Valiant Systems

Valiant Systems
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Corporation Profile
Product(s)Vehicles,
Armor,
Missile systems

Valiant Systems was a military equipment manufacturer, primarily of armor and munitions, adding combat vehicles to their production schedules.

History[edit]

For most of Valiant Systems history, it produced civilian hover cars. For the AFFS, it manufactured both armor and missile systems. Late in the Third Succession War, the company introduced the Striker tank with Wunderland Enterprises. From there the company branched out into other light combat vehicles. During the Clan Invasion, Valiant provided assistance to Scarborough Manufacturers on Al Na'ir. In return, the Draconis Combine company provided Valiant with a license to build the Pegasus hovertank.[1]

During the Jihad both plants were affected. The Johnsondale facility lost forty percent of its capital and personnel, while the Robinson plant lost a quarter of its staff and facility. In 3079 Johnsondale plant was operating at 80% of its maximum yield, while Robinson facility was operating at 75% of its maximum capacity.[2] Valiant Systems benefited from the rebuilding efforts encouraged by Devlin Stone in the post-Jihad period; when the site of the destroyed Achernar BattleMechs plant on Achernar was redeveloped, Valiant Systems took on a part of the factory complex. The redevelopment on Achernar was highlighted in a news broadcast by Federated Suns journalist Peter Remonde on the 15th of August 3081 as an example of the wide-scale rebuilding which had already begun at the instigation of the allied coalition, even before the formation of the Republic of the Sphere. At the time of Remonde's broadcast, the Valiant Systems plant on Achernar was due to begin producing a range of industrial vehicles and the Fox armored car imminently, with plans already in motion to expand the production lines at the factory to also produce the Ranger Infantry Fighting Vehicle.[3]

Leadership[edit]

The company CEO in 3067 was Katheraine ul Thram.[1]

Manufacturing[edit]

Valiant Systems has manufacturing centers on the following planets:

Achernar[edit]

The Achernar plant was due to open in late 3081, with Ranger production following later.[3]

Components produced on Achernar:[3]
Component Type
Vehicles
Fox Armored Car[3] Hovercraft
Ranger VV1[3] Wheeled Vehicles - Infantry Fighting Vehicle

Johnsondale[edit]

Components produced on Johnsondale:[4][5][6][7]
Component Type
Vehicles
Fox Armored Car[4] Hovercraft
Pegasus[1] Hovercraft
Pilum[1] Wheeled Vehicles
Striker[1][5] Tracked Vehicles - Together with Wunderland Enterprises
Ranger VV1[6] Wheeled Vehicles - Armored Fighting Vehicle
Internal Combustion Engine
InterComBust 155 Striker[5]
Fusion Engine
GM 250 Ranger VV1[6]
Extralight Fusion Engine
Nissan 195 XL Fox Armored Car[4]
Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)
StarSlab-2 Fox Armored Car[4]
Valiant Buckler Striker[5] & Ranger VV1[6]
Communications System
QuasComm 5.3 Fox Armored Car[4]
Wunderland XXI-3 Series Ranger VV1[6]
Targeting-Tracking System
Salamander Systems CommPhase Unit Ranger VV1[6]
TacTOM IV Fox Armored Car[4]
Small Pulse Laser
Magna 200P Fox Armored Car[4]
ER Medium Laser
Bright-Bloom Fox Armored Car[4]
LRM-10
Valiant Heavy Crossbow Striker[5]
SRM-6
Valiant Pilum Striker[5]

Robinson[edit]

Components produced on Robinson:[8][9]
Component Type
Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)
Valiant Buckler Striker[8]
Valiant Lamellor Marauder & Marauder II[8] also Orion[9]
Ferro-fibrous Armor
Valiant Scutum Ferro-Fibrous [citation needed]
Medium Pulse Laser
Valiant Ruby Dart [citation needed]
Arrow IV Artillery
Valiant Catapult [citation needed]
LRM-10
Valiant Heavy CrossBow Centurion and Manticore[8]
LRM-15
Valiant Arbalest [citation needed]
LRM-20
Valiant Ballista Stuka and Thunderbird[8]
SRM-6
Valiant Pilum Striker & Manticore[8]
Streak SRM-2
Valiant Javelin [citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Handbook: House Davion, p. 175: "Valiant Systems Company Profile"
  2. Objectives: Federated Suns, p. 3
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Jihad: Final Reckoning, pp. 33–34: "Achernar: An Example of Recovery"
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 14: Produced Fox Armored Car Components on Johnsondale
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Technical Readout: 3026 Revised, p. 42: "Produced Striker Light Tank Components on Johnsondale"
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 26: Produced Ranger VV1 Components on Johnsondale
  7. Objectives: Federated Suns, p. 15
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Objective Raids, p. 101: "Produced Valiant Systems Components"
  9. 9.0 9.1 Technical Readout: 3039, pp. 152–153: "Produced Valiant Lamellor Armor for Orion"

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