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| image = Brigadier-corporation.png | | image = Brigadier-corporation.png | ||
− | | | + | | founded = |
− | | | + | | dissolved = |
− | | | + | | affiliation = [[Free Worlds League]] |
− | | headquarters = Portent ([[Gibson]]) | + | | previous_names = |
− | | products = [[BattleMech]]s | + | | headquarters = Portent ([[Gibson III]])<ref name=HBHM127>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 127: "Brigadier Corporation (BrigCorp)"</ref> |
− | | | + | | leadership = [[CEO of Brigadier Corporation|CEO]] |
− | | | + | | products = {{Ubl|[[BattleMech]]s|[[DropShip]]s|[[IndustrialMech]]s|[[LAM]]s|[[Small Craft]]|[[Combat Vehicle|Vehicle]]s|[[WarShip]]s}} |
− | [[Mackenzie]] | + | | parent = |
− | + | | divisions = | |
− | [[Oliver]] | + | | plants = {{Ubl|[[Mackenzie]]|[[Oliver]]}} |
}} | }} | ||
− | + | The '''Brigadier Corporation''' was a [[Free Worlds League]]-based [[BattleMech]], [[DropShip]], and [[JumpShip]] manufacturer. | |
− | The '''Brigadier Corporation''' | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
− | Like [[Nimakachi Fusion Products Limited|Nimakachi]] and [[SelaSys Incorporated|SelaSys]], the interests of the Brigadier Corporation | + | Like [[Nimakachi Fusion Products Limited|Nimakachi]] and [[SelaSys Incorporated|SelaSys]], the interests of the Brigadier Corporation spanned the manufacture of BattleMechs and naval vessels, including work on the imposing ''[[Impavido]]''-class [[WarShip]]. Their imposing ''Behemoth''-class DropShips had long been prized as bulk haulers, but the smaller ''Fury'', ''Buccaneer'', and ''Monarch''-classes were more commonly seen across the [[Inner Sphere]].<ref name=HBHM127/> |
− | Historically, Brigadier had its headquarters on [[Oliver]], but legalities associated with the [[FedCom]] takeover of that world at the end of the [[Fourth Succession War]] led the company to relocate its business hub to Portent on [[Gibson]], though the Gordon plant remained under Brigadier Corporation's control despite the FedCom occupation. According to the [[apocryphal]] 1989 video game [[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)|MechWarrior]], set around the year [[3025]], the original home of the "Brigadier 'Mech Corp. - now extinct" was [[Procyon]]. A Brigadier Corporation 'Mech factory existed on Procyon during the early [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]], but was abandoned some considerable time prior to the end of the [[Third Succession War]]. The abandoned factory became a key target of the [[Tikonov Free Republic]] campaign against the Free Worlds League during the [[Fourth Succession War]].<ref name=" | + | Historically, Brigadier had its headquarters on [[Oliver]], but legalities associated with the [[FedCom]] takeover of that world at the end of the [[Fourth Succession War]] led the company to relocate its business hub to Portent on [[Gibson]], though the Gordon plant remained under Brigadier Corporation's control despite the FedCom occupation.<ref name=HBHM127/> According to the [[apocryphal]] 1989 video game ''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)|MechWarrior]]'', set around the year [[3025]], the original home of the "Brigadier 'Mech Corp. - now extinct" was [[Procyon]]. A Brigadier Corporation 'Mech factory existed on Procyon during the early [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]], but was abandoned some considerable time prior to the end of the [[Third Succession War]]. The abandoned factory became a key target of the [[Tikonov Free Republic]] campaign against the Free Worlds League during the [[Fourth Succession War]].<ref name=FSWMAv2p82>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 82: "Procyon"</ref> |
− | Just as the loss of Brigadier's 'Mech Factory on Oliver set back Free Worlds League 'Mech production, the 'Mech producing side waned in power and the DropShip facilities came to dominate the corporation, with the headquarters remaining on Gibson even after the recovery of Oliver in [[Operation | + | Just as the loss of Brigadier's 'Mech Factory on Oliver set back Free Worlds League 'Mech production, the 'Mech producing side waned in power and the DropShip facilities came to dominate the corporation, with the headquarters remaining on Gibson even after the recovery of Oliver in [[Operation GUERRERO]].<ref name=HBHM127/> [[Earthwerks Incorporated]] purchased the dilapidated Brigadier factory on Procyon in [[3050]], and would subsequently refurbish it, reactivating it as a production facility for engineering vehicles and [[IndustrialMech]]s.<ref name="DARWp248">''Dark Age Republic Worlds (3130)'', p. 248: "Procyon"</ref> |
− | Brigadier's Gibson factory is actually a converted repair facility, upgraded with aid from the [[FWLM]] and later the [[Word of Blake]]. The changeover from repair to production was a success, and the plant is running smoothly though defense is complicated by a landing field with only makeshift defenses at the site. After the near complete takeover of Gibson during the [[Jihad]] by the Blakists, the Gibson facility was renamed the '''Master's Wings Aerospace''' with the ''Monarch'' civilian DropShip line converted to the production of the [[Spectral Series]] [[OmniFighter]]s<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 125: "Brigadier Corporation"</ref><ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'': "Note of Spectral Series"</ref> and [[LAM]]s.<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 155</ref><ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 157</ref><ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 159</ref> Gibson was subjected to a massive orbital bombardment by Regulus forces in 3078. By 3085, the planet was listed as dead or dying. All factories on world are assumed destroyed.{{cn}} | + | Brigadier's Gibson factory is actually a converted repair facility, upgraded with aid from the [[FWLM]] and later the [[Word of Blake]]. The changeover from repair to production was a success, and the plant is running smoothly though defense is complicated by a landing field with only makeshift defenses at the site. After the near complete takeover of Gibson during the [[Jihad]] by the Blakists, the Gibson facility was renamed the '''Master's Wings Aerospace''' with the ''Monarch'' civilian DropShip line converted to the production of the [[Spectral Series]] [[OmniFighter]]s<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 125: "Brigadier Corporation"</ref><ref>''Technical Readout: 3075'': "Note of Spectral Series"</ref> and [[LAM]]s.<ref name=J:FRp155>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 155</ref><ref name=J:FRp157>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 157</ref><ref name=J:FRp159>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 159</ref> Gibson was subjected to a massive orbital bombardment by Regulus forces in 3078. By 3085, the planet was listed as dead or dying. All factories on world are assumed destroyed.{{cn}} |
In the mid-3120s, the Mackenzie plant was raided by a small mercenary unit. They used aerospace fighters and battle armor to seize two ''Behemoth''-class DropShips and escape.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League'', p. 50</ref> | In the mid-3120s, the Mackenzie plant was raided by a small mercenary unit. They used aerospace fighters and battle armor to seize two ''Behemoth''-class DropShips and escape.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League'', p. 50</ref> | ||
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==Manufacturing== | ==Manufacturing== | ||
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| colspan="2" align="center " | <u>Land-Air 'Mechs</u> | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>Land-Air 'Mechs</u> | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[Pwwka|S-PW-1LAM ''Pwwka'']]<ref | + | | [[Pwwka|S-PW-1LAM ''Pwwka'']]<ref name=J:FRp155/> |
| [[Land-Air 'Mech]] | | [[Land-Air 'Mech]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[Yurei|S-YR-1LAM ''Yurei'']]<ref | + | | [[Yurei|S-YR-1LAM ''Yurei'']]<ref name=J:FRp157/> |
| Land-Air 'Mech | | Land-Air 'Mech | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[Waneta|S-WN-2LAM ''Waneta'']]<ref | + | | [[Waneta|S-WN-2LAM ''Waneta'']]<ref name=J:FRp159/> |
| Land-Air 'Mech | | Land-Air 'Mech | ||
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| colspan="2" align="center " | <u>DropShip</u> | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>DropShip</u> | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[Behemoth (DropShip)|''Behemoth'']]<ref name=HBHM127/><ref name=OR132/><ref>''Objectives: Free Worlds League'', p. 30</ref> | + | | [[Behemoth (DropShip class)|''Behemoth'']]<ref name=HBHM127/><ref name=OR132/><ref>''Objectives: Free Worlds League'', p. 30</ref> |
| [[DropShip]] | | [[DropShip]] | ||
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===Oliver=== | ===Oliver=== | ||
{|class="wikitable" | {|class="wikitable" | ||
− | ! colspan="2" |Components produced on Oliver:<ref name=TRO:Ip46>''Technical Readout: Irregulars'', p. 46: "''Heavy Lifter'' CargoMech MOD"</ref><ref name=OR85>''Objective Raids'', p. 85: "Produced Components on Oliver"</ref><ref name=TRO3067-58>''Technical Readout: 3067'', p. 58: "Produced Chimera Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3025-69>''Technical Readout: 3025'', p. 69: "Produced Scorpion 1N Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3085p240>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 240: "Produced Scorpion 10M 'Mech Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3039p294>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 294: "Produced Crusader 3R Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3039p299>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 299: "Produced Goliath 1H 'Mech Components"</ref><ref name=XTRO>''Experimental Technical Readout: Boondoggles'', p. 5: "SCP-X1 Scorpion LAM"</ref><ref name=TRO3085-24>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 24: "Produced Demon Medium Tank Components on Oliver"</ref><ref name=TRO3145p1415>''Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere'', pp. | + | ! colspan="2" |Components produced on Oliver:<ref name=TRO:Ip46>''Technical Readout: Irregulars'', p. 46: "''Heavy Lifter'' CargoMech MOD"</ref><ref name=OR85>''Objective Raids'', p. 85: "Produced Components on Oliver"</ref><ref name=TRO3067-58>''Technical Readout: 3067'', p. 58: "Produced Chimera Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3025-69>''Technical Readout: 3025'', p. 69: "Produced Scorpion 1N Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3085p240>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 240: "Produced Scorpion 10M 'Mech Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3039p294>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 294: "Produced Crusader 3R Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3039p299>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 299: "Produced Goliath 1H 'Mech Components"</ref><ref name=XTRO>''Experimental Technical Readout: Boondoggles'', p. 5: "SCP-X1 Scorpion LAM"</ref><ref name=TRO3085-24>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 24: "Produced Demon Medium Tank Components on Oliver"</ref><ref name=TRO3145p1415>''Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere'', pp. 14–15: "Produced Shandra Advanced Scout Vehicle - Standard and Original"</ref> |
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! width="350pt" | Component | ! width="350pt" | Component | ||
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| [[Medium BattleMech]] | | [[Medium BattleMech]] | ||
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− | | [[Chimera|CMA-1S ''Chimera'']]<ref name=TRO3067-58/> | + | | [[Chimera (BattleMech)|CMA-1S ''Chimera'']]<ref name=TRO3067-58/> |
| Medium BattleMech | | Medium BattleMech | ||
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=== Procyon === | === Procyon === | ||
− | The Brigadier Corporation 'Mech factory on Procyon had been abandoned well before the end of the Third Succession War, but inadvertently became a deciding factor in the invasion of Procyon by the Tikonov Free Republic, as Supreme Lord - formerly [[Colonel]] - [[Pavel Ridzik]] envisaged being able to rejuvenate the factory using research from the [[New Avalon Institute of Science]].<ref name= | + | The Brigadier Corporation 'Mech factory on Procyon had been abandoned well before the end of the Third Succession War, but inadvertently became a deciding factor in the invasion of Procyon by the Tikonov Free Republic, as Supreme Lord - formerly [[Colonel]] - [[Pavel Ridzik]] envisaged being able to rejuvenate the factory using research from the [[New Avalon Institute of Science]].<ref name=FSWMAv2p82/> Earthwerks Incorporated purchased the abandoned factory in 3050.<ref name="DARWp248"/> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]'' | * ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]'' | ||
* ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Boondoggles]]'' | * ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Boondoggles]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere]]'' | * ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere]]'' | ||
* ''[[Technical Readout: Irregulars]]'' | * ''[[Technical Readout: Irregulars]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Brigadier Corporation]] | [[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Brigadier Corporation]] | ||
[[Category:Free Worlds League Corporations]] | [[Category:Free Worlds League Corporations]] |
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Brigadier Corporation | |
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Corporation Profile | |
Affiliation | Free Worlds League |
Headquarters | Portent (Gibson III)[1] |
Leadership | CEO |
Product(s) | |
Manufacturing Plant(s) |
The Brigadier Corporation was a Free Worlds League-based BattleMech, DropShip, and JumpShip manufacturer.
Contents
Overview
Like Nimakachi and SelaSys, the interests of the Brigadier Corporation spanned the manufacture of BattleMechs and naval vessels, including work on the imposing Impavido-class WarShip. Their imposing Behemoth-class DropShips had long been prized as bulk haulers, but the smaller Fury, Buccaneer, and Monarch-classes were more commonly seen across the Inner Sphere.[1]
Historically, Brigadier had its headquarters on Oliver, but legalities associated with the FedCom takeover of that world at the end of the Fourth Succession War led the company to relocate its business hub to Portent on Gibson, though the Gordon plant remained under Brigadier Corporation's control despite the FedCom occupation.[1] According to the apocryphal 1989 video game MechWarrior, set around the year 3025, the original home of the "Brigadier 'Mech Corp. - now extinct" was Procyon. A Brigadier Corporation 'Mech factory existed on Procyon during the early Succession Wars, but was abandoned some considerable time prior to the end of the Third Succession War. The abandoned factory became a key target of the Tikonov Free Republic campaign against the Free Worlds League during the Fourth Succession War.[2]
Just as the loss of Brigadier's 'Mech Factory on Oliver set back Free Worlds League 'Mech production, the 'Mech producing side waned in power and the DropShip facilities came to dominate the corporation, with the headquarters remaining on Gibson even after the recovery of Oliver in Operation GUERRERO.[1] Earthwerks Incorporated purchased the dilapidated Brigadier factory on Procyon in 3050, and would subsequently refurbish it, reactivating it as a production facility for engineering vehicles and IndustrialMechs.[3]
Brigadier's Gibson factory is actually a converted repair facility, upgraded with aid from the FWLM and later the Word of Blake. The changeover from repair to production was a success, and the plant is running smoothly though defense is complicated by a landing field with only makeshift defenses at the site. After the near complete takeover of Gibson during the Jihad by the Blakists, the Gibson facility was renamed the Master's Wings Aerospace with the Monarch civilian DropShip line converted to the production of the Spectral Series OmniFighters[4][5] and LAMs.[6][7][8] Gibson was subjected to a massive orbital bombardment by Regulus forces in 3078. By 3085, the planet was listed as dead or dying. All factories on world are assumed destroyed.[citation needed]
In the mid-3120s, the Mackenzie plant was raided by a small mercenary unit. They used aerospace fighters and battle armor to seize two Behemoth-class DropShips and escape.[9]
Manufacturing
Brigadier Corporation has manufacturing centers on the following planets:
Gibson
Components produced on Gibson:[10][11][12] | |
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Component | Type |
Land-Air 'Mechs | |
S-PW-1LAM Pwwka[6] | Land-Air 'Mech |
S-YR-1LAM Yurei[7] | Land-Air 'Mech |
S-WN-2LAM Waneta[8] | Land-Air 'Mech |
DropShip | |
Buccaneer[1][10] | DropShip |
Fury[1][10][11] | DropShip |
Merlin[1][12] | DropShip |
Monarch[1][10] | DropShip |
Interplanetary Drive - DropShips | |
Hyperdyne 211 | Fury[10] |
Magna Corp. VX250B | Buccaneer[10] |
Marly 750 | Monarch[10] |
Mackenzie
The Mackenzie plant wasn't affected by the Jihad and it was operating at full capacity in 3079.[13]
Components produced on Mackenzie:[14] | |
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Component | Type |
Small Craft | |
K-1 DropShuttle[citation needed] | Small Craft |
S-7A Bus[citation needed] | Small Craft |
DropShip | |
Behemoth[1][14][15] | DropShip |
WarShip | |
Impavido[1] | WarShip |
Interplanetary Drive - Small Craft | |
Burster M-100 | [citation needed] |
Pratt & Whitney 400 | [citation needed] |
Interplanetary Drive - DropShips | |
Sunburst M-200L Megadrive | Behemoth[14] |
Oliver
Procyon
The Brigadier Corporation 'Mech factory on Procyon had been abandoned well before the end of the Third Succession War, but inadvertently became a deciding factor in the invasion of Procyon by the Tikonov Free Republic, as Supreme Lord - formerly Colonel - Pavel Ridzik envisaged being able to rejuvenate the factory using research from the New Avalon Institute of Science.[2] Earthwerks Incorporated purchased the abandoned factory in 3050.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Handbook: House Marik, p. 127: "Brigadier Corporation (BrigCorp)"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2, p. 82: "Procyon"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dark Age Republic Worlds (3130), p. 248: "Procyon"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 125: "Brigadier Corporation"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3075: "Note of Spectral Series"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 155
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 157
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 159
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League, p. 50
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 Objective Raids, p. 125: "Produced Components on Gibson"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Technical Readout: 3057 Revised, p. 16: "Produced Fury DropShip"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Technical Readout: 3067, p. 174: "Merlin DropShip Profile"
- ↑ Objectives: Free Worlds League, p. 4
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Objective Raids, p. 132: "Produced Components on McKenzie"
- ↑ Objectives: Free Worlds League, p. 30
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Technical Readout: Irregulars, p. 46: "Heavy Lifter CargoMech MOD"
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 17.8 17.9 Objective Raids, p. 85: "Produced Components on Oliver"
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 Technical Readout: 3067, p. 58: "Produced Chimera Components"
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 Technical Readout: 3025, p. 69: "Produced Scorpion 1N Components"
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 20.8 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 240: "Produced Scorpion 10M 'Mech Components"
- ↑ 21.00 21.01 21.02 21.03 21.04 21.05 21.06 21.07 21.08 21.09 21.10 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 294: "Produced Crusader 3R Components"
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 22.7 22.8 22.9 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 299: "Produced Goliath 1H 'Mech Components"
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Experimental Technical Readout: Boondoggles, p. 5: "SCP-X1 Scorpion LAM"
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 24: "Produced Demon Medium Tank Components on Oliver"
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 25.5 25.6 25.7 25.8 25.9 Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere, pp. 14–15: "Produced Shandra Advanced Scout Vehicle - Standard and Original"
- ↑ MUL Profile for the Shandra Advanced Scout Vehicle (Original) - Introduction Year.
- ↑ MUL Profile for the Shandra Advanced Scout Vehicle (Standard) - Introduction Year.
Bibliography
- Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)
- Experimental Technical Readout: Boondoggles
- Handbook: House Marik
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2
- Objective Raids
- Objectives: Free Worlds League
- Technical Readout: 2750
- Technical Readout: 3025
- Technical Readout: 3039
- Technical Readout: 3067
- Technical Readout: 3075
- Technical Readout: 3085
- Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League
- Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere
- Technical Readout: Irregulars