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Di Tron Heavy Industries | |
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| Corporation Profile | |
| Founding Year | 2203[1] |
| Affiliation | |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan (Terra III)[1] |
| Leadership | CEO |
| Product(s) | |
| Division(s) | Ioto Galactic Enterprises[2] |
| Manufacturing Plant(s) | |
Di Tron Heavy Industries was a major Japan-based corporation. Operating during the Terran Alliance, the Terran Hegemony, and later the Star League, its primary area of interest was construction.
Overview[edit]
Founded in 2203, The company's headquarters were located in Tokyo, Japan on Terra, with regional offices on New Earth, Sirius, and Zebebelgenubi. Despite its origins, the company had a very rocky relationship with the Draconis Combine, stemming from a dispute between the Toshimotos and Kuritas. Who started the disagreement is unknown, but it is believed one had offended the other sometime in the twenty-third century.[1]
Di Tron secured its first WarShip contract with the Terran Alliance, constructing the rugged and durable Dart light cruiser, a class that continued service through nearly 200 years and the waning years of the Star League.[3] Di Tron became interested in the Lyran Commonwealth when the Commonwealth first began looking into domestic WarShip production in 2371; as a result of the combination of extensive financial chicanery on the part of experienced Lyran businessmen and the knowledge and know-how in WarShip construction held by Di Tron, a new company—Ioto Galactic Enterprises—was created in the Commonwealth, carefully avoiding the legal constraints around sale of restricted Terran Hegemony technologies, and in 2375 the first Commonwealth-class cruisers emerged from the Port Sydney Naval Shipyards.[4] During the Hegemony era, Di Tron had a hold of a large share of the construction market, with subsidiaries focused on urban and military construction. The company built the Nightwing surveillance corvette throughout the Age of War Era for the Hegemony,[5] and with the creation of the Star League, the company diversified, with Di Tron Shipbuilders pumping out quality craft from its ten shipyards.
Manufacturing[edit]
The only known Di Tron heavy Industries manufacturing center to survive the first three Succession Wars was the Port Sydney Naval Shipyards in orbit above Alarion in the Lyran Commonwealth,[6] which became part of Ioto Galactic Enterprises when the rest of the company was destroyed.[1] Di Tron's shipyards in the New Earth, Sirius, and Zebebelgenubi systems were destroyed during the First Succession War.[1][7]
Unknown[edit]
| Components produced: | |
|---|---|
| Component | Type |
| DropShips | |
| Dictator[1] | DropShip |
| Titan[1] | DropShip |
| Warships | |
| Aegis[1] | Heavy Cruiser |
| Dart[4][3] | Light Cruiser |
| Nightwing[8] | Surveillance Corvette |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 The Star League, p. 162: "Top Ten Hegemony Companies - [Di Tron Heavy Industries]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 143: "Ioto Galactic Enterprises (IotoGal)"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Technical Readout: 3057 Revised, p. 212: "Dart WarShip Profile"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Field Report 2765: LCAF, pp. 23–24: "Commonwealth (Light Cruiser)"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3057 Revised, p. 184: "Nightwing Profile"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, pp. 73–74: "Alarion"
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 125: "Shipbuilding Casualties of the First Succession War"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3057 Revised, pp. 184–185: "Nightwing"