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Line 1: − {{InfoBoxCorporation + {{InfoBoxManufacturer − | image = Vicore Industries.jpg + | image = Vicore Industries.jpg|151px − | founded = ca. [[3058]]<ref name=FCWp190>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 190: "Demeter" planet profile</ref> + | caption = Company Logo − | dissolved = + | Previous Names = − | affiliation = {{Ubl|[[Lyran Commonwealth]]|[[Word of Blake]]}} + | Founded = − | previous_names = + | Interstellar = Yes − | headquarters = New Demeter City ([[Demeter III]])<ref name=FCWp190/> + | Sites = [[Demeter]]<br>[[Detroit]]<br>[[Terra]] − | leadership = [[CEO of Vicore Industries|CEO]]+ | Main Products = [[Vehicle]]s<br>[['Mech]]s − | products = {{Ubl|[[BattleMechs]]|[[Combat Vehicles]]}} − | parent = − | divisions = [[Striker Arms Corporation]]<br/>[[Vicore Armorworks LTD]]<ref name=TRO:3058Up68>''Technical Readout 3058 Upgrade'', p. 68: "GAL-102 Galleon Light Tank"</ref> − | plants = Detroit ([[Terra III]])<ref name=TRO:3058Up68/> }} }} − '''Vicore Industries''' was best known as the driving force behind the so-called "Project Phoenix" revival of many classic [[BattleMech]] designs. − ==Overview==+ '''Vicore Industries''' is best known as the driving force behind the so-called "Project Phoenix" revival of many classic [[BattleMech]] designs. − Based on [[Demeter]] with home offices in the capital of New Demeter City, Vicore Industries built their industrial complex near the site of a [[Lycomb-Davion IntroTech]] plant destroyed almost three centuries earlier on the continent of [[Ulreich]]. The first lines were active and producing electronics and mechanical equipment in [[3058]].<ref name=FCWp190/> − Vicore Industries was created by planetary governor Giovanni De La Sangre. Similar to the boutique 'Mech design firms of Solaris, Vicore doesn't produce many 'Mechs on its own. Instead, Vicore's designers act as a third party design group for established 'Mech manufacturers. These "Project Phoenix" designs were based on long-serving BattleMech designs, and could be produced at existing production facilities with little effort.{{cn}} + == Overview == + Based on [[Demeter]], Vicore Industries was created by planetary governor Giovanni De La Sangre. Similar to the boutique 'Mech design firms of Solaris, Vicore doesn't produce many 'Mechs on its own. Instead, Vicore's designers act as a third party design group for established 'Mech manufacturers. These "Project Phoenix" designs were based on long-serving BattleMech designs, and could be produced at existing production facilities with little effort. − Interestingly, many of the 'Mech designs created by Vicore wound up in the hands of the [[Word of Blake]]. Manufacturers in several realms found their technical capabilities limited. The Word of Blake somehow "just knew" these factories needed help and arrived to provide the technical support they needed. The Blakists' convenient appearance to solve the problems these factories had in building the Vicore designs just in the nick of time led to many rumors that Vicore or De La Sangre was an ally (or employee) of the Word of Blake.{{cn}} + Interestingly, many of the 'Mech designs created by Vicore wound up in the hands of the [[Word of Blake]]. Manufacturers in several realms found their technical capabilities limited. The Word of Blake somehow "just knew" these factories needed help and arrived to provide the technical support they needed. The Blakist's convenient appearance to solve the problems these factories had in building the Vicore designs just in the nick of time led to many rumors that Vicore or De La Sangre was an ally (or employee) of the Word of Blake. − The rumors of Vicore and Giovanni De la Sangre's links to the Word of Blake gathered strength in late [[3065]] when Blakist [[Precentor Martial of the Word of Blake|Precentor Martial]] [[Cameron St. Jamais]] asked Vicore's design teams to [[Terra]] to assist in bolstering and enhancing Terran production capacity to help in the expansion of the [[Word of Blake Militia]]. Aside from remodeling production lines to produce the Project Phoenix 'Mechs, Vicore also developed upgrades for the ''[[Grim Reaper]]''<ref name=TRO3055U1>''Technical Readout 3055 Upgrade'', p. 44: "GRM-R-PR29 Grim Reaper - Variants"</ref> and Phoenix-ized redesigns of the ''[[Nexus (Star Python)|Nexus]]'', ''[[Raijin (Fujin)|Raijin]]'', and ''[[Grand Crusader]]''.<ref name=TRO3055U2>''Technical Readout 3055 Upgrade'', p. 95, 100</ref> In [[3066]], Vicore reached a licensing agreement with [[Brooks Incorporated]] to produce the [[Galleon]] tank from a newly refurbished factory on Terra for the Blakist Militia.<ref name=TRO:3058Up68/> + The rumors of Vicore and Giovanni De la Sangre's links to the Word of Blake gathered strength in late [[3065]] when Blakist [[Precentor Martial of the Word of Blake|Precentor Martial]] [[Cameron St. Jamais]] asked Vicore's design teams to [[Terra]] to assist in bolstering and enhancing Terran production capacity to help in the expansion of the [[Word of Blake Militia]]. Aside from remodeling production lines to produce the Project Phoenix 'Mechs, Vicore also developed upgrades for the ''[[Grim Reaper]]'' <ref name=TRO3055U1>''Technical Readout 3055 Upgrade'', p. 44</ref> and Phoenix-ized redesigns of the ''[[Nexus (Star Python)|Nexus]]'', ''[[Raijin (Fujin)|Raijin]]'' and ''[[Grand Crusader (Star Crusader)|Grand Crusader]]''. <ref name=TRO3055U2>''Technical Readout 3055 Upgrade'', p. 95, 100</ref> In [[3066]] Vicore reached a licensing agreement with [[Brooks, Inc.]] to produce the [[Galleon]] tank from a newly refurbished factory on Terra for the Blakist Militia. <ref name=TRO3058U>''Technical Readout 3058 Upgrade'', p. 68</ref> − When the [[Jihad]] burst into open warfare, the fact that almost two-thirds of all Phoenix machines built by all parties had been purchased by the Blakists or parties allied to them lead many more people to question Vicore's intentions, but Vicore and Sangre both professed to be a truly neutral supplier and continued to sell to all comers. Despite Sangre's hopes of Vicore one day becoming one of the top interstellar conglomerates, in [[3075]] the former [[ComStar]] [[ROM]] agent "[[Tempest Stryker|Damocles]]" finally publicly revealed his decades-long investigations of Project Phoenix and evidence that many of Vicore's secondary corporations are little more than Blakist fronts to secretly resupply the [[Word of Blake Protectorate Militia]]. While strictly legal, the revelations turned public opinion against Vicore, resulting it being removed from many prominent stock exchanges and triggering formal investigations.<ref name=MMp235>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 235: "Other Realms and Powers - [Giovanni Estrella de la Sangre]"</ref> + When the [[Jihad]] burst into open warfare, the fact that almost two-thirds of all Phoenix machines built by all parties had been purchased by the Blakists or parties allied to them lead many more people to question Vicore's intentions, but Vicore and Sangre both professed to be a truly neutral supplier and continued to sell to all comers. Despite Sangre's hopes of Vicore one day becoming one of the top interstellar conglomerates, in [[3075]] the former [[ComStar]] [[ROM]] agent "[[Tempest Stryker|Damocles]]" finally publicly revealed his decades-long investigations of Project Phoenix and evidence that many of Vicore's secondary corporations are little more than Blakist fronts to secretly resupply the [[Word of Blake Protectorate Militia]]. While strictly legal, the revelations turned public opinion against Vicore, resulting it being removed from many prominent stock exchanges and triggering formal investigations. <ref name=MM>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 68</ref> − The [[Federated Suns]] was finally able to launch an attempt to liberate Demeter on 1 February [[3077]] as a part of [[Operation SCOUR]], the allied coalition assault on the Protectorate. Unfortunately for the coalition, the campaign for Demeter—described as a "factory world"—quickly became a brutal, bogged-down quagmire.<ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> The allied coalition forces consisted of the [[Fifth Crucis Lancers]], the [[Fifteenth Arcturan Guards]] and the [[Third Free Worlds Legionnaires]], and found themselves facing not just the divisions of the Styx Protectorate Militia but also two [[Level III]]s from the [[9th Division (Word of Blake)|Ninth Militia Division]], ''Measure of Trust'' and ''Call to the Faithful''. The Blakists rebuffed the initial attack by the Fifth Crucis Lancers and the Fifteenth Arcturan Guards, driving the coalition forces back almost as far as their initial landing zones until an orbital drop by the Third Free Worlds Legionnaires saw the Blakists forced to fall back.<ref name=JHS:Tp36>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 36: "Tragedy on Demeter"</ref> + The [[Federated Suns]] was finally able to launch an attempt to liberate Demeter on the 1st of February [[3077]] as a part of [[Operation SCOUR]], the allied coalition assault on the Protectorate. Unfortunately for the coalition, the campaign for Demeter - described as a "factory world" - quickly became a brutal, bogged-down quagmire.<ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> The allied coalition forces consisted of the [[5th Crucis Lancers]], the [[15th Arcturan Guards]] and the [[3rd Free Worlds Legionnaires]], and found themselves facing not just the divisions of the Styx Protectorate Militia but also two [[Level III]]s from the [[9th Division (Word of Blake)|9th Militia Division]], ''Measure of Trust'' and ''Call to the Faithful''. The Blakists rebuffed the initial attack by the 5th Crucis Lancers and the 15th Arcturan Guards, driving the coalition forces back almost as far as their initial landing zones until an orbital drop by the 3rd Free Worlds Legionnaires saw the Blakists forced to fall back.<ref name="JHS:Tp36">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 36, "Tragedy On Demeter"</ref> − The Protectorate Militia forces retreated to New Demeter City, while the Ninth Division forces retreated into the Vicore Industries plant. The Fifth Crucis Lancers and the Fifteenth Arcturan Guards faced a brutal battle to clear New Demeter City, while the Third Free Worlds Legionnaires encircled the Ninth Militia Division forces but were unable to dislodge them from the factory complex. The Ninth Militia Division forces were finally destroyed by orbital bombardment, which also leveled the Vicore Industries plant. A news story filed by [[Keevah Acee]] of the Demeter Free Press on 17 March 3077 alleged that the defense of New Demeter City had seen the local citizenry rising up against the coalition forces with whatever weapons they could find or improvise, and also alleged that the Federated Suns front task force had resorted to indiscriminately bombarding not just the Vicore Industries plant but also New Demeter City itself.<ref name=JHS:Tp36/> + The Protectorate Militia forces retreated to New Demeter City, while the 9th Division forces retreated into the Vicore Industries plant. The 5th Crucis Lancers and the 19th Arcturan Guards faced a brutal battle to clear New Demeter City, while the 3rd Free Worlds Legionnaires encircled the 9th Militia Division forces but were unable to dislodge them from the factory complex. The 9th Militia Division forces were finally destroyed by orbital bombardment, which also leveled the Vicore Industries plant. A news story filed by [[Keevah Acee]] of the Demeter Free Press on the 17th of March 3077 alleged that the defense of New Demeter City had seen the local citizenry rising up against the coalition forces with whatever weapons they could find or improvise, and also alleged that the Federated Suns front task force had resorted to indiscriminately bombarding not just the Vicore Industries plant but also New Demeter City itself.<ref name="JHS:Tp36"/> − − [[Striker Arms Corporation]] was a division of Vicore Industries.<ref name=CEp13>''Combat Equipment'', p. 13: "Rocket-Assisted Grenade (RAG)"</ref> ==Manufacturing== ==Manufacturing== − Vicore Industries had a manufacturing center on the planet of [[Demeter]] until the plant was destroyed in March 3077: + ''Vicore Industries'' had a manufacturing center on the planet of [[Demeter]] until the plant was destroyed in March 3077: ===Demeter=== ===Demeter=== {|class="wikitable" {|class="wikitable" − ! colspan="2" |Components produced on Demeter:<ref name=TROPPp20>''Technical Readout: Project Phoenix'', p. 20: "Produced Valkyrie QD1 'Mech Components"</ref> + ! colspan="2" |Components produced on Demeter:<ref name=TROPPp20>''Technical Readout: Project Phoenix'', p. 20, "Produced Valkyrie QD1 'Mech Components".</ref> |- |- ! width="350pt" | Component ! width="350pt" | Component Line 89:
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| − | + | '''Vicore Industries''' is best known as the driving force behind the so-called "Project Phoenix" revival of many classic [[BattleMech]] designs. | |
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| − | Vicore Industries was created by planetary governor Giovanni De La Sangre. Similar to the boutique 'Mech design firms of Solaris, Vicore doesn't produce many 'Mechs on its own. Instead, Vicore's designers act as a third party design group for established 'Mech manufacturers. These "Project Phoenix" designs were based on long-serving BattleMech designs, and could be produced at existing production facilities with little effort. | + | == Overview == |
| + | Based on [[Demeter]], Vicore Industries was created by planetary governor Giovanni De La Sangre. Similar to the boutique 'Mech design firms of Solaris, Vicore doesn't produce many 'Mechs on its own. Instead, Vicore's designers act as a third party design group for established 'Mech manufacturers. These "Project Phoenix" designs were based on long-serving BattleMech designs, and could be produced at existing production facilities with little effort. | ||
| − | Interestingly, many of the 'Mech designs created by Vicore wound up in the hands of the [[Word of Blake]]. Manufacturers in several realms found their technical capabilities limited. The Word of Blake somehow "just knew" these factories needed help and arrived to provide the technical support they needed. The | + | Interestingly, many of the 'Mech designs created by Vicore wound up in the hands of the [[Word of Blake]]. Manufacturers in several realms found their technical capabilities limited. The Word of Blake somehow "just knew" these factories needed help and arrived to provide the technical support they needed. The Blakist's convenient appearance to solve the problems these factories had in building the Vicore designs just in the nick of time led to many rumors that Vicore or De La Sangre was an ally (or employee) of the Word of Blake. |
| − | The rumors of Vicore and Giovanni De la Sangre's links to the Word of Blake gathered strength in late [[3065]] when Blakist [[Precentor Martial of the Word of Blake|Precentor Martial]] [[Cameron St. Jamais]] asked Vicore's design teams to [[Terra]] to assist in bolstering and enhancing Terran production capacity to help in the expansion of the [[Word of Blake Militia]]. Aside from remodeling production lines to produce the Project Phoenix 'Mechs, Vicore also developed upgrades for the ''[[Grim Reaper]]''<ref name=TRO3055U1>''Technical Readout 3055 Upgrade'', p. 44 | + | The rumors of Vicore and Giovanni De la Sangre's links to the Word of Blake gathered strength in late [[3065]] when Blakist [[Precentor Martial of the Word of Blake|Precentor Martial]] [[Cameron St. Jamais]] asked Vicore's design teams to [[Terra]] to assist in bolstering and enhancing Terran production capacity to help in the expansion of the [[Word of Blake Militia]]. Aside from remodeling production lines to produce the Project Phoenix 'Mechs, Vicore also developed upgrades for the ''[[Grim Reaper]]'' <ref name=TRO3055U1>''Technical Readout 3055 Upgrade'', p. 44</ref> and Phoenix-ized redesigns of the ''[[Nexus (Star Python)|Nexus]]'', ''[[Raijin (Fujin)|Raijin]]'' and ''[[Grand Crusader (Star Crusader)|Grand Crusader]]''. <ref name=TRO3055U2>''Technical Readout 3055 Upgrade'', p. 95, 100</ref> In [[3066]] Vicore reached a licensing agreement with [[Brooks, Inc.]] to produce the [[Galleon]] tank from a newly refurbished factory on Terra for the Blakist Militia. <ref name=TRO3058U>''Technical Readout 3058 Upgrade'', p. 68</ref> |
| − | When the [[Jihad]] burst into open warfare, the fact that almost two-thirds of all Phoenix machines built by all parties had been purchased by the Blakists or parties allied to them lead many more people to question Vicore's intentions, but Vicore and Sangre both professed to be a truly neutral supplier and continued to sell to all comers. Despite Sangre's hopes of Vicore one day becoming one of the top interstellar conglomerates, in [[3075]] the former [[ComStar]] [[ROM]] agent "[[Tempest Stryker|Damocles]]" finally publicly revealed his decades-long investigations of Project Phoenix and evidence that many of Vicore's secondary corporations are little more than Blakist fronts to secretly resupply the [[Word of Blake Protectorate Militia]]. While strictly legal, the revelations turned public opinion against Vicore, resulting it being removed from many prominent stock exchanges and triggering formal investigations.<ref name= | + | When the [[Jihad]] burst into open warfare, the fact that almost two-thirds of all Phoenix machines built by all parties had been purchased by the Blakists or parties allied to them lead many more people to question Vicore's intentions, but Vicore and Sangre both professed to be a truly neutral supplier and continued to sell to all comers. Despite Sangre's hopes of Vicore one day becoming one of the top interstellar conglomerates, in [[3075]] the former [[ComStar]] [[ROM]] agent "[[Tempest Stryker|Damocles]]" finally publicly revealed his decades-long investigations of Project Phoenix and evidence that many of Vicore's secondary corporations are little more than Blakist fronts to secretly resupply the [[Word of Blake Protectorate Militia]]. While strictly legal, the revelations turned public opinion against Vicore, resulting it being removed from many prominent stock exchanges and triggering formal investigations. <ref name=MM>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 68</ref> |
| − | The [[Federated Suns]] was finally able to launch an attempt to liberate Demeter on | + | The [[Federated Suns]] was finally able to launch an attempt to liberate Demeter on the 1st of February [[3077]] as a part of [[Operation SCOUR]], the allied coalition assault on the Protectorate. Unfortunately for the coalition, the campaign for Demeter - described as a "factory world" - quickly became a brutal, bogged-down quagmire.<ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> The allied coalition forces consisted of the [[5th Crucis Lancers]], the [[15th Arcturan Guards]] and the [[3rd Free Worlds Legionnaires]], and found themselves facing not just the divisions of the Styx Protectorate Militia but also two [[Level III]]s from the [[9th Division (Word of Blake)|9th Militia Division]], ''Measure of Trust'' and ''Call to the Faithful''. The Blakists rebuffed the initial attack by the 5th Crucis Lancers and the 15th Arcturan Guards, driving the coalition forces back almost as far as their initial landing zones until an orbital drop by the 3rd Free Worlds Legionnaires saw the Blakists forced to fall back.<ref name="JHS:Tp36">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 36, "Tragedy On Demeter"</ref> |
| − | The Protectorate Militia forces retreated to New Demeter City, while the | + | The Protectorate Militia forces retreated to New Demeter City, while the 9th Division forces retreated into the Vicore Industries plant. The 5th Crucis Lancers and the 19th Arcturan Guards faced a brutal battle to clear New Demeter City, while the 3rd Free Worlds Legionnaires encircled the 9th Militia Division forces but were unable to dislodge them from the factory complex. The 9th Militia Division forces were finally destroyed by orbital bombardment, which also leveled the Vicore Industries plant. A news story filed by [[Keevah Acee]] of the Demeter Free Press on the 17th of March 3077 alleged that the defense of New Demeter City had seen the local citizenry rising up against the coalition forces with whatever weapons they could find or improvise, and also alleged that the Federated Suns front task force had resorted to indiscriminately bombarding not just the Vicore Industries plant but also New Demeter City itself.<ref name="JHS:Tp36"/> |
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==Manufacturing== | ==Manufacturing== | ||
| − | Vicore Industries had a manufacturing center on the planet of [[Demeter]] until the plant was destroyed in March 3077: | + | ''Vicore Industries'' had a manufacturing center on the planet of [[Demeter]] until the plant was destroyed in March 3077: |
===Demeter=== | ===Demeter=== | ||
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| colspan="2" align="center " | <u>Vehicles</u> | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>Vehicles</u> | ||
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| − | | [[Galleon#Variants|GAL-103 Galleon]]<ref name= | + | | [[Galleon#Variants|GAL-103 Galleon]]<ref name=TRO3058U/> |
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| − | | [[Galleon#Variants|GAL-104 Galleon]]<ref name= | + | | [[Galleon#Variants|GAL-104 Galleon]]<ref name=TRO3058U/> |
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' | ||