Monitor

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A Monitor is a large spaceship with armament equivalent to a Battleship, often placed in orbit around a mainworld, and used primarily for system defense roles. Generally based on a planetoid hull (and so automatically unstreamlined), these craft depend heavily on pre-positioned caches and fuel shuttles.

• Like battle riders, they are in a conquer-or-die situation if facing superior forces. Their deterrent value is therefore fragile as well as powerful.
• The Supraclass designation is also known as Ship Mission, Ship Mission Code, Mission, or Ship Hull Designation.
• It is a starship supraclass.

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Description (Specifications)

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Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)

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Supraclass Roles

Monitors typically serve the following roles:

• Asteroid Monitor
• Buffered Asteroid Monitor
• Heavy Asteroid Monitor
• Light Monitor
• Medium Asteroid Monitor
• Planetary Monitor
• Planetoid Monitor
• Strike Monitor

Supraclass Archtypes

Monitor Supraclass Archtypes
Archtype	Type Code/s	Exemplar	Remarks
Monitor	BM	X	Monitors are usually known as large spaceship with armament equivalent to a battleship, used primarily for system defense roles. Generally based on a planetoid hull (and so automatically unstreamlined), these craft depend heavily on pre-positioned caches and fuel shuttles. The large size of these craft make them generally impossible to move inter-system. Like battle riders, they are in a conquer-or-die situation if facing superior forces. Their deterrent value is therefore fragile as well as powerful. They are generally viewed as more of a mobile fortress than anything else. The term of monitor is also used with smaller craft. Any semi-mobile fortification, lacking jump capability may be known as a system monitor, but are often grouped in other classes.

History & Background (Dossier)

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Selected Variant Types & Classes

Monitor

Monitor:

1. Type BM class Monitor
   1. Archipelago class System Monitor
   2. Cabon class System Monitor
   3. Donnager class Monitor
   4. Stormrider class Monitor
   5. Uffan class Monitor
2. Type BMA class Heavy Monitor
   1. Methuselah class System Defense Monitor
3. Type BML class Light Monitor
   1. Guardian class Asteroid Monitor
   2. Knuckle Head class System Defense Monitor
   3. Peset class Asteroid Monitor
   4. Porton class Asteroid Monitor
4. Type BMP class Planetoid Monitor
   1. Empress Troyhune class Planetoid Monitor
   2. Obsidian class Asteroid Monitor
   3. Quesha FR-6 class Buffered Asteroid Monitor
   4. SH2K Frost G class Medium Asteroid Monitor
   5. SH7K Fromaag class Heavy Asteroid Monitor
   6. Temarn class Asteroid Monitor
   7. Type M2M class Battle Station

Ship Summary List

Some of the most commonly used vessels in the monitor role include:

3 Representative Monitor (BM) Classes

Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Cordell class Battleship BM 15 140,000 4 5 Third Imperium No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. BB-0KU54 Dauntless class Battleship BM 12 100,000 2 3 Nexus Fleet Forces No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. TBD Tenjada class Battleship BM 12 100,000 3 3 Tenjada Moralitate No. Unpublished, non-canon fan design. TBD

0 Representative Heavy Monitor (BMH) Classes
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0 Representative Light Monitor (BML) Classes
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0 Representative Medium Monitor (BMM) Classes
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0 Representative Planetoid Monitor (BMP) Classes
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