Firmir Commercial

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Firmir Commercial
Firmir-Logo.png
Corporation Profile
Founding Year27 February 2340[1]
AffiliationCapellan Confederation
HeadquartersKingston
(Betelgeuse II)[2]
LeadershipCEO
Product(s)

Firmir Commercial, also known as Firmir Weaponry,[See Notes] was a Capellan Confederation-based manufacturer of civilian and military laser systems.

History[edit]

Founded on 27 February 2340, Firmir Commercial was a manufacturer of medical, scientific and consumer electronic products, particularly for entertainment systems.[1][2] With a reputation for low cost, reliable equipment, Firmir was a household name across the Capellan Confederation. Firmir offered a complete line of several product types, ranging from entry level to sought after high end products for the discerning buyer.[3] After the Fourth Succession War, Romano Liao's urgent rearmament push provided a large demand for laser weaponry.[2] Seeing the opportunity to enter a new market Firmir licensed a number of Magna Enterprises designs from the Star League era. In addition to this cloned line of products, Firmir also set about designing their own indigenous laser weaponry systems.[4]

As their fabrication center in Kingston[5] was built around the manufacture of consumer goods, the layout and design of the Firmir campus circa 3055 left much to be desired from a security standpoint. Warrior House Kamata's Second Battalion was charged with the defense of the facility. Michelangelo Schmidt, Kamata House's master, is on record around mid century stating that the (lack of) security arrangements was a "nightmare" situation, a comment that other experts in the field have considered to be a probable understatement.[4]

During the Jihad, Firmir's facilities had been damaged considerably, having lost nearly half of their personnel and capital. Nonetheless, Firmir managed to maintain nearly 80% of its industrial output.[6] Later, the security arrangements at Firmir had been upgraded. A system of ten remotely operated bunkers with dual purpose anti-'Mech and antipersonnel laser systems supplemented a couple of manned bunkers at the complex entrance. The low manning levels of the security detail reflected the belief that the much larger Aldis plant on Betelgeuse was a far more likely target for raiding parties than Firmir's facility.[7]

Since the start of the Jihad, the facility on Betelgeuse suffered capital and personal losses of 45%, and the operating capacity of the factory was reduced to 78% of its main production volume in 3079.[8]

Manufacturing[edit]

Firmir Commercial has manufacturing centers on the following planets:

Betelgeuse[edit]

Components produced on Betelgeuse:[9]
Component Type
Small Laser
Firmir LaserLite For export ?[9]
Medium Laser
Firmir Standard For export ?[9]
Large Laser
Firmir MaxiLase Export[9]
Shen Yi - LRM[10] Brutus Assault Tank[11]CTF-2X Cataphract[12]
Small Pulse Laser
Magna 200P UrbanMech[9]
Medium Pulse Laser
Firmir High-Frequency SHY-3B Shen Yi[13]
Magna 400P Falcon[9]
ER Medium Laser
Firmir Improved Danai Support Vehicle[14]
ER Large Laser
Firmir UltraLase SHY-3B Shen Yi[13]
ER PPC
Magna Firestar Scorpion[9]

Notes[edit]

^ The company is referred to as Firmir Weaponry in Objective Raids,[4] a "secondary source," and once in Objectives: Capellan Confederation[5] despite also being named Firmir Commercial later in the same publication.[7] The 1996 First Strike scenario pack also mentions Firmir Weaponry on page 17. It is unclear if Firmir Weaponry is a perpetuating typo or meant to be a division of Firmir Commercial.

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 121: "Corporate Profiles - [Firmir Commercial]"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Handbook: House Liao, p. 131: "Firmir Commercial"
  3. Handbook: House Liao, p. 121: "Society and Culture"
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Objective Raids, p. 142: "Firmir Weaponry"
  5. 5.0 5.1 Objectives: Capellan Confederation, p. 16: "Firmir Weaponry"
  6. Objectives: Capellan Confederation, p. 3: "Industrial Update"
  7. 7.0 7.1 Objectives: Capellan Confederation, p. 36: "Static Defenses"
  8. Objectives: Capellan Confederation, p. 3: "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Objective Raids, p. 142: "Produced Firmir Weaponry Components"
  10. Character's
  11. Technical Readout: 3058, p. 108: "Brutus Assault Tank"
  12. BattlePack: Fourth Succession War
  13. 13.0 13.1 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 92: "SHY-3B Shen Yi"
  14. Technical Readout: 3075, p. 52: "Danai Support Vehicle"

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