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Michaelson Heavy Industries was a smaller military contractor that specialized in VTOLs. It was headquartered on Ruchbah.
Overview
After Operation Guerrero sundered the Federated Commonwealth, orders for Michaelson's products increased dramatically.[1]
Michaelson Heavy Industries found itself nearly bankrupt in the aftermath of the Jihad, leading to it selling technology to Brooks Incorporated which Brooks Inc. then used to develop the Aeron Strike VTOL.[2] Brooks Inc. were far from the only company to benefit from Michaelson's dire financial straits, which were entirely due to the Word of Blake blockade of Ruchbah, the homeworld for Michaelon Heavy Industries. A large part of the intellectual property owned by Michaelson was sold to other companies as Michaelson tried to stay afloat, but this also resulted in the marketplace rapidly filling with copies of their own vehicles produced by other companies, putting yet more pressure on Michaelson.[3]
A financial lifeline for Michaelson in the early 3080s came from the Republic of the Sphere when Michaelson entered a design for a new battle armor transport for the Republic Armed Forces. Although Michaelson nearly passed on the procurement competition, the decision by Michaelson to focus on the mobility requirement of the contract rather than the carrying capacity requirement saw their design accepted over all of the competitors, leading to production orders for the Trireme in three different variants as the major battle armor transport platform for the RAF.[3]
Leadership
In 3067 the companies CEO is Ozzi Gutierrez.[4]
Manufacturing
Michaelson Heavy Industries has manufacturing centers on the following planets:
Ruchbah
| Components produced on Ruchbah:[5][6][7][8][9][10] | |
|---|---|
| Component | Type |
| VTOLs | |
| Cavalry[5] | VTOLs |
| Hawk Moth[6] | VTOLs |
| Mantis[7] | VTOLs |
| Sprint[8][9] | VTOLs |
| Yellow Jacket[10] | VTOLs |
| Trireme[11] | VTOLs (As of 3085) |
| I.C.E. | |
| Michaelson-Omni 40 | Yellow Jacket[10] |
| Michelson 60 | Hawk Moth[6] |
| Michaelson 110 | Cavalry[5] |
| Fusion Engine | |
| Galas 70 Micro-Fusion | Mantis[7] |
| Galas Lightpower 80 | Sprint[8][9] |
| Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles | |
| StarSlab-3 | Mantis[7], Cavalry[5] & Yellow Jacket[10] |
| StarSlab-5 | Hawk Moth[6] |
| Armor - FF - BattleMechs & Vehicles | |
| StarSlab-1 Ferro-Fibrous | Sprint[8][9] |
| Communications System | |
| Garret Supremesound | Mantis[7], Cavalry[5] , Hawk Moth[6] & Yellow Jacket[10] |
| Johnston Wide Band | Sprint[8][9] |
| Targeting-Tracking System | |
| Garret D2j | Mantis[7], Cavalry[5], Hawk Moth[6] & Yellow Jacket[10] |
| OptiSight-12 w/Beagle Active Probe & TAG | Sprint[8][9] |
References
- ↑ Chaos March (sourcebook), p. 48
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental, p. 12
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental, p. 22, "Trireme Infantry Transport
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 167, "Michaelson Heavy Industries Profile"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 62, "Produced Cavalry Components"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Technical Readout: 3060, p. 14, "Produced Hawk Moth Components"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Technical Readout: 3060, p. 10, "Produced Mantis Components"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Technical Readout: 3058 , p. 8, "Produced Sprint Components"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 54, "Produced Sprint Components"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 74, "Produced Yellow Jacket Components"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental, p. 22 - Trireme noted being produced by Michaelson.