Temarn class Asteroid Monitor

Temarn class Asteroid Monitor
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Type: HMP Asteroid Monitor
Category	BCS
Size	20,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Buffered Planetoid Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–11
Engineering
Computer	Model/5 fib
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	200
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	204
Officers	34
Enlisted	170
Marines	24
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	9.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Yimin Jiti
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr22,129.578 Qty:MCr 17,703.662
Architect fee	MCr221.296
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 Temarn class Asteroid Monitor is a defensive warship.

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

Description (Specifications)

The buffered planetoid hull is harvested from this system's belt. The ship has 2G maneuver drive and 2 agility. There are equipped with on board fuel purification, but are not well equipped for wilderness refueling, without assistance. It can carry a drop tank for an additional 28 days of power plant fuel so it can stay on station longer. These TL–11 craft are fitted with a pair of the best computers available, military grade Model/5 fib computers adjacent to the bridge.

• Armament is centered around a spinal mounted meson gun and ten large missile bays. There is a single particle accelerator bay, ten dual plasma gun turrets, ten triple beam laser turrets, and ten triple sand caster turrets. No additional armor was fitted. There is a small hold, which can double as a missile magazine.
• They deploy a three dton Narit Air Raft, as an interface vehicle when orbital port facilities and two 20 ton launches.
• There are 11 command crew, 46 engineers, 78 gunners, 5 flight staff, 40 services, and 24 marines.

Image Repository

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General Description & Deck Plans

No information yet available.

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	20,000 tons.
2.	Crew	x204 crew.
3.	Performance / Engineering	Propulsion: Jump-0 2-G acceleration Power Plant-6 1,200-EPs Agility-2
4.	Main Section / Electronics	Model/5 fib computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x200 hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Factor A meson spinal mount, ten 100 ton factor 8 missile bays, one factor 7 particle accelerator bay, ten dual plasma gun turrets in one factor 6 battery, and ten triple beam laser turrets in one factor 8 battery.
7.	Defenses	Integral factor 6 armor, ten triple sand caster turrets in one factor 9 batter, and one factor 4 repulsor bay.
8.	Craft / Subcraft	x1 3T Narit Air Raft, x2 20T Launches
9.	Fuel Treatment	On Board Fuel Purification
10.	Cost	MCr22,129.578.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	No information yet available. Standard cargo capacity amounts to 9.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

These are a set of four massive asteroid monitors for the defense of the system in which they were built. These were built at Temarn, by the Yimin Jiti. 4 in service.

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 - Planetoid Monitor:

1. Type HMP class Planetoid Monitor
   1. Defender class Planetoid Monitor
   2. Empress Troyhune class Planetoid Monitor
   3. Guardian class Asteroid Monitor
   4. Hukkert class Monitor
   5. Methuselah class System Defense Monitor
   6. Obsidian class Asteroid Monitor
   7. Peset class Asteroid Monitor
   8. Porton class Asteroid Monitor
   9. Quesha FR-6 class Buffered Asteroid Monitor
   10. Sable class Heavy System Defense Monitor
   11. SH2K Frost G class Medium Asteroid Monitor
   12. SH7K Fromaag class Heavy Asteroid Monitor
   13. Temarn class Asteroid Monitor
   14. Type M2M class Planetoid Battle Station

References & Contributors (Sources)

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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
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS