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Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises | |
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| Corporation Profile | |
| Affiliation | |
| Headquarters | Ptolemy (Rasalhague VI)[1][2] |
| Leadership | CEO |
| Product(s) | |
| Manufacturing Plant(s) | |
Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises (GKT) was a large conglomerate that acquired over a hundred companies and manufacturers across the Inner Sphere.[1]
Contents
Overview[edit]
Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises began life as a law firm headquartered on Rasalhague.[1] In a bitter corporate struggle that almost bankrupted both firms, GKT entered the weapons industry in around 2975 by acquiring Alshain Weapons' plants on Alshain and New Oslo—which manufactured the Panther and other related weaponry—along with BattleMech production facilities elsewhere such as on Jarett. Production had steadily increased, and by 3025, GKT had planned to create three additional Panther factories despite shortages of the Cat's Eye 5 targeting-tracking system and the Sipher CommCon CSU-4 communications system.[3]
After the Ronin War, GKT jump-started the Free Rasalhague Republic's economy by selling off most of their military production lines, with Bergan Industries acquiring both of the former Alshain Weapons plants on Alshain and New Oslo. This investment in smaller firms stimulated the economy of several planets and provided a huge public relations coup for GKT.[1] Meanwhile, GKT also began construction of a second BattleMech facility on Rasalhague to be completed by 3051.[4]
Since taking control of the lion's share of the FRR, Clan Ghost Bear had done their utmost to integrate with the occupied populace as much as possible. Although GKT factories on Satalice seemed of dubious value to the Clan's touman, they continued to train the workers there to Clan manufacturing standards, meanwhile accepting modest numbers of the factory's original products for use as training 'Mechs and to be issued to the lowest of garrison and solahma troops.[citation needed]
As GKT had connections and partnerships with so many civilian manufacturing concerns, the Ghost Bear merchant caste had integrated their employees and executives to better tie into the culture of the former Rasalhague Republic.[1]
GKT had factories on Holmsbu and Radstadt by 3076.[1] During the Jihad, neither the Rasalhague nor Satalice facilities lost any personnel. Both facilities were operating at three-quarters of their maximum output in 3079.[5]
Manufacturing[edit]
Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises has manufacturing center on the following planets:
Jarett[edit]
The factory on Jarett (acquired around 2975)[6] was intentionally destroyed before the planet was taken by Clan Ghost Bear in May of 3050.[7][8]
| Components produced on Jarett:[3] | |
|---|---|
| Component | Type |
| Mechs | |
| PNT-9R Panther[3] | Light BattleMech |
New Oslo[edit]
| Components produced on New Oslo:[3][4] | |
|---|---|
| Component | Type |
| BattleMechs | |
| Panther[4] | Light BattleMech |
| PXH-1 Phoenix Hawk[9] | Medium BattleMech |
| Archer[4] | Heavy BattleMech |
| Infantry Weapons | |
| Rifles and submachine guns[3] | |
| Jump Jets | |
| Lexington Lifters[3][10] | PNT-9R Panther |
Rasalhague[edit]
| Components produced on Rasalhague:[2][11] | |
|---|---|
| Component | Type |
| Aerospace Fighters | |
| Ammon[2] | Medium aerospace fighter |
| Combat Vehicles | |
| Eldingar Hover Sled[11] | Hovercraft |
| Shamash Reconnaissance Vehicle (refit)[2] | Hovercraft |
| Conventional Fighters | |
| MechBuster[12] | Conventional fighter |
| DropShips | |
| Aesir[2] | DropShip |
| Sassanid[2] | DropShip |
| Vanir[2] | DropShip |
| VTOLs | |
| Anhur Transport[2] | VTOL |
| Donar Assault Helicopter[2] | VTOL |
| Extralight Fusion Engine | |
| Type 215 XL | Eldingar[11] |
| Ferro-fibrous Armor | |
| Compound 2110 ferro-fibrous | Eldingar[11] |
| Communications System | |
| Consolidated BMR 6 w/ECM | Eldingar[11] |
| Targeting-Tracking System | |
| TRTTS Mark II | Eldingar[11] |
| ATM-9 | |
| CC-9 Series | Eldingar[11] |
| SRM-2 | |
| Pattern J2 | Eldingar[11] |
Satalice[edit]
| Components produced on Satalice:[13][14][15] | |
|---|---|
| Component | Type |
| Mechs | |
| Locust IIC[15] | Light BattleMech |
| PNT-10K Panther[13] | Light BattleMech |
| PXH-3K Phoenix Hawk[13][8] | Medium BattleMech |
| ARC-2R Archer[16] | Heavy BattleMech |
| ARC-5R Archer[13] | Heavy BattleMech |
| Marauder IIC 4[14][17][18] | Assault BattleMech |
| Marauder IIC 7[14][15] | Assault BattleMech |
| Chassis | |
| Alshain 560-Carrier Endo Steel | Panther[13] |
| Alshain Class 56-60H | Phoenix Hawk[13] |
| Earthwerk Archer II Endo Steel | Archer[13] |
| Type GB-850 light | Marauder IIC 7[14] |
| Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles) | |
| Compound 12A1 Standard w/CASE | Marauder IIC 7[14] |
| Jump Jets | |
| Lexington Ltd. Lifters | Panther[13] & Phoenix Hawk[13] |
| Fusion Engine | |
| Hermes 140 | Panther[13] |
| VOX 280 | Archer[13] |
| Extralight Fusion Engine | |
| 255 XL | Marauder IIC 7[14] |
| GM 270 XL | Phoenix Hawk[13] |
| Communications System | |
| Series D8 CC-25a w/ECM | Marauder IIC 7[14] |
| Targeting-Tracking System | |
| "Hermes" CT-42 Mk II | Marauder IIC 7[14] |
Notes[edit]
- The original TRO:3050 identified the Alshain Weapons plant on Jarett and the GT&K plant on Satalice as two of the "no less than five" Inner Sphere factories where the Phoenix Hawk was in full production, which made it a early candidate for recovered technology.[8] These pages were removed in the subsequent TRO:3050 Revised.[8]
- The New Oslo plant is only noted as producing "rifles, submachineguns, and jump jets" in 3025[3], then in 3039 is noted as a primary plant producing the PNT-9R Panther[10] and one of four Inner Sphere factories producing the Phoenix Hawk[9] which may include the PXH-3K variant listed in the TRO entry.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 109: "Corporations of the Ghost Bear Dominion - [Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises]"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Objectives: The Clans, p. 37: "Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 136: "Weapons Industries - [Gorton, Kinsley, and Thorpe Enterprises]"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 20 Year Update, p. 50: "Defense Industry"
- ↑ Objectives: The Clans, p. 32: "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"
- ↑ House Kurita: The Draconis Combine, p. 138: "Weapons Industries"
- ↑ Objective Raids. p. 108: "Industries - [Alshain Weapons]"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Technical Readout: 3050, p. 110: "Phoenix Hawk"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 286: "PXH-1 Phoenix Hawk"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 114: "PNT-9R Panther"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 138: "Eldingar Hover Sled"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 184: "'MechBuster"
- ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 Objective Raids, p. 116: "Produced Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises Components"
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 284: "Marauder IIC7"
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Objectives: The Clans, p. 38: "Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 296: "ARC-2R Archer"
- ↑ BattleCorps Marauder IIC 4 MilSpec Article
- ↑ Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged — Project Phoenix, p. 284