New Kzinti and Lyran Cruisers

This improved Drone Cruiser was built for the General War, with 2 completed in 2282, and another 4 completed in 2287, the vessels briefly excelling, then being used for three years in long-range exploration duty, and the last were destroyed against Andromedans during operation Unity in 2302.

The Bear-Cat was an experiment into what was a rare hull classification in Eta Universe: the Bear-Cat, based on a lengthened Promenade Tiger Class Hull, with two vessels completed in 2283, and one was destroyed two years later against the Kzinti in 2285, the other destroyed against the ISC in 2297.