Editing Shipyards


The shipyards are one of the most valuable and rare industries in the BattleTech universe.

==Shipyards==
Shipyards are orbital facilities that can repair, maintain, and build [[DropShips]], [[JumpShips]] and even [[WarShips]], though only a few shipyards are large and advanced enough to build the latter. As such, systems with shipyards are rare and valuable to any state.

The Periphery system [[Star's End]], an unremarkable system home to various pirate groups, was conquered by [[Clan Hell's Horses]], mainly because it possessed a small and primitive Shipyard.<ref>''Objectives: Clans'', p. 10</ref>
Any system with Shipyards, as [[Kathil]] and [[Galax]], became battlefields during the [[FedCom Civil War]] seeing brutal fighting carried out to control the yards that saw massive losses on both sides, and later were attacked and, in most cases, totally razed, by the Blakists during the [[Word of Blake Jihad]].<ref>''Flashpoint''</ref><ref>''Battletech Adventures: Necromo Nightmare'', p. 5</ref>

==History==
The majority of known shipyard facilities were built during the [[Star League]] era, and little data exists concerning shipyard construction afterwards, except from the [[Clans]] in the [[Clan Homeworlds]]. Most existing yards were destroyed in the [[Amaris Coup]] or the [[Succession Wars]], and those that survived that period would remain barely working. They only flourished with the rediscovery of advanced technology, thanks to the [[Helm Memory Core]], but only to be crippled or destroyed during the Word of Blake [[Jihad]]. The damage in the last conflict was so extensive, that it put an end to the construction of new big WarShips. The only ones operating in the [[Dark Age]] are survivors of the Jihad, and barely capable of maintenance maintenance on WarShips. Later only [[Pocket WarShips]] were built.<ref>''Era Report 3145'', p. 5</ref>

The known shipyards are located in:

===Clan Homeworlds===
* Dagda Shipyards: Only ones built by the [[Star League-in-Exile]] in orbit around [[Dagda (Clan System)|Dagda]]. Capabilities unknown. Totally destroyed in the [[pentagon Civil War]]<ref>''Historical Operation Klondike'', p. 45</ref>
* [[Strana Mechty Shipyards]]: Capable of building JumpShips and DropShips.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised''; pp. 96, 104, 106, 110</ref>
* [[Cheops Shipyards]] in [[Albion (Clan System)|Albion]] system: damaged by [[Clan Blood Spirit]] forces, weakening the Naval assets maintenance of his owner, [[Clan Star Adder]]. Capabilities unknown.<ref>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 118</ref>
* [[Snow Raven Yards]]: The [[Lum]] shipyards were the main shipyards of [[Clan Snow Raven]], capable of constructing JumpShips and WarShips. Destroyed by [[Clan Goliath Scorpion]]'s forces in the [[Wars of Reaving]].<ref>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 119</ref><ref>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 40</ref>
* [[Kirin Shipyards]]: In [[Kirin]] system, capable of building JumpShips and DropShips. Possessed by [[Clan Coyote]], these were the only shipyards confirmed active in the Clan Homeworlds after the Wars of Reaving.<ref>''Wars of Reaving Supplemental''; pp. 10 </ref>
* [[New Kent Shipyards]]: Steel Viper yards at [[New Kent]], used by [[Clan Wolf]] and [[Clan Coyote]] after expansions in 3061.<ref name="WoRp22">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 22, "Crashing Home"</ref>
** [[Masters Shipyards]]: Built in secret above [[New Kent]] by [[Clan Steel Viper]] using stripped [[Lum]] materials post-[[3065]], the new WarShip slip at little used [[Jump_Point#Pirate%20Points--Transient%20Points|Lagrange Point]] was home of the new dreadnaught [[Leviathan Prime]] class.<ref name="WoRp22"/>

===Inner Sphere===
====[[Clan Occupation Zones]]====
* [[Alshain Naval Yards]], built by [[Clan Ghost Bear]], capable of building DropShips, JumpShips and WarShips, most notably the ''[[Leviathan]]'' class.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 67</ref><ref>''Objectives: Clans'', p. 33</ref>
* [[Butler Ship Yards]], in [[Clan Jade Falcon]] Occupation Zone, build by them, their main shipyards, later possessed by [[Alyina Mercantile League]]. Capable of building JumpShips and WarShips.<ref>''Tamar Rising'' p. 67</ref><ref>''Children of Kerensky'' ch. 6</ref><ref>''Objectives: Clans'', p. 12</ref>

====[[Draconis Combine]]====
* [[Dover shipyards]], capable of building DropShips and JumpShips. Heavily damaged during the Jihad, but still operative.<ref name=ODCp4>''Objectives: Draconis Combine'', p. 4: "State of the Industry Table"</ref>
* [[Terada WarShips Yard]], in orbit of [[Dieron]], capable of building JumpShips and WarShips. Heavily damaged during the Jihad, losing the capability to build WarShips.<ref name="J:FRp107">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 107: "Draconis Combine"</ref>
* [[Stellar Trek shipyards]], in orbit of [[Chatham]], capable of building DropShips and JumpShips. Survived the Jihad still operational.<ref name=ODCp4 />
* [[Togura shipyards]], in orbit of [[Togura]], capable of building WarShips. Destroyed during the Jihad.<ref name=ODC30>''Objectives: Draconis Combine'', p. 30</ref>
* [[Dieron]] shipyards, capabilities unknown. Intact after the [[Amaris Civil War]].<ref>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 40</ref><ref>''Technical Readout: 3067'', p. 198</ref>
* [[Midway]] shipyards, capabilities unknown. Damaged, but still operational after the [[Jihad]].<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 89</ref>

====[[Capellan Confederation]]====
* [[Aris Memorial Yard]]: [[Necromo]] shipyards, only shipyards in Capellan space during the Succession War era. It was heavily guarded and capable of building DropShips, JumpShips and WarShips. Totally destroyed in the Jihad.<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 107</ref>
* [[Keid Omicron shipyards]]: in orbit of [[Keid]], capable of building DropShips and WarShips, destroyed by Amaris agents during the Amaris Civil War.<ref>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 51</ref>

====[[Federated Suns]]====
* Port Simon shipyards: [[Galax]] orbital facilities, able of building and repairing DropShips and WarShips. Totally destroyed by the Word of Blake during the Jihad.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots 3070'', p. 43</ref>
* [[James McKenna Shipyards]], in orbit of [[Kathil]]: orbital facilities, able to build and repair DropShips, JumpShips and WarShips. Half destroyed during the Jihad, later only can build DropShips and is expected than also JumpShips in a future.<ref name=JFRp97>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 97</ref>
* [[New Syrtis Shipyards]]: the only ones in Capellan March, capable of building DropShips and JumpShips and refit DropShips,JumpShips and WarShips. Damaged during the Jihad, later can built JumpShips, and also at least one WarShips.<ref name=JFRp97 />
* [[Clyde shipyards]]: in orbit above [[Firgrove]], capable of building and repairing DropShips, JumpShips and WarShips. Damaged during the Jihad, later can't built WarShips.<ref name=JFRp97 />
* [[Challenge]] Shipyards: property of [[Universal Air]], in [[Delavan]] system, capable to building JumpShips, still operatives before the [[Jihad]].<ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 168</ref>
* [[Delavan ShipYards]] Shipyards: property of [[Challenge Systems]], in [[Challenge]] system, capable to building JumpShips [[Monolith]]-Class, still operatives before the [[Jihad]].<ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 165</ref>
* [[Willowick]] Shipyards. Capabilities unknown, built by the Star League, but barely utilized due to Galax's competence.<ref>''Dominions Divided'', p. 125</ref>

====[[Free Worlds League]]====
* [[Illium]] shipyards, capable of building DropShips, JumpShips and WarShips. Survived the Jihad intact.
* [[SelaSys Incorporated]] shipyards, in the [[Loyalty]] system. Capable of building JumpShips and WarShips (before the Jihad; they survived damaged, but still capable to build the first ones.<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56</ref>
* [[Connaught]] Kong shipyards, capabilities unknown. Crippled during the Jihad, but still operational in the [[Dark Age]].<ref>''To Ride the Chimera'', p. 6</ref>
* [[Procyon]] shipyards, capabilities unknown. Intact after the Amaris Civil War.<ref>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 48</ref>
* [[Small World]] shipyards, capabilities unknown. Intact after the Amaris Civil War.<ref>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 38</ref>

====[[Lyran Commonwealth]]====
* [[Bolson Shipyards]], orbiting [[New Kyoto]]. Producer of [[Mako]]-class corvettes as well as JumpShips and civilian freighters. Destroyed by a Free Worlds League naval raid in [[2787]].<ref name="FSWp61">''First Succession War'', p. 61: "The War of Raids: House Steiner's Succession War"</ref>
* [[Bolson-Tamar Shipyards]], at [[Tamar]]. Built the [[Tharkad (WarShip class)|Tharkad]]-class battlecruiser. Destroyed in the [[First Succession War]].<ref name="TRO3075p288">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 288: "Tharkad"</ref>
* [[Daussalt-Shimmon Shipyards]] at [[New Earth]]. Crippled by Marik forces in [[2789]] and destroyed by [[AFFS]] troops from [[Operation BRASS RING]].<ref name="FSWp61">''First Succession War'', p. 61: "The War of Raids: House Steiner's Succession War"</ref>
* [[Hesperus II]] shipyards, DropShip-building facilities supporting [[Defiance Industries]].<ref>''First Succession War'', p. 63</ref> Destroyed by Kuritan forces in [[Operation BROKEN BLADE]] during the [[First Succession War]]. Never rebuilt.<ref>''Broken Blade'', p. 13</ref>
* Ioto Orbital One, orbiting [[Gibbs]]. Capable of building JumpShips, it was the only Lyran shipyard to survive the Jihad.<ref name=OBLA24>''Objectives: Lyran Alliance'', p. 24: "Gibbs"</ref>
* [[Lockheed/CBM]] shipyards, pressurized DropShip yard orbiting [[Furillo]]. Brought online in 3128.<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 121</ref>
* [[N&D Shipyards of Alarion]], formerly Henderson JumpShips of Alarion Unlimited, a producer of transport JumpShips and space stations.<ref name=HSTLC-140>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', pp. 140–142: "Socioeconomics - Corporate Profiles - Nashan Diversified"</ref> Purchased in a joint venture between Defiance Industries and Nashan Diversified, it was destroyed in the Jihad alongside the termination of its host world's biosphere.<ref name=JHS3070p45>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3070'', p. 45</ref>
* [[Port Sydney Naval Shipyards]], orbiting [[Alarion]]. Capable of building DropShips, JumpShips and WarShips, it was a joint operation of [[Bowie Industries]] and [[Ioto Galactic Enterprises]].<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', pp. 142–143: "Bowie and Ioto Profiles"</ref> Destroyed in the Jihad.<ref name=JHS3070p45 />

====[[Terra]]====
* [[O'Neil Yards]], one of Humanity's earliest orbital shipyards, the supposedly "factionally neutral" O'Neil Yards produced numerous aerospace components as well completed DropShips and JumpShips. Heavily damaged during Operations LIBERATION and SCOUR but rebuilt in their wake.<ref name=MM-219>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 219: "O'Neil Yards Profile"</ref>
* [[Titan Yards]], capable of building DropShips, JumpShips and WarShips. Main shipyards of the Star League, [[ComStar]], [[Word of Blake]] and [[Republic of the Sphere]]. Damaged during the Jihad, repaired later.<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 113</ref>
* [[Belter]]: independent Shipyards, located on the Belt community, capable to building DropShips and JumpShips.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 175</ref>

===Periphery===
====[[Magistracy of Canopus]]====
* [[Diamond Garter Shipyards]]: property of the [[Alliance Aerospace Group]], in the [[Canopus]] system, capable of building JumpShips, damaged in the [[Succession Wars]], but repaired during the [[Dark Age]].<ref name="FM3145p187">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 187: "Magistracy of Canopus"</ref>
* A shipyard with an unknown name, constructed by the Alliance Aerospace Group with assistance from the [[Duchy of Andurien]], located in the Bass system and producing ''[[Scout (JumpShip class)|Scout]]''-class JumpShips from [[3118]].<ref name="FM3145p187"/>

====[[Taurian Concordat]]====
[[Concordat Aerospace Limited]] or CAL was a heavy spacecraft manufacturer within the Taurian Concordat. During the period in which the company operated CAL operated a number of drydock facilities scattered across half a dozen systems within the stellar cluster known as the Hyades Cluster, including at least one shipyard capable of manufacturing WarShips.{{cn}}

====[[Outworlds Alliance]]====
* [[Quatre Belle Naval Yards]], capable of building and repairing JumpShips, repaired after the Jihad by [[Clan Snow Raven]].<ref name="J:FRp112">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 112: "Clan Snow Raven"</ref><ref name="J:FRp113">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 113: "Clan Industry"</ref><ref>''Objectives: Clans'', p. 20</ref>

====Non-Aligned/Minor====
* [[Chaine Cluster]] shipyards: midsize, capable of repairing DropShips, JumpShips and WarShips. Still operative in the [[Dark Age]], captured and enlarged by [[Clan Diamond Shark]].<ref>''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 40</ref>
* [[Star's End]] shipyards: small and primitive shipyards, only able to repair and built DropShips and JumpShips. Taken by [[Clan Hell's Horses]] destroyed in the last stages of the Jihad.<ref>''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 43</ref>
* [[Rim Worlds Republic Outpost 27|Rim Worlds Republic Outpost #27]] shipyards: two orbital shipyards, built by [[Rim Worlds Republic]]. Destroyed in a civil war.<ref>''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 27</ref>
* [[Ross 248]] shipyards: capable of repair and built DropShips and JumpShips. Still operative in the [[Dark Age]].<ref>''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 25</ref>
* [[New Delphi]] shipyards: capable to repair and built DropShips and JumpShips, in orbit of Tonegawa Major, the largest of New Delphi's moons. Still operative in the [[Dark Age]].<ref>''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 69</ref>
* [[Columbus]] shipyards: capable to repair DropShips and JumpShips, built inside a moon in orbit of Columbus, destroyed by Blakist forces in the early stages of the [[Jihad]].<ref>''Explorer Corps'', p. 20</ref>

==Images==
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Image:Avalon-class Cruisers 2.0.png|Two ''Avalon''-class Cruisers in ''Kathil'' Shipyards.
Image:TRO3057.jpg|Ghost Bear ''Leviathan'' in its Shipyard.
</gallery>

==References==
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* ''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3067]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]''
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