Bander BattleMechs
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Bander BattleMechs | |
|---|---|
| Corporation Profile | |
| Affiliation | Word of Blake |
| Headquarters | Terra Firma II |
| Leadership | CEO |
| Product(s) | BattleMechs |
Bander BattleMechs was a niche BattleMech refit company on Terra Firma.
Overview[edit]
Owing its formation to the destruction of the Twelfth Star Guard mercenary unit during the Clan Invasion, the unit's former chief tech, Felifious Bander, realized that defeating the invaders with Succession Wars era technology was an impossible task. Entering the safer and more lucrative BattleMech refitting business, Bander used his considerable reputation to convince other former mercenary techs to join his firm. This growing pool of experienced professionals became the company's most valued resource, quickly establishing its reputation for quality at competitive prices.[1]
Using his customer's refits and his experience against the invaders, Bander also developed a BattleMech design, the Bandersnatch, which he boldly proclaimed to be the most versatile design in the Inner Sphere. However, due to the size of the company, construction of even a semiautomated factory to produce the Bandersnatch was out of the question. Each Bandersnatch is built by hand and takes approximately ten months to complete.[2] Barely a half-dozen were in existence by 3055.[1]
During the early years of the Jihad, Bander BattleMechs supported the Word of Blake and its rule over Terra Firma, viewing them as a welcome source of stability and receiving an income boost from 'Mech sales to the Blakists. Felifious' son Tim however learned of the atrocities the Word was visiting upon the Inner Sphere and defied his father to join the anti-Blakist resistance.[3]
Prior to this, Tim had inherited a nonfunctional Scorpion from his father and acquired the technical plans necessary to restore the 'Mech. In so doing, he also lessened its infamous flaw of lurching movement to a more manageable gait. As a resistance fighter, Tim Bander refitted other Scorpions with the same modification, and the corporation continued doing so after the Jihad for a dwindling number of Scorpions. These SCP-1TB models sported a nine-tube multi-missile launcher and light PPCs, but lacked improved armor and CASE.[4][3]
Manufacturing[edit]
Bander BattleMechs has a manufacturing center on the following planet:
Terra Firma II[edit]
| Components produced on Terra Firma:[1] | |
|---|---|
| Component | Type |
| Mechs | |
| BNDR-01A Bandersnatch[1] | Heavy BattleMech |
| BNDR-01B Bandersnatch[1] | Heavy BattleMech |
| SCP-1BR Scorpion[5] | Medium BattleMech |
| SCP-1TB Scorpion[4] | Medium BattleMech |
| CRD-4BR Crusader[6] | Heavy BattleMech |
| CRD-9BR Crusader[6] | Heavy BattleMech |
| Chassis | |
| Bander Custom 1 | Bandersnatch[1] |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 60
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3055, p. 66
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 19, p. 8: "Tim Bander" profile
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 19, p. 6
- ↑ Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 19, p. 7
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 17, p. 4