Guardian class Monitor
| Guardian class Monitor | |
|---|---|
 VNS 68A | |
| Type: HM Monitor | |
| Category | BCS |
| Size | 120,000 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | [[{{{hull}}}]] |
| Tech Level | TL–14 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | TBD |
| Jump | J-0 |
| Maneuver | 6 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 1200 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 0 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 2,006 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 891 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Vegan Polity |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr138,039.246 |
| Statistics | |
| Source | |
| Also see | Defensive Ship - Monitor |
| Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
| TBD | |
The Guardian class Monitor is a defensive warship.
- It is a military ship and a Monitor.
Description (Specifications)
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.
History & Background (Dossier)
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
No information yet available.
Selected Variant Types & Classes
Military Ship - Smallcraft - Fighter:
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 of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science