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| affiliation = {{Ubl|[[Federated Suns]]|[[Terran Hegemony]]}}
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| headquarters = [[Errai]]
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| leadership = [[CEO of Maltex Corporation|CEO]]
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| Sites = [[Errai]]<br>[[Unity]]
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| products = [[BattleMech]]s
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'''Maltex Corporation''' was a military manufacturer that produced equipment for the [[SLDF]] and [[AFFS]]. It later produced equipment for the [[DCMS]].
 
  
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'''Maltex Corporation''' is a military manufacturer that produced equipment for the [[SLDF]] and [[AFFS]]. It later produced equipment for the [[DCMS]].
 
==Overview==
 
==Overview==
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Maltex Corporation produced some of the Star League's most effective BattleMechs. The ''Wyvern'' and ''Thug'' were both popular with pilots. Maltex also designed and introduced the ''Assassin'' medium 'Mech but sold the design to [[Hellespont Mech Works]].<ref>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 34</ref> In [[2685]], Maltex responded to the problem of too many unit commanders piloting ''Wyverns'' being lost in close assaults or close combat in urban environments by developing the WVN-5UX ''Wyvern City'' variant. Four prototypes were manufactured and supplied to the [[Star League Defense Force]] for testing; the SLDF tests and simulations showed that the new variant led to much more effective command decisions at [[battalion]]-level, but a much more aggressive push for combat at [[company]] commander level, rendering it unsuitable for use below battalion level. The testing conducted by Maltex and the SLDF highlighted that the noticeable difference in appearance between the ''Wyvern City'' and standard ''Wyvern'' allowed commanders to be identified and targeted by enemy forces, increasing the risk to these valuable officers. The SLDF was unwilling to accept the tradeoff, and production was discontinued; the four prototypes that had been produced were scrapped in [[2687]].<ref name="XTRO:GSp3">''Experimental Technical Readout: Gunslingers'', p. 4: "WVN-5UX Wyvern City"</ref>
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Maltex Corporation produced some of the Star League's most effective BattleMechs. The ''Wyvern'' and ''Thug'' were both popular with pilots. Maltex also designed and introduced the ''Assassin'' class medium Mech but sold the design to [[Hellespont Mech Works]].<ref>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 34</ref>
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In [[2835]], Maltex main production line was destroyed. This left them in possession of several plans and documents but no way to produce them. To take advantage of this, Maltex partnered with several other manufacturers to produce their designs, including Hellespont and [[Earthwerks Incorporated]]<ref>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 216</ref>
 
  
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The [[ISF]] used Maltex's status as a design house to confuse [[MIIO]] and [[DMI]] investigators about the ''Hatamoto-Chi''. By claiming that the design was a product of "Maltex Corporation," the ISF was able to focus attention away from the actual production lines. This initially led the intelligence agencies to believe that the Maltex Corporation had introduced a new factory on [[Nirasaki]]. This information was later discovered to be an error but by then ''Hatamoto-Chi'' production was in full swing.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 88</ref>
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In [[2835]] Maltex main production line was destroyed. This left them in possession of several plans and documents but no way to produce them. To take advantage of this, Maltex partnered with several other manufacturers to produce their designs, including Hellespont and [[Earthwerks Incorporated]]<ref>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 216</ref>
  
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A lance of Wyverns presumed to be from the Maltex Security Forces became known as the [[Four Horsemen of Errai]].
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The [[ISF]] used Maltex's status as a design house to confuse [[MIIO]] and [[DMI]] investigators about the ''Hatamoto-chi''. By claiming that the design was a product of "Maltex Corporation", the ISF was able to focus attention away from the actual production lines. This initially led the intelligence agencies to believe that the Maltex Corporation had introduced a new factory on [[Nirasaki]]. This information was later discovered to be an error but by then ''Hatamoto-Chi'' production was in full swing.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 88</ref>
  
 
==Manufacturing==
 
==Manufacturing==
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===Errai===
 
===Errai===
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on Errai:<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 104: "Maltex Corporation"</ref><ref name=TRO3050U216>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 216: "Produced Thug Components on Errai"</ref><ref name=TRO3050U196>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 196: "Produced Wyvern Components on Errai"</ref><ref name=XTRO:Gp4>''Experimental Technical Readout: Gunslingers'', p. 4: "WVE-5UX Wyvern City"</ref><ref name=XTRO:Gp7>''Experimental Technical Readout: Gunslingers'', p. 7: "THG-11ECX Thug"</ref>
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on Errai:<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 104, "Maltex Corporation"</ref><ref name=TRO3050U216>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 216, "Produced Thug Components on Errai"</ref><ref name=TRO3050U196>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 196, "Produced Wyvern Components on Errai"</ref><ref name=XTRO:Gp4>''Experimental Technical Readout: Gunslingers'', p. 4, "WVE-5UX Wyvern City"</ref><ref name=XTRO:Gp7>''Experimental Technical Readout: Gunslingers'', p. 7, "THG-11ECX Thug"</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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|-
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| [[Assassin|ASN-21 ''Assassin'']]<ref name=TRO3039p116>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 116</ref>
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| [[Assassin|ASN-21 ''Assassin'']]<ref name=TRO3039p116> ''Technical Readout: 3039'', p.116</ref>
 
| [[Medium BattleMech]]
 
| [[Medium BattleMech]]
 
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| Medium BattleMech
 
| Medium BattleMech
 
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| [[Wyvern#Variants|WVE-5UX ''Wyvern City'']]<ref name=XTRO:Gp4/>
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| [[Wyvern#Variants|WVE-5UX ''Wyvern'' City]]<ref name=XTRO:Gp4/>
 
| Medium BattleMech
 
| Medium BattleMech
 
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|-
 
| [[Thug|THG-11E ''Thug'']]<ref name=TRO3050U216/>
 
| [[Thug|THG-11E ''Thug'']]<ref name=TRO3050U216/>
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| Assault BattleMech
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| [[Assault BattleMech]]
 
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|-
 
| [[Thug#Custom Variants|THG-11ECX ''Thug'' Jose]]
 
| [[Thug#Custom Variants|THG-11ECX ''Thug'' Jose]]
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| [[GM 180]]
 
| [[GM 180]]
 
| ''Wyvern''<ref name=TRO3050U196/>
 
| ''Wyvern''<ref name=TRO3050U196/>
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|-  
 
| [[Pitban 320]]
 
| [[Pitban 320]]
 
| ''Thug''<ref name=TRO3050U216/>
 
| ''Thug''<ref name=TRO3050U216/>
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| ''Wyvern''<ref name=TRO3050U196/>
 
| ''Wyvern''<ref name=TRO3050U196/>
 
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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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| [[100 AFVTA]]
 
| [[100 AFVTA]]
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| [[TharHes Ares-5]]
 
| [[TharHes Ares-5]]
 
| ''Thug''<ref name=TRO3050U216/>
 
| ''Thug''<ref name=TRO3050U216/>
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Mech mortar|Mech Mortar]]</u>
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| N/A
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| [[Mech Mortar/1]] <ref name=THBp55>''Tactical Handbook'', p. 55</ref>
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| N/A
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| [[Mech Mortar/2]]<ref name=THBp55/>
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| N/A
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| [[Mech Mortar/4]]<ref name=THBp55/>
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| N/A
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| [[Mech Mortar/8]] <ref name=THBp55/>
 
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===Unity===
 
===Unity===
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on Unity:<ref name=XTRO:RV2p13>''Experimental Technical Readout: Republic, Volume 2'', p. 13: "HTM-27W2 Hatamoto-Ku"</ref><ref name=TROPROp136>''Technical Readout: Prototypes'', p. 136: "Produced Hatamoto-Kaeru Components"</ref><ref name=XTRO:Kp6>''Experimental Technical Readout: Kurita'', p. 6: "Produced Experimental Hatamoto-Kaeru variant"</ref><ref name=TRO:3145DCp46>''Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine'', p. 46: "Produced Hatamoto-Suna Components"</ref>
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on Unity:<ref name=TROPROp136>''Technical Readout: Prototypes'', p. 136, "Produced Hatamoto-Kaeru Components"</ref><ref name=XTRO:Kp6>''Experimental Technical Readout: Kurita'', p. 6, "Produced Experimental Hatamoto-Kaeru variant"</ref><ref name=TRO:3145DCp46>''Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine'', p. 46, "Produced Hatamoto-Suna Components"</ref>
 
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>Mechs</u>
 
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>Mechs</u>
 
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| [[Hatamoto-Chi#Variants|HTM-27W2 ''Hatamoto-Ku'']]<ref name=XTRO:RV2p13/>
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| [[Hatamoto-Chi#Variants|HTM-35K ''Hatamoto-Kaeru'']]<ref name=TROPROp136/>
 
| [[Assault BattleMech]]
 
| [[Assault BattleMech]]
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| [[Hatamoto-Chi#Variants|HTM-35K ''Hatamoto-Kaeru'']]<ref name=TROPROp136/>
 
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| Assault BattleMech
 
 
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| [[Hatamoto-Chi#Variants|HTM-35X ''Hatamoto-Kaeru'']]<ref name=XTRO:Kp6/>
 
| [[Hatamoto-Chi#Variants|HTM-35X ''Hatamoto-Kaeru'']]<ref name=XTRO:Kp6/>
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| ''Hatamoto-Suna''<ref name=TRO:3145DCp46/>
 
| ''Hatamoto-Suna''<ref name=TRO:3145DCp46/>
 
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Extralight Fusion Engine]]</u>
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Fusion Engine - XL]]</u>
 
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| [[Hermes 320 XL]]
 
| [[Hermes 320 XL]]
 
| ''Hatamoto-Kaeru''<ref name=TROPROp136/>
 
| ''Hatamoto-Kaeru''<ref name=TROPROp136/>
 
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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 Ballistic-Reinforced]] w/[[CASE]]
 
| [[Durallex Ballistic-Reinforced]] w/[[CASE]]
 
| ''Hatamoto-Suna''<ref name=TRO:3145DCp46/>
 
| ''Hatamoto-Suna''<ref name=TRO:3145DCp46/>
 
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Ferro-fibrous Armor]]</u>
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Armor - FF - BattleMechs & Vehicles]]</u>
 
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| [[New Samarkand Royal]] [[ferro-fibrous]]
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| [[New Samarkand Royal]] [[Ferro-Fibrous]]
 
| ''Hatamoto-Kaeru''<ref name=TROPROp136/>
 
| ''Hatamoto-Kaeru''<ref name=TROPROp136/>
 
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| ''Hatamoto-Suna''<ref name=TRO:3145DCp46/>
 
| ''Hatamoto-Suna''<ref name=TRO:3145DCp46/>
 
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Gauss rifle|Gauss Rifle]]</u>
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Gauss Rifle]]</u>
 
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| [[Imperator Dragon's Fire]]
 
| [[Imperator Dragon's Fire]]
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| ''Hatamoto-Kaeru''<ref name=TROPROp136/>
 
| ''Hatamoto-Kaeru''<ref name=TROPROp136/>
 
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* A handful of sources, most notably ''Technical Readout: 3050'' [1990], ''Objective Raids'' [1992], ''Tactical Handbook'' [1994], and ''Dark Age: Republic Worlds'' (3130) [2003] incorrectly ascribe Combine ownership and manufacturing to the Errai factory. This was retconned in ''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrades'' [2007] as a disinformation campaign aimed at [[MIIO]] that fooled [[ComStar]] archivists as well, but created some continuity issues.
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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*''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Gunslingers]]''
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* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
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*''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Kurita]]''
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* ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Gunslingers]]''
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*''[[Objective Raids]]''
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* ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Kurita]]''
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*''[[Tactical Handbook]]''
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* ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Republic, Volume 2]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
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* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3050]]''
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* ''[[Tactical Handbook]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3050]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: Prototypes]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine]]''
 
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* ''[[Technical Readout: Prototypes]]''
 
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[[Category:Terran Hegemony Corporations|Maltex Corporation]]
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[[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Maltex Corporation]]
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[[Category:Federated Suns Corporations|Maltex Corporation]]
 

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