Montgomery class Frigate

Montgomery class Frigate
TBD
Type: EF Frigate
Category	BCS
Size	2,800 Tons
Hull Configuration	Oreo Pattern Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–15
Engineering
Computer	Model/9 fib
Jump	J-4
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	28
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	43
Officers	5
Enlisted	38
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	7.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr2,055.944 (base) MCr1,644.755 (qty)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	EF-02U64
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Escort - Frigate
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 Montgomery class Frigate is a light warship.

• It is a military ship and a Frigate.
• The vessel is a TL-15 design.

Description (Specifications)

The Montgomery class Frigate was designed for service with the Fleets of the Domain of Sylea. It mounts a pair of Heavy Missile bays, able to deliver a relatively heavy blow, as well as Particle Accelerator, Beam Laser and Fusion Gun turrets. The hull is lightly armored and the vessel is fast and agile. The ship is capable of Jump-4, enabling it to keep pace with Imperial Fleets. The Montgomery class has a low watch to replace lost crew, though the low berths are occasionally used to carry small units of troops. In compliance with the "Oreo Settlement" the ship carries an Alfred class Gunboat.

Image Repository

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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	The Montgomery class is constructed using a 2,800 Ton hull built in a Close Structure configuration. The hull is partially streamlined, giving a relatively limited atmospheric performance that is reliant on its onboard gravitic systems. There are 15 airlocks located around the vessel. The cargo hold is accessed by large doors and has a loading ramp. The vessel has sturdy retractable legs, allowing surface landings.
2.	Crew	x43 personnel. x5 Officers. x38 Enlisted, including x3 Security. Accommodations There are 21.5 Staterooms. All quarters are double occupancy. There are 22 Low Berths. These hold the Frozen Watch. The low berths are tended by the vessel's medical staff. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems. There are internal monitoring and security systems throughout the vessel. Individual sections of the hull can be sealed off. There are multiple emergency lockers.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a Jump-4 drive, a Maneuver-6 drive, and a Power Plant-8, giving performance of Jump-4 and 6-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 6. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient for one Jump-4 and gives the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room. Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery. The jump drive utilizes a lanthanum hull grid. The jump drive is fitted with a jump governor.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a Model/9 fib ship computer: no backup computer is installed. There are multiple workstations and control points throughout the vessel. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, an advanced sensor array, and has an avionics suite. It is fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command. It is equipped with a sophisticated ECM package.
5.	Hardpoints	28 hardpoints. The listed battery groupings are standard configurations for the class. Alternative battery groupings may be designated for specific missions.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for a Montgomery class is: x4 triple Beam Laser turrets, typically grouped into a single battery of 4 linked turrets. x2 dual Fusion Gun turrets, typically forming two batteries each of 1 turret. x2 single Particle Accelerator turrets, typically grouped into a single battery of 2 linked turrets. x2 100-Ton bays, mounting Heavy Missile Launchers.
7.	Defenses	The hull is plated, structurally reinforced, and built with secure bulkheads and compartments that give it a High Guard armor rating of 5. The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft	Flight Section x1 90-Ton Alfred class Gunboat. The Gunboat is housed in a dedicated hanger: the hanger can be sealed and has a total volume of 117 Tons.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 1,344 Tons. The hull is fitted with fuel scoops. The vessel is equipped with a fuel purification plant that can refine all onboard fuel in a few hours: the plant is operated and maintained by the engineering crew.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr2,055.944 Architects Fee: MCr20.559
11.	Construction Time	130 weeks (30 months) as standard. Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12.	Comments	Standard cargo capacity amounts to 7.0 Tons. The cargo hold can be sealed and has independent life support and environmental systems.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Montgomery class Frigate sees service in Fleets across the Domain of Sylea and beyond. It was designed to be produced in shipyards across the Domain and was intended for general Imperial service, and as such it bore no particular cultural or political influences within its architecture. However, Montgomerys were designated for service with the 146th Fleet stationed in Oreo Subsector, and consequently the eccentric but influential 14th Duke of Oreo became involved in the project.

The 14th Duke was a direct descendant of the aristocratic Halls families, the pre-Imperial rulers of Oreo Subsector. When the Oreo Worlds, the proto-polity they controlled, was absorbed into the expanding Third Imperium they gained a privilege known as the "Oreo Settlement". This mandated that any vessels that were to serve with the 146th Fleet – the designation given to the former Oreo Worlds flotilla and considered by the 14th Duke to be his "personal Fleet" – must be locally designed and manufactured. The privilege had been granted by Cleon I himself and the Duke insisted that it must be honored.

The demand was utterly impractical and strategically suicidal, and the Navy resisted the proposal, eventually resulting in the direct intervention of the Archduke of the Domain. She ruled that all vessels of the Montgomery class, no matter where they served, were to carry an Alfred class Gunboat, a small combat craft that was the personal design of the 14th Duke himself. The Alfred was a capable vessel and all parties found the resolution acceptable. The current Duke has maintained his father's policy and as a result many classes of warship operating within the Domain carry at least one Alfred. Some naval officers resent the ongoing Noble influence on naval architecture: others see the broader political benefits that such indulgences can bring.

Oreo Pattern Hulls

"Oreo Pattern" hulls are a naval design feature that grew out of the "Oreo Settlement", and which was initially implemented in Oreo Subsector of Massilia Sector for economic reasons following the Civil War. Fundamentally, it is the process of creating hybrid technology ships. Unarmored hulls are locally built at lower tech levels, transported aboard commercial vessels, and fitted out as TL-15 warships at the more advanced shipyards in the region. "Oreo Pattern" starships have proven just as capable as their counterparts originating in other regions of the Imperium and it is now an accepted quirk of warships originating within the Domain of Sylea.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

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Selected Variant Types & Classes

Military Vessel - Escort - Frigate:

1. Type EF class Frigate
   1. Accel class Light Frigate
   2. Chaiik class Frigate
   3. Dead Sun class Frigate
   4. Draper class Frigate
   5. Eraser class Frigate
   6. Ghost class Frigate
   7. Hazard class Frigate
   8. Idris class Frigate
   9. KE11 Ancestor class Frigate
   10. Kinunir class Vanguard Cruiser
   11. Krivak class Frigate
   12. Last Armada class Fast Escort
   13. Leedos class Frigate
   14. Mangle class Frigate
   15. Maurus class Frigate
   16. Montgomery class Frigate
   17. Musuna class Frigate
   18. Naga class Frigate
   19. Nevato class Frigate
   20. Nonsuch class Patrol Frigate
   21. Nowa Sol class Frigate
   22. Oorlog Jacht class Frigate
   23. Pilum class Frigate
   24. Plasma Storm class Frigate
   25. Revenge War Sloop class Corvette
   26. Rr'xighik'ker class Frigate
   27. S-17r class Frigate
   28. Sardis class Frigate
   29. Se Koez class Frigate
   30. Surprise class Light Frigate
   31. Taranil class Patrol Frigate
   32. TC10 Kalsop class Frigate
   33. Type 053H Xiamen class Frigate
   34. Type G class Frigate
   35. Type VF class Frigate
   36. Uxkoong class Frigate
   37. Yubari class Frigate

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