Star Trek: 11 Things You Didn’t Know About The Kzinti

11. Star Fleet Universe

The Kzinti appeared as a faction in games using the Star Fleet Universe setting published by Task Force Games and Amarillo Design Bureau. This setting was also used in computer games developed by Taldren and published by Interplay .

The setting was partly based on Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual written by Franz Joseph in 1975. It also incorporated some information from Star Trek: The Animated Series. While these games were officially licensed products, the license was only partial and they weren't allowed to use any details from the Star Trek movies or the Star Trek: The Next Generation era TV series.

While Star Trek's Kzinti walked hunched over and had tails and bat wing shaped ears, Star Fleet Universe's Kzinti resembled bipedal, tailless tigers. Although the name of the Kzinti territory was never mentioned in canonical Star Trek, in Star Fleet Universe their territory was a monarchy called The Kzinti Hegemony ruled by the Patriarch.

In Star Fleet Universe, the Kzinti have waged war with the Federation, the Klingon Empire, and their nemesis, the Lyran Star Empire. They have also been depicted as allies with the Hydran Kingdoms.