ANÁLISIS ESTADÍSTICO:

The Federated Suns weapons industries are among the healthiest of the Inner Sphere, especially with firms such as Federated-Boeing and Kallon Weapons produc- ing at full capacity and even devoting resources to devel- opment of new equipment.

Name: Norse BattleMech Works Plant Location: Marduk

CEO: Dolan Rastkel, Duke of Marduk

Weaponry Manufactured: GRF-1N Griffin, WVR-6R Wolverine

Notes: The Norse BattleMech Works is one of the few nearly

self-reliant ‘Mech factories in the Inner Sphere. It is located deep in a jungle directly over a vast deposit of rare metals that the NBW mines and processes in a smelter system next to the fac- tory. The finished product travels less than a hundred meters before being turned into Griffin and Wolverine chassis. Other nearby factories make almost all the electronic and mechanical components necessary to build the ‘Mechs. Only the tracking system must be imported from offworld. This self-sufficiency has, of course, made the factories extremely attractive to the Draconis Combine, which has attempted to take the planet more than a dozen times.

Name: Cal-Boeing of Dorwinion Plant Location: Dorwinion, Belladonna CEO: Count Mitchell Fassel

Weaponry Manufactured: Ferret, Wild Weasel, and Marten

VTOL Vehicles

Notes: Cal-Boeing of Dorwinion is a small company made up of

engineers and designers who left Federated-Boeing in 2899 over a disagreement about whether the company should expand into new areas of weapons design. The parting was amiable, however, and so Federated-Boeing donated a group of long-empty warehouses on the planet Belladonna to their former employees. The new Cal-Boeing produced its first Ferret in 2901 and won an AFFS contract to build 6,000 of the light scout VTOL. Surprised by their good fortune, Cal-Boeing paid back Federated-Boeing to avoid any nasty takeover attempts on their part, then proceeded to expand their facilities to cope with the sudden demand. For 40 years, the company was so busy with the demand for Ferrets that they could not stop to design any other aircraft. In 2967, Cal-Boeing finally came out with the Wild Weasel, a combat version of the Ferret. The design did not sell, however, except to Periphery kingdoms. Stung by the poor showing of the Wild Weasel, Ca-lBoeing did not produce another new design until 3021. This was the Marten, another VTOL scout but with a wiser selection of weapons.

Name: Corean Enterprises

Plant Location: Jeratha, New Avalon CEO: Count Yethers Corean

Weaponry Manufactured: VLK-QA Valkyrie

Notes: Corean Enterprises has been the focus of much

attention from the engineers and scientists of,the NAIS because its factory at Jeratha is one of the few surviving examples of a fully automated BattleMech factory in the Federated Suns. This has been both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, the factory can churn out 130 ‘Mechs a year, which is more than a manually operated factory could ever hope to produce. On the other hand, the factory runs so well that its engineers have forgotten how it operates and cannot repair the equipment when it breaks down. Recently, some of the machinery has definitely begun to show signs of wear, which is why the NAIS scientists have decided it is urgent that they rediscover how the factory operates. They hope to apply what they learn to other factories and also to be able to repair the Corean factory when it inevitably breaks down sometime in the near future.

Name: Achernar BattleMechs Plant Location: lth, New Avalon CEO: Countess Rodina Achernar

Weaponry Manufactured: WSP-1A Wasp, PXH-1 Phoenix Hawk, LCT-1V Locust

Notes: The ‘Mechs coming out of the lth factory have been an

important part of the Davion military for centuries. Unlike the Corean factory, the Achernar facility is not fully automated, which allows at least patch-work repair when the machinery breaks down.

Recent rumors from New Avalon tell that Acher nar BattleMechs might open as small factory on Waimalu. ln the past decade, deposits of rare metals have been discovered on this poor world, and so it would benefit the planet should Achernar open a factory there. The two obstacles that might prevent it are the lack of sufficient water and Waimalu Fever, an unconquered virus that kills one out of every two visitors to the planet.

Name: Kallon Weapon Industries Plant Location: Talon

CEO: Duke Roderick FaCrimeia

Weaponry Manufactured: RFL-3N Rifleman, GRF-1N Griffin, ENF-4R Enforcer, JM6-S JagerMech, and the Partisan Heavy Tank

Notes: The planet Talon is a minor world not often noted on star

maps. As the smaller sister to the agriculturally important planet of Wernke, it seems to many people just another two-bit rocky world. Talon does have great importance to the AFFS, however. Despite its lack of water and food resources, the Kallons felt that the planet’s excellent rare metal deposits justified construction of a factory on the mountainous world.

Since that time, the Kallon BattleMech factory on Talon has been churning out ‘Mechs at record speed. Not only is the fac- tory capable of fast production, but the level of technology and quality are phenomenally high. The Kallons somehow manage to build ‘Mechs that are almost of Star-League era quality, but no one knows how. Now that they have shown their intention to ex- pand into new areas of weapons design, such as their well-built Partisan Heavy Tank, which appeared in 2961, it is even more important to know their secret. All efforts by our agents to pen- etrate the Kallon factories have so far been unsuccessful.

Name: Independence Weaponry Plant Location: Quentin CEO: Duke Oscar lvanick

Weaponry Manufactured: AS7-D Atlas, JM6-S JagerMech, VTR-9B Victor, MAD-3R Marauder

Notes: Steel Valley, the name given to a heavily

industrialized valley on Quentin, was the site of a ‘Mech factory for the Regular Army. When the Star League collapsed, the Draconis Combine, the Capellan Confederation, and the Federated Suns fought bitterly for control over the factory. During the later stages of the Second Succession War, House Davion seized the planet and has established what seems to be permanent control over the planet.

Davion has repaired the huge complex of assembly lines that were damaged during the fighting, and these have since become the core of the Davion military’s heavy ‘Mech produc- tion. Due to repairs and almost constant raids by Houses Liao and Kurita, the factories have been operating at only half-capac- ity. Some of the assembly lines, like those for the Victor and Marauder, can churn out 20 ‘Mechs a year. The line for the awe- some Atlas can turn out only five a year. The numbers of com- pleted Atlases may soon rise because of the recent alliance with the Lyran Commonwealth. A team of engineers from the mas- sive Defiance Industries ‘Mech factories on Hesperus II have arrived on Quentin specifically to help increase the number of Atlases built in a year.

Name: Jalastar Aerospace

Plant Locations: Amritsar, Panpour CEO: Count Edwas Tiehala

Weaponry Manufactured at Armistar: SPR-H5 Sparrowhawk, Sabre, CN9-A Centurion, and the Manticore tank.

Notes: Jalastar is one of the Federated Suns’s major aerospace

manufacturers. Early in the Star League days, the company acquired the rights to manufacture fighters for the Regular Army and so became privy to secret designs. One of these was the Sparrowhawk. When the Star League fell, Jalastar did not hesitate to manufacture the swift yet potent light AeroSpace Fighter for the Federated Suns.

Jalastar is currently in a state of confusion. An unknown financial giant (suspected to be Federated Boeing) is attempting to buy up a controlling share of the company. The effort to stave off the takeover has drained money from the company’s many research projects at just the moment when a new lighter engine for the Sparrowhawk was near completion.

Name: Lycomb-Davion lntrotech

Plant Location: Ultron and Novais, New Avalon CEO: Countess Tyrell Jaffey

Weaponry Manufactured at Ultron: STU-K5 Stuka, Lightning, and Hellcat AeroSpace Fighters

Weaponry Manufactured at Novais: Armored Personnel

Carriers, Infantry Weapons, Artillery Pieces

Notes: When the Star League collapsed, the Capellan

Confederation was quick to destroy the complex of factories on Demeter that produced the large and effective Stuka AeroSpace Fighter. What House Liao did not realize was that Lycomb lntrotech had begun construction of a second aerospace manufacturing facility on New Avalon and that many of the company’s vital engineers had been on New Avalon when the Confederation attacked Demeter. This new factory soon began to churn out the Stuka fighter as well as other more common aerospace fighter types.

In the last few decades, the company, now partly owned by the royal family, has been attempting to diversify. Their second plant at Novais produces rifles, hand-held laser weapons, and small artillery pieces.

Name: Johnston Industries Plant Location: Addicks CEO: Count Davion Johnston

Weaponry Manufactured: Goblin Medium Tank,

Portable Lasers, and Particle Guns

Notes: When the Star League fell, the wealthy Johnstons

of the Federated Suns purchased the Tauken Weapons System manufacturing facility on Addicks, despite the fact that the planet would most surely become a battlefield once the fight- ing started. When the war began, the Johnstons had to sit on their hands and watch as forces from the Federated Suns, the Draconis Combine, and the Capellan Confederation made their bids for the planet. By the time the Federated Suns finally se- cured the world, over half the factories had been destroyed. The only factories that had managed to survive were those manufac- turing trooper-portable laser and particle weapons and the one producing the Goblin medium tank. Fortunately for the Johnston family, the Goblin’s ability to carry a squad of infantry make it a favorite of AFFS mechanized regiments. There are rumors that Johnston Industries is considering opening a new facility on New Syrtis.

Name: Wangker Aerospace Plant Location: Axton CEO: Baron Tevile Wester

Weaponry Manufactured: CSR-V12 Corsair, Eagle, and Thunderbird Fighters

Notes: At one time, Wangker Aerospace had five separate factory

complexes on five worlds, producing many kinds of AeroSpace Fighters. The pride of Wangker was the Corsair, a design they had created. The First Succession War, with its widespread destruction, demolished all five factory complexes. During the Second War, Wangker had salvaged enough from its earlier plants to construct a fighter manufacturing center on the planet Axton. Since then, the factory has been producing fighters for the AFFS, including the company’s famed Corsair. The firm has been doing so well that they are thinking of expanding, either into the manufacture of another fighter design or combat vehicles.

Name: Aldis Industries Plant Location: Terra CEO: Paula Cariton

Weapons Manufactured: Demolisher Heavy Tank, Schrek PPC

Carrier, Behemoth Heavy Tank, Rolling Thunder LRM and SRM Carriers

Notes: Aldis is the largest independent manufacturer of weapons

in the Inner Sphere. When the Star League fell, Aldis Industries was just a small company. The exodus of the Regular Army and the declaration of Terra’s neutrality by ComStar caused a collapse of all weapons manufacturers on Terra. All except Aldis Indus- tries, that is. The company drew on some unknown source for huge sums of money to buy out the other weapons company on Terra. They correctly guessed that ComStar would have no real objection to weapons being manufactured there. Since then, Aldis has grown tremendously. They concentrate their efforts on huge battle tanks, which they believe are the most profitable weapon type, though they also own the ‘Mech factories at Liverpool and the aerospace facilities at Tokyo.