Thaakh class Monitor

Thaakh class Monitor
System patrol vessel
Type: HML Monitor
Category	BCS
Size	60,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Needle Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/5 fib
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	600
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	656
Officers	86
Enlisted	470
Marines	126
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	20.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Sath Alliance
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr84,127.764 Qty: MCr 67,302.211
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	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 Thaakh class Monitor is a defensive warship.

• It is a military ship and a Monitor.
• Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.
• Please also see AAB article: Warships of the Distant Fringe.

Description (Specifications)

They are heavily armored needle/wedge hulls capable of hiding in the atmospheres of gas giants lying in ambush. They are capable of 6G acceleration with a 4-Agility rating. They are designed with several redundant systems, which allow them to absorb considerable punishment. They are fitted with fuel scoops but need not worry about fuel purification. It carries a pair of model/5 fib ship computers with an auxiliary bridge, and a low watch to replace fallen crew.

The TL–11 hulls don't have jump drives and can not leave the system in which they were build. The Ch'kaahi (world) system defense fleet lacks as yet, the ability to transport these monsters to other systems.

They are fitted with the best particle accelerator spinal mounted weapon system available for ship killing. They are armed with four repulsor bays, seventeen heavy missile bays, two hundred triple sand caster batteries, five dual plasma guns, and one hundred and forty triple pulse laser turrets.

They carry a company of 126 marines with ninety drop capsules. The marines are supported by a squadrons of ten 30 dton fighters, a company of Sath Alliance Grav APCs, and two 20dton retrieval boats.

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General Description & Deck Plans

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Basic Ship Characteristics

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.

Basic Ship Characteristics
No.	Category	Remarks
1.	Tonnage / Hull	60,000 tons.
2.	Crew	656 crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-0 6-G acceleration 4,200.0 tons of fuel. Power Plant-7 4,200-EPs Agility-4
4.	Electronics	Model/5 fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x600 hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Lasers: 140 triple pulse laser turrets Energy Weapons: Five dual plasma gun turrets Particle Accelerators: Factor K spinal mount Meson Guns: None Missiles: Seventeen factor 8 100ton missile bays Other: None
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: Factor 11 Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: four factor 4 100ton bays Other: 200 triple sand caster turrets
8.	Craft / Drones	10 x 30T Fighter, 10 x 3T Grav APCs, 2 x 20T Retrieval Boats
9.	Fuel Treatment	Fuel Scoops
10.	Cost	MCr84,127.764.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to 20.0 tons. 1 x Model/5fib Computer 1 x Bridge

History & Background (Dossier)

Designed and built for the Sath Alliance Military Forces. These ships operate within the Far Home Sector.

Distant Fringe Vessels

The Distant Fringe is said to be a far spinward-rimward area inhabited by colonists and refugees originating on Terra. The region is extremely isolated, separated from the rest of Charted Space by vast, almost uncrossable rifts that were once broached by a system of calibration Points and the use of tankers. Those few academics within Charted Space who have found references to the Distant Fringe regard it as little more than a tall tale. Likewise, many of the inhabitants of the Distant Fringe believe the existence of Charted Space to be mythical.

Vessels originating within the Distant Fringe are very rarely encountered outside of the region. However, misjumps do occur and anomalies with bizarre spacetime and Jumpspace effects exist: as such, craft of this type are not entirely unknown within Charted Space.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Each vessel within the class is named by the government of the state that produces it. They generally draw on traditional naming protocols and it is not uncommon for a historical class name to be reused.

• Individual vessels within the class are issued specific serial numbers and transponder codes.
• Naming a ship is considered a serious affair and is generally accompanied by a traditional ceremony, usually pouring a local beverage over the bows of the craft. Starfarers tend to be superstitious folk and a ship with a frivolous name is considered "unlucky".

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Paramilitary Ship - Defensive Ship - Light Monitor:

1. Type HML class Light Monitor
   1. Cabon class System Monitor
   2. Colby class Monitor
   3. Donnager class Monitor
   4. Harris class Monitor
   5. Khaar's Will class System Monitor
   6. MacHeany class Monitor
   7. Shiishu class Monitor
   8. Stormrider class Monitor
   9. Thaakh class Monitor
   10. Uffan class Monitor
   11. Warden class System Monitor

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science