Guardian class Monitor
| Guardian class Monitor | |
|---|---|
 VNS 68A | |
| Type: HMM Monitor | |
| Category | BCS |
| Size | 120,000 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | TBD Hull |
| Streamlining | Unstreamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–14 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | Model/TBD |
| Jump | J-0 |
| Maneuver | 6 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 1,200 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 0 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 2,006 |
| Officers | X |
| Enlisted | X |
| Marines | X |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 891.0 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Vegan Polity |
| Year Operational | Unknown |
| End of Service | Still in active service. |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr138,039.246 |
| Architect fee | MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr. |
| Statistics | |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | No |
| Illustration | No |
| Source | |
| Also see | Defensive Ship - Monitor |
| Canon | Published, fan design |
| Era | 1105 |
| Reference | Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr. |
| Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance. | |
The Guardian class Monitor is a defensive warship.
- It is a military ship and a Monitor.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
It is a vessel with 6-G and J-0 performance with a streamlined hull.
- It carries light armament and a defensive suite.
- It ordinarily carries no subcraft, no ship's vehicles, and drones when needed.
- It has a # sophont crew and # marines.
Designed to dismantle invading Battleships this class was the queen of system defense for a time. Unburdened by jump drives and fuel she was the embodiment of the battle rider versus battle ship debate. Fast, agile, well defended and carrying a formidable weapons array she could confidently pound enemy vessels. The room freed up from drives and jump fuel allowed her to carry swarms of very heavy interceptors, an equal number of lighter fighters. With 24 fighter squadrons she became a system control carrier. Generally too large to be carried as a rider, these craft tended to stay in a single system for their entire careers. Should troops be needed, a portion of the two frozen watches could be used. Human mercenaries were popular for this duty. They have a partially streamlined cylindrical hull.
Image Repository[edit]
No information yet available.
General Description & Deck Plans[edit]
No information yet available.
Basic Ship Characteristics[edit]
Following the Imperial Navy and IISS Universal Ship Profile and data, additional information is presented in the format shown here. The small craft factor indicates the number of squadrons (...of ten subcraft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (...thousands of tons) where necessary. [1]
| Basic Ship Characteristics [2] | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Category | Remarks |
| 1. | Tonnage / Hull | 120,000 tons. |
| 2. | Crew | TBD crew. |
| 3. | Performance | Propulsion:
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| 4. | Electronics | Model/8 fib ship computer. |
| 5. | Hardpoints | x1,200 hardpoints. |
| 6. | Armament / Weaponry | The normal weapons fit-out for it is:
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| 7. | Defenses | Defensive Equipment:
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| 8. | Craft / Drones | TBD |
| 9. | Fuel Treatment | Fueling Equipment:
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| 10. | Cost | MCrTBD. |
| 11. | Construction Time | TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity. |
| 12. | Remarks | Other Equipment: |
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
It is one of the most common starships found in Vegan Space. The presence of these monitors was seen as such an obstacle it served as a strategic deterrent force to discourage enemy aggression and tended to discourage pirate raiders within Vegan borders.
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities[edit]
No information yet available.
Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]
Paramilitary Ship - Defensive Ship - Medium Monitor:
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.