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Line 1: {{InfoBoxCorporation {{InfoBoxCorporation | image = | image = − | founded = [[2177]]<ref name=HK:TDCp13>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 13: "Ryan Announces Innovative Water Transport"</ref> + | Founded = − | dissolved =+ | Dissolved = − | affiliation = {{Ubl|[[Terran Alliance]]|[[Free Worlds League]]}} + | Previous Names = − | previous_names = Ryan Cartel | headquarters = | headquarters = − | leadership = [[Division Head of Ryan Iceships|Division Head]] + | leadership = [[CEO of Ryan Cartel|CEO]] | products = Water technology | products = Water technology − | parent = [[Curtiss Hydroponics]]<ref name=HB:HMp137>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 137: "Curtiss Hydroponics"</ref> + | Parent Corporation = − | divisions = {{Ubl|[[Johnson Platform Airframes]]|[[Ryan Systemics]]}}+ | Division = − | plants = }} }} − The '''Ryan Cartel''' (or '''Ryan Ice Cartel''') was formed to transport huge asteroidal icebergs through hyperspace with a new, revolutionary jump technique to supply colonies with cheap water. Nearly bankrupt after the development of advanced water purification technology during the [[Star League era]], the assets of the Ryan Ice Cartel were purchased by the [[Free Worlds League]]-based [[Curtiss Hydroponics]] in [[2688]] and continue to survive through to the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]] as their '''Ryan Iceships''' Group/Division.+ Started by entrepreneur [[Rudolph Ryan]]<ref>''DropShips and JumpShips: ComStar Intelligence Summary'', p. 12</ref>, the '''Ryan Cartel''' (or '''Ryan Ice Cartel''') was formed to transport huge asteroidal icebergs through hyperspace with a new, revolutionary jump technique, to supply colonies with cheap water. Nearly bankrupt after the development of advanced water purification technology during the [[Star League era]], the assets of the Ryan Ice Cartel were purchased by the [[Free Worlds League]]-based [[Curtiss Hydroponics]] in [[2688]] and continue to survive through to the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]]. ==History== ==History== − Entrepreneur [[Rudolph Ryan]] started the Ryan Cartel on 10 January [[2177]]. The company patented and implemented a new [[iceship]] technology, allowing crews to cut massive blocks of ice from the asteroid belts of uninhabited systems and transport them to inhabited systems using a formation of [[Jumpship|jump capable ships]], which exponentially increased the amount of ice that could be transported compared to carrying it on individual JumpShips.<ref name=HK:TDCp13/> (Ryan Cartel tanker [[DropShip]]s were also mentioned.<ref name=TROVA2>''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex'', p. 170: ''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex, Revised'', p. 170: "Johah JN-002 Submarine"</ref>) The rate of extra-terrestrial colonization was greatly accelerated by the increased availability and quality of water provided by the Ryan Cartel.+ [[Rudolph Ryan]] started the Ryan Iceship Cartel on January 10, [[2177]]. The Cartel patented and implemented a new [[iceship]] technology, allowing crews to cut massive blocks of ice from the asteroid belts of uninhabited systems and transport them to inhabited systems using a formation of [[Jumpship|jump capable ships]], which exponentially increased the amount of ice that could be transported compared to carrying it on individual JumpShips. (Ryan Cartel tanker [[DropShip]]s were also mentioned.<ref name=TROVA2>''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex'', p. 170 = ''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex, Revised'', p. 170, "Johah JN-002 Submarine"</ref>) The rate of extra-terrestrial colonization was greatly accelerated by the increased availability and quality of water provided by the Ryan Cartel. − Within a few short years, the Ryan Cartel became enormously profitable.<ref name=HK:TDCp14>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 14: "Expansion and Autonomy"</ref> The iceships of the cartel stimulated the colonization of many worlds previously believed only marginally habitable. The number of inhabited colonies increased from over 200 in [[2195]] to over 600 by the time of the [[Alliance Grand Survey#Fourth Alliance Grand Survey|Fourth Alliance Grand Survey]] conducted in [[2235]].<ref name=HK:TDCp14/><ref name=TPp12-13>''The Periphery'', pp. 12–13: "First Exodus"</ref> + Within a few short years, the Ryan Cartel became the single most profitable enterprise within the [[Terran Alliance]]. Then cartel's iceships stimulated the colonization of many worlds previously believed only marginally habitable. The number of inhabited colonies increased from over 200 in [[2195]] to over 600 by the time of the [[Alliance Grand Survey#Fourth Alliance Grand Survey|Fourth Alliance Grand Survey]] conducted in [[2235]]. − Though [[Project Lowell]] filled much of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]' low lying northern hemisphere with cometary water delivered simply by steering and slamming comets into Mars. However, the bulk delivery of water by cometary impact could not be repeated after Project Lowell was declared a success in [[2205]] and humans began settling the world. (That settlement was driven by mining companies, because by [[2200]] any Terran seeking a planet to colonize would not willingly select muddy, frigid, ugly Mars when much more attractive worlds were available outside the Terran system). The inability to simply smash cubic kilometers of water onto Mars became a real problem by the latter half of the twenty-third century: the dry, fractured crust soaked water like a sponge, threatening to dry up rivers, lakes, and even the deep Hellas Basin Sea. The Ryan Ice Cartel, which had conquered a similar challenge to deliver cubic kilometers of water ice to its customers at a time when [[DropShip]]s might bear a couple thousand tons of payload, offered the solution: a "skyhook" dangling from Mars' inner moon Phobos would drop the water ice to the planet with only city-shattering force (rather than continent-shattering).{{cn}} + Though [[Project Lowell]] filled much of [[Mars]]' low lying northern hemisphere with cometary water delivered simply by steering and slamming comets into Mars. However, the bulk delivery of water by cometary impact could not be repeated after Project Lowell was declared a success in [[2205]] and humans began settling the world. (That settlement was driven by mining companies, because by [[2200]] any Terran seeking a planet to colonize would not willingly select muddy, frigid, ugly Mars when much more attractive worlds were available outside the Terran system). The inability to simply smash cubic kilometers of water onto Mars became a real problem by the latter half of the twenty-third century: the dry, fractured crust soaked water like a sponge, threatening to dry up rivers, lakes, and even the deep Hellas Basin Sea. The Ryan Ice Cartel, which had conquered a similar challenge to deliver cubic kilometers of water ice to its customers at a time when [[DropShip]]s might bear a couple thousand tons of payload, offered the solution: a "skyhook" dangling from Mars' inner moon Phobos would drop the water ice to the planet with only city-shattering force (rather than continent-shattering). The Phobos Skyhook targeted (mostly successfully) its falling icebergs at the already flooded Valles Marineris, right where the super canyon crossed the equator and emptied into the manmade Northern Ocean at Chryse Planitia. However, the southern Hellas Basin Sea was isolated from that new water by the high southern continental plateau and the equatorial orbit of Phobos.<ref name=Mars>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [15/01/3072]: "Touring the Grand Canal of Mars"''</ref> The Phobos Skyhook targeted (mostly successfully) its falling icebergs at the already flooded Valles Marineris, right where the super canyon crossed the equator and emptied into the manmade Northern Ocean at Chryse Planitia. However, the southern Hellas Basin Sea was isolated from that new water by the high southern continental plateau and the equatorial orbit of Phobos.<ref name=Mars>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [15/01/3072]: "Touring the Grand Canal of Mars"''</ref> − Despite the improvements in infrastructure possible through the Ryan Cartel, Rudolph Ryan and his successor [[David Ryan]] openly backed the [[Alliance Liberal Party]] and covertly supported blockade runners in their attempts to "illegally" colonize worlds much further away from [[Terra]], beyond the reach of [[Terran Alliance]] authorities. The efforts of the Ryan Cartel led directly to the colonization of hundreds of worlds, the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]], the eventual collapse of the Terran Alliance, and the formation of the modern [[Inner Sphere]]. Rudolph Ryan was killed by an anarchist assassin in [[2185]]. David Ryan maintained smuggling on the side, and aided the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion|Outer Reaches Rebels]] through supplies of arms and military intelligence.<ref name=TPp12-14>''The Periphery'', pp. 12, 14: "First Exodus - Outer Reaches Rebellion"</ref> + Despite the improvements in infrastructure possible through the Ryan Cartel, Rudolph Ryan and his successor [[David Ryan]], openly backed the [[Alliance Liberal Party]] and covertly supported blockade runners in their attempts to "illegally" colonize worlds further than 120 light years away from [[Terra]].{{cn}} − In its heydays, the Ryan Cartel was described as a massive conglomerate with several subsidiaries involved in various aspects of water transportation.<ref name=TROVA1>''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex'', p. 102: ''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex, Revised'', p. 106: "Eckener EC-1 Tanker Airship"</ref> Their subsidiaries include [[Johnson Platform Airframes]] (creators of the [[Eckener]] tanker airship),<ref name=TROVA1/> and the oceanographic research branch [[Ryan Systemics]].<ref name=TROVA2/> + The efforts of the Ryan Cartel led directly to the colonization of hundreds of worlds, the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]], the eventual collapse of the [[Terran Alliance]], and the formation of the modern [[Inner Sphere]]. Rudolph Ryan was killed by an anarchist assassin in [[2185]]. David Ryan maintained smuggling on the side, and aided the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion|Outer Reaches Rebels]] through supplies of arms and military intelligence.<ref name=TPp12-14>''The Periphery'', pp. 12, 14</ref> + + In its heydays, the Ryan Cartel was described as a massive conglomerate with several subsidiaries involved in various aspects of water transportation.<ref name=TROVA1>''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex'', p. 102 = ''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex, Revised'', p. 106, "Eckener EC-1 Tanker Airship"</ref> Their subsidiaries include [[Johnson Platform Airframes]] (creators of the [[Eckener]] tanker airship),<ref name=TROVA1/> and the oceanographic research branch [[Ryan Systemics]].<ref name=TROVA2/> ===Star League era=== ===Star League era=== − The Ryan Ice Cartel would continue to operate as the primary supplier vital water through to the formation of the [[Star League]]. But all changed during the [[Good Years]] in the wake of the [[Reunification War]], when League engineers at the [[Caph#Planetary Locations|Caph Institute of Technology]] developed the [[Jamerson-Ulikov Water Purification Procedure]] in [[2622]]. It was half the size and a third the cost of any previous water-purification system and significantly cheaper to operate over importing water via iceships, making economically feasible to settle Inner Sphere worlds previously ignored during the [[Exodus (2242)|Exodus]] as well as providing many already settled worlds with an unexpected economic boom.<ref name=TSL-54>''The Star League'', pp. 54–55: "Economic and Scientific Advancements - Other Major Technological Breakthroughs"</ref><ref name=MW1-6>''MechWarrior 1st Edition'', p. 6: "A History of Human Space, 2001–3025 - The Good Years (2601–2750)"</ref><ref name=MW2-109>''MechWarrior 2nd Edition'', pp. 109–111: "Historical Overview - The Good Years (2601–2750)"</ref><ref name=HRU-165>''Historical: Reunification Wars'', pp. 165–166</ref> + The Ryan Ice Cartel would continue to operate as the primary supplier vital water through to the formation of the [[Star League]]. But all changed during the [[Good Years]] in the wake of the [[Reunification War]], when League engineers at the [[Caph#Planetary Locations|Caph Institute of Technology]] developed the [[Jamerson-Ulikov Water Purification Procedure]] in [[2622]]. It was half the size and a third the cost of any previous water-purification system and significantly cheaper to operate over importing water via iceships, making economically feasible to settle Inner Sphere worlds previously ignored during the [[Exodus (2242)|Exodus]] as well as providing many already settled worlds with an unexpected economic boom.<ref name=TSL-54>''The Star League'', pp. 54-55</ref><ref name=MW1-6>''MechWarrior 1st Edition'', p. 6 "A History of Human Space, 2001-3025 - The Good Years (2601-2750)"</ref><ref name=MW2-109>''MechWarrior 2nd Edition'', pp. 109-11 "Historical Overview - The Good Years (2601-2750)"</ref><ref name=HRU-165>''Historical: Reunification Wars'', pp. 165-166</ref> − As fewer and fewer worlds relied on its service, the Ryan Cartel was nearly driven bankrupt. By [[2668]], the remaining assets of the Cartel's Iceship Division were bought up by [[Curtiss Hydroponics]], the League-based manufacturer of the [[TriFil]] water purification system. Conducted more out of pride than sound business practice, the Ryan Cartel would continue to lose millions of [[Star League Dollar]]s a year before better management and cost-cutting measures stabilized its finances.<ref name=HMTFWL-128>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', pp. 128–129: "Corporate Profiles - [Curtiss Hydrosystems]"</ref><ref name=HB:HMp137/> + As fewer and fewer worlds relied on its service, the Ryan Cartel was nearly driven bankrupt. By [[2668]] the remaining assets of the Cartel's Iceship Division were bought up by [[Curtiss Hydroponics]], the League-based manufacturer of the [[TriFil]] water purification system. Conducted more out of pride than sound business practice, the Ryan Cartel would continue to lose millions of [[Star League Dollar]]s a year before better management and cost-cutting measures stabilized its finances.<ref name=HMTFWL-128>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', pp. 128-129</ref><ref name=HHM-137>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 137</ref> ===Succession Wars era=== ===Succession Wars era=== − As the Star League teetered on the brink of collapse in the wake of the [[Amaris Coup]], Curtiss began production of five new vessels for the Ryan Iceships Division, the first of their kind built in almost two centuries. The fortuitous acquisition of the Ryan Cartel helped the company to weather the maelstrom of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] as the slide into [[LosTech]] again made construction of iceships both increasingly vital and highly profitable. Curtiss would continue to operate the Ryan Iceship Division until at least [[3067]], with at least fifty-one of the fragile vessels still in operation.<ref name=HB:HMp137/><ref name=HMTFWL-128/> + As the Star League teetered on the brink of collapse in the wake of the [[Amaris Coup]], Curtiss began production of five new vessels for the Ryan Iceship Division, the first of their kind built in almost two centuries. The fortuitous acquisition of the Ryan Cartel helped the company to weather the maelstrom of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] as the slide into [[LosTech]] again made construction of iceships both increasingly vital and highly profitable. Curtiss would continue to operate the Ryan Iceship Division until at least [[3067]], with at least fifty-one of the fragile vessels still in operation.<ref name=HMTFWL-128/><ref name=HHM-137/> ==Known Ships== ==Known Ships== Line 40:
Line 40: ==References== ==References== <references /> <references /> + * ''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', pp. 16-17 ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''[[List of Solaris Broadcasting Co. articles#Touring the Grand Canal of Mars|BattleCorps Solaris Broadcasting Co., 15/01/3072: "Touring the Grand Canal of Mars"]]'' (five parts) * ''[[List of Solaris Broadcasting Co. articles#Touring the Grand Canal of Mars|BattleCorps Solaris Broadcasting Co., 15/01/3072: "Touring the Grand Canal of Mars"]]'' (five parts) − * ''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]'' + *''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]'' − * ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' + *''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' − * ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' + *''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' − * ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]'' + *''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]'' − * ''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game]]'' + *''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game]]'' − * ''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game, Second Edition]]'' + *''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game, Second Edition]]'' − * ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]'' + *''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]'' − * ''[[The Star League]]'' + *''[[The Star League]]'' − * ''[[Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex]]'' + *''[[Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex]]'' − * ''[[Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex Revised Edition]]'' + *''[[Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex Revised Edition]]'' − {{div col end}}+ [[Category:Free Worlds League Corporations]] [[Category:Free Worlds League Corporations]]
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| − | + | Started by entrepreneur [[Rudolph Ryan]]<ref>''DropShips and JumpShips: ComStar Intelligence Summary'', p. 12</ref>, the '''Ryan Cartel''' (or '''Ryan Ice Cartel''') was formed to transport huge asteroidal icebergs through hyperspace with a new, revolutionary jump technique, to supply colonies with cheap water. Nearly bankrupt after the development of advanced water purification technology during the [[Star League era]], the assets of the Ryan Ice Cartel were purchased by the [[Free Worlds League]]-based [[Curtiss Hydroponics]] in [[2688]] and continue to survive through to the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]]. | |
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | + | [[Rudolph Ryan]] started the Ryan Iceship Cartel on January 10, [[2177]]. The Cartel patented and implemented a new [[iceship]] technology, allowing crews to cut massive blocks of ice from the asteroid belts of uninhabited systems and transport them to inhabited systems using a formation of [[Jumpship|jump capable ships]], which exponentially increased the amount of ice that could be transported compared to carrying it on individual JumpShips. (Ryan Cartel tanker [[DropShip]]s were also mentioned.<ref name=TROVA2>''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex'', p. 170 = ''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex, Revised'', p. 170, "Johah JN-002 Submarine"</ref>) The rate of extra-terrestrial colonization was greatly accelerated by the increased availability and quality of water provided by the Ryan Cartel. | |
| − | Within a few short years, the Ryan Cartel became | + | Within a few short years, the Ryan Cartel became the single most profitable enterprise within the [[Terran Alliance]]. Then cartel's iceships stimulated the colonization of many worlds previously believed only marginally habitable. The number of inhabited colonies increased from over 200 in [[2195]] to over 600 by the time of the [[Alliance Grand Survey#Fourth Alliance Grand Survey|Fourth Alliance Grand Survey]] conducted in [[2235]]. |
| − | Though [[Project Lowell]] filled much of [[ | + | Though [[Project Lowell]] filled much of [[Mars]]' low lying northern hemisphere with cometary water delivered simply by steering and slamming comets into Mars. However, the bulk delivery of water by cometary impact could not be repeated after Project Lowell was declared a success in [[2205]] and humans began settling the world. (That settlement was driven by mining companies, because by [[2200]] any Terran seeking a planet to colonize would not willingly select muddy, frigid, ugly Mars when much more attractive worlds were available outside the Terran system). The inability to simply smash cubic kilometers of water onto Mars became a real problem by the latter half of the twenty-third century: the dry, fractured crust soaked water like a sponge, threatening to dry up rivers, lakes, and even the deep Hellas Basin Sea. The Ryan Ice Cartel, which had conquered a similar challenge to deliver cubic kilometers of water ice to its customers at a time when [[DropShip]]s might bear a couple thousand tons of payload, offered the solution: a "skyhook" dangling from Mars' inner moon Phobos would drop the water ice to the planet with only city-shattering force (rather than continent-shattering). |
The Phobos Skyhook targeted (mostly successfully) its falling icebergs at the already flooded Valles Marineris, right where the super canyon crossed the equator and emptied into the manmade Northern Ocean at Chryse Planitia. However, the southern Hellas Basin Sea was isolated from that new water by the high southern continental plateau and the equatorial orbit of Phobos.<ref name=Mars>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [15/01/3072]: "Touring the Grand Canal of Mars"''</ref> | The Phobos Skyhook targeted (mostly successfully) its falling icebergs at the already flooded Valles Marineris, right where the super canyon crossed the equator and emptied into the manmade Northern Ocean at Chryse Planitia. However, the southern Hellas Basin Sea was isolated from that new water by the high southern continental plateau and the equatorial orbit of Phobos.<ref name=Mars>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [15/01/3072]: "Touring the Grand Canal of Mars"''</ref> | ||
| − | Despite the improvements in infrastructure possible through the Ryan Cartel, Rudolph Ryan and his successor [[David Ryan]] openly backed the [[Alliance Liberal Party]] and covertly supported blockade runners in their attempts to "illegally" colonize worlds | + | Despite the improvements in infrastructure possible through the Ryan Cartel, Rudolph Ryan and his successor [[David Ryan]], openly backed the [[Alliance Liberal Party]] and covertly supported blockade runners in their attempts to "illegally" colonize worlds further than 120 light years away from [[Terra]].{{cn}} |
| − | In its heydays, the Ryan Cartel was described as a massive conglomerate with several subsidiaries involved in various aspects of water transportation.<ref name=TROVA1>''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex'', p. 102 | + | The efforts of the Ryan Cartel led directly to the colonization of hundreds of worlds, the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]], the eventual collapse of the [[Terran Alliance]], and the formation of the modern [[Inner Sphere]]. Rudolph Ryan was killed by an anarchist assassin in [[2185]]. David Ryan maintained smuggling on the side, and aided the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion|Outer Reaches Rebels]] through supplies of arms and military intelligence.<ref name=TPp12-14>''The Periphery'', pp. 12, 14</ref> |
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| + | In its heydays, the Ryan Cartel was described as a massive conglomerate with several subsidiaries involved in various aspects of water transportation.<ref name=TROVA1>''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex'', p. 102 = ''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex, Revised'', p. 106, "Eckener EC-1 Tanker Airship"</ref> Their subsidiaries include [[Johnson Platform Airframes]] (creators of the [[Eckener]] tanker airship),<ref name=TROVA1/> and the oceanographic research branch [[Ryan Systemics]].<ref name=TROVA2/> | ||
===Star League era=== | ===Star League era=== | ||
| − | The Ryan Ice Cartel would continue to operate as the primary supplier vital water through to the formation of the [[Star League]]. But all changed during the [[Good Years]] in the wake of the [[Reunification War]], when League engineers at the [[Caph#Planetary Locations|Caph Institute of Technology]] developed the [[Jamerson-Ulikov Water Purification Procedure]] in [[2622]]. It was half the size and a third the cost of any previous water-purification system and significantly cheaper to operate over importing water via iceships, making economically feasible to settle Inner Sphere worlds previously ignored during the [[Exodus (2242)|Exodus]] as well as providing many already settled worlds with an unexpected economic boom.<ref name=TSL-54>''The Star League'', pp. | + | The Ryan Ice Cartel would continue to operate as the primary supplier vital water through to the formation of the [[Star League]]. But all changed during the [[Good Years]] in the wake of the [[Reunification War]], when League engineers at the [[Caph#Planetary Locations|Caph Institute of Technology]] developed the [[Jamerson-Ulikov Water Purification Procedure]] in [[2622]]. It was half the size and a third the cost of any previous water-purification system and significantly cheaper to operate over importing water via iceships, making economically feasible to settle Inner Sphere worlds previously ignored during the [[Exodus (2242)|Exodus]] as well as providing many already settled worlds with an unexpected economic boom.<ref name=TSL-54>''The Star League'', pp. 54-55</ref><ref name=MW1-6>''MechWarrior 1st Edition'', p. 6 "A History of Human Space, 2001-3025 - The Good Years (2601-2750)"</ref><ref name=MW2-109>''MechWarrior 2nd Edition'', pp. 109-11 "Historical Overview - The Good Years (2601-2750)"</ref><ref name=HRU-165>''Historical: Reunification Wars'', pp. 165-166</ref> |
| − | As fewer and fewer worlds relied on its service, the Ryan Cartel was nearly driven bankrupt. By [[2668]] | + | As fewer and fewer worlds relied on its service, the Ryan Cartel was nearly driven bankrupt. By [[2668]] the remaining assets of the Cartel's Iceship Division were bought up by [[Curtiss Hydroponics]], the League-based manufacturer of the [[TriFil]] water purification system. Conducted more out of pride than sound business practice, the Ryan Cartel would continue to lose millions of [[Star League Dollar]]s a year before better management and cost-cutting measures stabilized its finances.<ref name=HMTFWL-128>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', pp. 128-129</ref><ref name=HHM-137>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 137</ref> |
===Succession Wars era=== | ===Succession Wars era=== | ||
| − | As the Star League teetered on the brink of collapse in the wake of the [[Amaris Coup]], Curtiss began production of five new vessels for the Ryan | + | As the Star League teetered on the brink of collapse in the wake of the [[Amaris Coup]], Curtiss began production of five new vessels for the Ryan Iceship Division, the first of their kind built in almost two centuries. The fortuitous acquisition of the Ryan Cartel helped the company to weather the maelstrom of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] as the slide into [[LosTech]] again made construction of iceships both increasingly vital and highly profitable. Curtiss would continue to operate the Ryan Iceship Division until at least [[3067]], with at least fifty-one of the fragile vessels still in operation.<ref name=HMTFWL-128/><ref name=HHM-137/> |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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| + | * ''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', pp. 16-17 | ||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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* ''[[List of Solaris Broadcasting Co. articles#Touring the Grand Canal of Mars|BattleCorps Solaris Broadcasting Co., 15/01/3072: "Touring the Grand Canal of Mars"]]'' (five parts) | * ''[[List of Solaris Broadcasting Co. articles#Touring the Grand Canal of Mars|BattleCorps Solaris Broadcasting Co., 15/01/3072: "Touring the Grand Canal of Mars"]]'' (five parts) | ||
| − | * ''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]'' | + | *''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' | + | *''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' |
| − | * ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' | + | *''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' |
| − | * ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]'' | + | *''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]'' |
| − | * ''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game]]'' | + | *''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game]]'' |
| − | * ''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game, Second Edition]]'' | + | *''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game, Second Edition]]'' |
| − | * ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]'' | + | *''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]'' |
| − | * ''[[The Star League]]'' | + | *''[[The Star League]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex]]'' | + | *''[[Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex Revised Edition]]'' | + | *''[[Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex Revised Edition]]'' |
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[[Category:Free Worlds League Corporations]] | [[Category:Free Worlds League Corporations]] | ||