Knuckle Head class System Defense Monitor

Knuckle Head class System Defense Monitor
Non-canon fan design.
Type: BMS Monitor
Size	1,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[{{{hull}}}]]
Tech Level	TL–8
Engineering
Computer	No information yet available.
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	4 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	10
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	28 with 15 Marines.
Officers	Unknown.
Marines	No information yet available.
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Winston Democracy
Year Operational	No information yet available.
Price
Cost	MCr678.75 (base) MCr543.00 (discounted)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	No information yet available.
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Knuckle Head class System Defense Monitor is a warship.

• It is a military ship and a monitor.

Description (Specifications)

Knuckle Head class System Defense Monitors serve with The Democratic People's Defense Forces, the armed forces of the Winston Democracy. Four can be carried by the Stormbringer class Fleet Tender.

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 craft) 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	The Knuckle Head class is constructed using a 1000 Ton hull built as a Buffered Planetoid. The hull is unstreamlined and cannot operate in anything denser than Trace atmospheres without risking catastrophic structural failure. There are 6 airlocks located around the vessel.
2.	Crew	28 personnel. XX command, XX engineering, XX gunnery, XX service, XX medical, and XX stewards. There are 15 Marines and XX flight crew. Staterooms: XX single double occupancy. Low berths: XX 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 Maneuver-4 drive and a Power plant-4, giving performance of 4-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 4. There is fuel tankage of 40 Tons, giving the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge is a computer model/2 fib: no backup computer is installed. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment and a basic sensor array. It is fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivaed on command.
5.	Hardpoints	10 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for an Knuckle Head class is: x1 100-Ton bay, mounting a missile launcher.
7.	Defenses	The hull is plated, structurally reinforced, and built with secure bulkheads and compartments that give it a High Guard armor rating of 9. The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft	The vessel carries no dedicated subcraft.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel is not fitted with fuel purification equipment.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr678.75 Architects Fee: MCr6.788
11.	Construction Time	120 weeks 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	The ship does not have a cargo hold.

History & Background

Knuckle Head class System Defense Monitors are built for The Democratic People's Defense Forces, the military of the Winston Democracy. The vessel is a fusion-tunneled buffered asteroid: the interior compartments are protected by heavy armor plates and the craft has extensive structural bracing. The design is built around its large missile bay. Knuckle Heads carry a section of marines for boarding actions and inspections.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• 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