Methuselah class System Defense Monitor

Methuselah class System Defense Monitor
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Type: HMS System Defense Monitor
Category	FCS
Size	750,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	Buffered Planetoid Hull
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/6 fib
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	3 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	7,500
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	5,839
Officers	X
Enlisted	X
Marines	900
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	8,612.0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Caliphate of Estalia
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr648,796.85 Qty: MCr 519,037.48
Architect fee	MCr6,487.969
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 Methuselah class System Defense Monitor is a defensive warship.

• It is a military ship and a System Defense Monitor.

Description (Specifications)

Built for the Caliphate of Estalia this is a heavily armored and reinforced, buffered planetoid hull structure. As a result it is unstreamlined and incapable of wilderness refueling. It features TL–12 drives with 3 G acceleration and 3 agility. It has hangar capacity for twenty 90 ton Kaufman Class Dual Environment Fighters which function as SDBs. It can also carry twenty 60 ton marine recovery boats. It is fitted with a 90 ton capacity launch tube facility. The 900 marines have drop capsules and use 20 G-Carriers. Built to withstand considerable punishment they are essentially immune to surface explosions and weapon impacts. Only meson weapons can produce interior explosions and nuclear weapons can cause radiation damage to interior systems. The design features abundant back up features including; a complete low watch, a model 6 fib computer, nuclear dampers and meson screens. The weapons suite features a spinal mounted meson gun and 400 heavy missile bays. There are 252 batteries of sand casters, ten repulsors, sixty batteries of beam lasers, ten fusion gun bays, and ten particle accelerator bays.

These war moons are inspired by early Solomani sub light asteroid colonizers. The squadron of ten hide among the rings of the gas giants waiting for refueling prey. With the arsenal at their command only a large squadron of advanced Battleships would stand any chance against them.

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	TBD tons.
2.	Crew	TBD crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-TBD TBD-G acceleration #.0 tons of fuel. Power Plant-TBD TBD-EPs Agility-TBD
4.	Electronics	Model/TBD fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	xTBD hardpoints.
6.	Armament / Weaponry	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: Lasers: None Energy Weapons: None Particle Accelerators: None Meson Guns: None Missiles: None Other: None
7.	Defenses	Defensive Equipment: Ship Armors: None Meson Screens: None Nuclear Dampers: None Repulsors: None Other: None
8.	Craft / Drones	TBD
9.	Fuel Treatment	TBD
10.	Cost	MCrTBD.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

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Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

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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