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| affiliation = {{Ubl|[[Marian Hegemony]]|[[Taurian Concordat]]}}
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| headquarters = [[Mendham]]{{cn}}
| Sites = [[Addhara]]<ref name="FM:3145p188"/><br>[[Alphard (Marian Hegemony planet)|Alphard]]<br>[[Illyria]]<ref name="FM:3145p188"/><br>[[Leximon]]<ref name="FM:3145p188"/><br>[[Perdition]]
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| leadership = [[CEO of Alphard Trading Corporation|CEO]]
| Main Products = [[Battle Armor]]<ref name="FM:3145p188"/><br>[[BattleMech]]s<br>[[Vehicle]]s
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| plants = {{Ubl|[[Addhara]]|[[Alphard (MH)|Alphard]]|[[Illyria]]|[[Leximon]]|[[Perdition]]}}
 
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'''Alphard Trading Corporation''' was a military hardware manufacturer with subsidiary offices located in several [[Periphery]] states bordering the [[Free Worlds League]].
'''Alphard Trading Corporation''' is a military hardware manufacturer with subsidiary offices located in several [[Periphery]] states bordering the [[Free Worlds League]].
 
  
 
==Overview==
 
==Overview==
Alphard Trading Corporation was originally a single company headquartered in the Free Worlds League. During the [[2720]]s ATC underwent a major expansion, forming several new subsidiaries across the Periphery. During the [[Succession Wars]], the ATC's main office ceased operations, leaving the many subsidiaries to operate independently.<ref name=HBMPS119>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 119, "Alphard Trading Corporation"</ref> Two of these branches were located on [[Alphard]] and [[Perdition]], but only ATC Perdition survived the Succession Wars. Survival didn't equate to prosperity, however. ATC Perdition remained afloat only because they merged with [[Pinard Protectorates Limited]]. The Alphard office remained defunct until [[Johann O'Reilly]] founded a new company with the same name shortly before he formed the [[Marian Hegemony]]. By the time of the [[Clan Invasion]], ATC Alphard had formed a partnership with [[Kali Yama Weapons Industries Incorporated|Kali-Yama Industries]] and ATC Perdition had begun to produce defense products.<ref name=MM199>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 199, "Alphard Trading Corporation Profile"</ref> The increased sales also allowed ATC Perdition to resume operating as a separate corporation.<ref name=HBMPS119/> The [[Jihad]] created problems for the [[Kali Yama - Alphard Trading Corporation|Kali-Yama/ATC]] agreement however, as the main [[Kali Yama Weapons Industries Incorporated|Kali Yama offices]] were occupied by Blakist forces.<ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 76</ref>
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Alphard Trading Corporation (ATC) was originally a single company headquartered in the Free Worlds League. During the [[2720]]s ATC underwent a major expansion, forming several new subsidiaries across the Periphery. During the [[Succession Wars]], the ATC main office ceased operations, leaving the many subsidiaries to operate independently.<ref name=H:MPSp119>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 119: "Alphard Trading Corporation"</ref> Two of these branches were located on [[Alphard (MH)|Alphard]] and [[Perdition]], but only ATC Perdition survived the Succession Wars. Survival didn't equate to prosperity, however, as ATC Perdition remained afloat only because they merged with [[Pinard Protectorates Limited]].
  
The Alphard branch of ATC partnered with [[Marian Arms Incorporated]] and in [[3080]] the two companies finished their first production line. This line produces a "primitive" version of the venerable [[Centurion]] [[BattleMech]].<ref name="xtror5"/> Analysts speculate that ATC will use the experience gathered from creating this line to expand the [[Marian Hegemony]]'s industrial base.
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The Alphard office remained defunct until [[Johann O'Reilly]] founded a new company with the same name shortly before he formed the [[Marian Hegemony]]. By the time of the [[Clan Invasion]], ATC Alphard had formed a partnership with [[Kali Yama Weapons Industries Incorporated|Kali-Yama Industries]] and ATC Perdition had begun to produce defense products.<ref name=MMp199>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 199: "Corporations of the Hegemony - [Alphard Trading Corporation]"</ref> The increased sales also allowed ATC Perdition to resume operating as a separate corporation.<ref name=H:MPSp119/>
  
The Perdition branch, however, did not fare so well toward the end of the century. Between the Roughriders' attack on Perdition in [[3075]] and subsequent raids by [[Word of Blake]] forces, all of the industry on Perdition had been destroyed by [[3081]].<ref name="J:FRp117">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 117, "Taurian Concordat"</ref>
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===Jihad===
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The [[Jihad]] created problems for the [[Kali Yama - Alphard Trading Corporation|Kali-Yama/ATC]] agreement however, as the main [[Kali Yama Weapons Industries Incorporated|Kali Yama offices]] were occupied by Blakist forces.<ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 76</ref> The Alphard branch of ATC partnered with [[Marian Arms Incorporated]] and in [[3080]] the two companies finished their first production line. This line produces a "primitive" version of the venerable ''[[Centurion (BattleMech)|Centurion]]'' BattleMech.<ref name="xtror5"/> Analysts speculate that ATC will use the experience gathered from creating this line to expand the [[Marian Hegemony]]'s industrial base. The Perdition branch, however, did not fare so well toward the end of the century. Between the Roughriders' attack on Perdition in [[3075]] and subsequent raids by [[Word of Blake]] forces, all of the industry on Perdition had been destroyed by [[3081]].<ref name="J:FRp117">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 117: "Taurian Concordat"</ref>
  
=== The Dark Age ===
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===The Dark Age===
When the [[Lothian League]] gained independence in [[3128]]<ref name="FM:3145p186">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 186, "Lothian League"</ref> it also effectively gained control of a small plant that ATC had constructed on the Lothian world of [[Leximon]]. The plant continued to operate under ATC's ownership, providing [[Combat Vehicle|armored vehicles]] for the small Lothian military.<ref name="FM:3145p190">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 190, "Lothian League"</ref>  This wasn't the only new plant that ATC constructed during the Dark Age; the Hegemony government invested heavily in ATC, both to drive the rebuilding programs the Marian military needed to undergo and to assist with their civilian reconstruction efforts.<ref name="FM:3145p188">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 188, "Marian Hegemony"</ref>
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The Hegemony government invested heavily in ATC, both to drive the reconstruction programs the Marian military needed to go through and to assist with their civilian reconstruction efforts.<ref name="FM:3145p188">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 188: "Marian Hegemony"</ref> The first new plant to be constructed by ATC was on [[Addhara]], which began producing both armor and BattleMechs to begin making up for the lost output from the destroyed Perdition plant. Then, in addition to the [[Leximon]] plant, ATC established the first [[battle armor]] plant to be constructed in the [[Periphery]], located on the former [[Illyrian Palatinate]] capital of [[Illyria]]. The construction of this plant was driven by demands from ''[[Caesar (rank)|Caesar]]'' [[Ignatius O'Reilly]] for increased military production from ATC. It was ''Caesar'' O'Reilly's anticipation of the now re-formed [[Free Worlds League]] launching large-scale attacks against the Hegemony that fueled his determination to strengthen the [[MHAF]].<ref name="FM:3145p188"/>
  
The first new plant to be constructed by ATC was on [[Addhara]], which began producing both armor and BattleMechs to begin making up for the lost output from the destroyed Perdition plant. Then, in addition to the Leximon plant, ATC established the first [[Battle Armor|battle armor]] plant to be constructed in the [[Periphery]], located on the former [[Illyrian Palatinate]] capital of [[Illyria]]; the construction of this plant was driven by demands from [[Caesar]] [[Ignatius O'Reilly]] for increased military production from ATC to allow for an increase in the strength of the [[MHAF]] in anticipation of the reformed [[Free Worlds League]] deciding to launch large-scale attacks on the Hegemony.<ref name="FM:3145p188"/>
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When the [[Lothian League]] gained independence in [[3128]]<ref name="FM:3145p186">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 186: "Lothian League"</ref> it also effectively gained control of the [[Leximon]] plant. While the plant continued to operate under ATC's ownership, it was now producing [[Combat Vehicle|armored vehicles]] for the small Lothian military.<ref name="FM:3145p190">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 190: "Lothian League"</ref>
 
 
==Leadership==
 
The CEO of the [[Taurian Concordat]] Alphard Trading Corporation is Bruce Magliozzi.<ref name=HBMPS119/>
 
  
 
==Manufacturing==
 
==Manufacturing==
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===Addhara===
 
===Addhara===
Active from [[3099]], the Addhara plant is known to have been producing armor and BattleMechs.<ref name="FM:3145p188"/>
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Active from [[3099]], the [[Addhara]] plant is known to have produced armor and BattleMechs.<ref name="FM:3145p188"/>
  
 
===Alphard===
 
===Alphard===
In [[3077]] the CEO of the [[Marian Hegemony]] Alphard Trading Corporation is Livia O'Reilly.<ref name=MM199/>
 
 
 
{|class="wikitable"   
 
{|class="wikitable"   
! colspan="2" |Components produced on Alphard:<ref name=TRO3058Up90/><ref name=TRO3026R24>''Technical Readout: 3026 Revised'', p. 24, "Produced J. Edgar Components"</ref><ref name=TROM:3145Mp20>''Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries'', p. 20, "Testudo Seige Tank"</ref>
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on [[Alphard (MH)|Alphard]]:<ref name=TRO3058Up90/><ref name=TRO3026R24>''Technical Readout: 3026 Revised'', p. 24: "Produced J. Edgar Components"</ref><ref name=TROM:3145Mp20>''Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries'', p. 20: "Testudo Siege Tank"</ref>
 
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! width="350pt" | Component
 
! width="350pt" | Component
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>Mechs</u>
 
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>Mechs</u>
 
|-
 
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| [[Centurion (BattleMech)#Variants|CN9-H ''Centurion''0]]<ref name="xtror5">''Experimental Technical Readout: RetroTech'', p. 5</ref><ref name=objp25>''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 25</ref>
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| [[Centurion (BattleMech)#Variants|CN9-H ''Centurion'']]<ref name="xtror5">''Experimental Technical Readout: RetroTech'', p. 5</ref><ref name=objp25>''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 25</ref>
 
| [[Medium BattleMech]] (Primitive)
 
| [[Medium BattleMech]] (Primitive)
 
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| J. Edgar<ref name=TRO3026R24/>
 
| J. Edgar<ref name=TRO3026R24/>
 
|-
 
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Fuel Cell]]</u>
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Fuel cell]]</u>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Omni 225]]
 
| [[Omni 225]]
 
| ''Testudo''<ref name=TROM:3145Mp20/>
 
| ''Testudo''<ref name=TROM:3145Mp20/>
 
|-
 
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles]]</u>
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)]]</u>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[StarSlab-7 Standard]]
 
| [[StarSlab-7 Standard]]
 
| J. Edgar<ref name=TRO3026R24/>
 
| J. Edgar<ref name=TRO3026R24/>
 
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|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Armor - FF - BattleMechs & Vehicles]]</u>
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Ferro-fibrous Armor]]</u>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Lorica Progressia]] [8Ferro-Fibrous]] w/[[CASE]]
 
| [[Lorica Progressia]] [8Ferro-Fibrous]] w/[[CASE]]
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[SRM-2]]</u>
 
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[SRM-2]]</u>
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Harvester]]
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| [[SRM-2#Harvester_2|Harvester]]
 
| J. Edgar<ref name=TRO3026R24/>
 
| J. Edgar<ref name=TRO3026R24/>
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===Illyria===
 
===Illyria===
Active from some point after [[3139]], the Illyria plant is known to have produced battle armor.<ref name="FM:3145p188"/>
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Active from some point after [[3139]], the [[Illyria]] plant is known to have produced battle armor.<ref name="FM:3145p188"/>
  
 
===Leximon===
 
===Leximon===
Constructed during the Dark Age, the Leximon plant was still operating at least as late as 3145.<ref name="FM:3145p190"/>
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Constructed during the Dark Age, the [[Leximon]] plant was still operating at least as late as [[3145]].<ref name="FM:3145p190"/>
 
{|class="wikitable"   
 
{|class="wikitable"   
! colspan="2" |Components produced on Leximon:<ref name="FM:3145p190"/>
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on [[Leximon]]:<ref name="FM:3145p190"/>
 
|-
 
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|-  
 
|-  
 
| [[Schrek|Schrek PPC Carrier]]<ref name="FM:3145p190"/>
 
| [[Schrek|Schrek PPC Carrier]]<ref name="FM:3145p190"/>
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| Tracked Vehicle
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===Perdition===
 
===Perdition===
As of [[3081]] the factories on Perdition had been destroyed.<ref name="J:FRp117"/>
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As of [[3081]], the factories on [[Perdition]] had been destroyed.<ref name="J:FRp117"/>
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{|class="wikitable"   
 
{|class="wikitable"   
! colspan="2" |Components produced on Perdition:<ref name=TRO3058Up90>''Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade'', p. 90, "Produced Fulcrum Vehicle Components"</ref>
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on [[Perdition]]:<ref name=TRO3058Up90>''Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade'', p. 90: "Produced Fulcrum Vehicle Components"</ref>
 
|-
 
|-
 
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! width="350pt" | Component
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| [[Hovercraft]]
 
| [[Hovercraft]]
 
|-
 
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Fusion Engine - XL]]</u>
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Extralight Fusion Engine]]</u>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Strand 265 XL]]
 
| [[Strand 265 XL]]
 
| Fulcrum<ref name=TRO3058Up90/>
 
| Fulcrum<ref name=TRO3058Up90/>
 
|-
 
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles]]</u>
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)]]</u>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[StarSlab-11.5 Type HVA]]
 
| [[StarSlab-11.5 Type HVA]]
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: RetroTech]]''
 
* ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: RetroTech]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries]]''
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[[Category: Manufacturing Centers|Alphard Trading Corporation]]
 
[[Category: Manufacturing Centers|Alphard Trading Corporation]]
[[Category: Marian Hegemony Companies]]
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[[Category: Marian Hegemony Corporations]]
[[Category: Taurian Concordat Companies]]
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[[Category: Taurian Concordat Corporations]]

Latest revision as of 04:03, 29 February 2024

Alphard Trading Corporation
Alphard Trading.jpg
Corporation Profile
Affiliation
HeadquartersMendham[citation needed]
LeadershipCEO
Product(s)
Manufacturing Plant(s)

Alphard Trading Corporation was a military hardware manufacturer with subsidiary offices located in several Periphery states bordering the Free Worlds League.

Overview[edit]

Alphard Trading Corporation (ATC) was originally a single company headquartered in the Free Worlds League. During the 2720s ATC underwent a major expansion, forming several new subsidiaries across the Periphery. During the Succession Wars, the ATC main office ceased operations, leaving the many subsidiaries to operate independently.[1] Two of these branches were located on Alphard and Perdition, but only ATC Perdition survived the Succession Wars. Survival didn't equate to prosperity, however, as ATC Perdition remained afloat only because they merged with Pinard Protectorates Limited.

The Alphard office remained defunct until Johann O'Reilly founded a new company with the same name shortly before he formed the Marian Hegemony. By the time of the Clan Invasion, ATC Alphard had formed a partnership with Kali-Yama Industries and ATC Perdition had begun to produce defense products.[2] The increased sales also allowed ATC Perdition to resume operating as a separate corporation.[1]

Jihad[edit]

The Jihad created problems for the Kali-Yama/ATC agreement however, as the main Kali Yama offices were occupied by Blakist forces.[3] The Alphard branch of ATC partnered with Marian Arms Incorporated and in 3080 the two companies finished their first production line. This line produces a "primitive" version of the venerable Centurion BattleMech.[4] Analysts speculate that ATC will use the experience gathered from creating this line to expand the Marian Hegemony's industrial base. The Perdition branch, however, did not fare so well toward the end of the century. Between the Roughriders' attack on Perdition in 3075 and subsequent raids by Word of Blake forces, all of the industry on Perdition had been destroyed by 3081.[5]

The Dark Age[edit]

The Hegemony government invested heavily in ATC, both to drive the reconstruction programs the Marian military needed to go through and to assist with their civilian reconstruction efforts.[6] The first new plant to be constructed by ATC was on Addhara, which began producing both armor and BattleMechs to begin making up for the lost output from the destroyed Perdition plant. Then, in addition to the Leximon plant, ATC established the first battle armor plant to be constructed in the Periphery, located on the former Illyrian Palatinate capital of Illyria. The construction of this plant was driven by demands from Caesar Ignatius O'Reilly for increased military production from ATC. It was Caesar O'Reilly's anticipation of the now re-formed Free Worlds League launching large-scale attacks against the Hegemony that fueled his determination to strengthen the MHAF.[6]

When the Lothian League gained independence in 3128[7] it also effectively gained control of the Leximon plant. While the plant continued to operate under ATC's ownership, it was now producing armored vehicles for the small Lothian military.[8]

Manufacturing[edit]

Alphard Trading Corporation has manufacturing centers on the following planets:

Addhara[edit]

Active from 3099, the Addhara plant is known to have produced armor and BattleMechs.[6]

Alphard[edit]

Components produced on Alphard:[9][10][11]
Component Type
Mechs
CN9-H Centurion[4][12] Medium BattleMech (Primitive)
Vehicles
J. Edgar[10][12] Hovercraft
Fulcrum[13][9][12] Hovercraft
Testudo[11] Tracked Vehicles (As of 3131)
Fusion Engine
Leenex 145 J. Edgar[10]
Fuel cell
Omni 225 Testudo[11]
Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)
StarSlab-7 Standard J. Edgar[10]
Ferro-fibrous Armor
Lorica Progressia [8Ferro-Fibrous]] w/CASE Testudo[11]
Communications System
Alphard Original Two J. Edgar[10]
Garret T21-C Testudo[11]
Targeting-Tracking System
TracTex Alpha-1 J. Edgar[10]
O/P GRD 059 Testudo[11]
Medium Laser
Diverse Optics Type 2 J. Edgar[10]
SRM-2
Harvester J. Edgar[10]

Illyria[edit]

Active from some point after 3139, the Illyria plant is known to have produced battle armor.[6]

Leximon[edit]

Constructed during the Dark Age, the Leximon plant was still operating at least as late as 3145.[8]

Components produced on Leximon:[8]
Component Type
Vehicles
Goblin Medium Tank[8] Tracked Vehicle
Schrek PPC Carrier[8] Tracked Vehicle

Perdition[edit]

As of 3081, the factories on Perdition had been destroyed.[5]

Components produced on Perdition:[9]
Component Type
Vehicles
Fulcrum[9] Hovercraft
Extralight Fusion Engine
Strand 265 XL Fulcrum[9]
Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)
StarSlab-11.5 Type HVA Fulcrum[9]
Communications System
O/P Air 900 w/Guardian ECM Fulcrum[9]
Targeting-Tracking System
RCA Instatrac Mark XII Fulcrum[9]
Medium Laser
Diverse Optics Type 18 Fulcrum[9]
Large Laser
Sunglow Type 2 Fulcrum[9]
LRM-10
Delta Dart Fulcrum[9]
SRM-2
Harvester 2K Wasp/Shipped to Pinard for Thunderbolt, Battle Hawk & Plainsman also to Taurus for Thunderbolt[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 119: "Alphard Trading Corporation"
  2. Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 199: "Corporations of the Hegemony - [Alphard Trading Corporation]"
  3. Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 76
  4. 4.0 4.1 Experimental Technical Readout: RetroTech, p. 5
  5. 5.0 5.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 117: "Taurian Concordat"
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Field Manual: 3145, p. 188: "Marian Hegemony"
  7. Field Manual: 3145, p. 186: "Lothian League"
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Field Manual: 3145, p. 190: "Lothian League"
  9. 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 90: "Produced Fulcrum Vehicle Components"
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 Technical Readout: 3026 Revised, p. 24: "Produced J. Edgar Components"
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries, p. 20: "Testudo Siege Tank"
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 Objectives: Periphery, p. 25
  13. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 162

Bibliography[edit]