Warden class System Monitor

Warden class System Monitor
Distant Fringe vessel.
Type: BM Monitor
Category	[[BCS]]
Size	40,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[TBD Hull]]
Streamlining	Unstreamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/TBD
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	400
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	460
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	2 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Nexus Fleet Forces
Price
Cost	MCr56,410.72 in quantity 45,128.576
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Monitor
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr.
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Warden class System Monitor is a medium, defensive warship.

• It is a military ship and a Monitor.
• Please also see AAB article: Ships of the Distant Fringe.
• Please also see AAB article: Warships of the Distant Fringe.

Description (Specifications)

They have an armored streamlined needle/wedge hull capable of atmospheric operations and is fitted with fuel scoops for ocean refueling. They offer 6G acceleration, and 4 agility. They mount a pair of model 6 fib computers adjacent to the bridge with back up screens in the event of battle damage. They are fitted to carry drop tanks with an additional 28 days of power plant fuel, so that they can remain on station for an extended time.

There is a large fusion power plant dedicated to providing nimble agility, powerful energy weapons and feeding the computer's power demands. They are armed with 28 large missile bays, the best spinal mounted meson gun available, a particle accelerator bay, ten dual fusion guns, ten triple beam laser turrets, and a repulsor bay The mass of the missile bays resulted in lighter armor than designers originally intended.

The crew consists of 20 command, 164 engineers, 151 gunners, 5 flight, 80 service, and 40 security. They carry a pair of 50 ton cutters for utility and surface interface.

Image Repository

No information yet available.

General Description & Deck Plans

No information yet available.

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	TBD tons.
2.	Crew	TBD crew.
3.	Performance	Propulsion: Jump-TBD TBD-G acceleration Power Plant-TBD TBD-EPs Agility-TBD
4.	Electronics	Model/TBD fib computer.
5.	Hardpoints	xTBD hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out for it is: No information yet available.
7.	Defenses	No information yet available.
8.	Craft	TBD
9.	Fuel Treatment	TBD
10.	Cost	MCrTBD.
11.	Construction Time	TBD months to build, TBD months in quantity.
12.	Comments	TBD Standard cargo capacity amounts to TBD.0 tons.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Nexus Warden class System Monitors were designed and are manufactured in the Nexus (Ha 1526) (world) system. They are part of the Nexus Fleet Forces. Three of these monsters serve as flagships for the system defense forces. They are expected to defeat invading battleships on a one for one basis.

Distant Fringe Vessels

The Distant Fringe is said to be a far spinward-rimward area inhabited by colonists and refugees originating on Terra. The region is extremely isolated, separated from the rest of Charted Space by vast, almost uncrossable rifts that were once broached by a system of calibration Points and the use of tankers. Those few academics within Charted Space who have found references to the Distant Fringe regard it as little more than a tall tale. Likewise, many of the inhabitants of the Distant Fringe believe the existence of Charted Space to be mythical.

Vessels originating within the Distant Fringe are very rarely encountered outside of the region. However, misjumps do occur and anomalies with bizarre spacetime and Jumpspace effects exist: as such, craft of this type are not entirely unknown within Charted Space.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

Each vessel within the class is named by the government of the state that produces it. They generally draw on traditional naming protocols and it is not uncommon for a historical class name to be reused.

• Individual vessels within the class are issued specific serial numbers and transponder codes.
• Naming a ship is considered a serious affair and is generally accompanied by a traditional ceremony, usually pouring a local beverage over the bows of the craft. Starfarers tend to be superstitious folk and a ship with a frivolous name is considered "unlucky".

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Warship - Monitor:

1. Type BM class Monitor
   1. Warden class System Monitor

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