Luthien Armor Works
Luthien Armor Works | |
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Corporation Profile | |
Founding Year | 2461 |
Previous Name(s) | New Samarkand Armor Works |
Headquarters: | (Luthien) |
Leadership: | CEO |
Products: | Battle armor BattleMechs OmniMechs Combat Vehicles |
Division(s) | Abiy Adi Dieron Hyner Irece New Samarkand Nykvarn Savinsville OmniMech Production Facility |
Contents
Overview[edit]
The company known in later years as Luthien Armor Works was originally founded as New Samarkand Armor Works, a highly secret division of New Samarkand Metals. This new division was established in 2461 at the orders of Kozo Von Rohrs, the highly paranoid Coordinator of the Combine at the time, and was given responsibility for developing the first Combine BattleMech after a recent raid had enabled the Combine to acquire this coveted technology. Coordinator Von Rohrs also used his newly established Draconis Elite Strike Teams to keep a very close watch on NSAW as they developed the Gladiator BattleMech. Such was the secrecy surrounding the project - and the scrutiny under which the project was kept - that it would take until 2468 for the first iteration of the Gladiator to reach full production. The Gladiator fell out of favor rapidly after a disastrous battle between DCMS and LCAF forces on Nox in 2475, but NSAW would continue to grow despite the Gladiator production lines closing down by 2488.[1]
In 3025, Luthien Armor Works' best engineers designed a Dragon variant: the Grand Dragon. Although it had yet to see action, the Grand Dragon promised to be a fearsome opponent.[2]
When the capital of the Draconis Combine was moved from New Samarkand to Luthien, NSAW moved en masse to the new capital and became Luthien Armor Works.[1] Luthien Armor Works - or LAW for short - would become the largest BattleMech producer in the Draconis Combine.[3] At the start of the Jihad, three nuclear warheads were detonated inside the LAW OmniMech facility, destroying it completely. The EMP and radioactive fallout rippled through the other LAW facilities, inflicting massive damage. The corporation's headquarters tower collapsed as a result of this strike.[4] While many believed that this was the work of the Word of Blake[5][6] the actual perpetrators were members of the Black Dragon Society, who detonated three nuclear devices built into the heart of the LAW facility as a final failsafe to insure that invading forces would never capture the plant intact.[7][8]
Luthien Armor Works started to recover after making some drastic cutbacks. It was reported in 3070 that Luthien Armor Works had managed to avoid complete financial collapse by opening several new manufacturing facilities and releasing additional manufacturing licenses to various partner companies. Luthien Armor Works was also rumored to be attempting to stabilize itself in the medium term by entering into partnerships with companies dealing in transportation and shipping throughout the Pesht Military District.[9] However, in 3074 the ISF exposed the CEO of LAW, Hoek Botterfield, as a member of the Black Dragon Society. He was executed on Benjamin.[10] During the Jihad upper management of Luthien Armor Works hired Gannon's Cannons to escort a team of engineers to survey the damage. This found them put in the crossfire between several Word of Blake and Black Dragon Society units.[11]
Most of Luthien Armor Works' facilities on Luthien and Dieron were destroyed by the Word of Blake. Most of the resources that would formerly have gone to LAW factories has since been redirected into new companies. In fact the amount of time and effort required to rebuild these facilities would absorb massive amounts of capital. As a result of this, as of 3079 the Dragon has no plans to rebuild these facilities.[12] LAW is therefore focusing its efforts on the production lines at Abiy Adi, Nykvarn, Savinsville, and New Samarkand. These lines came through the Jihad relatively intact.[13] The Combine government tacitly approved LAW hiring the Kouki no Otakebi mercenary unit to garrison those facilities LAW had or were constructing near the Outworlds Alliance border, in part because of the fact that every member of the Kouki no Otakebi was a former member of the DCMS.[14]
When Clan Nova Cat settled in the Combine, Luthien Armor Works partnered with them to introduce Clan designs. These partnerships were usually authorized (as in LAW-Barcella), but the Mualang Alpha plant was not.[15]
By the thirty-second century, production line on Luthien would be restored producing new designs, including least one OmniMech design.[16]
Personnel[edit]
3025[edit]
Manufacturing[edit]
Luthien Armor Works has manufacturing centers on the following planets:
Abiy Adi[edit]
Note: Completed after the main LAW facilities were destroyed early in the Jihad [18][19]. Since the start of the Jihad, the facility on Abiy Adi, suffers no losses of capital and personnel, and have a full production volume of 100% in 3079.[20]
Components produced on Abiy Adi:[21][18] | |
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Component | Type |
BattleMechs | |
JR7-C2 Jenner[21][19] | Light BattleMech |
JR7-K Jenner[21] | Light BattleMech |
WFT-1 Wolf Trap[18][19] | Medium BattleMech |
WFT-2 Wolf Trap[18][19] | Medium BattleMech |
Chassis | |
Alshain Class 48 | Jenner JR7-K[21] |
Alshain Class 580 Endo Steel | Wolf Trap[18] |
Fusion Engine | |
Magna 245 | Jenner JR7-K[21] |
Extralight Fusion Engine | |
Hermes 270 XL | Wolf Trap[18] |
Jump Jets | |
Lexington Ltd. Lifters | Jenner JR7-K[21] |
Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles) | |
Durallex Special Medium w/CASE | Wolf Trap[18] |
Ferro-fibrous Armor | |
New Samarkand Royal ferro-fibrous w/CASE | Jenner JR7-K[21] |
Communications System | |
Sipher Security Plus | Jenner JR7-K[21] |
Sipher Security Plus 2 | Wolf Trap[18] |
Targeting-Tracking System | |
Eagle Eye 400 XX | Wolf Trap[18] |
Matabushi Sentinel | Jenner JR7-K[21] |
LB 10-X AC | |
Imperator Code Red | Wolf Trap[18] |
Medium Laser | |
Victory 23R | Jenner JR7-K[21] & Wolf Trap[18] |
LRM-10 | |
Shigunga | Wolf Trap[18] |
SRM-4 | |
Telos | Jenner JR7-K[21] |
Dieron[edit]
Components produced on Dieron:[22] | |
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Component | Type |
BattleMechs | |
Grand Dragon | Heavy BattleMech |
Hyner[edit]
Components produced on Hyner:[23] | |
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Component | Type |
Vehicles | |
SM2 Heavy Artillery Vehicle[23] | Tracked Vehicles |
Internal Combustion Engine | |
225 | SM2[23] |
Ferro-fibrous Armor | |
Alpha Compound ferro-fibrous | SM2[23] |
Communications System | |
Sony ABC-14 | SM2[23] |
Targeting-Tracking System | |
Neko Megane 9 | SM2[23] |
Sniper Artillery Piece | |
Type S3 | SM2[23] |
Heavy Machine Gun | |
Series XIV | SM2[23] |
Irece[edit]
Note: The LAW-Barcella facility receives its Clan technology from the Nova Cats.
Components produced on Irece:[24][25][26] | |
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Component | Type |
Vehicles | |
SM1 Tank Destroyer[24][26] | Hovercraft |
SM1 Telos | Hovercraft |
Svantovit Infantry Fighting Vehicle[26] | Hovercraft |
Fusion Engine | |
165 Standard | SM1 Tank Destroyer[24] |
Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles) | |
Advanced Compound Beta | SM1 Tank Destroyer[24] |
Communications System | |
Unit 2J2 "Basher" | SM1 Tank Destroyer[24] |
Targeting-Tracking System | |
Able-Seven Sensor Suite | SM1 Tank Destroyer[24] |
Ultra AC/20 | |
Type 10 | SM1 Tank Destroyer[24] |
Light Machine Gun | |
Series 2C | SM1 Tank Destroyer[24] |
Luthien[edit]
NOTE: These lines were destroyed during the Jihad. Items produced on these production lines would not available after 3072.[27] However, by the thirty-second century LAW would regain its building capacities once again.[28]
New Samarkand[edit]
Nykvarn[edit]
Note: During the Jihad, the facility on Nykvarn suffers no capital and personnel losses, and the operating capacity of the factory has the main production volume of 90% in 3079.[58]
Components produced on Nykvarn:[59][60][61] | |
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Component | Type |
BattleMechs | |
DRG-5K Grand Dragon[59][61] | Heavy BattleMech |
DRG-9KC Grand Dragon[59] | Heavy BattleMech |
DRG-11K Dragon II[60] | Heavy BattleMech |
DRG-11R Dragon II[60] | Heavy BattleMech |
Ostroc[61] | Heavy BattleMech (after 3075)[61] |
Chassis | |
Nykvarn Type 58-66SH | Grand Dragon 5K[59] & Dragon II[60] |
Fusion Engine | |
Magna 260 | Dragon II[60] |
Extralight Fusion Engine | |
Hermes 360 XL | Grand Dragon 5K[59] |
Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles) | |
Starshield w/CASE | Grand Dragon 5K[59] |
Ferro-fibrous Armor | |
Durallex Guardian II Light ferro-fibrous w/CASE II | Dragon II[60] |
Communications System | |
Sipher CommSys 3 | Grand Dragon 5K[59] & Dragon II[60] |
Targeting-Tracking System | |
Eagle Eye SY10-10 | Grand Dragon 5K[59] & Dragon II[60] |
ER PPC | |
Lord's Light 2 | Grand Dragon 5K[59] & Dragon II[60] |
Medium Laser | |
Victory 23R | Grand Dragon 5K[59] |
Medium X-Pulse Laser | |
Diverse Optics Type 25PX | Dragon II[60] |
LRM-10 | |
Telos DecaCluster | Grand Dragon 5K[59] |
Arrow IV | |
Shigunga | Dragon II[60] |
Savinsville[edit]
Note: During the Jihad, the facility on Savinsville suffers no capital and personnel losses, and the operating capacity of the factory has the main production volume of 75% in 3079.[31][58]
Components produced on Savinsville: | |
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Component | Type |
Battle Armor | |
Oni[31] | Light battle armor |
Kanazuchi[62] | Assault battle armor |
Notes[edit]
- Confirmation of the agents responsible for the destruction of the LAW facility in 3070 was made by one of the BattleTech line developers on the official Catalyst Game Labs forum:
“ | Ahhh, now I remember. Those were supposed to be setups for the follow-up story to "Eye of the Beholder." Which I never got around to.
Suffice to say, the nukes were set off by the Black Dragons deep in the LAW-Luthien facility; it was a failsafe originally built into the complex as a last ditch "****** you" to any would-be conquerors. The BDS set them off. The sequel story was supposed to show the Blakist ROM team actually catching wind of the plan and trying to stop the action, but failing at the last minute. |
” |
— Ben "GhostBear" Rome, Assistant BattleTech Line Developer, 10 Oct 2013 |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Technical Readout: 3075, p. 206: GLD-4r Gladiator
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 136: "Luthien Armor Works"
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 Objective Raids, p. 69: "Luthien Armor Works"
- ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 24
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3070, p. 48
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 222
- ↑ Comments by GhostBear, BattleTech Line Developer, on story setups for sequel to Eye of the Beholder
- ↑ Total Chaos, p. 51
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3072, p. 11: "Business Review: 3070"
- ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 24
- ↑ Total Chaos, p. 79
- ↑ Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 3
- ↑ Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 4
- ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 20: "Mercenaries"
- ↑ Objectives: The Clans, p. 26
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine, pp. 34, 44, 48: "Avalanche, Shiro, & Tenshi are produced on Luthien by 3145."
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 136
- ↑ 18.00 18.01 18.02 18.03 18.04 18.05 18.06 18.07 18.08 18.09 18.10 18.11 Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 52: "Produced Wolf Trap 'Mech variants"
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 7
- ↑ Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 4: "State of the Industry Table"
- ↑ 21.00 21.01 21.02 21.03 21.04 21.05 21.06 21.07 21.08 21.09 21.10 Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 26: "Produced Jenner variants"
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Handbook: House Kurita, p. 162
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine, p. 26: "Produced SM2 Vehicle Components"
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 24.6 24.7 Technical Readout: 3075, p. 130: "Produced SM1 Tank Destroyer Components"
- ↑ Experimental Technical Readout: Phantoms, p. 9: "SM1 Telos"
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Objectives: The Clans, p. 25: "Barcella - LAW"
- ↑ Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 3
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 28.6 Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine, pp. 48–49, 107–110: "Tenshi OmniMech Profile notes that Tenshi being produced on Luthien and deployed by 3103."
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 17: "Produced Kage Battle Armor"
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 39: "Produced Kanazuchi Battle Armor"
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine, p. 7: "Produced Oni Battle Armor"
- ↑ 32.00 32.01 32.02 32.03 32.04 32.05 32.06 32.07 32.08 32.09 32.10 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 112: "Produced Jenner variants"
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 33.5 33.6 33.7 Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine, p. 32: "Produced Rokurokubi Components"
- ↑ 34.00 34.01 34.02 34.03 34.04 34.05 34.06 34.07 34.08 34.09 34.10 34.11 34.12 Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 28: "Produced Daimyo variants"
- ↑ 35.00 35.01 35.02 35.03 35.04 35.05 35.06 35.07 35.08 35.09 35.10 35.11 Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 32: "Produced Komodo 'Mech variants"
- ↑ 36.00 36.01 36.02 36.03 36.04 36.05 36.06 36.07 36.08 36.09 36.10 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 142: "Produced Dragon ' 'Mech variants"
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 37.3 37.4 37.5 37.6 37.7 37.8 37.9 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 264: "Produced Lancelot 'Mech Components"
- ↑ 38.00 38.01 38.02 38.03 38.04 38.05 38.06 38.07 38.08 38.09 38.10 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 144: "Produced Quickdraw 4G ' 'Mech Components"
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 68: "Produced Quickdraw 5K 'Mech variant"
- ↑ 40.00 40.01 40.02 40.03 40.04 40.05 40.06 40.07 40.08 40.09 40.10 40.11 Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 52: "Produced Daikyu 'Mech variants and components"
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 41.3 41.4 41.5 41.6 41.7 41.8 41.9 Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine, p. 44: "Produced Shiro 'Mech Components"
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 42.3 42.4 42.5 42.6 42.7 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 156: "Produced Charger 1A1 'Mech Components"
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 43.3 43.4 43.5 43.6 43.7 43.8 43.9 Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 68: "Produced Charger 3K 'Mech Components"
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 44.2 44.3 44.4 44.5 44.6 44.7 44.8 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 232: "Produced Hatamoto-Chi 'Mech Components"
- ↑ 45.00 45.01 45.02 45.03 45.04 45.05 45.06 45.07 45.08 45.09 45.10 45.11 Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 150: "Produced O-Bakemono 'Mech variants and components"
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 46.3 46.4 46.5 46.6 46.7 46.8 46.9 Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 102: "Produced Mauler 1R 'Mech Components"
- ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 47.3 47.4 47.5 47.6 47.7 Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine, p. 34: "Produced Avalanche AVL-10 OmniMech Components"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3145, p. 48: Tenshi - "Note *DO NOT REMOVE THIS NOTE*: The year listed is the earliest year noted in the fluff for the 'Mech first appeared. This is temporary until MUL Profile is added showing actual year of introduction
- ↑ 49.0 49.1 49.2 49.3 49.4 49.5 49.6 49.7 49.8 Technical Readout: Prototypes, p. 106: "Produced Wolf Trap 2B"
- ↑ 50.00 50.01 50.02 50.03 50.04 50.05 50.06 50.07 50.08 50.09 50.10 50.11 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 244: "Produced Wolverine Components"
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 51.2 51.3 51.4 51.5 51.6 51.7 51.8 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 234: "Produced Daboku 'Mech Components"
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 52.3 52.4 52.5 52.6 52.7 52.8 52.9 Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine, pp. 40–41: Hitotsume Kozo - Background information & production info
- ↑ Experimental Technical Readout: Kurita, p. 3: Produced Jenner 10X Variant
- ↑ Experimental Technical Readout: Kurita, p. 4: Produced Wolf Trap 2X Variant
- ↑ Experimental Technical Readout: Kurita, p. 7: Produced Banzai 'Mech
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 56.2 56.3 Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 102
- ↑ Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 28
- ↑ 58.0 58.1 Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 4: "State of the Industry Table"
- ↑ 59.00 59.01 59.02 59.03 59.04 59.05 59.06 59.07 59.08 59.09 59.10 Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 66: "Produced Grand Dragon DRG-5K, 7K, 9KC variants"
- ↑ 60.00 60.01 60.02 60.03 60.04 60.05 60.06 60.07 60.08 60.09 60.10 Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine, p. 42: "Produced Dragon II Components"
- ↑ 61.0 61.1 61.2 61.3 Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 12
- ↑ Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 14
Bibliography[edit]
- Experimental Technical Readout: Gladiators
- Experimental Technical Readout: Kurita
- Experimental Technical Readout: Phantoms
- Field Report: DCMS
- Jihad Hot Spots: 3072
- Objective Raids
- Objectives: Draconis Combine
- Objectives: The Clans
- Technical Readout: 3039
- Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade
- Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade
- Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade
- Technical Readout: 3075
- Technical Readout: 3085
- Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine
- Technical Readout: Prototypes
- Total Chaos