Methuselah class System Defense Monitor

Methuselah class System Defense Monitor
Type: HMP Heavy Monitor
Category	FCS
Size	750,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[{{{hull}}}]]
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	3 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	7,500
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	5,839 with 900 marines
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	8,612 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Caliphate of Estalia
Price
Cost	MCr648,796.85 Qty: MCr 519,037.48
Source
Also see	Defensive Ship - Monitor
Canon	Published, fan design

TBD

Description

Built for the Caliphate of Estalia this is a heavily armored and reinforced, buffered planetoid hull structure. As a result it is unstreamlined and incapable of wilderness refueling. It features TL–12 drives with 3 G acceleration and 3 agility. It has hangar capacity for twenty 90 ton Kaufman Class Dual Environment Fighters which function as SDBs. It can also carry twenty 60 ton marine recovery boats. It is fitted with a 90 ton capacity launch tube facility. The 900 marines have drop capsules and use 20 G-Carriers. Built to withstand considerable punishment they are essentially immune to surface explosions and weapon impacts. Only meson weapons can produce interior explosions and nuclear weapons can cause radiation damage to interior systems. The design features abundant back up features including; a complete low watch, a model 6 fib computer, nuclear dampers and meson screens. The weapons suite features a spinal mounted meson gun and 400 heavy missile bays. There are 252 batteries of sand casters, ten repulsors, sixty batteries of beam lasers, ten fusion gun bays, and ten particle accelerator bays.

These war moons are inspired by early Solomani sub light asteroid colonizers. The squadron of ten hide among the rings of the gas giants waiting for refueling prey. With the arsenal at their command only a large squadron of advanced Battleships would stand any chance against them.

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• 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 of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science