Of all the kitbash ships I think this my favourite.
You have to wonder what the designer was smoking at Utopia Planitia when he came up with this.
I know, let’s take a crappy Maquis Raider and the state of the art Intrepid class stick them together.
What’s worse is his superior officer (also like high af) approved it.
I love it! It kind of sells the “we’re in the middle of a war and have to slap a bunch of stuff together just to field some more ships for defense” vibe. Even if really it was just a kit bashed computer model.
I’m loving the unabashed ‘Bird of Prey’ vibe.
Let’s face it, the Intrepid-class were raptors in a fight.
There are some scale issues with it being a ‘slap a bunch of stuff together’ ship in canon. Namely the fact that the Intrepid-class that supplies the saucer is quite a lot bigger than the Maquis raider that supplies the hull and nacelles.
If done to scale, this ship ought to look more like a bobblehead.
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