Stanter class Defense Escort Carrier

Stanter class Escort Carrier
Unpublished, non-canon fan design.
Type: BMS Monitor
Size	4,000 Tons
Hull Configuration	[[{{{hull}}}]]
Tech Level	TL–9
Engineering
Computer	No information yet available.
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	1 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	40
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	48
Officers	12
Enlisted	36
Marines	11
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	0 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Uffan Strategic Space Forces
Year Operational	No information yet available.
Price
Cost	MCr2,578.346 (base) MCr2,062.677 (discounted)
Architect fee	MCrRonald B. Kline, Jr.
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile	No information yet available.
Source
Canon	Unpublished, fan design
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard Shipyard v1.13 written by Andrea Vallance.

The Uffan class Monitor is a warship.

• It is a military ship and a monitor.

Description (Specifications)

Stanter class Escort Carrier class system defense vessels serve with Uffan Strategic Space Forces, the armed forces of the Uffan (world). They are unstreamlined buffered planetoid hulls, massively armored to resist all surface strikes. Only meson weapons and nuclear ordinance have any chance to damage these ships. They float drifting throughout the system on long parabolic orbital tracks. They have a very low power signature, the tiny fusion power plant and maneuver drive package only requires a pair of dedicated engineers. The lack of combat agility is seen as a limitation of the design. When they light up targets, usually from ambush the four massive missile barrages, combined with the virtual immunity to return fire, make them surprisingly effective for a relatively primitive design.

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 craft) 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	The Uffan class Monitor class is constructed using a 4,000 Ton fusion-tunneled Buffered Planetoid hull. It is unstreamlined and cannot operate in anything denser than Trace atmospheres without risking catastrophic structural failure. There are 8 airlocks located around the vessel.
2.	Crew	x48 personnel. 11 command, 2 engineering, 9 gunnery, and 8 service. There are 11 Marines. Staterooms: 27 double occupancy. Lowberths: 24 for a low watch or additional marines. Accessible areas of the hull are fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and have full life support and environmental systems. There are internal monitoring and security systems throughout the vessel: Individual sections of the hull can be sealed off. There are multiple emergency lockers.
3.	Performance	The vessel mounts a Maneuver-1 drive and a Power Plant-1, giving performance of 1-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 0. The internal fuel tankage gives the power plant 4 weeks duration. The engineering section has a main control room. Ladders, gantries and platforms give access to the machinery.
4.	Electronics	Adjacent to the bridge are two Model/3 fib computers: with automatic fail over mirroring. The vessel is fitted with communications equipment and a standard sensor array. It is fitted with backup commo and sensor systems. It has a transponder unit that can be deactivated on command.
5.	Hardpoints	x40 hardpoints.
6.	Armament	The normal weapons fit-out is: x4 100-Ton bay, mounting heavy missile launchers. They are fitted to use nuclear ordinance.
7.	Defenses	In addition to the inherent protection offered by its planetoid structure the hull is plated, structurally reinforced, and built with secure bulkheads and compartments that give it a High Guard armor rating of 15. The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8.	Craft	2 x 40T Pinnace subcraft.
9.	Fuel Treatment	The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 40 Tons. It is fitted with fuel purification equipment.
10.	Cost	The basic cost of the vessel is MCr678.75 Architects Fee: MCr6.788
11.	Construction Time	115 weeks as standard. Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12.	Comments	The ship has a 35 dton cargo hold. There are five currently in service.

History & Background

Uffan class Monitor class System Defense Monitors are built for Uffan (world). They form the basic battle line of the Uffan Strategic Space Forces. The vessel is a fusion-tunneled buffered asteroid: the interior compartments are protected by heavy armor plates and the craft has extensive structural bracing. The design is built around its four large missile bays. They carry a small section of marines for boarding actions and inspections. They are reliant on their subcraft for interface operations, and refueling.

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