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Latest revision as of 17:57, 5 December 2025
A HM-class Monitor is most often a large spaceship with armament roughly 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 often depend heavily on pre-positioned caches and fuel shuttles.
- They are part of the H-class Defensive Ship grouping and are typically considered paramilitary ships.
- They share a very similar mission with System Defense Vessels.
- 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. There are a few exceptions to the rule that are equipped with jump drives.
- The Supraclass designation is also known as Ship Mission, Ship Mission Code, Mission, or Ship Hull Designation.
- It is a starship supraclass.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
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.
Image Repository[edit]
- An Empress Troyhune class Planetoid Monitor revealing a powerful spinal mount underneath its bulky planetoid frame.
- A Stormrider class Monitor laying up within a gas giant, setting up an ambush for system invaders.
Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)[edit]
Monitors most often operate according to predetermined plans designed to optimize their defensive potential. They are typically stationed at the vital points of a system including gas giants, asteroid belts, mainworlds, and so on. Because they usually have no jump drives, shifting them from system to system can be a problem. Some types have jump shuttles which fit to the craft and provide jump capability. Another method is simple transport in large bulk cargo containers or on ship transporters; the monitors are loaded into many-thousand-ton transports or bulk carriers for the multi-parsec journey. This method, of course, is not recommended if immediate combat is expected at the destination.
Supraclass Roles[edit]
Monitors typically serve the following roles:
Bigcraft & Largecraft:
| LHM-class Monitor Supraclass Archetypes | |||
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| Archetype | Type Code | ||
| Monitor | (HM) (Namesake) | ||
| Patrol Monitor | (HM) | ||
| Planetary Monitor | (HM) | ||
| System Monitor | (HM) | ||
| System Defense Monitor | (HM) | ||
| Strike Monitor | (HM) | ||
| Planetoid Monitor | (HMP) | ||
| Asteroid Monitor | (HMP) | ||
| Buffered Asteroid Monitor | (HMP) | ||
| Very Light Monitor | (HMVL) | ||
| Light Monitor | (HML) | ||
| Medium Monitor | (HMM) | ||
| Medium Asteroid Monitor | (HMP) | ||
| Heavy Monitor | (HMH) | ||
| Heavy Asteroid Monitor | (HMP) | ||
| Battle-Monitor | (HMB) | ||
| Capital-Monitor | (HMB) | ||
| Supermonitor | (HMS / HMU) | ||
| Superheavy Monitor | (HMS) | ||
| Ultraheavy Monitor | (HMU) | ||
Size-Class Roles for System Monitor Vessels[edit]
- Utility Craft (U) (1 to 99 tons)
- System Defense Boat (SDB) (100 to 1,000 tons)
- System Defense Vessel (SDV) (1,000 to 10,000 tons)
- Very Light Monitor (HMVL) (1,000 to 2,500 tons)
- Light Monitor (HML) (2,500 to 10,000 tons)
- Medium Monitor (HMM) (10,000 to 25,000 tons)
- Heavy Monitor (HMH) (25,000 to 100,000 tons)
- Superheavy Monitor (HMS) (100,000 to 250,000 tons)
- Ultraheavy Monitor (HMU) (250,000 or more tons)
Military Subcraft[edit]
Military subcraft (...both smallcraft and bigcraft) are carried by some of these vessels:
- Battle Rider (BR)
- Combat Barge (WBG)
- Combat Transport Smallcraft (UI)
- Fighters (F)
- Militarized Utility Craft (UQ)
Supraclass Archtypes[edit]
| HM-class Monitor Supraclass Archtypes | |||
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| Archtype | Type Code/s | Exemplar | Remarks |
| Monitor | HM | 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.
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| Planetoid Monitor | HMP | Empress Troyhune class Planetoid Monitor | Planetoid Hull: Planetoid Monitors may belong to any of the size categories listed below.
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| Very Light Monitor | HMVL | Vishe class Light Monitor | (1,000 to 2,500 tons)
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| Light Monitor | HML | (2,500 to 10,000 tons)
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| Medium Monitor | HMM | (10,000 to 25,000 tons)
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| Heavy Monitor | HMH | MacHeany class Monitor | (25,000 to 100,000 tons)
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| Superheavy Monitor | HMS / HMB | (100,000 to 250,000 tons)
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| Ultraheavy Monitor | HMU / HMD / HMG |
Methuselah class System Defense Monitor | (250,000 tons +) » "Supermonitor"
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| NOTES: There is semantic overlap between many of the classes and codes. Some codes organize by mission or capability, others by size and tonnage, and yet others by other characteristics. | |||
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Monitors are among the oldest spacecraft or large boats found within Charted Space. They are the larger big brother of the more ubiquitous System Defense Boats and System Defense Vessels . While many are purpose built, it is not uncommon to take older hulls, remove the antique jump drive, and convert out-of-date, obselete battleships and cruisers into monitors. In many but not all such cases, a substantial cost savings can be realized. At any rate, there a vast array of monitors of various types and makes both manufactured, re-manufactured, and operated within Charted Space. This AAB Library Data file only contains a selection of available hulls. [1]
Selected Variant Types & Classes[edit]
Paramilitary Ship - Defensive Ship (D) - System Defense Monitor (DN):
Type HM class System Defense Monitor
- Type HMP class Planetoid Monitor
- Defender class Planetoid Monitor
- Empress Troyhune class Planetoid Monitor
- Guardian class Asteroid Monitor
- Hukkert class Monitor
- Methuselah class System Defense Monitor
- Obsidian class Asteroid Monitor
- Peset class Asteroid Monitor
- Porton class Asteroid Monitor
- Quesha FR-6 class Buffered Asteroid Monitor
- Sable class Heavy System Defense Monitor
- SH2K Frost G class Medium Asteroid Monitor
- SH7K Fromaag class Heavy Asteroid Monitor
- Temarn class Asteroid Monitor
- Type M2M class Planetoid Battle Station
Paramilitary Ship - Defensive Ship (D) - System Defense Monitor (DN):
Type HM class System Defense Monitor
Paramilitary Ship - Defensive Ship (D) - System Defense Monitor (DN):
Type HM class System Defense Monitor
Paramilitary Ship - Defensive Ship (D) - System Defense Monitor (DN):
Type HM class System Defense Monitor
Paramilitary Ship - Defensive Ship - System Defense Monitor:
Paramilitary Ship - Defensive Ship (D) - System Defense Monitor (DN):
Type HM class System Defense Monitor
Paramilitary Ship - Defensive Ship - System Defense Monitor:
Ship Summary List[edit]
Some of the most commonly used vessels in the monitor role include:
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| 4 Representative Planetoid Monitor (HMP) Classes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 Representative Very Light Monitor (HMVL) Classes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 5 Representative Light Monitor (HML) Classes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 0 Representative Medium Monitor (HMM) Classes | |
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| No results |
| 3 Representative Heavy Monitor (HMH) Classes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 Representative Superheavy Monitor (HMS) Classes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 0 Representative Ultraheavy Monitor (HMU) Classes | |
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| No results |
Library Data Referral Tree[edit]
- Advanced Ship Classifications
- Ship Mission Code / Supraclass
- Ship Type Code / Superclass
- Ship Class Code / Class
- Model (TL)
- Bloc (Lot)
- Basic Ship Classifications
- Adventure Class Ship (Auxiliary Class Ship)
- Battle Class Ship (Bulk / Subcapital Class Ship)
- Capital Ship (Capital Class Ship)
- Fleet Class Ship (Capital Class Ship)
- Size-Role Classification
- Subcapital Ship (Small & Large Battle Class Ships)
- QSP
- USP
- World Class Ship
- NAFAL (STL) - (Not As Fast As Light) / (Slower Than Light)
- Light Speed (c)
- FTL - (Faster Than Light) - "Superluminal"
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- This article is an amalgamation of many different materials published since 1977.
- Fighting Ships (Classic Traveller Supplement 9)
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science, Emeritus
- ↑ Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak