BBP Industries

BBP Industries
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Corporation Profile
HeadquartersLuthien
LeadershipCEO
Product(s)DropShips
Small Craft
Space Stations

For many years BBP Industries was the only manufacturer of 'Mech carrying DropShips in the Draconis Combine.[1] They lost this unique status when Matabushi Incorporated started producing Overlord- and Union-class DropShips.[2]

During the Clan Invasion time period, they expanded their offerings to include several other DropShips and Space Stations.

Manufacturing[edit]

BBP Industries has manufacturing centers on the following planets:

Luthien[edit]

Note: During the Jihad the Luthien factory suffered greatly losing 95% of its workforce and capital. In 3079, after several years of rebuilding, the factory was only at 5% of its pre-Jihad output.[3] The Combine continued to repair the BBP Industries facilities on Luthien, and by mid-3081 it was estimated that the factories were within three months of being back to full production capacity.[4]

Components produced on Luthien:[5]
Component Type
Small Craft
K-1 DropShuttle[citation needed] Small Craft
DropShips
Excalibur[1][5][6] DropShip
Intruder[1] DropShip
Nekohono'o[5] DropShip
Okinawa[7][5] DropShip
Rose[5] DropShip
Triumph[1][6] DropShip
Space Station
BattleSat[8] Space Stations
Interplanetary Drive - Small Craft
Pratt & Whitney 400 [citation needed]
Interplanetary Drive - DropShips
Delano 1070 Triumph[1]
GE 2080 Excalibur[1]
GE 2080-II [citation needed]
Movem-XL Drive Intruder[1]
? (for Okinawa) [citation needed]

New Samarkand[edit]

During the Jihad BBP Industries opened an additional facility in the New Samarkand system. It was speculated as early as 3079 that the New Samarkand site was actually to be a repair and refit yard instead of a production plant,[9] and the Combine had managed to keep the purpose of the site a mystery to external observes at least as late as mid-3081.[10]

Components produced on New Samarkand:[11]
Component Type
DropShip
Nekohono'o HQ[11] DropShip

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Objective Raids, p. 70: "Produced BBP Industries Components"
  2. Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 7
  3. Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 4: "State of the Industry Table"
  4. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 89: "The Industrial State of the Draconis Combine"
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 11: "Produced Components on Luthien"
  6. 6.0 6.1 DropShips and JumpShips: ComStar Intelligence Summary, p. 17
  7. Technical Readout: 3057 Revised, p. 40: "Okinawa Ship Profile"
  8. Technical Readout: 3057, p. 205: "BattleSat Profile"
  9. Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 28
  10. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 89: "New Samarkand Military District"
  11. 11.0 11.1 Experimental Technical Readout: Kurita, p. 13: "Produced Experimental Nekohono'o Ship variant"

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