On February 1, 2018, Amarillo Design Bureau completed its ninth wave of ships (73 in all, for over 500 available ships) in its shop on Shapeways.
The Federation gains its Federation Fleet Tug with no pods and a second one with a Starliner pod. Especially exciting are the release of more Franz Joseph designs. There are the Franz Joseph Tug with no pods and another with the Starliner pod, designed to move people across space. The Franz Joseph Federation heavy cruiser is available, based on drawings done for TV (but not pursued due to costs). The Franz Joseph version features a slightly larger, much curvier rear hull and different warp engine spacing and height. These are the official Franz Joseph designs offered by ADB, Inc. under its contract with Franz Joseph Designs. (We plan to release all of the Franz Joseph Federation ships over time. There are more tugs with varying numbers of pods and there will be other pod types.)
The line of "Fed Classic" ships was started in response to requests for smooth saucers. It gets the Federation Fleet Tug with no pods and one with a Starliner pod.
The Klingons aren't neglected. They get their D5S Scout Cruiser and D5SK Refitted Scout Cruiser.
The Romulans add the Condor+ dreadnought, FireHawk-K Heavy Cruiser, and FireHawk-K+ Heavy Cruiser. The "+" indicates it is a late-war design in the style of the Starline 2500 Romulan ships. They also get their StarHawk gunboats, Cohort-2 bombers, and Cohort-4 heavy bombers.
The Juggernaut fleet was built in another galaxy and sent to check us out. The Juggernaut Beta Dreadnought should prove an interesting challenge for the Milky Way residents.
The Tholians add their Police Destroyer.
The Seltorians get their mighty Hive Ship.
The Kzintis get their Police Corvette and Drone Cruiser.
The Lyrans and their wayward county of the Lyran Democratic Republic get their Cougar Carrier Tug, Cougar Battle Tug, Yaguarundi Light Carrier, and Siberian Tiger Carrier. They also get two sprues of pallets. One is of a pair of cargo pallets. The Combat Pallet Collection includes one battle pallet and one carrier pallet.
The Gorns get more fighters with their G-20 "Reptile," G-8 "Lizard," G-30 "Wyvern," Shenyang G-7, G-12 "Chimera," and G-10 "Dragon" fighters.
The Frax get their mighty battleship.
Empires from the Omega Octant continue to have new additions. The Medium Cruiser is the latest addition to Probr fleet. The Drex get their Dreadnought. The Trobrin get their White Diamond Bolt Cruiser. The Maesron add a Frignaut. A Short Carrier (and two different sprues of fighters) joins the Koligahr fleet. The Alunda get their Tracker.
Finally, we added a sprue of "specialty" shuttles. That includes a Ground Assault Shuttle, a Space Warning and Control Shuttle, a Scatter-Pack, and three kinds of Multi-Role Shuttles.
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