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Threat Assessments - Factories
« on: February 05, 2010, 08:30:44 PM »
Weapons Factories
Earthwerks spread to each of the Great Houses HMSB p. 129
Gorton Kingsley & Thorpe Enterprises builds the Panther HKSB p. 121
Diplan Mechyards - manufacturers of Jenner destroyed during SWs. HKSB p. 136
Amalgamated Sword & Steel - products? Miles long automated assembly lines, detsroyed during SWs. HKSB p.136
Matabushi National Service - location ? produces computers & tarcking systems HKSB p. 159
Brigadier had a factory producing Scorpions in the DC that was not destroyed until the 2nd SW TR3025 p. 68
The Combine inherited all of Alshain’s Panther factories -implication is that there were 2 factoriesAlshain & New Oslo TR3039 p. 114
The Dragon may have been built at several factories TR3039 p. 142
The DC built a varient of the Meteor -location ? TR3039 p. 182
The DC built the Tokogawa tank at numerous factories during the 1st SW all lost except Buda on Luthien

Alshain
Dragon & Panther battlemechs began production at Alshain during the reign of Takiro Kurita HKSB p. 49.
Major Battlemech facility on Alshain survived 1st SW HKSB p. 59
Alshain supports a battlemech factory and several smaller industries HKSB p. 189
Panther entered production in 2739,  Alshain Weapons located deep in a mountain TR3025 p. 30
Joint Equipment Systems - builds SRM/LRM Carriers under license for several centuries TR3039 p. 72
Alshain home to Alshain weapons built the panther TR3039 p. 114
Joint Equipment Systems builds the Skulker Wheeled Scout Tank- old design probaby predates SW TR3026R p. 18
The Alshain Panther plant is not mentioned in TR3050U as existing in 3050.
Alshain had a factory for Locusts in 3050s OR p. 108, 110
Joint Equipment Systems buuilds Skulker, Scorpion, Hetzer, LRM Carrier, SRM Carrier, Wheeled APC & Tracked APC in 3054.  Product quality is poor OR p. 110

Benjamin
Major industry builds parts for wheeled vehicles HKSB p. 184

Buda (NOTE: Sometime buda refers to a planet, sometimes it refers to the company on Luthien-but there is no planet Buda in the DC- May just put all of this on Luthien)
Buda Imperial Vehicles builds 135-K Liefsaver Coolant Truck, TKG-150 Tokugawa Medium Tank, 67-K Daimyo HQ. HKSB p. 136
Daimyo HQ entered production a little before the Kentares Massacure in 2796 TR3026R p. 96
Daimyo was desgined and built before the SWs TR3075 p. 204

Chatham
Wakazashi Enterprises -builds Shilone- maybe post SW design HLKSB p. 136
Shilone has been built “since the fall of the SL” first deployed at Kentares IV in 2796 TR3039 P. 210
Chatham builds SHilone & Lucifer II in 3054 (Lucifer II is probably a recent additio) OR p 68

Dabih
Buda Imperial Vehicles- built the Sabaku Kaze Heavy Scout Hover tank here from 2695 until the factory was destroyed in 2883 TR3075 p. 202

Dover
Wakazashi Enterprises- builds Conventional Recon AIrcraft, Slayer HKSB p. 136
Slayer predates the SWs TR3039 p. 214

Galedon
Raimei built the Sabre aerofighter TR3075 P. 212

Hachiman
Tanadi Computers- produces equipment for military use HKSB p. 162
Center for DC computer & electronics Industry HKSB p. 182
Tanadi builds com &  targeting systems OR p. 109

Irece
Lexa-Tech Industries builds Stinger LAM HKSB p. 136
Lexa-Tech may have had several factories for the Stinger LAM in the DC TR3025 p. 126

Jarett
Gorton Kingsley & Thorpe - builds panther. Took over Alshain Weapons round mid/late 2900s.  HKSB p. 136
TR3039 implies the Jarrett factory was opened during the SW period TR3039 p. 114
Jarrett had a production line for the Phoenix Hawk OR p. 108

Krenice
Was heavily industrialized OR p. 61
Had panther plant but was a more recent (3000s) factory OR p. 108

Lapida II
Nimackachi Fusion Products - - company purchased bankrupt Sendai Mining Complex in 2602 & turned it into a manufacturing center. nicknamed Tematagi Minor, had contracts for the DCMS and SL. produces Spider HBHM p. 134
Spider production did not beguin until SW era TR3039 p. 106

Luthien
Tamar Togers destroyed an unnamed Mech Factory & Ammunition Factory during a raid in 2787. HSSB p. 46
Major Battlemech factory on Luthien survived 1st SW HKSB p. 59
Luthien Armor Works builds the Quickdraw, Dragon and Charger HKSB p. 121
Jenner entered Production at Diplan Mechyards in 2784 Was also built at their plant on Ozawa (seems a bit strange) in 2830 the 2 factories built 1350 Jenners TR3025 p. 26
Buda Imperial Vehicles builds the Coolent truck TR3039 P. 38
Wells Technologies - LAW subsidiary builds the Charger TR3039 p. 156
LAW began building the Lancelot in the 2nd SW TR3039 p. 264
LAW is largest mech producer in the DC in 3054 OR p. 69
Buda Imperial Vehicles builds the Lifesaver Coolant Truck, Daimyo HQ and Tokugawa Tank OR p. 70
Matabushi Computing equipment - builds com & targeting systems OR p. 70

New Oslo
Gorton Kingsley & Thorpe - builds Rifles, Sub-Machine Guns, Jump Jets HKSB p. 136
New Oslo - Alshain Weapons builds the Panther, Alshain’s largest pather factory TR3039 p. 114
New Oslo (GKT - maybe Alshain weaponry at the time?) builds the Phoenix Hawk TR3039 p. 286
GKT/Alashain builds the Panther, Phoenix Hawk and Archer OR p. 116

New Samarkand
Has a few manufacturing concerns- New Samarkand Metals, IndoTroncs Inc HKSB p. 182
Osaka Heavy Metrics- built Kiso Construction Mech TR3075 p. 210
New Samarkand Metals builds Demolisher, Scheck & Behemoth - all SW era designs. Unknown if factory existed prior to 1st SW & what it would have built OR p. 109

Philadelphia
Osaka Heavy Metrics- built Kiso Construction Mech TR3075 p. 210

Proserpina
Variety of minor industries- more may have been lost during the SW. HKSB p. 184
Bulldog Enterprises- Bulldog introduced prior to 2700 TR3039 P. 68
Bulldog builds Bulldog, Maniticore (took over former Technicorp factory??), Tokugawa (did not begin production until 3050s) OR p. 107
Guided Technologies - builds SRMs OR p. 108

Qandahar
Dow-Nexus Turbine factory located here HKB p. 181
Dow-Nexus builds fusion engines OR p. 108

Rasalhague
Rasalhague Armor Works - builds lasers, PPCs, Armor - may be a recent factory being built by GKT OR p. 115

Schyler’
Mangon Aeronautics - builds Sholagar light fighter. HKSB p. 136
Mangon - Sholagar was not designed until the 29th Century TR3039 p. 198
(Note: TR3039 claims the design was later used as the basis of the Thrush which was introduced in 2798- maybe they meant 28th Century, not 29th?)

Soul
Blankenburg Technologies builds the Crockett TR3050

Spittal
Benson & Bjorn builds Tracked APC, Scorpion, Vedette - may be a recently built factory OR p. 111

Togura
Osaka Heavy Metrics- built Kiso Construction Mech TR3075 p. 210

Trondheim
Amau Electronics located here. HKSB p. 190
Amau electronics builds com & targeting systems OR p. 111
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Re: Threat Assessments - Factories
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2010, 08:31:04 PM »
Rainbow 6

TRO3050U - All of LAW's factories opened during the Jihad seem to be old factories re-built during the jihad, or at least the entries don't say they are new builds.

Do we need to include these?
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Re: Threat Assessments - Factories
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2010, 08:32:07 PM »
Quote from: Rainbow 6 on April 30, 2009, 08:27:56 AM
TRO3050U - All of LAW's factories opened during the Jihad seem to be old factories re-built during the jihad, or at least the entries don't say they are new builds.

Do we need to include these?

The wolf trap entry implies that the Abiy Adi factory is new - it talks about "helped fund the completion of a full scale battlemech factory of the world of Abiy Adi" (p. 52)

TR3050U also suddenly created several factories which did not exist in 3025 - the Grand Dragon mentions factories on Dieron, Saffell & Yorii.  I'm not sure how to handle these- truthfully I am tired of new factories being created out of thin air and I am inclined to ignore them.  The Grand Dragon also mentions that the Abiy Adi factory was "modified" during the Jihad (maybe it built industrial mechs or consumer goods?), the Savinsville factory was rebuild  and the Nykvarn factory was entirely new.

From the Charger entry we have a LAW factory on Shimonita but it had to be upgraded in the 3070s to be able to build mechs.  As for LAW/New Samarkand it is not clear when the factory was established- but we know it did not exist in 3025.
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Re: Threat Assessments - Factories
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2010, 08:32:33 PM »
Rainbow 6

I'd assumed that the LAW/New Samarkand factory is the same on that was building the Komodo in the original TRO3055.

If we were to include these factories it would give the Combine the mech building industry it should have at the start of the succession war.

Just for the record i'm not impressed with all the new (old) factories that have sprung up recently either.
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Re: Threat Assessments - Factories
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2010, 08:33:14 PM »
Quote from: Rainbow 6 on April 30, 2009, 12:37:19 PM
I'd assumed that the LAW/New Samarkand factory is the same on that was building the Komodo in the original TRO3055.

The text of the Komodo says they Komodo is being built on Luthien and that the Combine is planning on building a new factory deeper in the DC. In TR3055 Upgrade it shows the mech being built at Luthien and the text says the Komodo was designed at a small LAW R&D facility on New Samarkand.

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If we were to include these factories it would give the Combine the mech building industry it should have at the start of the succession war.

We will need to add factories to the DC (and other IS states) as many were destroyed during the SWs.  Some we know about -such as Amalgamated Sword & Steel, Diplan Mechyards and Brigadier. Others can be guessed at based on the books- Earthwerks definitely had a mech factory in the DC, Bergan Industries may have and Ceres Metals may have had some factories in the DC.  We don't need to add 2 dozen factories for LAW.
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Re: Threat Assessments - Factories
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2010, 08:33:55 PM »
Rainbow 6

Quote from: lrose on April 30, 2009, 02:12:56 PM
We will need to add factories to the DC (and other IS states) as many were destroyed during the SWs.  Some we know about -such as Amalgamated Sword & Steel, Diplan Mechyards and Brigadier. Others can be guessed at based on the books- Earthwerks definitely had a mech factory in the DC, Bergan Industries may have and Ceres Metals may have had some factories in the DC.  We don't need to add 2 dozen factories for LAW.

No but those factories could be on the planets and Brigadier, earthworks etc could have there destroyed sites turned over to LAW later in the SW, couldn't they?
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Re: Threat Assessments - Factories
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2010, 08:34:16 PM »
Quote from: Rainbow 6 on April 30, 2009, 06:51:31 PM
No but those factories could be on the planets and Brigadier, earthworks etc could have there destroyed sites turned over to LAW later in the SW, couldn't they?

It could but in BT even if a company was destroyed 2 centuries ago- they some how manage to survive in some form to rebuild their factories in the 3060s.
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Re: Threat Assessments - Factories
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2010, 08:34:48 PM »
CJvR

Well most industrial information is limited to the military facilities. Many companies could probably survive even if their military division was blasted to bits - and once tech needed to rebuild became available the survivors might try to branch back into the arms business.
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Re: Threat Assessments - Factories
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2010, 12:36:24 PM »
Updates from M&M

Hachiman-Taro Electronics  (p. 24)
HQ Hachiman
Major Facilities: Towne, Dieron, Luthian, Miyada
Major supplier of commerical and military electronics in DC.

Independence Weaponry (p.25)
HQ New Samarkand
Major Facilities: Luthien, Donegal, Markab, Victoria,Stewart. (What about Quentin?)
Neutral Weapons supplier, services and supplies most major military manufacturers in the IS. Based in the DC (before or after war of 3039?)  divisions in different states operate independently.  Has done so for centuries.

New Samarkand Metals (p. 25)
HQ: New Samarkand
key facilities New Samarkand, togura, niles, Quandahar
Major mining operations in Oshika, New Samarkand and tabayama provinces. Handles most of the DC's Germanium mines. 

New Samarkand once had “Vast Shipyards in orbit' may have been relocated when the capital moved to Luthien. p. 27

Buda Weapons Complex D was only founded circa 3020 p. 27

Cairo Enterprises (Division of Buda Imperial Vehicles by 3077) operates manufacturing facilities on Algedi. Production is mainly for Azami worlds Products Civilian? Military? P. 28

Odin Manufacturing
HQ – Orestes
Key Facilities – Orestes, Alshain, Tinaca
“cornerstone of Rasalhagian industry since it's founding in 2310” -Curious- since Orestes was a LC world in 2785.  Maybe HQ later relocated to Orestes? 
Basically stayed on 7 worlds- original 4 complexes in Rasalhague Space, Crimond in the LC and 2 facilities in the DC that were opened in the 2800s.  Company is known for Puma Tanks and Ostscout mechs (but is this a post 3050 development?)
Company was fairly sheltered during the SW and did not seem to suffer much damage.  In 3070s military manufacturing accounts for 10% of the company's portfolio.  Majority of profits come from Construction and materials manufacturing. Orestes is home to the military manufacturing, Alshain has component manufacturing and forging facilities, Tinaca produces residential prefab modules.  p. 108

Alshain Weapons – acquired by GKT about a century after the absorbtion of the Principality of Rasalhague by the DC. (so Rasalhague absorbed 2510 – so by 2610?) p. 109 (contradicts other sources)

Alshain weapons sold to Bergen Industries of Ares after Ronin War p. 109
(P. 142 refers to the factories on New Oslo as belonging to GKT not Bergen Industries)

Alshain Weapons also known as Alshain BattleWorx.  Has facilities on Alshain, Thule, Rasalhague & New Oslo in 3070s.  Company built frames for many battlemech companies including LAW & Irian.  p.108

Joint Equipment Systems
HQ – Alshain
Key Facilities – Alshain, Cartago & Panpour (both FS)
Founded on Alshain in 26th Century.  Mainly a vehicle manufacturer.  Panpour- engine facility. Cartago -also an engine facility. p. 108

Gorton Kingsley & Thorpe- originally law firm on Rasalhague, began buying up other companies, including Alshain Weapons. Claims Battlemech factories on Satalice, Alshain & New Oslo (Satalice was the home of relocated facilities that were moved from New Oslo during the clan invasion. ) Also owns Skoda Engineering – manufacturer of off road vehicles, Textile Mills, exporting companies and had a large stake in Raimai Aerospace p. 109

Alshain Mechworks (on Alshain) located under the Oresund sea (original DC book put in the mountains) p. 110

Orestes planetary description implies that the industry on the planet is a post Tukayyid development -leads to questions about Odin Manufacturing.  p. 111

Kirchbach – Swedenborg Heavy Industries weapons plant only dates to the 3030s.  P. 142

Itabaiana – major supplier of industrial grade Rhenium.  Many factories & smelting plants.  p. 154
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Re: Threat Assessments - Factories
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2010, 01:22:29 PM »
Per Project Phoenix Brigadier's factory was on Hun Ho
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