Added several additional models to the Shapeways store, and corrected some flaws in the Picti and its bretheren (wall thickness issues that made printing in WSF problematic).
Also added a third faction:
Zingaran Republic
One of several smaller refugee groups that fled the Draconian conquest of Hyborea would eventually encounter the planet of Zingara. Populated by a previously-unknown near-human species (theorized to have been 'Zingaraformed' humans settled there centuries earlier by unknown aliens), the world was disunited and at a level of technology roughly equal to Earth's 1960's. (They had, in fact, several satellites in orbit and had launched their own lunar mission mere months before the refugees arrived.)
Contact with the refugees prompted the disparate nations of Zingara to unite in the knowledge that they were not alone in the universe. Knowledge that there were powerful, hostile empires nearby spurred quick development. Their speed increased by technology transfers from the refugees, they quickly fielded a small fleet of primitive hyper-capable vessels. An international global defense force was created to keep these (comparatively) powerful assets from use in internecine conflicts and persists to this day as the defense force of the Republic.
Planets in six nearby solar systems were explored and colonized by coalitions of Zingaran nations, advanced industry and infrastructure constructed, and the starfleet expanded. All expansion was made well away from the known direction of the Draconian and Tharkad borders in order to avoid contact. A small network of tripwire sensor stations was established to watch for an incursion, but none came.
No contact was made with outside parties until a Khitaian survey ship came across the fledgeling Republic nearly a decade after the War of Liberation. By this time many of the adult refugees were in their eighties or older. Many of their children were now high-ranking officers in the Zingaran starfleet. The national governments of Zingara were of mixed feelings on opening contact with Khitai and Hyborea, but pleased to hear that the Draconian threat had been driven back and that there were powerful allies available.
The Republic has since been recognized as an independant star nation by Hyborea, Khitai, Tharkad, and the Terran Confederacy; relations with Draconia are cold and stiff. There are frequent rumors of Draconian agitators making contact with one or more of the Zingaran internal governments to try to suborn allies in the Republic. So far as is known, none of these have succeeded.
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The most modern ship in the ZRN, the Mariposa-class cruiser combines several homegrown technologies developed from imported examples. The hyperdrive coils, for example, are based loosely on Khitaian compact coils, developed from a set purchased early after recontact. The grasers are identical to those used on Hyborean cruisers, and are in fact produced under license from O'Connell High-Energy Systems. Forward, the main deflector/sensor unit is a homegrown version incorporating Hyborean and Khitaian techniques along with some picked up in trade with the Tharkad Imperium. Instead of fusion guns, the Mariposa uses a quartet of Tharkadian heavy particle blasters, arranged with two on either flank.
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Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
Also added a third faction:
Zingaran Republic
One of several smaller refugee groups that fled the Draconian conquest of Hyborea would eventually encounter the planet of Zingara. Populated by a previously-unknown near-human species (theorized to have been 'Zingaraformed' humans settled there centuries earlier by unknown aliens), the world was disunited and at a level of technology roughly equal to Earth's 1960's. (They had, in fact, several satellites in orbit and had launched their own lunar mission mere months before the refugees arrived.)
Contact with the refugees prompted the disparate nations of Zingara to unite in the knowledge that they were not alone in the universe. Knowledge that there were powerful, hostile empires nearby spurred quick development. Their speed increased by technology transfers from the refugees, they quickly fielded a small fleet of primitive hyper-capable vessels. An international global defense force was created to keep these (comparatively) powerful assets from use in internecine conflicts and persists to this day as the defense force of the Republic.
Planets in six nearby solar systems were explored and colonized by coalitions of Zingaran nations, advanced industry and infrastructure constructed, and the starfleet expanded. All expansion was made well away from the known direction of the Draconian and Tharkad borders in order to avoid contact. A small network of tripwire sensor stations was established to watch for an incursion, but none came.
No contact was made with outside parties until a Khitaian survey ship came across the fledgeling Republic nearly a decade after the War of Liberation. By this time many of the adult refugees were in their eighties or older. Many of their children were now high-ranking officers in the Zingaran starfleet. The national governments of Zingara were of mixed feelings on opening contact with Khitai and Hyborea, but pleased to hear that the Draconian threat had been driven back and that there were powerful allies available.
The Republic has since been recognized as an independant star nation by Hyborea, Khitai, Tharkad, and the Terran Confederacy; relations with Draconia are cold and stiff. There are frequent rumors of Draconian agitators making contact with one or more of the Zingaran internal governments to try to suborn allies in the Republic. So far as is known, none of these have succeeded.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/S6MHBgf.png?1">
The most modern ship in the ZRN, the Mariposa-class cruiser combines several homegrown technologies developed from imported examples. The hyperdrive coils, for example, are based loosely on Khitaian compact coils, developed from a set purchased early after recontact. The grasers are identical to those used on Hyborean cruisers, and are in fact produced under license from O'Connell High-Energy Systems. Forward, the main deflector/sensor unit is a homegrown version incorporating Hyborean and Khitaian techniques along with some picked up in trade with the Tharkad Imperium. Instead of fusion guns, the Mariposa uses a quartet of Tharkadian heavy particle blasters, arranged with two on either flank.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.