A Planetoid Hull is a kind of ship structure, fuselage, chassis, or hull.
A Planetoid Hull is a hull constructed from a small planetoid that has laser-tunneled interior for drives, crew, and payload. It is a relatively inexpensive hull with very strong structural properties. It is unsuited for most world landings.
Image Repository[edit]
- Planetoid Hulls are a cheap and common hull type.

- Planetoid Hull featuring a Modular Cutter sub-hull smallcraft

CBPUSAL Function Designation Streamlining Spectrum[edit]
The Imperial Ship Builders Association (ISBA) qualifies modern naval hulls across this spectrum:
- C. Cluster. An accumulation of compartments.
- B. Braced Cluster. Structured for higher acceleration.
- P. Planetoid. A hollowed nickel-iron asteroid.
- U. Unstreamlined. Protrusions increase drag.
- S. Streamlined. Cowlings and fairings decrease drag.
- A. Airframe. Winged for performance in atmosphere.
- L. Lifting Body. Radically streamlined lifting-surfaces.
A Buffered Planetoid Hull is similar to a standard planetoid hull with the difference that extra bracing is installed allowing for stronger durability and better performance capabilities. They are common enough that they warrant their own hull category.
Icy Asteroid Hulls are an exotic sort of planetoid hull with shortcomings considered by many to be less desirable than standard metallic meteors. Such hulls tend to lose mass depending on their proximity to a star. However, some sophont species have found ways to make the technology work. They are relatively rare and are considered a subclass of the planetoid hull classification.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Planetoid Hulls are defined by their use of a planetoid or asteroid as the primary hull structure. They typically make use of metallic meteors although other kinds of planetoids may be used.
Special Planetoid Vessels of Note[edit]
Legends of the Sky Raiders - Sky Raiders: During the early stages of the First Imperium the Loeskalth culture absorbed a great deal of science and technology indirectly from the Vilani and founded a small empire which embraced, at its height, most of their home subsector. [1]
About -4200, the Vilani consolidation destroyed the Loeskalth Empire and absorbed the civilization into the mainstream of Vilani culture. An aggressive and warlike race, the Loeskalth resisted but were ultimately overwhelmed. [2]
Recent evidence has shown that the last pocket of Loeskalth resistance built a large asteroid starship which set off on a sublight voyage across the Great Rift after the final Vilani triumph. The descendants of the refugees on this ship later became the so-called Sky Raiders. [3]
Selected Craft Using Planetoid Hulls[edit]
19 Representative Buffered Planetoid Hull configuration ships
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Class | Superclass | Tons | TL | Origin | G | Jump | Illustration | Canon |
Class | Superclass | Tons | TL | Origin | G | Jump | Illustration | Canon |
Bay class Surveillance Vessel | SI | 6,000 | 11 | Principality of Caledon | 6 | 0 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Dark Spirit class Intelligence Vessel | SF | 900 | 12 | Jelmiri Marches | 1 | 3 | Yes | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Defender class Planetoid Monitor | HMP | 9,000 | 9 | Distant Fringe | 6 | 0 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Guardian class Asteroid Monitor | HMPL | 1,000 | 12 | Geonee Confederation | 1 | 1 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Hive Protector class System Defense Boat | HSL | 49,000 | 10 | Maskai Empire | 5 | 0 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Hukkert class Monitor | HMP | 50,000 | 12 | Anubian Trade Coalition | 6 | 0 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Knuckle Head class System Defense Monitor | HMVL | 1,000 | 8 | Winston Democracy | 4 | 0 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Lake class Surveillance Vessel | SIS | Varies (sample 9,789) | 12 | Principality of Caledon | 1 | 2 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | MCS class Mobile Asteroid Base | GF | 10,000,000 | 14 | Third Imperium | 1 | 2 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Methuselah class System Defense Monitor | HMS | 750,000 | 12 | Caliphate of Estalia | 3 | 0 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Mossip class Destroyer Escort | DE | 1,000 | 13 | Mnemosyne Principality | 4 | 4 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Nara class Light Cruiser | CM | 28,000 | 12 | Mapepire Cluster | 2 | 2 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Obsidian class Asteroid Monitor | HMP | 22,800 | 12 | Federation of Alsas | 1 | 0 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Peset class Asteroid Monitor | HMPL | 1,000 | 11 | Rimward Federation | 2 | 0 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Quesha FR-6 class Buffered Asteroid Monitor | HMPL | 68,600 | 11 | Sorority of Hygiea | 2 | 0 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Rull class Light Cruiser | CM | 49,000 | 10 | Mnemosyne Principality | 1 | 1 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | System Defense Brick class Defense Drone | UDQ | 10 | 12 | Second Imperium | 7 | 0 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan smallcraft design. | Temarn class Asteroid Monitor | HMP | 20,000 | 11 | Yimin Jiti | 2 | 0 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Uffan class Monitor | HML | 4,000 | 9 | Uffan Strategic Space Forces | 1 | 0 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. |
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22 Representative Planetoid Hull configuration ships
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Class | Superclass | Tons | TL | Origin | G | Jump | Illustration | Canon |
Class | Superclass | Tons | TL | Origin | G | Jump | Illustration | Canon |
Ancona class Destroyer | DM | 6,000 | 12 | Glenauran Signatorate | 3 | 3 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Caccil class Merchant | TM | 100,000 | 16 | Aakho Pantocracy | 2 | 2 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Empress Troyhune class Planetoid Monitor | HMP | 50,000 | 15 | Third Imperium | 6 | 0 | Yes | Yes. Published, canon starship design. | Eurisko class Heavy Cruiser | CH | 60,900 | 14 | Third Imperium | 3 | 4 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Express Rock class Mail Drone | XC | 100 | 11 | GeDeCo | 0 | 2 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan smallcraft design. | Fuelbag class Fuel Depot Drone | UDX | 10 | 12 | Second Imperium | 1 | 0 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan smallcraft design. | Ice Rock class Asteroid Tanker | QSF | 980,000 | 15 | Third Imperium | 3 | 4 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Icepick class Fuel/Ice Harvesting Drone | UDF | 10 | 12 | Second Imperium | 7 | 0 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan smallcraft design. | Ixobis class Dreadnought | BP | 200,000 | 13 | Marlan Primate | 2 | 2 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Mint class Mining Drone | UDG | 10 | 12 | Second Imperium | 1 | 0 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan smallcraft design. | Pallad class Asteroid Scout | SP | 200 | 15 | Third Imperium | 2 | 3 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Planetoid Hauler class Cargo Ship | WBC | 990 | 9 | Terra | 1 | 0 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan spaceship design. | Porton class Asteroid Monitor | HMPL | 351 | 11 | Strend Cluster | 6 | 0 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Sable class Heavy System Defense Monitor | HMP | 99,000 | 13 | Strend Cluster | 2 | 0 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | SH2K Frost G class Medium Asteroid Monitor | HMP | 20,000 | 11 | Sorority of Hygiea | 3 | 0 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | SH7K Fromaag class Heavy Asteroid Monitor | HMP | 70,000 | 11 | Sorority of Hygiea | 4 | 0 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Silver Spur class Scout | SP | 200 | 11 | Council of the Wise | 5 | 2 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Starbelt class Fleet Tender | VTF | 50,000 | 11 | Trindel Confederacy | 2 | 2 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Taranil class Patrol Frigate | EF | 1,600 | 10 | Maujen Defense Bureau | 1 | 1 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Type M2M class Planetoid Battle Station | HMP | 5,000 | 10 | Queendom Remnants | 1 | 1 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. | Vrad class Generation Ship | KCG | 73 x 10^18 | 12 | Two Thousand Worlds | 1 | 0 | Yes | Yes. Published, canon starship design. | Yesto class Light Cruiser | CM | 30,000 | 12 | Principality of Mavuzo | 3 | 3 | No | No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. |
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References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]