
  • 
   
  2062 
  l Colonies 
  are issued.  This will eventually be considered one of 
  the most important and historic documents in known 
  • 
  • 
   scout enters service.  This is nothing 
   
  206
  0
  • 
  in the system. 
  The Long class transport barge enters service. 
  • 
  A special flight is chartered by Solar Spacewa
  finally breaks up as it makes its pass around Sol, 
  bringing to an end one of the wonders of the Terran 
  skies for generations. 
  In light of its increased importance during the Earth-
  Kzin Wars the UESF is formally recognized as an 
  independent organization in it
  time, and in acknowledgement of recent events, its 
  name is changed from United Earth Solar Fleet to 
  United Earth Star Fleet.  UESPA remains the Sol 
  System’s chief instrument of space science survey and 
  exploration; however, its importance will wane and 
  gradually fade over time as that of Star Fleet rises. 
  The Martian Revolution occurs (December). 
  • 
  The Fundamential Declarations of the Martia
  space history. 
  After long years of faithful service in the Venus 
  Terraforming Project, the Venus Flyer is finally retired. 
  The Orion class
  but a scaled down Liberty class with a smaller crew. 
  3-2 65 
  The Fourth Earth-Kzin War 
   
  2063 
  • 
  A formal Terran-Centaurean Cultural Exchange 
  program begins in January.  One of the side benefits of 
  this program is that it helps bring a number of Terran 
  • 
  it finds both the remains of its 
  • 
  ence a series of hit-and-run 
   
  2064 
  • 
  probes enters service. 
  The Verne class survey 
  • 
   a 
  ver 
  ajor human starship class 
  ines. 
  • 
  i Empire and begin 
  • 
  eral Dietrich’s fleet requesting a 
   
  2065 
  • 
   of Sirius are imposed on the 
  Kzinti.  They are stripped of their empire and confined 
  to a sphere 50 light-years in diameter centered on 
  activists to Alpha Centauri VII, who then help the 
  Centaureans rebuild their world from the effects of 
  the Kzinti occupation. 
  The CDP-refitted Icarus, along with a UESF escort, 
  becomes the first human starship to reach Barnard’s 
  Star (August).  There 
  sister ship Adam & Eve and a major Kzinti supply base.  
  The Terran ships are forced to defend themselves, 
  destroying several Kzinti ships before withdrawing 
  from the area.  This incident starts the Fourth (and 
  final) Earth-Kzin War. 
  The Kzinti, infuriated by the death and destruction on 
  their homeworld and this most recent incursion by 
  “the softskins,” comm
  attacks against any human ships, armed or unarmed, 
  that they can find.  They are now too weak in strength 
  to both hold onto their empire and mount a major 
  offensive at the same time.  This undeclared “shadow 
  war” will last for just under five months before the 
  patience of the UESF finally wears out. 
  The Franklin series of 
  • 
  cruisers enter service. 
  Construction begins on
  new 
  series 
  of 
  survey 
  cruisers in the first-e
  joint 
  Terran-Centaurean 
  starship 
  construction 
  project.  The design for the 
  Keldysh class shows the 
  influence of the newly forme
  Dyanmics.  It is the first m
  with boom-mounted warp eng
  The Combined Forces mount their second major 
  offensive against the Kzinti.  This time they warp 
  directly to the borders of the Kzint
  d Cochrane Warp 
  systematically 
  destroying 
  every 
  base, 
  ground 
  installation, and fleet they come across.  Kzinti forces 
  are no match for these new warp drive ships and they 
  take heavy losses.  In the space of seven months the 
  Combined Forces wrest the rimward sectors of the 
  empire from Kzinti control, freeing its long-enslaved 
  systems.  General Dietrich’s next planned move will be 
  to work his way toward and eventually conquer the 
  Kzinti home systems. 
  Swallowing his pride and in order to ensure the 
  continued existence of his people, the Kzinti Patriarch 
  sends an envoy to Gen
  parley to negotiate terms of surrender.  The Fourth 
  Earth-Kzin War is over. 
  The terms of the Treaty
  their homeworld of Kzin.  They are forbidden combat-
  capable spacecraft larger than police cruisers, as well 
  as advanced warp drive and weapons technology.  
  Aside from the occasional “incident,” the treaty will 
  for the most part be honored.  Humanity will not have 
  to fight another war with the Kzinti for the next two 
  centuries. 
  - 12 - 
  
   
  A squadron of vintage Terran interceptors scramble from the 
  Martian Colonies to do battle with the Kzinti (2049) 
   
   
  UESF orbital particle beam cannon (2052) 
   
   
  UESF DY-X squadron (2059) 
   
   
   
  General 
  of new UESF fighter craft (c.2052
   
  Dietrich inspecting the construction 
  ) 
   
  Kzinti advance base on Proxima Centauri (c.2055) 
   
   
  UESF Fleet Operations Center, Sidonia Base, Mars (2058) 
   
   
  Operation Rock Drop, Kzinti perspective (2060) 
   
   
   
   
  UESF Marine surface recon (2063) 
    
  - 13 - 
  
  SPACESHIPS 
   
  KZINTI PATROL CRUISER  
  THE EARTH-KZIN WARS (2049-2065) 
   
  The Kzinti patrol cruiser was the most commonly encountered 
  type of Kzinti vesse
  extremely agile desp
  system.  In contrast to Terr
  this worked by manipulating the local gravity fields around the
  ship.  Kzinti ships could maintain cruising speeds of 0.70c and 
  emergency sublight bursts of up to 0.90c.  They were also 
  capable of planetary landings, something that few Terran 
  “heavies” at the time could do.  The one flaw in a Kzinti patrol 
  ship, though, was the same thing that made it such a slippery 
  opponent.  There was no form of protection for its graviton 
  drive’s main cooling vent and the ship’s weapon arcs were not 
  designed to cover it.  The Kzinti never bothered to address this 
  issue, choosing to produce more ships instead and hoping that 
  sheer numbers would win out over Terran doggedness.  It didn’t. 
   
  l during the four Earth Kzin Wars.  It was 
  ite its size due to its polarized graviton drive 
  an “brute force” sublight engines, 
   
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  
  Diameter:  …..…………….………………… 185 m 
  Mass:  ……………………………..….. 15,000 DWT 
  Crew …………………………………………… 65 
  Range:  ……………………………. 10 years at L.Y.V.? 
  Maximum safe speed:  ………………………… 0.90c 
  Armament:  ………………….……… 2 forward lasers 
  at least 200 fusion-style missiles 
  Innovations: 
  • 
  First Kzinti starship design ever encountered 
   
  …………………………………….. 248 m 
  SCHEMATIC: 
   
  KZINTI PATROL CRUISER BY PAUL LLOYD
  AS REDRAWN BY RICHARD MANDE
   
   
  L  
    
  KZINTI DESTROYER 
  THE EARTH-KZIN WARS (2049-2065) 
   
  These were the largest vessels ever fielded by the Kzinti during 
  the war.  This was the one Kzinti capital ship class that could 
  literally make mincemeat out of any UESF ship that crossed its 
  path – provided it had time to charge and fire its graviton gun.  
  A graviton gun was used to hull the L-5 space colony Brynner 
  City during the Second Earth-Kzin War, killing almost its entire 
  population in the process.  This formidable weapon would also 
  eventually prove to be its downfall, though.  It took almost 1½ 
  minutes to prime the weapon for firing, though, during which 
  time the ship was incapable of using its jump drive or firing its 
  other beam weapons.  Human particle beam cannon, while 
  having neither the range nor firepower, could recharge in a 
  matter of seconds and were almost as effective in close combat.  
  UESF starships could easily close to combat range and open fire 
  with their particle cannon while a Kzinti destroyer was still 
  waiting to charge up its graviton gun.  The Kzinti eventually 
  figured out a way for destroyers to fire their graviton guns on a 
  half-charge; however, by then the humans had gained the upper 
  hand in both technology and tactics.  All surviving Kzinti 
  destroyers were scrapped per the terms of the Treaty of Sirius 
  in 2066. 
   
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  …………………………………….. 329 m 
  Diameter:  …..…………….………………… 162 m 
  Mass:  ……………………….…….….. 73,850 DWT 
  Crew ………………………… 40 (plus @100 troops) 
  Range:  …………………………... 10 years at L.Y.V. 
  Maximum safe speed:  ………………………… 0.95c 
  Armament:  ………………….……… 8 turreted lasers 
    graviton gun 
   
   
   
   
   at least 400 fusion-style missiles 
   
  SCHEMATIC: 
   
  DESIGN CONCEPT BY ATOLM 
    
  - 14 - 
  
  DY-550 SERIES TRANSPORT 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2055 
  “economy model” of 
  cing its expensive 
  (and slower) power 
  l a standard DY-500 
   
  The DY-550 was an attempt to market an 
  the popular uprated DY-500 series by repla
   
  advanced impulse engine with a cheaper
  plant.  Because of this it was easy to tel
  apart from the DY-550.  All one had to do was look for the two 
  oversized ion drive radiator plates straddling its rear-mounted 
  engine.  This earned it the unfortunate nickname of “the Flying 
  Sub” and helped turn public opinion against it.  The design was 
  sound enough, but the public preference for the original 
  configuration was clear.  Most asteroid belt miners and other 
  potential business customers would only buy a DY-550 provided 
  they couldn’t afford anything better.  One could always count on 
  such new owners junking the ion drive as fast as possible and 
  replacing it with something better, usually a DY-series fusion or 
  impulse engine assembly salvaged from a battle wreck.  The 
  Earth-Kzin Wars were another reason for the DY-550’s failure 
  to sell, as it drove down sales of new starships across the 
  board.  The DY-550 ceased production after only three brief 
  years on the market. 
   
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  …………………………………….. 108.5 m 
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 67.3 m 
  Draft:  …………………….………………… 41.8 m 
  Mass:  …………………………………. 23,750 DWT 
  Crew …………………………………………… 14 
  Range:  …………………………... 10 years at 0.50c 
  Maximum speed:  ………………….…………  0.60c 
   
  SCH
   
  EMATIC: 
   
   
  DY-SERIES CONCEPT BY WALTER M. JEFFRIES 
  DY-550 INTERPRETATION BY LAWRENCE MILLER 
    
  MAHAN  CLASS HEAVY CRUISER 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2056 
   
  Companion class against the 
  plete redesign was in order.  
  f existing Companion 
   resources and speed 
  After the poor performance of the 
  Kzinti the UESF decided that a com
  The new specification called for the use o
  class space frames to better utilize existing
  production, but with considerably upgraded systems and 
  weaponry in order to better combat the Kzin.  Thus the Mahan 
  class heavy cruiser was born.  Its four main engines were built 
  as removable modules in anticipation of a warp drive upgrade.  It 
  had two main hull hard points:  one of which was almost always 
  occupied by the new particle cannon weapons system and the 
  other most often a multiple fusion missile rack.  The biggest 
  visual change from the Companion, aside from the extra armor, 
  were the amidships wing booms with their dual rail guns.  The 
  Mahan still suffered in maneuverability when compared to a 
  Kzinti vessel; however, its added arms and armor more than 
  made up the difference.  All surviving Mahan class starships 
  would remain in service well into the early years of the 22nd 
  century. 
   
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  …………………………………….. 160 m 
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 52.9 m 
  Draft:  …………………….………………… 43.6 m 
  Mass:  …………………………………. 78,500 DWT 
  Crew …………………………………………… 45 
  …………………... 10 years at 0.50c 
  d:  ………………….…………  0.60c 
   
  • 
  os hul
  ar
  poi
  ea
  ns 
  ste s (
  mines, etc.) depending on desired configuration and 
  e requirements 
  Range:  ………
  Maximum spee
  Number of small craft:…………………………….. 2 
  Armament (common configuration):  …  6 forward lasers
     4 rail guns 
          1 particle cannon 
       100 fusion missiles 
  Innovations: 
  • 
  First Terran spacecraft with armor protection 
  • 
  First Terran spacecraft to mount a particle cannon 
  M
  t 
  l h d 
  nts could be cycled with different 
  w
  po
  sy
  m
  beam weapons, missiles, rail guns, 
  missil
   
  SCHEMATIC: 
   
   
  MAHAN DESIGN BY RICHARD MANDE
  BASED ON THE COMPANION CONCEPT BY RICH STERNBACH 
    
  L 
  - 15 - 
  
  DY-X SERIES ASSAULT CRUISER 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2057 
   
  Around the same time that the Mahan project got underway the 
  firm of Dyson-Yoyodyne proposed a combat design based on 
  their proven DY-series technology.  This would be able to fill both 
  the space combat and ground assault roles.  The UESF, which 
  was desperate for anything that could be used to fight the 
  Kzinti, quickly approved the project.  The armored DY-X assault 
  cruiser entered service just in time for the Third Earth-Kzin War 
  (2058-2060).  Its unique design allowed it to operate in 
  theaters and under conditions that were unsuitable for a Mahan 
  class heavy cruiser or other UESF “heavy.”  The design proved 
  so versatile that it remained in the UESF inventory, with minor 
  upgrades and improvements, until the UESF was formally 
  dissolved in the 22nd century.  Many still remain in service with 
  their civilian owners as of this date. 
   
  The DY-X was the first warship in Terran spacecraft history with 
  an emergency separation capability.  In the event of extensive 
  damage or extreme circumstances the entire command section, 
  from the bow all the way back to the base of the boom, could be 
  ttisoned and operate as its own spaceship.  Inside the boom 
  ed top-to-bottom, so as to allow 
  ys to the rest of the ship.  These rockets 
  ere
  pote
   
  seco
   
  Alth
  l 
  supp
   
  Driv
  p 
  rive
  Pegasys VX-28, non-dilithium moderated warp 
  ives any suitably modified DY-X a cruising speed 
  of Warp 4 and a maximum speed of Warp 5.5. 
   
  The Kzinti could not help but take note of the many “Vargas” and 
  anime girls often painted as “nose art” on the front of the many 
  DY-Xs by their crews.  It is said by some that the post-war 
  infatuation that some Kzinti had with young human females 
  arose from seeing these suggestive pictures so many times on 
  the destroyers they fought during the War.  It was because of 
  this that all spacecraft nose art other than fleet-approved 
  general designs (such as t
  Maw) were banned from
  place the UESF substituted the non-suggestive Squadron Insignia 
  Scheme (SIS) for all ships in the same class. 
   
  je
  were two fusion rockets arrang
  oom for accesswa
  r
  w
   quite capable of propelling the DY-X boom outside of the 
  ntial blast radius of an exploding aft section within 15
  nds. 
  ough Dyson-Yoyodyne no longer makes the DY-X it stil
  lies parts and service to their many owners.  The Kloratis
  e Systems division of Cochrane Industries offers a full war
   upgrade using trititanium replacement frame supports and 
  d
  its reproduction 
  engines.  This g
  he ever-popular Evil Eyes and Tiger’s 
   the early 22nd century onward.  In its 
  A
  planned 
  b
   have 
  er DY-X 
  , that was 
   whole family of second-generation DY-X designs was 
  ut never built.  The MacArthur class assault ship would
  oth
  been a next-generation DY-X.  The Pegasus was an
  ariant, somewhat smaller and more streamlined
  v
  intend to fill the “light” roles for less important missions.  The 
  John Paul Jones class cruiser traded the delta-shaped 
  secondary hull for a Kzinti-like spherical secondary hull bristling 
  with weapons.  The end of the Earth-Kzin Wars plus the 
  perfection of warp drive put an end to all future development of 
  the DY-X program, with only a reduced-scale John Paul Jones 
  prototype being built.  This one-of-a-kind DY-X orphan was 
  quickly sold and converted for use by its new civilian owner as an 
  interstellar transport.  Its ultimate fate remains unknown. 
    
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  …………………………………….. 167 m 
  Beam:  ……………………………………… 90 m 
  Draft:  …………………….………………… 24 m 
  Mass:  ………………………………… 23,000 DWT 
  Crew ……………………………………….. 94 
  Range:  …………………………….  3 years at 0.5c 
  Maximum speed:  ………………….………… 0.65c 
  f Warp 1.2 “jumps” of up to 12 minutes) 
  ll craft:…………………………….. 2 
   
  n 
   
  (capable o
  Number of sma
  Armament:  ………………….……  3 forward lasers 
  Dual bay hard points (36-pack missile racks common) 
   2 wingtip particle cannons (Fourth Earth-Kzin War) 
   
  Innovations: 
  • 
  First production Terran starship with a CDP generator
  • 
  First Terran starship with an emergency separatio
  capability for its command section 
  • 
  First DY-series designed for planetary landings 
  SCHEMATICS:  
   
   
   
   
  LEIF ERICSSON  CONCEPT BY WALTER M. JEFFRIES
   
  AS REDRAWN BY WINCHELL CHUNG  
  - 16 - 
  
  LIBERTY  CLASS CRUISER 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2058 
   
  The Liberty class cruiser represented the closest that humanity 
  had yet come to building a true warp drive starship.  It was the 
  first to utilize spiked antimatter to power its CDP generator.  
  This resulted in warp speed bursts approaching warp factor 2 
  for as long as the reaction could be maintained.  Limited fuel 
  reserves and the lack of proper celestial navigation gear 
  hampered what was otherwise an excellent design.  The basic 
  engine design of the Liberty class, with suitable modifications, 
  was the direct ancestor of the design used in both the Cochrane 
  and Verne class starships.  The Liberty class would prove the 
  easiest of all pre-warp Terran ships to convert to true warp 
  drive due to its engine similarities with its immediate 
  descendants.  Their sidekicks would be the later Orion class 
  scouts, with a similar design and profile but a smaller crew. 
   
  The unique spiked antimatter CDP technology of the Liberty and 
  Orion classes could be and was often used as a devastating 
  weapon.  More than once careless Kzinti vessels found 
  themselves incinerated by the kilometers-long plume caused by a 
  UESF captain’s carefully calculated ignition of the CDP generator 
  of his “Liberty ship.” 
   
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  …………………………………….. 145 m 
   fusion missiles 
  Diameter:  …..…………….………………… 75.4 m 
  Mass:  ……………………………..….. 26,300 DWT 
  Crew …………………………………………… 45 
  Range:  ……...……………….……… 5 years at L.Y.V. 
  Cruising speed:  …………….………………... Warp 2 
  Maximum safe speed:  ……………………… Warp 2.5 
  Armament:  ………………….……… 4 forward lasers 
   20
   300 kinetic-kill rockets 
  Innovations: 
  • 
  First CDP-equipped starship to use spiked antimatter 
   
  SCHEMATIC: 
   
  COCHRANE  CLASS CRUISER 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2060 
   
  These were the first dedicated interstellar exploration vessels 
  built since the onset of the Earth-Kzin Wars.  Wartime priorities 
  were not forgotten, however.  The lead ship Bonaventure was a 
  conversion of the unbuilt prototype cruiser Seneca, which had 
  been partially destroyed in drydock during the Second Earth-Kzin 
  War.   Once completed it became the first fully operational warp 
  drive starship in the United Earth Star Fleet.  Her first voyage 
  was to ship Cochrane and the Centaurean government-in-exile 
  back to their newly liberated homeworld.  As soon as that was 
  ne she joined the Combined Forces as a fleet scout and saw 
   the Fourth Earth-Kzin War.  After returning 
  ng and systems upgrades, she was sent out 
  on h
  rt 
  char
  sh.  
  The 
  p 
  afte
  r 
  seco
   
  The 
  n 
  developm
  n 
  to th
   
  do
  limited action during
  ome for refurbishi
  h
  er “first” major interstellar voyage and played her pa
  ting new systems in the postwar Second Great Space Ru
  Bonaventure was subsequently retired as a museum shi
  r being damaged by a Kzinti raide while returning from he
  nd voyage.  However, it would not be her last.   
  “lines” of the Cochrane class would be followed in the ow
  ent path of Terran-designed starships all the way dow
  e Caracal class cruisers at the end of the 21st century. 
  SPECIFIC
   
  ……………………………….. 206 m 
  Crew …………………………………………… 45 
  ng
   L.Y.V. 
  Cruising speed:  …………….………………... Warp 2 
  afe speed:  ……………………… Warp 2.5 
   
  Innovations: 
  • 
  First Terran starship with true warp drive 
  • 
  First starship with a separable command section. 
  • 
  First starship to use a celestial (non-Terran oriented) 
  navigation and guidance system. 
   
  ATIONS: 
  Length:  ……
  Beam:  …..…………….……………………. 63.4 m 
  Draft:  …..…………….……………………. 66.7 m 
  Mass:  ……………………………..….. 19,400 DWT 
  Ra
  e:  ……...……………….……… 6 years at
  Maximum s
  Armament:  ………………….……… 2 forward lasers 
  SCHEMATIC: 
   
  LIBERTY  CLASS CONCEPT BY RICK STERNBACH 
  AS REDRAWN BY LAWRENCE MILLER 
   
  C
    
  OCHRANE CLASS BY RICK STERNBACH 
  - 17 - 
  
  VERNE  CLASS SURVEY CRUISER 
  SERVICE ENTRY DATE (OLD CALENDAR):  2064 
   
  The Verne class survey crusers were widely regarded as the 
  most innovative and visually stunning of Terra’s first generation 
  of warp drive starships.  Originally based on a wartime United 
  Americas design, their unique design and proven reliability were 
  admired by would-be starship engineers across the Sol System.  
  They were the first to mount triple external warp engines 
  (feeding into a common thrust system).  Although built too late 
  for the Earth-Kzin Wars, the class starship UES Verne ferried 
  Sol System representatives to the Sirius star system for the 
  signing ceremony of the Treaty of Sirius.  The Verne class 
  starship UES Amity is officially recognized as making first contact 
  with the Vulcans after the end of the Earth-Kzin Wars.  A total 
  of 18 were built, all of which were retired by 2095. 
   
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  Length:  …………………………………… 235.9 m 
  Beam:  …..…………….……………………. 80.4 m 
  Draft:  …..…………….……………………. 50.0 m 
  Mass:  ……………………………..….. 25,000 DWT 
  Crew …………………………………………… 112 
    …………….……………….Warp 2.5 
  Maximum safe speed:  ……………………… Warp 2.7 
   
   
  Range:  ……...……………….……… 5 years at L.Y.V. 
  Cruising speed:
  Armament:  ………………….……… 8 forward lasers
  50 fusion missiles 
  Innovations: 
  • 
  First Terran starship with triple warp drive nacelles 
  VISU
   
  AL: 
   
   
  AMITY  DESIGN BY RICH STERNBACH 
   
  DY-X concept painting (2052) 
   
   
  The first DY-X under construction (2055) 
   
   
  Upgraded DY-X (c.2075) 
      
  IMAGE COURTESY OF THE SPACEART ARCHIVES 
    
  - 18 - 
  
  ALIEN ENCOUNTERS 
   
  THE KZINTI 
   
  The Kzinti (homo felis kzinti) are a race of aggressive and warlike 
  feline humanoids that at one time dominated most of the Local 
  Group systems and beyond.  They and the Caitians bear more 
  than a passing likeness and many have suggested a common 
  ancestry, although both species will vehemently deny this.  Kzinti 
  are the larger and stronger of the two, with pronounced claws 
  and tiger-like rugged features.  Kzinti strength is comparable to 
  other humanoids from high-gravity planets, such as Vulcans and 
  Klingons, but they are the stronger due to larger frames and 
  eavier musculature.  The most obvious visual
  h
  b
   difference 
  Caitians is their ears.  Caitian ears are more 
  ar cat, while Kzinti ears are bifurcated, with 
  arp spines instead of the Caitian felinoid smooth taper. 
   
  As w
  , 
  purr
  f 
  the 
  s 
  with
  conv
  lang
   
  they
   
  Kzinti culture is simple.  Their society is orga
  patr
  ead by their chief Patriarch (Highest-of-Kzin).  
  Kzin
  m
  ve 
  ale (kzin) being their leader.  Kzinti females (kzinretti) have 
  down into semi-intelligent subservience over millennia, 
  there have been a few notable exceptions – or
  abominable mutations, from the Kzinti point-of-view.  There are
  only three choices for the rare intelligent kzinretti:  death, exile 
  (if she is lucky), or pretend to be dumb for the rest of her life.  
  Each young kzinretti in the pride is expected to bear multiple 
  litters for the pride leader, thus ensuring the continuance of his 
  line.  Kzinti young are always born live with at least one male and 
  one female in each litter. 
   
  The Kzinti are aggressive and warlike to the point of being 
  accused as barbarians by other cultures.  To the Kzinti their 
  lifestyle is as natural as could be.  They relish the hunt and its 
  spoils as much as a Tellarite loves to argue, no matter what the 
  reason or cause (for both cultures).  They also are quick to 
  “adapt” (read steal) whatever technology they can lay their 
  hands on in order to further themselves.  They stole the 
  capability of spaceflight from peaceful visitors to their world in
  ages past and they stole the se
  Tellarites during their in
  recently they have tried to steal the secrets of the long-dead
  Slaver Empire in order to rebuild their own.  
  Kzinti are strictly carnivorous.  They prefer their food “live” and 
  have been known to eat prisoners of war and even their own 
  when sufficiently aroused.  They despise vegetarians and 
  consider them of little worth, rarely if ever speaking to them. 
   
  The Kzinti attitude of ingrained s
  reaction to other cultures and species.  Females are universall
  treated as second-class citizens (as are kzinretti), even those of 
  intelligence.  They despise Vulcans, partly due to their 
  technological superiority but largely because of their pacificst 
  culture and vegetarian diet.  Only those races who have fought 
  them, held their own in battle, and not succumbed to “following 
  the eaters-of-roots-and-leaves (Vulcans)” are treated with 
  grudging respect.  Among those on this Kzinti short list are 
  humans, Andorians, and Klingons. 
   
  etween Kzinti and 
  like those of a regul
  sh
  ith all felinoids the Kzinti language is a series of hisses
  s, catcalls, and body motions.  The Heroes-Tongue is one o
  most difficult felinoid languages to master and even student
   years of experience usually never get beyond a 
  ersational level.  On the other hand Kzinti take to other 
  uages very well, although they tend to rasp and growl when
   speak. 
  nized among strictly 
  iarchal lines, l
  ti fa iles/houses are called prides, with the most aggressi
  m
  been bred 
  although 
   
   
   
  cret of FTL travel from the 
  itial conquest of Tellar Prime.  Most 
   
  uperiority tends to color their 
  y 
   
  Asides 
   
  1) Two Terran slang words that the Kzinti find highly offensive 
  are ratcats and tabbies.  These were coined by Terran fighters 
  as derogatory terms during the Earth-Kzin Wars. 
   
  2) It is common when meeting or being introduced to a Kzinti in 
  a formal setting for him to snarl at you in greeting.  The proper 
  response is for the lead male present in your party to return the 
  snarl as loudly and fiercely as possible.  Any females present 
  should not speak unless their presence is first acknowledged by 
  the Kzinti. 
   
  The Kzinti Patriarch (2065) 
  - 19 - 
  
  TERRAN EXPLORATIONS 
   
  KZIN 
   
  Kzin (Homeworld) is the fourth of five planets orbiting a yellow 
  G-type star.  Before the Earth-Kzin Wars it was identified on 
  early Terran starcharts as Archer IV, the fourth planet in the 
  Archer system (so named after Captain Jonathan Archer, a 
  famed Terran space pioneer).  After the wars it was called the 
  name given to it by its own indigenous species, the Kzinti. 
   
  Like Kazh (the Klingon homeworld), the gravity on Kzin is 
  somewhat higher than Terran normal.  This was one of two 
  major factors in the development of the natural physique of the 
  Kzinti.  The other was the genetic engineering carried out on 
  their ancestors some 50,000 or more Terran years ago, per 
  Kzinti lore, by an advanced race of aliens known only as “the 
  asters” in their tales.  This, if true, would seem to account for 
   past by aliens (“the Masters”) from another world.  
  ey genetically engineered the Kzinti to be their servants and 
  the Ocean-Of-The-Great-Hole, which is 
  e third largest body of water on the planet.  The crumbling 
  M
  a normal Kzinti’s overdeveloped physique.  Only with Kzinti 
  females do we see a physique more like how their species would 
  have normally developed without outside intervention. 
   
  There are many parallels between the development of life on 
  Kazh and life on Kzin.  Like the Klingons, the Kzin were visited in 
  their ancient
  Th
  mercenaries.  By their own account the Kzinti stole the secrets 
  of spaceflight technology from them and kicked them off their 
  planet.  They then set about building themselves first a world 
  and then an interstellar empire. 
   
  Kzin’s present surface is dominated by the massive Deathbringer 
  Impact Crater (which is half-submerged today).  This was caused 
  by the impact of a giant asteroid aimed at the planet during 
  Operation Rock Drop at the end of the Third Earth-Kzin War 
  (2058-2060).  The resulting devastation killed three-fifths of 
  the population and rendered two-fifths of its surface area 
  uninhabitable at the time.  Much of it has since been reclaimed 
  or filled by water to form 
  th
  remains of other lesser impact craters from that event are still 
  visible to the north and east of this body of water. 
   
  Offworlders are only allowed on Kzin on a limited basis.  This is 
  usually limited to Federation personnel affiliated with policing the 
  terms of the Treaty of Sirius.  The only other exceptions are 
  those granted by special permission of the ruling Patriarch.  All 
  other outsiders who attempt to trespass face certain and swift 
  death under Kzinti law. 
   
   
   
  SPECIFICATIONS: 
   
  System star: 61 Ursae Majoris (Bright-Light) 
   
  Distance from system star ……………… 130 million km 
  Period of revolution (Terran measure) …… 14.72 hours 
  Period of orbit (Terran measure) ………… 329.85 days 
  Mass 
  24
  …………………………………. 9.8 x10  kg 
  Diameter ………………………………. 7484.6 km 
  Axial inclination ………………………… 20º  
  Average surface temperature ……………  12º C 
   
  Satellites ……..………………………..  1 (Little-Light) 
  Planetary Richter Scale rating ………….. M 
  Level of technology …………………….. current 
   
  Indigenous culture(s) …………………… felinoid 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  (homo felis kzinti) 
  Additional culture(s) ……………………. human 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  (homo terran) 
   
  Major surface features:  
  The Deathbringer Impact Basin and associated craters 
   
  Places of note: 
  The Story-Stones of The-Cave-Homes-On-High 
  The Great-Fight-Teaching-Place 
  (Kzinti Martial Arts Academy) 
   
   
  The Home-of-the-Highest-of-Kzin 
  (Royal Palace of the Kzinti Patriarch)
  - 20 - 
  
  HISTORICAL ARTICLES 
   
  KASHI
  NS NEWSSHOWA STATION MISSING 
  WIRE – 08 AUGUST 2053 
  U
   
   
   
  Kashishowa Station, Luna’s premier warp drive research facility, 
  has literally vanished from the surface of the moon.  Only an 18-
  meter diameter, perfectly hemispherical crater remains where 
  the station once stood.  All of its personnel are feared dead and 
  fforts are being made to contact their families and next-of-kin. 
  ce.  UNS space expert Ramsey 
   
  BRYNNER CITY 
  DESTROYED BY KZINTI 
  EXCERPTED FROM THE ABS EVENING NEWS 
  WITH MITCH McCONNELL – 4 JULY 2054 
   
  e
   
  Kashishowa Station was established by a grant from Brack 
  Interplanetary in 2043 as a place for advanced space science 
  research.  It began studies in Zefram Cochrane’s warp drive 
  theory in 2050 with assistance from the nearby Farside 
  Moonbase.  Its latest project involved research into CDP 
  generators, a type of technology that would allow a starship to 
  travel at faster-than-light speed for a short time using existing 
  sion reactors as a power sour
  fu
  Allen believes the cause of the station’s disappearance might be 
  linked to the catastrophic failure of a CDP test. 
   
  You’re trying to generate a subspace warp field 
  around a starship so that it can move faster than 
  light.  That works like the outer hull on a submarine, 
  enclosing the actual “boat” inside so it can withstand 
  the pressure the ocean when it dives.  What probably 
  happened is that the energy converter assembly failed 
  during a live test.  That would have cause the field to 
  suddenly expand and then contract to nothing in a split 
  second, taking everything inside with it.  There’s
  nothing there because there’s nothing left to be there.  
  It’s just gone, and we’ll never see it again. 
   
  Both UESPA and the UESF have refused to comment on the 
  disappearance of Kashishowa Station so far.  A full press briefing 
  is promised shortly. 
   
   
  ood evening.  Wha
  G
  yo
  t you are about to see is not very pretty.  If 
  u 
  nt to take 
  em
  Thes
  colo
  .  
  This 
   
  stati
  e.  
  Our 
  is 
  sequ
   
  RIDDICK
   
   
   flying 
  s 
   
  Dou
  s of 
  Brynner Cit
  econds.  Our condolences to 
  Doug’s family and the familes of 
  City.  Onl
  the cont
  y sections, are known to have survived. 
  have small children in the room, you might wa
   away or cover their eyes. 
  th
   
  e are some of final images from the L-5 Brynner City space 
  ny after it fell victim to the Kzinti attack mere hours ago
   a
  sequence lasts only 20 seconds and was recorded from
  onary ABS camera that happened to be filming at the tim
  own cameraman, Doug Riddick, was present when th
  ence took place. 
  : The station is taking a tremendous pounding, Mitch. 
  All the civilians are leaving for the shelters.  We were 
  caught completely off—oh, my GOOO---- 
  (wind howling … dust, debris and bodies
  everywhere, mainly upward right … millions of piece
  on screen … camera takes a hit, goes to static) 
  g Riddick, along with over 6000 of the inhabitant
  y, died in those 20 s
  those who were living in Brynner 
  y 158 people, mostly city staff and service personnel in 
  rol and utilit
  - 21 - 
  
  ALPHA CENTAURI BELONGS TO KZIN 
  OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION – 6 JULY 2054 
   
   
  ATTENTION HUMANS OF ALPHA CENTAURI 
  Zrath-General 
   
  COCHRANE AND ENTERPRISE  M.I.A. 
  UNS NEWSWIRE – 7 JULY 2054 
   
   
  You belong to us now.  We took your world.  We broke your 
  ships.  We slaughtered your warriors by the score until no more 
  were left to fight.  Have no hope in the few that escaped.  We 
  will find them and feast on them at our dinner tables.  You too 
  we will feast on if you do not cooperate.  Those who serve us 
  will live.  Those who do not will die.  Those are your only choices.  
  Resistance is useless.  All praise to the Great-Fanged-One and 
  the mighty Claw-Swipe of Kzin. 
   
  Military Governor 
  Alpha Centauri 
   
   
  In a related story, no word has been heard from the starliner 
  Enterprise since its flight from Alpha Centauri three days ago.  
  The veteran starliner, one of the first Earth ships to visit Alpha 
  Centauri managed to escape the Kzinti fleet blockading the 
  system and escape into deep space.  It last message was 
  relayed via microburst through the Proxima geon hole as it 
  passed by at top speed.  It reported that it was being pursued
  y Kzinti cruisers and would attempt to evade them for as long
  rise its highest priority due to 
   
   
  b
  as it could.  It also reported that it was carrying the major 
  leaders of the Centaurean government and its top scientists, 
  including warp drive pioneer Zefram Cochrane.  The UESF has 
  iven the seach for the Enterp
  g
  Cochrane’s presence on board.  The Enterprise had only recently 
  been refitted with new engines and weaponry due to the first 
  Kzinti attack on Alpha Centauri, making it the fastest ringship in 
  known space.  It is hoped that the ship’s new systems plus 
  ample provisions will help it to hold out until a UESF fleet can 
  come to its rescue. 
  - 22 - 
  
  ALPHA CENTAURI LIBERATED 
  UNS NEWSWIRE – 21 AUGUST 2059 
   
   
   
  Today, in an official ceremony presided over by Combined Forces 
  General Hans Dietrich, victory was proclaimed in the fight to 
  liberate Alpha Centauri.  The campaign was the longest to date 
  in the history of the UESF, lasting 459 days.  Sporadic fighting is
  still going on in remote areas of the planet; however, all major
  sectors have been secured from Kzinti occupation.  General 
  Dietrich th
  valor, and 
  then handed out numerous awards for valor in combat. 
   then offered Zrath-General the 
  choices of surrender or certain 
  ath.  Zrath-General chose “the 
  lesser of two evils” and
   team, killing or 
  critically injuring every
  was in turn killed by 
  Major Hardigan in sing
  r duel with the Kzinti 
  arrior, who was four times her size and by far the stronger of 
  the two, is sure to go down in the legends of the Star Fleet 
  Marines.  Hardigan was injured during the fight; however, she 
  managed to get back on her feet in time for the awards 
  ceremony.  She is expected to make a full recovery. 
   
  The casualty figures from the fight to liberate Alpha Centauri are 
  staggering.  Some 310,000 members of the Combined Forces 
  were killed and over 720,000 were wounded.  When asked to 
  comment, General Dietrich curtly replied that it was a small 
  price to pay for the freedom of humanity.  When pressed if he 
  would do it again, he replied, “Why, of course.  Wouldn’t you?  
  What kind of a stupid question is that?”  Dietrich then barred 
  the press from any more “badgering” of UESF personnel. 
   
   
   
  anked his troops for their dedication and 
   
  Among those receiving the Solar Medal from General Dietrich at 
  today’s ceremonies was Major Susan Hardigan, commander of 
  the famed “Hardigan’s Rangers” covert operations unit which 
  has earned quite a reputation during the Earth-Kzin Wars.  It 
  was Hardigan’s unit that drove former Kzinti occupation 
  governor Zrath-General to ground and prevented his escape 
  from Alpha Centauri.  Hardigan
  de
   attacked Hardigan’s
  one but her.  He 
  le combat.  He
  w
  STAR FLEET OFFENSIVE STALLS 
  ER 2059 
  MBS NEWS MINUTE – 16 DECEMB
   
   
  Mahan class cruiser stalking its prey (2064) 
   
  In the latest news from the war front, Star Fleet’s offensive 
  against the Kzintu appears to have stalled halfway to its goal.  
  Kzinti forces are putting up a tremendous fight along a line that 
  appears to be halfway to the border of their Empire.  Eight Star 
  Fleet destroyers and six cruisers were damaged or destroyed in 
  engagements with the Kzinti within the past five days.  Star 
  Fleet forces are holding their own, however, and reinforcements 
  are on the way. 
  - 23 - 
  
  THE ROCK IS DROPPED 
  VEL THE PATH TO KZIN 
  EXCERPTED FROM THE HISTORICAL NO
  BY BERNARD BRAGEN (TERRA:  COKESBURY PRESS LTD, 2275)  
   
   
   
  This is how the Kzinti historian Teller-of-Tales described 
  Operation Rock Drop: 
   
  Kzinti records speak of the day when the Great-
  Fanged-One grew angry with them and unleashed the 
  Deathbringer onto our world.  He roared and a hole 
  opened in the sky above Homeworld.  From it the 
  Deathbringer fell, striking the edge of the Northern-
  Water with the force of a thousand Bright-Lights, with 
  screaming-air and fire-winds that devoured millions of 
  kzin and their prides in its way.  The land was turned 
  to ash, the waters boiled away, and the sun was 
  darkened for almost two spans of the seasons.  They 
  had not done enough, they told themselves.  They had 
  not upheld the pride of Kzin and fought as warriors 
  should.  So they made their sacrifices to the Great-
  Fanged-One and he told them what to do.  Human 
  blood WOULD spill for this; however, Homeworld had 
  to be saved first.  After that … yes … after that, it 
  would be the human’s turn. 
   
  HALLEY’S COMET BREAKS UP 
  UNS NEWSWIRE – 6 AUGUST 2061 
   
   
  Halley’s Comet (archive photo
   
  Say goodbye to Halley’s Comet.  This longtime familiar visitor to
  he Sun are the most probable cause. 
   
  Halley’s Comet was named for English astronomer Sir Edmund 
  Halley.  It was he who first reasoned that comet sightings made 
  in 1531, 1607, and 1682 all belonged to the same comet, and 
  he accurately predicted its return in 1757.  It most spectacular 
  appearance was its 1911 flyby, when it was brighter than any 
  other object in the night sky.  At that time it caused panic in 
  many parts of the world and people feared that they they would 
  be killed by poison gas coming from its oversized tail.  Halley’s 
  Comet last returned in 1986, its trip shortened a bit when it 
  passed by both Jupiter and Saturn.  It was not as bright at that 
  time and could barely be seen, but it was visited by no less than 
  four different space probes during that visit.  To date Halley’s 
  Comet remains the most studied of all Solar System comets. 
   
  A motion has already been filed with the International 
  Astronomical Union to rename Halley’s Comet in light of its 
  breakup.  The favored name for the new phenomena is the Halley 
  Swarm.  And, while Halley’s Comet won’t be gracing Earth’s 
  skies again, count on your children seeing the Halley meteor 
  shower once the next 76 years rolls around. 
  ) 
   
  the Solar System broke into seven pieces after making its pass 
  around the Sun.  The spectacular sight was witnessed by the 
  passengers and crew of the spaceliners Magellan and John 
  Cabot, which had been chartered to follow Halley’s Comet as it 
  made its regular 76-year swing through the Solar System.  
  Scientists as yet have no answer as to why the comet broke up; 
  however, instabilities within its ever-shrinking icy rock core as it 
  was warmed by t
  - 24 - 
  
  MARS DECLARES INDEPENDENCE  
  MBS EVENING NEWS – 13 MAY 2062 
   
   
   
  Today, in a special proclamation by Martian governor John 
  Hammerlich, the rights of all inhabitants in the Martian Colonie
  nd any other residents of Mars to be independent of any 
  as issued the Fundamental Declaration of 
  e Martian Colonies, declaring independence from Terran 
  cont
   and 
  sove
  and 
  powe
  nor 
  Ham
  an 
  pres
  mer 
  Cons
   of 
  the U
  ral 
  “Ham
  inti 
  war 
  om 
  Mars
  ers 
  from
   
  s 
  a
  political or governmental interference from Earth were assured.  
  The governor’s office h
  th
  rol and asserting that the Martian Colonies are a free
  reign body in their own right, with the same rights 
  rs as the New United Nations of Terra.  While Gover
  merlich has made no direct moves against the Terr
  ence on Mars, his Martian Militia along with for
  ortium forces have stationed themselves within range
  ESF base at Sidonia.  A message has been sent to Gene
  merin’ Harry” Williamson, the base commander and a Kz
  veteran, politely asking that his troops withdraw fr
  .  General Williamson has thus far refused pending ord
   his superiors back on Terra. 
   
  It sh
  ons 
  man
  ary 
  crac
  ent 
  issu
  N Secretary General N’dengi 
  Sulimari formally recognized the independence of Mars and 
  ordered General Williamson to start preparing a withdrawal.  He 
  then successfully negotiated a treaty with the newly 
  independent Mars allowing UESF forces to remain, helping to 
  provide protection against a potential Kzinti sneak attack while 
  training and building the new Martian Army.  New trade and 
  exchange agreements with Mars negotiated in parallel helped to 
  alleviate many of the problems that had caused the “Martian 
  Revolt” in the first place. The quick thinking of Sulimari help nip 
  this crisis in the bud and allowed the Sol System to remain 
  united against the threat of the Kzinti.  As for Mars, it gained its 
  independence, became the first former Terran space colony to 
  be recognized as an independent political entity in its own right. 
  Y 
  ST 2060 
  ould be noted that cooler heads at the New United Nati
  aged to prevail over the war hawks demanding a milit
  kdown of the “Martian Revolt.”  In a public statem
  ed two days later, New U
  WARP DRIVE BECOMES REALIT
  cCONNELL – 1 AUGU
  ABS EVENING NEWS WITH MITCH M
   
   
   
  What you are about to see, folks, is only going to last for a split 
  second.  (video rolls)  Did you spot it?  Let’s play that again but
  slow it down this time so you can
  omething they had 
  to have because I wasn’t here to do it right.  This 
  (points to the ship behind him) is the way it 
  should be … it will be.  You just wait and see. 
   
   se it. 
   
  (video rolls, frame by frame, stops on a blurred image) 
   
  That is the UES Bonaventure passing the UESF cruiser 
  Timonshenko as she builds up speed for her first warp drive run, 
  which was a complete success.  Today the Bonaventure became 
  the first starship to ever maintain a speed faster than the speed 
  of light for practically an entire long range journey.  Reporter 
  Lindsay Fuller was on sight at the Pluto Test Range for this 
  historic occasion. 
   
  FULLER: 
  Thank you, Mitch.  With me is warp drive inventor 
  Zefram Cochrane of Alpha Centauri, the man 
  responsible for this remarkable achievement.  Mr. 
  Cochrane, how do you feel right now?  
   
  COCHRANE: 
  Kinda giddy.  Excited, happy – you name it. 
   
  FULLER:  
  You’ve waited a long time for this, haven’t you 
   
  COCHRANE: 
  All my life. 
   
  FULLER: 
  It’s going to make a big difference in the war, 
  isn’t it? 
   
  COCHRANE: 
  Well, I’m not a military man.  I try to stay out of 
  their business and they mine. 
   
  FULLER: 
  But this is going to make their jump drives 
  obsolete, isn’t it? 
   
  COCHRANE: 
  That was an inferior kludge, s
  - 25 - 
  
  THE WAR IS OVER! 
  ONNELL 
  ABS EVENING NEWS WITH MITCH McC
  23 DECEMBER 2064 
   
   
   
  Good evening.  As we prepare to celebrate the holiday season, 
  from far beyond the stars comes news that will make this year’s
  ristmas even more bright.  The war is over.  The Kzinti have
  honor” in his own words.  The 
  rms were simple enough:  all Kzinti ships would stand down 
  a
  n
  p
  t
  Patriarch agreed.  Finally, per th
  h
  n
  d
   
  F
  p
  o
  s
  m
  y
  C
  S
  Flying Vikings, the Legion of Apollos and many, many more.  It’s 
  over, thank God.  It’s really, finally over. 
   
   
  Ch
  surrendered. 
   
  (cut to UESF press briefing room, General Dietrich 
  smiling, surrounded by reporters, mikes waving, 
  cameras flashing, etc.) 
   
  Yesterday we received communications from Kzinti 
  forces that their ruler, whose title translates as 
  Patriarch, had ordered them to stand down.  Today 
  the Patriarch’s ship approached our fleet and asked 
  permission for him to come aboard.  He came alone – 
  a very proud being, very imposing.  He asked for me, 
  and once I arrived, he bowed and asked for terms of 
  surrender.  
   
  The Patriarch stated that the Kzinti no longer had the strength 
  to fight the war and continuing to do so would be a foolish and 
  seless gesture, a “death without 
  u
  te
  and return to their homeworld, and Star Fleet forces would be 
  llowed unhindered access to Kzinti space so long as they did 
  ot land on Kzin.  General Dietrich asked and was granted 
  ermission for his fleet to accompany the Patriarch’s ship back 
  o Kzin and remain in orbit to enforce the surrender.  The 
  e last term of the surrender, 
  uman and Kziniti delegates will be meeting shortly at the 
  eutral planet of Sirius IX to formalize a treaty ending Kzinti 
  ominion of known space. 
  olks, I don’t know about you, but this is the best Christmas 
  resent I could possibly think of this year.  It’s over.  It’s finally 
  ver.  No more people are going to die in this bloody and 
  enseless war.  It’s over.  We’ve won.  The Kzinti Empire is no 
  ore.  Merry Christmas, and God bless you, everyone.  Thank 
  ou, General Dietrich and the Star Fleet.  Thank you, Zefram 
  ochrane.  Thank you, Centaurean Defense Force.  Thank you, 
  tar Fleet Marines, Hardigan’s Rangers, Skull Squadron, the 
   
  Proxima Centarui 
   
   
  Farside Moonbase (c.2050) 
   
   
  Marine night landing on Alpha Centauri (2058) 
   
   
  nes in combat – Operation Heavy Hammer (2059) 
  UESF Mari
  - 26 - 
  
  SCHEMATICS 
  VOLUME 03 (NOT TO SCALE) 
   
   
  GLENN  CLASS SPACEBUS 
  (2052) 
   
  Leng
  Mas
  Armament
    
  th:  140 m 
   
   
  Drive:  impulse 
  s:  10,000 DWT 
   
  Range:  interplanetary 
  :  none  
   
  Crew:  28 (+ 450 passengers) 
   
  W
  (205
   
  Leng
  Mas
    
  rmament:  none  
  AYNE  CLASS SCOUT  
  4) 
  th:  19 m  
   
   
   
  s:  48,000 kg
  A
  Drive:  impulse/jump drive (backfit) 
  Range:  interstellar 
  Crew:  8 
   
    
   
  MAHAN  CLASS HEAVY CRUISER 
  (2056) 
   
  Length:  160 m 
   
   
  Drive:  impulse/jump drive (backfit) 
  Mass:  87,500 DWT 
   
  Range:  interstellar 
  Armament:  lasers, missiles, Crew:  45 
   
   
      particle cannon 
    
   
   
   
   
  DY-X SERIES ASSAULT CRUISER 
  (2057) 
   
  Length:  167 m 
   
   
   
  Drive:  jump drive 
  Mass:  23,000 kg  
   
   
  Range:  interstellar 
  Armament:  lasers, missiles  
  Crew:  94 
     also particle 
     cannon (after refit) 
   
   
   
   
  COCHRANE  CLASS SURVEY CRUISER 
  (2060) 
   
  Length:  206 m 
   
   
  Drive:  first-generation warp drive 
  Mass:  19,400 DWT 
   
  Range:  interstellar 
  Armament:  laser
    
  s  
   
  Crew:  45 
   
   
  VERNE  CLASS SURVEY CRUISER 
  (2064) 
   
  Len
  Mass:  25,000 DWT 
   
  Range:  interstellar 
  Armament:  lasers, missiles Crew:  112 
    
  gth:  236 m 
   
   
  Drive:  first-generation warp drive 
  - 27 - 
  
    
   
    
  DESIGN CONCEPT BY PAUL LLOYD
  KZINTI PATROL CRUISER 
  (
   
   248 m 
   
   
  Drive:  jump drive 
  ass:  16,500 DWT 
   
  Range:  interstellar 
   
  first sighted 2048) 
  Length: 
  M
  Armament:  none
   
   
  Crew:  65 
    
   
   
  DESIGN CONCEPT BY ATOLM 
  ER 
  ted 2054) 
  ngth:  329 m 
   
   
  Drive:  jump drive 
  s:  73,850 DWT 
   
  Range:  interstellar 
  Armament:  lasers, drones 
  Crew:  40 
   
  KZINTI ESTROY
   D
  (first sigh
   
  Le
  Mas
   
   
   
  Terran long range transport (c.2060)  
  The unbuilt Pegasus class long-range scout 
   
   
  The unbuilt MacArthur class assault cruiser 
   
   
  The John Paul Jones second-generation DY-X prototype as it 
  at e e
   of
   
  looked 
  th
  nd
   the Fourth Earth-Kzin War (2065) 
   
  A DY-X cr
  er on a l ng-range scouting mission (c.2062) 
   
  uis
  o
   
  - 28 - 
  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  to be continued … 
  - 29 - 
  
  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
  VOLUME 04:  2049-2065 
    
   
  AUTHOR’S COMMENTS: 
   
  This issue marks something of a watershed event in the TREK 
  universe.  For the first time, in any publication (official or 
  fandom), an attempt is being made to describe the Four Earth-
  Kzin Wars that Sulu mentions in “The Slaver Weapon” within the 
  constraints of the TREK  fandom timeline.  Others had looked at 
  key parts of it before I came along, most notably Alan Dean 
  Foster, Ally N. Gibson, James Dixon, Neal and Jana Hallford, and 
  Jimmy Diggs.  Dixon’s unified TREK fandom timeline was a 
  constant and necessary companion in my research.  Gibson’s 
  essay in particular, on the chronological reconciliation of the 
  Earth-Kzin Wars within TREK, proved to be the most helpful – 
  although his dates and subsequent reasoning are marred by the 
  use of the Okuda chronology (Prime Two).  His dates have been 
  adjusted per the Prime One timeline for use in this document.  
  Russell Martin’s research into the Known Space timeline for the 
  Man-Kzin Wars was also quite helpful.  Aridas Sofia (Federation 
  Reference Series) and the guys over at the FRS Forums were 
  great sounding boards as I tried to resolve various issues and 
  aspects of this period in the hi
  Finally, it goes without saying tha
  Larry Niven himself deserves cr
  universe one of its most memorable aliens species of all time, 
  despite their sole episodic appearance to date. 
   
  It soon became obvious to me that the TREK version of the Man-
  Kzin Wars could in no way be reconciled with the events as they 
  take place in Known Space.  The most obvious difference is the 
  amount of time in which each takes place.  Reconciling Gibson’s 
  initial research with Dixon’s yields a Prime One window of 2058-
  2065 for the Earth-Kzin Wars (from initial first contact to the 
  signing of the Treaty of Sirius).  The same rough order of events 
  plays out over two centuries
  story of the TREK universe.  
  t award-winning sci-fi author 
  edit for “lending” the TREK 
   in the Known Space universe 
  (2360-2584); plus that has two additional wars not referenced 
  in the TREK universe.  The same rough sequence of events, with 
  appropriate adjustments for “known” TREK events, could be 
  followed; however, the timeline was going to have to be 
  seriously dilated.  This meant that some form of faster-than-light 
  technology, with both ships and communications, was in use 
  during TREK’s Earth-Kzin Wars.  The communications aspect was 
  easy enough.  Both the old SFC and Dixon mentioned the 
  discovery of “geon holes,” though which FTL radio 
  communications could be made (after a fashion) prior to the 
  invention of subspace radio.  The FTL starship issue, though, was 
  another matter altogether. 
   
  It has long been established in every iteration of the TREK 
  universe that Zefram Cochrane invented warp drive sometime 
  around the beginning of the 21st century.  The date is usually 
  2050 (Prime One), or 2063 (Prime Two), or some variation 
  thereof.  Both Gibson and Dixon’s research seems to imply that 
  warp drive was not available for general use until sometime 
  shortly before the Fourth Earth-Kzin War.  This begs the 
  question:  how did Terra and Kzin fight four interstellar wars 
  across half of the Local Group in under two decades?  
  Surprisingly enough, I found the answer in the “space warp” 
  concept from the anime TV series Star Blazers.  This suggested 
  an intermediate step between impulse drive (aka advanced 
  fusion, ion impulse, whatever) and true warp drive.  The term 
  CDP generator was borrowed from the DS9 Technical Manual, 
  along with some of its background, to describe what I have come 
  to call the “jump drive.”  This is a starship engine that is capable 
  of a temporary FTL burst of speed and then has to wait until it 
  can gather enough power for another “jump.”  Something like 
  FASA’s NTR drive from their old RPG.  Remember, FTL 
  technology has massive power requirements and simple fusion 
  engines just weren’t up to providing enough power for sustained 
  cruising at FTL speeds.  “Jump drive” would have been a 
  workable compromise given the technology at hand.  To use an 
  analogy similar to that I used in discussing the issue on the FRS 
  ng car engine with a one gallon 
  nd powerful that engine is, it’s 
  only going to go as far as that one gallon of fuel will last and 
  then you’ve got to go buy some more.  This deus ex machina 
  also allows the Terrans, once they master the technology, to 
  combine CDP generators with their spiked antimatter starship 
  engines (Columbus class, UES Icarus) and come very close to 
  true warp drive (Liberty class).  All that would be left would be 
  for Cochrane to work out the bugs with the matter-antimatter 
  conversion, and presto!  True warp drive.  That’ s where Dixon’s 
  exhaustive research leads me on this issue.  So, in brief, you 
  have two fleets of starships equipped with various forms of 
  “jump drive” duking it out in the Local Group for about two 
  decades instead of two fleets of sublight starships chasing each 
  other for two centuries or more.  Overall it works out fairly well. 
   
  Something else that deserves mention is the nature of the 
  Earth-Kzin Wars.  They aren’t really four separate wars at all.  
  That’s just how they were recorded in the Terran history books 
  at the time.  Instead, in the TREK universe, there were three 
  successive waves of Kzinti attack fleets against humanity.  
  Operation Rock Drop (which I moved to the third war to better 
  fit in the TREK universe) put an end to these Kzinti staggered 
  wave tactics for a few years.  However, once they had 
  sufficiently recovered, they scraped together everything they 
  could for what they intended to be the fourth and final wave.  
  Unfortunately for them, that was just about the time that the 
  new warp drive ships of the Combined Fleets (true warp drive, 
  not “jump drive”) were entering service, which doomed the 
  Forum, think of a high-tech raci
  tank.  No matter how snazzy a
  - 30 - 
  
  Kzinti to failure before their first assault.  This interpretation 
  reconciles reasonably well with Sulu’s statement from “The 
  Slaver Weapon:  “The Kzinti fought four wars against humankind 
  and lost every one of them.” 
  me other quotes and points from “The Slaver Weapon” on 
  his issue of the FSC: 
  pment.” – 
  it that this is a very liberal 
  influenced Star Trek Star Charts) in having them be 
  past enemies. 
   
  “That ancient war could have sparked a new war 
  between man and Kzinti.” – There will eventually be a 
  Fifth Earth-Kzin War, and that is Todd Guenther’s 
  t
  ot to mention the wormhole generator?  Are their others?  
  “bumps” are doors for the missile racks (hence the insanely 
   
  So
  which I’ve tried to key for t
   
  “Are you forgetting that Kzinti females are dumb 
  animals?” – My description of the kzinretti differs in 
  only one point.  It was modified to take into account 
  the occasional genetic mutation that would result in 
  one being intelligent.  There are the occasional rare 
  intelligent kzinretti in Known Space. 
   
  Chuft-Captain – Follows Niven’s rules for Kzinti names.  
  I follwed the same lead in my character of Zrath-
  General, military governor of occupied Alpha Centauri. 
   
  “The last [war] was 200 years ago.” – The episode 
  took place in 2264; the last battle of the Fourth 
  Earth-Kzin War was fought in 2064.  The Treaty of 
  Sirius was signed the following year in 2065. 
   
  “My crew has yet to taste human flesh as our 
  ancestors did.  We would welcome the opportunity.” – 
  Death of Lt. Radetski in the Sakharov Incident in FSC 
  #3, the occupation of Alpha Centauri and their implied 
  “culling” of its population (and that of the Tellarites) in 
  this volume. 
   
  “Always you have had superior equi
  Innovative use of mass drivers (First War), 
  development of the particle cannon (Second War), the 
  spiked antimatter CDP drive (Third War), the “Builder” 
  artificial wormhole generator (Third War), and true 
  warp drive (Fourth War). 
   
  Spock’s speech about his attack on Chuft-Captain – A 
  more eloquently short description of male kzin pride 
  has yet to be written.  I’ve touched upon the same 
  points in my much longer discussion. 
   
  “If the Kzinti had [the Slaver weapon] the whole galaxy 
  would be their dinner table!” – As it once was before 
  the Earth-Kzin Wars.  Both the Kzinti and Zrath-
  General make smiliar “dinner table” references. 
   
  “The Klingons or some other species would have tried 
  to possess [the weapon].” – It is from this quote that 
  the folks behind Star Fleet Battles apparently derived 
  the notion that the Kzinti and the Klingons knew each 
  other.  I’ll freely adm
  interpretation; however, I see no reason not to go 
  with it.  Hence I have followed the lead of both SFB (as 
  illustrated on both the Star Trek Maps and the Okuda-
  Kzinti Incursion of 2272.  You can count on me giving 
  it more than lip service when the time comes. 
   
  “At this rate, they’ll never get over those old 
  superstitions.” – Such as praying to the Great-
  Fanged-One (per the material from Jimmy Diggs). 
   
  There are obvious parallels between the Earth-Kzin Wars in the 
  TREK universe and the Pacific Campaign between the United 
  States and Japan during World War II.  I freely admit to looking 
  o the latter for inspiration in trying to describe the former.  
  This is from where the idea of “planet hopping” comes for the 
  UESF offensive during the Third Earth-Kzin War.  General Dietrich 
  followed the example of MacArthur and Nimitz’s strategy 
  against the Japanese, “island hopping” from one strategic point 
  to another and bypassing heavily fortified areas in favor of less 
  defended ones.  The bigger bases would then either be ignored 
  altogether or taken care of once they were completely 
  surrounded in an American sea.  The difference between the 
  two, of course, is that Dietrich and UESF were doing this on an 
  interstellar scale.  The Third Battle of Alpha Centauri and 
  Operation Rock Drop are the bookends to Dietrich’s “planet 
  hopping” campaign. 
   
  Operation Rock Drop brings to culmination a subplot I started all 
  the way back in Volume 01 about alien technology discovered on 
  Mars.  I foresaw the need for this back when I began this 
  project, knowing that I would have to find a way to explain this 
  event within the context of the TREK universe someway, 
  somehow.  I deliberately left out all but the barest of details in 
  providing the frame for the subplot concerning Colonel 
  Christopher’s “Builders” and the artificial wormhole generator 
  left behind on Mars.  I leave it to TREK fandom and the franchise 
  writers to fill in the blanks as they see fit.  So who were these 
  “Builders?”  The Preservers?  The Ikonians?  Some other 
  culture?  Why did they come to the Sol System?  Why Sidona, 
  n
  Where are the Builders now?  Do they still exist?  What 
  happened to them at Iapetus?  What did the UESF do with the 
  rest of the Builder technology found at Sidonia (and probably 
  other places, too)?  It’s always nice to have a few unsolved 
  mysteries kicking around.  They keep us humble by reminding us 
  that we are just one small piece in a vast cosmic puzzle whose 
  pattern and purpose we may never fully understand. 
   
  I had to guess on everything regarding the Kzinti patrol cruiser.  
  What I came up with is a mix of Known Space and Star Fleet 
  Battles.  The lasers are mounted in the forward “nose cluster.”  
  The large “bumps” are part of the polarized graviton drive; they 
  help generate the graviton field around the ship.  The small 
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  large number of missiles compared to a Terran ship).  The 
  “engine” in the back is the main cooling vent for the graviton 
  drive, so one shot up its ass and a Kzinti patrol cruiser goes 
  BOOM!  The “legs” are landing struts that fold inward on 
  keoff, giving the ship its jellyfish-like appearance.  The overall 
  . 
  Once
  sh 
  out the reasons why Kzinti ships carry such 
   of 
  dron
  inti 
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  om 
  the 
   a 
  strai
  e time that they were 
  virtually helpless once they slowed from FTL speed to space 
  norm
  gy 
  inde
  this 
  criti
  ped 
  drones were an obvious choice due to their self-contained 
  natu
  tles 
  play
  rs 
  up t
   
  The occupation and eventual liberation of Alpha Centauri (aka 
  “Wu
  ce 
  stor
  the 
  appr
  ary 
  gove
  line 
  draw
   his 
  webs
   of the few Kzinti images I’ve manage to find, 
  othe than the wonderful work of illustrator Court Jones, which 
  evok
  e 
  stayi
  s 
  camp
  the 
  Ame
  r II, 
  with 
   to 
  reflect a fight on a planetary scale. 
   
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  sive 
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  can 
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  me 
  plan
   Wrigley’s Pleasure 
  Plan .  Well, on second thought it might not be the exact same 
  plan
  ked 
  plac
  e. 
   
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  r treaty in 
  Known Space called the MacDonald-Rishshi Treaty.  The former 
  ende
   
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  wn 
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  from
  ink 
  abou
  the 
  Vulc
   
  I kno
   the 
  subplot of Hardigan’s Ranger’s and the eventual duel between 
  Majo
  es.  
  Hum
  hough, and Major Hardigan was a seasoned 
  combat officer.  I imagine she told Zrath-General, “The only way 
  you’
  ct 
  swip
  ide 
  was 
  surr
   he 
  chos
  gan’s team, 
  saving her for last.  What he didn’t count on was getting killed 
  inste
  er 
  to t
  that 
  wasn
  s
   in a fashion that would suggest a 
   that had been heavily modified; hence the armor 
  ntly listing 
  em as unbuilt at this time; however, I have no objection to you 
  ta
  dimensions are a best guess based on Paul Lloyd’s render from 
  “The Warriors” that I included back in Volume 03
   
   again, credit goes to the FRS Forums for helping me fle
  a large number
  es.  Apparently this goes back to the days of the old Kz
  re, right after they stole their “jump drive” technology fr
  Tellarites.  The power requirements for its use put such
  n on the engines of their ships at th
  al speed.  They needed some form of weapons technolo
  pendent of ship’s systems to defend themselves during 
  cal time in case they were attacked.  Warhead-equip
  re.  Not surprisingly, a lot of veteran Star Fleet Bat
  ers are voicing support for this premise.  It apparently clea
  his issue in their iteration of the TREK universe as well. 
  nderland”) is mentioned repeatedly in the Known Spa
  ies.  This I also translated into the TREK universe with 
  opriate reduction in timeframe.  The idea of Kzinti milit
  rnor Zrath-General came from artist R. J. Bartop’s 
  ing of a Kzinti warrior named Zrath he had posted on
  ite.  It’s one
  r 
  es the TAS image of the Kzinti while at the same tim
  ng true to their Known Space origins.  The Combined Force
  aign to liberate Alpha Centauri is loosely based on 
  rican conquest of Okinawa near the end of World Wa
  the already massive casualty figures upsized considerably
  “rogue planetoid” at which the Combined Forces offen
  st the Kzinti ground to a halt until Operation Rock Drop 
  ound on the Star Trek Maps, Chart B.  It’s the sa
  etoid that would eventually become
  et
  etoid, but it’s in the same area.  It was also the only mar
  e on the maps halfway to the heart of the old Kzinti Empir
  he way, the Treaty of Sirius is based on a simila
  d the fourth and last of the Earth-Kzin Wars in the TREK
  erse, while the latter only ended the first war in Kno
  e.  The “annexation” of Kzinti space by humanity also comes 
   Known Space and makes perfect sense once you th
  t it.  This also plays right into the long-term designs of 
  ans, who are in effect TREK’s “Puppeters” at this time. 
  w some of you may be scratching your heads involving
  r Hardigan and Zrath-General.  Yes, Kzinti despise femal
  anity doesn’t, t
  re getting off this planet is through me.”  That was a dire
  e at Zrath-General’s Kzinti pride in several ways.  Suic
  out of the question.  That same pride would not let him 
  ender nor let a female back-talk him like that.  That’s why
  e “the lesser of two evils” and attacked Hardi
  ad – and by a female, no less.  He probably had to answ
  he Great-Fanged-One for that screw-up, and I’ll bet 
  ’t a pleasant encounter. 
   
  I’m using visuals of the Sulaco from the feature film Aliens as a 
  ubstitute for the Mahan.  Their overall profiles are similar and 
  the Sulaco was one of the Mahan’s design influences, with the 
  other being the Omega class destroyer from Babylon 5.  When 
  researching this part of the FSC I couldn’t help but notice how 
  Rick Sternbach’s original conception of the Companion reminded 
  me of the Omega.  The UESF needed some capital ships with 
  which to fight the Kzinti and the only thing I had at the time was 
  Matt Jeffries’ Leif Ericsson.  Some of you might remember the 
  INSS MacArthur from the Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle novel 
  The Mote in God’s Eye.  That was an Ericsson per Mr. Pournelle, 
  who actually had an assembled model in front of him when 
  working on the book.  Anyhow, back to the subject.  My Mahan 
  is essentially a cross between a scaled-down Omega and the 
  Sulaco, with additional touches here and there from anime sci-fi 
  shows.  I tried to draw it
  Companion
  plate on the engine section and the extra modifications to the 
  middle and front of the ship.  The finned ring rotates slowly while 
  the ship is in flight (for engine cooling purposes) and “spins up” 
  whenever the Mahan is charging its particle cannon (that’s the 
  anime influence).  Mahan didn’t get a jump drive until the 
  technology had first been field-tested with the DY-X; hence the 
  “backfit” note in the Schematics section. 
   
  Have you ever noticed that in “The Slaver Weapon” each of the 
  Kzinti aboard the Traitor’s Claw have distinct facial features? 
   
  With the first revised edition to this volume I’ve included three 
  new DY-X derivatives for your enjoyment.  These replace the 
  Black Mamba from the original version of this volume.  The 
  Pegasus is an Ericsson derived Jeffries scout ship design that he 
  developed for an early (and quickly aborted) War of the Worlds 
  television series.  The MacArthur is Paul Lloyd’s take on what a 
  second-generation Ericsson might look like.  The John Paul Jones 
  is an alternate take on the MacArthur that was built by 
  Crhistopher Doll for Starship Modeler.  I’m curre
  th
  having them constructed and fighting in the Fourth Earth-Kzinti 
  War or against the Vegans in your own efforts.  Perhaps, if 
  some of you develop them sufficiently within the FSC timeline, 
  then I might be convinced to make them “official” in the future. 
   
  - Richard  
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  SPECIAL THANKS TO: 
   
  ArcBuilder, Celestra, and StarGen 
  Atolm 
  Greg Jein 
  Lawrence Miller 
  Fred and Stan Goldstein 
  Timo Saloniemi 
  Aridas Sofia 
  Rick Sternbach 
   
  KZINTI SOURCES: 
   
  Larry Niven (Kzinti and Known Space creator) 
   
  Atolm (Kzinti destroyer design) 
  Bandai Entertainment (L-5 colony images from Gundam) 
  Bastei-Lubbe GmBH (assorted Kzinti images) 
  R. J. Bartop (Kzin warrior Zrath-General) 
  Winchell Chung (Leif Ericsson schematics) 
  Christopher Doll and Starship Modeler (John Paul Jones) 
  D.T. Ericsson (STAR TREK themed Leif Ericsson images) 
  Mateen Greenway (various space scenes) 
  Walter M. Jeffries (Leif Ericsson concept) 
  ITC Entertainment (SHADO Interceptor and Hawk images) 
  Court Jones (The Lions of the Night project artwork) 
  Paul Lloyd (Kzinti patrol cruiser design and DY-X meshes) 
  Russell Martin (Known Space Man-Kzin Wars Chronology) 
  Retrovideo (War of the Worlds TV pilot paintings) 
  Aridas Sofia and Franz J. Schnaubelt (UESF logo) 
   
  OTHER VISUAL SOURCES: 
   
  Gabriel Cubos 
  www.Empire of Man.com 
  Maeteen Greenway 
  Andrew J. Hodges 
  Starship Modeler 
  Shane Johnson 
  Geoffery Mandel 
  Lawrence Miller 
  Michael Newlyn 
  New Eye Studio 
  Rick Sternbach 
  SpaceArt Archives 
   
  CONTACT INFO: 
   
  Want to contribute to the Federation Spaceflight Chronology?  
  You can find me on the FRS Online or Star Fleet Network 
  forums.  If you prefer direct contact then you can reach me at: 
   
  rtrodude@yahoo.com
    
  coming soon 
   
   
  also available 
   
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