Vishe class Light Monitor

Vishe class Light Monitor
TBD
Type: HMVL Light Monitor
Category	ACS
Size	1,400 Tons
Hull Configuration	Cylinder Hull
Streamlining	Partially Streamlined Hull
Tech Level	TL–12
Engineering
Computer	Model/6 fib
Jump	J-0
Maneuver	6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints	14
Accommodations
Staterooms	0
Personnel
Crew	40
Officers	12
Enlisted	28
High/Mid Passengers	0
Payload
Cargo	18.5 Tons
Fuel tank	0 Tons
Construction
Origin	Third Imperium
End of Service	Still in active service.
Price
Cost	MCr1,221.8
Architect fee	MCrBen W. Bell, Martin Dougherty
Statistics
Images
Blueprint	No
Illustration	No
Source
Also see	Monitor
Canon	Published, fan design
Era	1105
Reference	Fighting Ships 42.
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The Vishe class Light Monitor is a defensive warship.

• It is a military ship and a Monitor.

Description (Specifications)

VISHE CLASS LIGHT MONITOR – TL 12 The Vishe can be considered to be an overgrown system defense boat with delusions of grandeur. Built on a 1400-ton hull, the streamlined cylindrical vessel is built around a ‘baby spinal mount’ (in fact, a 100t particle accelerator bay arranged in the manner of a spinal weapon) and the reactors that power it. Four triple turrets round out the armament, each carrying a pair of sandcasters and a laser dedicated to the point-defense role.

Inspired by the Seydlitz class, the Vishe is designed to pose a threat to commerce raiders and invaders, therefore acting as a deterrent. Faced with any foe over about 3000t, the Vishe can do little but make a last-ditch death-and-glory attack, and will probably take its foe with it. It is terrifyingly fragile to be used against anything bigger than an escort destroyer, but its heavy main armament can disable a typical commerce raider in one shot and in numbers (with suitably determined handling) can pose a threat even to cruiser-sized vessels.

The Vishe class was offered to the Imperial Navy but only a handful were taken up. It is fairly common in the colonial fleets however.

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	TBD tons.
2.	Crew	xTBD 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)

No information yet available.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Monitor:

1. Type TBD class Vessel
   1. Vishe class Light Monitor

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
• Ben W. Bell, Martin Dougherty. Fighting Ships (QuikLink Interactive, 2003), 42.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science