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| image = Alliance-Defenders-Limited.png
 
| image = Alliance-Defenders-Limited.png
| founded = [[2730]]s<ref name="FR2765:Pp10">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 10: "Outworlds Alliance"</ref>
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| caption = Company Logo
| affiliation = [[Outworlds Alliance]]
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| Founded = [[Star League era]]
| headquarters = [[Alpheratz]]<ref name=HBMPS143>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 143: "Alliance Defenders Limited"</ref>
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| Interstellar = No
| leadership = [[CEO of Alliance Defenders Limited|CEO]]
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| Sites = [[Alpheratz]]
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'''Alliance Defenders Limited''' was a military hardware manufacturer on [[Alpheratz]] in the [[Outworlds Alliance]].
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'''Alliance Defenders Limited''' is a military hardware manufacturer on [[Alpheratz]] in the [[Outworlds Alliance]].
  
 
==Overview==
 
==Overview==
Alliance Defenders Limited (ADL) was the first and largest producer of weapons and equipment for ground based warfare in the Outworlds Alliance.<ref name=HBMPS143/> ADL was founded as a result of funding investments made by the [[Terran Hegemony]]. The company was envisioned to be the means for easing the logistical problems of replacing equipment lost in the field by the [[Star League Defense Force]] [[18th Army (Star League)|Eighteenth Army]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp10"/> ADL began its operation in the [[2730]]s<ref name="FR2765:Pp10"/> and has provided [['Mechs]] to the [[Alliance Military Corps]] ever since.<ref name=HBMPS143/>
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Alliance Defenders Limited (ADL) was the first and largest producer of weapons and equipment for ground based warfare in the Outworlds Alliance.<ref name=HBMPS143/> ADL was founded as a result of funding investments made by the [[Terran Hegemony]]. The company was envisioned to be the means for easing the logistical problems of replacing equipment lost in the field by the [[SLDF]] [[18th Army (Star League)|Eighteenth Army]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp10">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 10, "Infrastructure Integrity"</ref> ADL began its operation in the [[2730]]'s<ref name="FR2765:Pp10"/> and has provided [['Mechs]] to the [[Alliance Military Corps]] ever since.<ref name=HBMPS143>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 143, "Manufacturer Profile"</ref>
  
Output from ADL facilities grew steadily from its opening to April of [[2765]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp10"/> During the [[Star League]] era, ADL specialized in the production of three [[BattleMech#Light|light]] 'Mech designs; the ''[[Locust]]'', the ''[[Stinger]]'', and the ''[[Wasp]]'', many of which were equipped with the advanced laser systems manufactured by [[Lushann Industrials Limited]]. At least two of these designs, the ''Locust'' and the ''Stinger'', were procured by [[Emma Jacobs]] (the first CEO of ADL) by bribing pirate bands to acquire their designs from the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name=TotSH>''Top of the Scrap Heap''</ref>
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Output from ADL facilities grew steadily from its opening to April of [[2765]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp10"/> During the [[Star League]] era, ADL specialized in the production of three light 'Mech designs; the ''[[Locust]]'', the ''[[Stinger]]'', and the ''[[Wasp]]'', many of which were equipped with the advanced laser systems manufactured by [[Lushann Industrials Limited]]. At least two of these designs, the ''Locust'' and the ''Stinger'', were procured by [[Emma Jacobs]] (the first CEO of ADL) by bribing pirate bands to acquire their designs from the [[Federated Suns]].<ref>''Top of the Scrap Heap'', p. 12</ref>
  
In [[3067]], ADL expanded its production to include the [[Rommel]] and [[Po]] heavy tanks.<ref name=HBMPS143/>
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In [[3067]], ADL expanded its production to include the [[Rommel]] and [[Po]] heavy tanks.
  
===Jihad===
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=== Jihad ===
ADL suffered some minor damage in [[3071]] as the [[Jihad]] began, but nothing so significant to mention.{{cn}} The company was operating at its full production capacity in [[3079]].<ref name=O:TCp16>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 16: "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"</ref>
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ADL suffered some minor damage in [[3071]] as the [[Jihad]] began, but nothing so significant to mention. The company was operating at its full production capacity in [[3079]].<ref>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 16</ref>
  
 
==Manufacturing==
 
==Manufacturing==
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===Alpheratz===
 
===Alpheratz===
 
{|class="wikitable"   
 
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! colspan="2" | Components produced on Alpheratz:<ref name=TRO:3145Mp28>''Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries'', p. 28: "Produced Cadaver components"</ref><ref name=OR153>''Objective Raids'', p. 153: "Produced Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3039p281>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 281: "Produced Locust 1V Components"</ref><ref name=TRO:Pp140>''Technical Readout: Prototypes'', p. 140: "Produced Stinger IIC Components"</ref><ref name=TRSWp112f>''Technical Readout: Succession Wars'', pp. 112–113: "MLN-1A Merlin"</ref><ref name=O:TCp17>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 17: "Alliance Defenders Limited"</ref>  
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! colspan="2" | Components produced on Alpheratz:<ref name=TRO:3145Mp28>''Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries'', p. 28, "Produced Cadaver components"</ref><ref name=OR153>''Objective Raids'', p. 153, "Produced Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3039p281>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 281, "Produced Locust 1V Components"</ref><ref name=TRO:Pp140>''Technical Readout: Prototypes'', p. 140, "Produced Stinger IIC Components"</ref><ref name=O:TCp17>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 17, "Alliance Defenders Limited"</ref>  
 
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| [[Cadaver|CVR-A1 ''Cadaver'']]<ref name=TRO:3145Mp28/>
 
| [[Cadaver|CVR-A1 ''Cadaver'']]<ref name=TRO:3145Mp28/>
| [[BattleMech#Light|Light BattleMech]]
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| [[Light BattleMech]]
 
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| [[Locust|LCT-1V ''Locust'']]<ref name=OR153/><ref name=TRO3039p281/><ref name=O:TCp17/>
 
| [[Locust|LCT-1V ''Locust'']]<ref name=OR153/><ref name=TRO3039p281/><ref name=O:TCp17/>
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| Light BattleMech
 
| Light BattleMech
 
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| [[Merlin (BattleMech)|MLN-1A ''Merlin'']]<ref name=TRSWp112f />
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| [[Merlin (BattleMech)|MLN-1A ''Merlin'']] {{cn}}
 
| [[Heavy BattleMech]]
 
| [[Heavy BattleMech]]
 
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| ''Stinger IIC''<ref name=TRO:Pp140/>
 
| ''Stinger IIC''<ref name=TRO:Pp140/>
 
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Extralight Fusion Engine]]</u>
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Extralight engine]]</u>
 
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| [[VOX 240 XL]]
 
| [[VOX 240 XL]]
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| ''Stinger IIC''<ref name=TRO:Pp140/>
 
| ''Stinger IIC''<ref name=TRO:Pp140/>
 
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)]]</u>
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles]]</u>
 
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| [[Durallex Heavy]]
 
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: Prototypes]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: Prototypes]]''
* ''[[Top of the Scrap Heap]]'' (short story)
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* ''[[Top of the Scrap Heap]]''
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[[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Alliance Defenders Limited]]
 
[[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Alliance Defenders Limited]]
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[[Category:Outworlds Alliance Companies]]
[[Category:Raven Alliance Corporations]]
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[[Category: Raven Alliance Companies]]

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