Stormrider class Monitor

Stormrider class Monitor
Homegrown subsector navy monitor.
Type: HML Monitor
Category	BCS
Size	8,500 Tons
Hull Configuration	Sphere Hull
Streamlining	Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–14
Engineering
Computer	Model/3 bis
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	2 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	85
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	126
Officers	26
Enlisted	100
Marines	24
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	131.5 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
Year Operational	Unknown
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr11,263, MCr9,010.4 in Qty.
Architect fee	MCrJames Kundert
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	Yes
Source
Also see	Defensive Ship - Monitor
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: James Kundert
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Stormrider class Monitor is a defensive warship.

• It is a military ship and a Monitor.
• It functions as part of the Inar SysDefCom.

Description

It is a vessel with 2-G and J-0 performance with a streamlined sphere hull.

• It carries heavy armament and a comprehensive defensive suite.
• It ordinarily carries several subcraft and many drones.
• It has a 126 sophont crew and 24 marines.

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The Stormrider class Meson Monitor was designed and built by the shipyards of Inar (Deneb 1213), the Stormrider is intended to hide within the atmosphere of a gas giant and deny its use to hostile ships. The armored hull enables the Stormrider to survive long tours of duty deep in a gas giant. The ship depends on hundreds of small sensor drones to target its meson guns. An integral part of the Inar System Defense, the drones are scattered throughout the gas giant's area of space, and communicate with each other and the monitor using maser comm-links. Stormriders often operate in squadrons, with all the ships guarding a gas giant linked into one sensor/comm-net.

The Stormrider has a large streamlined tail-sitter sphere hull, with the decks oriented perpendicular to the direction of thrust. The Thrusters and Meson-G occupy the centerline of the ship. The two meson bays are in the top half of the sphere, while the missile bays are spaced around the equator. The deck orientation allows this ship to use its thrusters to maintain station without needing the internal grav field and inertial compensation activated. The ship is thus harder to spot on densitometer scans.

The integral scoops allow the Stormrider to remain on station indefinitely, drawing fuel from the surrounding gas giant. The ship has the capacity to carry life support supplies for some time, and is designed to be as comfortable an environment as possible for the 126 crew members.

Image Repository

1. A Stormrider class Monitor laying up within a gas giant, setting up an ambush for system invaders.
   

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	tons.
2.	Crew	crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump- -G acceleration #.0 tons of fuel. Power Plant- -EPs Agility-
4.	Electronics	Model/ fib ship computer.
5.	Hardpoints	x 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
9.	Fuel Treatment
10.	Cost	MCr.
11.	Construction Time	months to build, months in quantity.
12.	Remarks	Other Equipment: Cargo Bay: Standard cargo capacity amounts to .0 tons.

History

The Duchy of Inar based out of Inar (world) has a vibrant TL-14 or TL-E ship building industry, known for innovative designs and clever Naval Architecture. They are best known for their streamlined cylinder hull and sphere hull tail-sitter ship designs and sphere hulled smallcraft specialized for star system defense. They also build some of the finest fusion guns and ECM systems in Imperial Space.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Paramilitary Ship - Defensive Ship (D) - System Defense Monitor (DN):
Type HM class System Defense Monitor

1. Type HML class Light Monitor
   1. Cabon class System Monitor
   2. Donnager class Monitor
   3. Stormrider class Monitor
   4. Uffan class Monitor

Sources

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This ship was originally designed using MegaTraveller ship design rules. Marc Miller. Referee's Manual (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), .

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• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• GypsyComet's Shipyard — Design by James Kundert
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: James Kundert
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science