Matabushi Incorporated
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Overview
As of 3025, Matabushi Incorporated was already the most prosperous and technologically advanced corporation in the Draconis Combine, with first bid on any contracts and first civilian access to any new technology captured.[1]
Matabushi Incorporated appeared in the first MechWarrior video game, though it should be noted that the canonicity of that game is uncertain. In the game, Duke Ishi Tahiro and Marquis Tanji Koetsu, both Chief Executive Officers, were in charge between 3024 and 3029, during Operation Inroad and its aftermath.
In the mid-3050s, the company expanded into the military market, building DropShips for the Draconis Combine Admiralty. Prior to that, Matabushi was best known on Pesht, where it produced computers and electronics for the civilian market. The Pesht office also served as a center for interstellar trade and finance.[2]
During the long Jihad, the facility on Avon suffered capital and personnel losses of 35%, and the operating capacity of the factory had been reduced to 80% of their main production volume in 3079,[3][4] but the plant was quickly restored to full production.[5]
Company Profile
Home Office: Corant City, Albiero[1]
President/CEO: Duke Ishi Tahiro (ca. 3024 until at least 3029[6][1])
Principal Divisions
Division Name: Matabushi National Service[1]
- Division Head: Marquis Norimoto Tahiro
- Chief Products: Advanced Electronics and Computer
Division Name: Matabushi Computing Equipment[1]
- Division Head: Marquis Tonomahi Tahiro
- Chief Products: Defense computers and Tracking equipment
Divison Name: Matabushi Artificial Workforce [1]
- Divison Head: Marquis Yasu Hanagata
- Chief Products: Robotics
Divison Name: Matabushi Finance[1]
- Divison Head: Marquis Nagate Tahiro
- Chief Products: Banking and Investment
Division Name: Matabushi Trade[1]
- Divison Head: Marquis Tanji Koetsu
- Chief Products: Sipping and Trading
Manufacturing
Matabushi Incorporated has manufacturing centers on the following planets:
Avon
In the 3054, the Avon plant is secured by the First Jaguar Guards and Firs Nova Cat Guards.[7]
| Components produced on Avon:[8][9][10] | |
|---|---|
| Component | Type |
| DropShips | |
| Overlord[8][9][11][10] | Dropship |
| Union[8][9][11][10] | Dropship |
| Overlord-C[9][10] | Dropship |
| Union-C[9][10] | Dropship |
| Interplanetary Drive - Dropships | |
| Star League V250 | Union[8] |
| Star League V450 | Overlord[8] |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 161 (pdf), "Matabushi Incorporated Profile"
- ↑ Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 3
- ↑ Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 4, "State of the Industry Table"
- ↑ Objectives: The Clans, p. 24
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 89, "Pesht Military District"
- ↑ MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 63, "On-site Defending Units"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Objective Raids, p. 63, "Produced Matabushi Incorporated Components on Avon"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 7, "Matabushi Incorporated Profile"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Objectives: The Clans, p. 25, "Matabushi Incorporated"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Dropships and Jumpships, p.17