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Ported to OBJ from the fan-created model by Luan Ngo (Redragon) included with the Unity mod for Starfleet Command 3 (SFC3). Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. NO MODEL DOWNLOAD.

The alien species known simply as the Breen were first mentioned during the run of TNG ("The Loss") but were not seen on screen until DS9 ("Indiscretion"), when the previously unaligned and historically isolationist Breen Confederacy decided to join forces with the Dominion in the Dominion War for what appeared to be easy spoils. This made them the virtual Italians of the Dominion War if you want to draw historical parallels, although unlike the Italians of both of Terra's World Wars the Breen were ready, willing, and very able to use all of the resources at their disposal as the Dominion's chief wartime ally.

The Breen were a reclusive but warlike species who originated in the colder parts of their homeworld and had to wear refrigeration suits in warmer environmental conditions. They fiercely protected their own and did not tolerate incursions into their own space, as the Klingons found out during that time in their history known as the Second Empire (possibly FASA's Riskadh line given the dating but this is conjecture on my part). Like the Borg and Dominion their spacecraft were very powerful, heavily armed and protected, and very maneuverable in all sizes. The Breen also possessed unique starship combat technologies of their own, such as energy dampening field generators and stochastic field emitters, that proved very effective against the Federation and its allies for a time until either examples were captured or ways were eventually found to effectively combat them. It is also worthy of note that like Borg spacecraft, Breen starships were "grown" into their full forms (although they didn't grow any more after that) and incorporated organic technology (in part and not in full). Breen starship designs were like no other and quickly earned the universal nickname of bladeships, given both their deliberately asymmetrical hull forms and their visual likeness to a pile of curved blade weapons.

The Breen Confederacy has never fielded anything close to a space battleship class to date per currently available sources, although they certainly had the resources to build them. Their Chel series space warships were formidable enough during the timeframe of the Dominion War, so they may not have ever seen the need. That said, various types of conjectural Breen space battleships have been posited by both professionals and amateurs across the Trek multiverse for the back half of the TNG/DS9/VOY era, and this is one of them. It's based on their impressive Chel Grett class battlecruiser (see separate entry) but with longer "arms" for the attachment of more "blade" hull sections on either side and thus increasing available hull space for added weaponry. Propulsion in all forms would have also been beefed up in order to both carry the extra mass and power up all of those extra weapons. That's one way to come up with a Breen space battleship class in this time period, and bears certain similarities as to how other major interstellar powers came up with their own larger and more powerful warships (the SFB Lyrans, for example).

Let me again emphasize that the Breen never fielded anything like this in this timeframe; however, war gamers always like to play with "what ifs." Now you have a "what if" for a Breen space battleship for the Dominion War and the back half of the TNG/DS9/VOY era. You'll also have to come up with your own Breen class name too. Enjoy.

This is strictly fanon but I'm including it here at Mandel's for the "what if" crowd. (wink)

"Never turn your back on a Breen."

- old Romulan saying

Description

Ported to OBJ from the fan-created model by Luan Ngo (Redragon) included with the Unity mod for Starfleet Command 3 (SFC3). Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. NO MODEL DOWNLOAD.

The alien species known simply as the Breen were first mentioned during the run of TNG ("The Loss") but were not seen on screen until DS9 ("Indiscretion"), when the previously unaligned and historically isolationist Breen Confederacy decided to join forces with the Dominion in the Dominion War for what appeared to be easy spoils. This made them the virtual Italians of the Dominion War if you want to draw historical parallels, although unlike the Italians of both of Terra's World Wars the Breen were ready, willing, and very able to use all of the resources at their disposal as the Dominion's chief wartime ally.

The Breen were a reclusive but warlike species who originated in the colder parts of their homeworld and had to wear refrigeration suits in warmer environmental conditions. They fiercely protected their own and did not tolerate incursions into their own space, as the Klingons found out during that time in their history known as the Second Empire (possibly FASA's Riskadh line given the dating but this is conjecture on my part). Like the Borg and Dominion their spacecraft were very powerful, heavily armed and protected, and very maneuverable in all sizes. The Breen also possessed unique starship combat technologies of their own, such as energy dampening field generators and stochastic field emitters, that proved very effective against the Federation and its allies for a time until either examples were captured or ways were eventually found to effectively combat them. It is also worthy of note that like Borg spacecraft, Breen starships were "grown" into their full forms (although they didn't grow any more after that) and incorporated organic technology (in part and not in full). Breen starship designs were like no other and quickly earned the universal nickname of bladeships, given both their deliberately asymmetrical hull forms and their visual likeness to a pile of curved blade weapons.

The Breen Confederacy has never fielded anything close to a space battleship class to date per currently available sources, although they certainly had the resources to build them. Their Chel series space warships were formidable enough during the timeframe of the Dominion War, so they may not have ever seen the need. That said, various types of conjectural Breen space battleships have been posited by both professionals and amateurs across the Trek multiverse for the back half of the TNG/DS9/VOY era, and this is one of them. It's based on their impressive Chel Grett class battlecruiser (see separate entry) but with longer "arms" for the attachment of more "blade" hull sections on either side and thus increasing available hull space for added weaponry. Propulsion in all forms would have also been beefed up in order to both carry the extra mass and power up all of those extra weapons. That's one way to come up with a Breen space battleship class in this time period, and bears certain similarities as to how other major interstellar powers came up with their own larger and more powerful warships (the SFB Lyrans, for example).

Let me again emphasize that the Breen never fielded anything like this in this timeframe; however, war gamers always like to play with "what ifs." Now you have a "what if" for a Breen space battleship for the Dominion War and the back half of the TNG/DS9/VOY era. You'll also have to come up with your own Breen class name too. Enjoy.

This is strictly fanon but I'm including it here at Mandel's for the "what if" crowd. (wink)

"Never turn your back on a Breen."

- old Romulan saying