W-7 Facilities

W-7 Facilities
Corporation Profile
HeadquartersTamar
LeadershipCEO
Product(s)battle armor
BattleMechs
OmniMechs
vehicles

W-7 Facilities is a Clan Wolf manufacturing facilities/organization located in both the Inner Sphere and Clan Space.[1]

Overview[edit]

The W-7 Facilities has been a mysterious production designation for Clan Wolf, originally used as the name of a manufacturing plant on the Clan world of Tranquil. It has since been expanded to include Inner Sphere worlds as of 3077, including the world of Weingarten. The W-7 factory is operating out of the remains of the Weingarten Industriplex. The facilities there consist of a number of mobile facilities used to manufacture spare parts as well as new vehicles and 'Mechs for Clan Wolf's Touman. W-7 Facilities is now believed to be the overall name of Clan Wolf's BattleMech manufacturing facilities. One of the three W-7 Facilities is thought to be completely mobile, which is able to relocate to any suitable location.[2] During the Jihad the W-7 facility on Tamar lost 65% of its personnel and was barely operating at 60% in 3079. The Weingarten facility was better off, as it hadn't lost any staff and was operating at full capability.[3] In addition, parts produced at W-7 were shipped to the W-8 Facilities for assembly.[4] Part or all of the W-7 facility on Tranquil may originally have been a Clan Ice Hellion holding, as the Ice Hellion production facility on Tranquil responsible for producing the Ice Ferret OmniMech - then known as the Wolf Hunter - was captured by Clan Wolf during five years of conflict that saw the Wolves also destroy or capture eighty percent of the Hellions' Wolf Hunters.[5]

The Weingarten facility is actually a series of smaller industrial complexes that have been placed near easily-accessible resources. The only unifying feature is their proximity to the spaceport. After the Jihad ended, the Weingarten W-7 plants began refitting Inner Sphere BattleMechs to their IIC versions.[4]

Manufacturing[edit]

W-7 has a manufacturing center on the following planets:

Tamar[edit]

Components produced on Tamar:[6][7]
Component Type
Mechs
Sun Cobra[6] Medium BattleMech
Tundra Wolf 4[7] Heavy BattleMech
Chassis
IX Endo Steel Sun Cobra[6]
TW-2 Heavy Endo Steel Tundra Wolf 4[7]
Extralight Fusion Engine
220 XL Sun Cobra[6]
Starfire 300 XL Tundra Wolf 4[7]
Jump Jets
BMP Series XV Tundra Wolf 4[7]
Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)
Advanced/3 Sun Cobra[6]
Beta Compound (Standard) Tundra Wolf 4[7]
Communications System
Build 1685 Tacticom Sun Cobra[6]
Khan Series (Type 3a) Tundra Wolf 4[7]
Targeting-Tracking System
Build 2 Cat TTS Sun Cobra[6]
Build 4 MadCat TTS Tundra Wolf 4[7]
ER Medium Laser
Series 2b Tundra Wolf 4[7]
Large Pulse Laser
Delta Series Tundra Wolf 4[7]
Gauss rifle
Series II Sun Cobra[6]
AP Gauss rifle
Tau-II Tundra Wolf 4[7]
ATM-9
Type 9 Series Tundra Wolf 4[7]

Tranquil[edit]

Components produced on Tranquil:[8][9][10]
Component Type
OmniMechs
Adder (Puma)[8] Light OmniMech
Ice Ferret (Fenris)[9][5] Medium OmniMechs
Mechs
Lobo[10] Medium BattleMech
Chassis
Hooded Endo Light Adder[8]
Type A Endo Steel Lobo[10]
Hellion Medium Gamma Endo-Steel Ice Ferret[9][5]
Extralight Fusion Engine
Great Father 210 XL Adder[8]
General Systems 240 XL Lobo[10]
360 Type II XL Ice Ferret[9][5]
Ferro-fibrous Armor
MAC Level 5 ferro-fibrous Ice Ferret[9][5]
Star Lite ferro-fibrous Adder[8]
Type-1 ferro-fibrous Lobo[10]
Communications System
Hellion Special 354B Ice Ferret[9][5]
Howler 79 Lobo[10]
Trueborn Ultra 945B Adder[8]
Targeting-Tracking System
Adder Special V8.6 Adder[8]
Model 92 "Stalker" Lobo[10]
Wolf Hunter Mk VII Ice Ferret[9][5]
Flamer
DuPont Ultra PM Adder[8]
ER Large Laser
Volt-7 Lobo[10]
Heavy Medium Laser
General Systems Lobo[10]
Heavy Small Laser
General Systems Lobo[10]
ATM-6
CC 6-rack Lobo[10]
Anti-Missile System
Shield-3 Lobo[10]

Weingarten[edit]

Components produced on Weingarten:[11][12][13][4][14]
Component Type
Mechs
Locust IIC[4] Light BattleMech
Blood Reaper[11][4] Heavy BattleMech (3079)
Guillotine IIC (refits)[4] Heavy BattleMech
Orion IIC (refits)[4] Heavy BattleMech
Highlander IIC (refits)[4] Assault BattleMech
Night Wolf[12] Assault BattleMech (Since least 3085)
OmniMechs
Mad Cat[4] Heavy OmniMech
Vehicles
Ares Medium Tank[4] Tracked Vehicles
Badger (C) Tracked Transport[4] Tracked Vehicles
Bandit (C)[4] Hovercraft
Carnivore[13] Tracked Vehicles (As of 3082)
Zorya Light Tank[4] Tracked Vehicles
Battle Armor
Elemental[4] medium battle armor
Medium Clan Battle Armor "Rache"[4] medium battle armor
Undine[4] medium battle armor
Black Wolf Battle Armor[14] heavy battle armor
Chassis
DSAM Endo 4 Night Wolf[12]
Type W4 Endo Steel Blood Reaper[11]
Extralight Fusion Engine
320 XL Carnivore[13]
280 Fusion XL Blood Reaper[11]
Light Force 360 XL Night Wolf[12]
Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)
Advanced/3 Blood Reaper[11] & Carnivore[13]
Compound 1282 Standard Night Wolf[12]
Jump Jets
BMP Series XV Blood Reaper[11]
Grandthrust Mk. 5 Night Wolf[12]
Communications System
2SH C3w/ECM Suit Carnivore[13]
Build 1685 Tacticom Blood Reaper[11]
TJ6 "Bell" Mark II w/ECM Night Wolf[12]
Targeting-Tracking System
Mars System 9 (Build 2) w/Targeting Computer Night Wolf[12]
Build 2 CAT TTS Blood Reaper[11]
Build 4 JVJ TTS Carnivore[13]
ER Medium Laser
Series 2d Night Wolf[12] & Carnivore[13]
Heavy Medium Laser
General Systems Blood Reaper[11]
Heavy Large Laser
Series 4D-2 Night Wolf[12]
Gauss rifle
Series II Carnivore[13]
Plasma Cannon
Zeta-series X Night Wolf[12]
ER PPC
Type 22 Blood Reaper[11]
ATM-6
CC-Rack Blood Reaper[11]
ATM-9
Type 9 Series 1 Night Wolf[12]
Anti-Missile System
Shield 3A Night Wolf[12]
Heavy Machine Gun
Series XIV Carnivore[13]

Notes[edit]

As of this its not clear is the status of the W-7 Facilities in Clan space, if it still exists or retains its "W-7" name.[15]

References[edit]

  1. Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 120, Where do the teeth Come From? - W-7 information indicates "W-7" name used in both Clan and Inner Sphere spaces.
  2. Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 120, "W-7 Facilities' mysterious background fluff".
  3. Objectives: The Clans, p. 27
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 Objectives: The Clans, p. 28, "W-7 Facilities"
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Technical Readout: Clan Invasion, p. 30, "Fenris"
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Technical Readout: 3075, p. 140, "Produced Sun Cobra Components on Tamar"
  7. 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 170, "Produced Tundra Wolf 4 Components"
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 120, "Produced Adder OmniMech Components"
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 124, "Produced Ice Ferret OmniMech Components"
  10. 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 Technical Readout: 3067, p. 112, "Produced Lobo 'Mech Components"
  11. 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 164, "Blood Reaper produced on Weingraten"
  12. 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 174, "Night Wolf produced on Weingarten"
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 140, "Carnivore Assault Tank produced on Weingarten"
  14. 14.0 14.1 Technical Readout: 3145 The Clans, pp. 10-11, "Black Wolf Battle Armor"
  15. Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 120, Clan facilities no longer accessable as of mid-Jihad.

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