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Line 21: During the height of the [[Star League]] Osaka Heavy Metrics introduced the ''[[Kiso]]'' [[IndustrialMech]] in [[2638]], a massive 100-ton 'Mech intended to be the center point of the huge construction operations common across the Draconis Combine at the time. Working on construction sites for years at a time, the ''Kiso'' was an immensely capable construction tool and was seen on worlds across the Combine, including the capital, [[Luthien]]. The First Succession War halted production of the ''Kiso''; the three main Osaka plants and company headquarters on Arlington were all destroyed during the conflict, and with them went the technology and understanding needed to produce the advanced command consoles and communication suites that were an essential part of the ''Kiso's'' role and the company foundered.<ref name="TRO3075p210">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 210, "K-3N-KR4 Kiso"</ref> <ref name=HHK-165/> During the height of the [[Star League]] Osaka Heavy Metrics introduced the ''[[Kiso]]'' [[IndustrialMech]] in [[2638]], a massive 100-ton 'Mech intended to be the center point of the huge construction operations common across the Draconis Combine at the time. Working on construction sites for years at a time, the ''Kiso'' was an immensely capable construction tool and was seen on worlds across the Combine, including the capital, [[Luthien]]. The First Succession War halted production of the ''Kiso''; the three main Osaka plants and company headquarters on Arlington were all destroyed during the conflict, and with them went the technology and understanding needed to produce the advanced command consoles and communication suites that were an essential part of the ''Kiso's'' role and the company foundered.<ref name="TRO3075p210">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 210, "K-3N-KR4 Kiso"</ref> <ref name=HHK-165/> − Following the loss of its most popular product, Osaka Heavy Metrics focused on heavy construction tools and materials as well producing other cheaper and less complex IndustrialMechs and WorkMechs such as the ''[[Herdsman]]'' for various industries. As with many companies hampered by the [[Inner Sphere]]'s slide into [[LosTech]], Osaka's fortunes improved with the discovery and dissemination of the [[Helm Memory Core]] which included several technical specifications for the ''Kiso'''s manufacturing line, the company able to resume production of the now revamped design at its four production site on [[Dieron]], [[New Samarkand]], [[Philadelphia]] and [[Togura]] in time for Osaka Heavy Metrics five-hundredth anniversary in [[3070]].<ref name="TRO3075p210"/> <ref name=HHK-165/> + Following the loss of its most popular product, Osaka Heavy Metrics focused on heavy construction tools and materials as well producing other cheaper and less complex IndustrialMechs and WorkMechs such as the ''[[Herdsman]]'' for various industries. As with many companies hampered by the [[Inner Sphere]]'s slide into [[LosTech]], Osaka's fortunes improved with the discovery and dissemination of the [[Helm Memory Core]] which included several technical specifications for the ''Kiso'''s manufacturing line, the company able to resume production of the now revamped design at its four production site on [[Direon]], [[New Samarkand]], [[Philadelphia]] and [[Togura]] in time for Osaka Heavy Metrics five-hundredth anniversary in [[3070]].<ref name="TRO3075p210"/> <ref name=HHK-165/> Osaka Heavy Metrics was also a secondary military supplier to the Draconis Combine of long-standing prior to the [[Jihad]]. Osaka were developing the [[Sokuryou]] as a design concept prior to the eruption of the Jihad, but this development work was soon on hold as the Combine found itself besieged inside and out. By the mid-3070s the [[DCMS]] was becoming critically short of military matériel, and the industrial losses suffered thrust second-tier suppliers like Osaka squarely into the limelight. Osaka responded to the Dragon's need by quickly adapting to the use of Primitive Technlogy to retool their IndustrialMech production lines to produce [[RetroTech]] [[BattleMech]]s from the [[Age of War]], designs such as the ''[[Ostwar]]'' and ''[[Ymir]]''.<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 34, "SKU-197 Sokuryou SurveyMech"</ref> Osaka Heavy Metrics was also a secondary military supplier to the Draconis Combine of long-standing prior to the [[Jihad]]. Osaka were developing the [[Sokuryou]] as a design concept prior to the eruption of the Jihad, but this development work was soon on hold as the Combine found itself besieged inside and out. By the mid-3070s the [[DCMS]] was becoming critically short of military matériel, and the industrial losses suffered thrust second-tier suppliers like Osaka squarely into the limelight. Osaka responded to the Dragon's need by quickly adapting to the use of Primitive Technlogy to retool their IndustrialMech production lines to produce [[RetroTech]] [[BattleMech]]s from the [[Age of War]], designs such as the ''[[Ostwar]]'' and ''[[Ymir]]''.<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 34, "SKU-197 Sokuryou SurveyMech"</ref>
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During the height of the [[Star League]] Osaka Heavy Metrics introduced the ''[[Kiso]]'' [[IndustrialMech]] in [[2638]], a massive 100-ton 'Mech intended to be the center point of the huge construction operations common across the Draconis Combine at the time. Working on construction sites for years at a time, the ''Kiso'' was an immensely capable construction tool and was seen on worlds across the Combine, including the capital, [[Luthien]]. The First Succession War halted production of the ''Kiso''; the three main Osaka plants and company headquarters on Arlington were all destroyed during the conflict, and with them went the technology and understanding needed to produce the advanced command consoles and communication suites that were an essential part of the ''Kiso's'' role and the company foundered.<ref name="TRO3075p210">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 210, "K-3N-KR4 Kiso"</ref> <ref name=HHK-165/> | During the height of the [[Star League]] Osaka Heavy Metrics introduced the ''[[Kiso]]'' [[IndustrialMech]] in [[2638]], a massive 100-ton 'Mech intended to be the center point of the huge construction operations common across the Draconis Combine at the time. Working on construction sites for years at a time, the ''Kiso'' was an immensely capable construction tool and was seen on worlds across the Combine, including the capital, [[Luthien]]. The First Succession War halted production of the ''Kiso''; the three main Osaka plants and company headquarters on Arlington were all destroyed during the conflict, and with them went the technology and understanding needed to produce the advanced command consoles and communication suites that were an essential part of the ''Kiso's'' role and the company foundered.<ref name="TRO3075p210">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 210, "K-3N-KR4 Kiso"</ref> <ref name=HHK-165/> | ||
| − | Following the loss of its most popular product, Osaka Heavy Metrics focused on heavy construction tools and materials as well producing other cheaper and less complex IndustrialMechs and WorkMechs such as the ''[[Herdsman]]'' for various industries. As with many companies hampered by the [[Inner Sphere]]'s slide into [[LosTech]], Osaka's fortunes improved with the discovery and dissemination of the [[Helm Memory Core]] which included several technical specifications for the ''Kiso'''s manufacturing line, the company able to resume production of the now revamped design at its four production site on [[ | + | Following the loss of its most popular product, Osaka Heavy Metrics focused on heavy construction tools and materials as well producing other cheaper and less complex IndustrialMechs and WorkMechs such as the ''[[Herdsman]]'' for various industries. As with many companies hampered by the [[Inner Sphere]]'s slide into [[LosTech]], Osaka's fortunes improved with the discovery and dissemination of the [[Helm Memory Core]] which included several technical specifications for the ''Kiso'''s manufacturing line, the company able to resume production of the now revamped design at its four production site on [[Direon]], [[New Samarkand]], [[Philadelphia]] and [[Togura]] in time for Osaka Heavy Metrics five-hundredth anniversary in [[3070]].<ref name="TRO3075p210"/> <ref name=HHK-165/> |
Osaka Heavy Metrics was also a secondary military supplier to the Draconis Combine of long-standing prior to the [[Jihad]]. Osaka were developing the [[Sokuryou]] as a design concept prior to the eruption of the Jihad, but this development work was soon on hold as the Combine found itself besieged inside and out. By the mid-3070s the [[DCMS]] was becoming critically short of military matériel, and the industrial losses suffered thrust second-tier suppliers like Osaka squarely into the limelight. Osaka responded to the Dragon's need by quickly adapting to the use of Primitive Technlogy to retool their IndustrialMech production lines to produce [[RetroTech]] [[BattleMech]]s from the [[Age of War]], designs such as the ''[[Ostwar]]'' and ''[[Ymir]]''.<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 34, "SKU-197 Sokuryou SurveyMech"</ref> | Osaka Heavy Metrics was also a secondary military supplier to the Draconis Combine of long-standing prior to the [[Jihad]]. Osaka were developing the [[Sokuryou]] as a design concept prior to the eruption of the Jihad, but this development work was soon on hold as the Combine found itself besieged inside and out. By the mid-3070s the [[DCMS]] was becoming critically short of military matériel, and the industrial losses suffered thrust second-tier suppliers like Osaka squarely into the limelight. Osaka responded to the Dragon's need by quickly adapting to the use of Primitive Technlogy to retool their IndustrialMech production lines to produce [[RetroTech]] [[BattleMech]]s from the [[Age of War]], designs such as the ''[[Ostwar]]'' and ''[[Ymir]]''.<ref name="TRO:3085Sp34">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 34, "SKU-197 Sokuryou SurveyMech"</ref> | ||