A couple Chupacabracons ago, I scored a used copy of Knight Hawks which was the disappointing starship rules addition to Star Frontiers, TSR’s pretty weak attempt to break into Sci-Fi, again. The first two were Metamorphosis Alpha (trying to transform Expedition to the Barrier Peaks into a game) and Gamma World.
Outside the role-playing and construction aspects, Knight Hawks was a decent board game with two polities (Sathar v. Federation) duking it out through their various-sized starships. If you played the war scenario, matters favored the Federation pretty heavily since the battles were on their turf and as long as their space stations were intact, they could replace lost vessels; the Sathar had a lame 35% chance per ship.
Above is a picture somebody posted of a rare mini TSR had manufactured for the game, a Sathar heavy cruiser. Fantastic paint job (in space, color doesn’t matter much). It’s amazing how well they brought out the detail because minis were still manufactured in lead and let’s be honest, they often didn’t get much better after painting. Back when I was a teenager and college, only super diehards bothered too. No luck finding anyone who has found a way to recreate them with a 3D printer yet. I did find one posting from eight years ago warning people to be careful when buying any lead minis in mint condition; allegedly, lead breaks down very quickly (over a couple decades) so you might be buying a biohazard.