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Brigadier Corporation

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Brigadier Corporation is a Free Worlds League based BattleMech, DropShip and JumpShip manufacturer.

Overview

Like Nimakachi and SelaSys, the interests of the Brigadier Corporation span the manufacture of BattleMechs and naval vessels, including work on the imposing Impavido-class WarShip. Their imposing Behemoth-class DropShips have long been prized as bulk haulers, but the smaller Fury, Buccaneer and Monarch-classes are 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. Just as the loss of Brigadier's 'Mech Factory set back Free Worlds League 'Mech production, the 'Mech producing side waned in power and the DropShip facilties came to dominate the corporation, with the headquarters remaining on Gibson even after the recovery of Oliver in Operation Guerrero.[1]

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 take-over of Gibson during the Jihad by the Blakist's, 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.[2][3]

The CEO is Salwa Hanachi.[1]

Manufacturing

Brigadier Corporation has manufacturing centers on the following planets:

Oliver

Components produced on Oliver[4]:

Component Type
GRF-3M Griffin[4] Medium BattleMech
CMA-1S Chimera[5] Medium BattleMech
SCP-1N Scorpion[6] Medium BattleMech
CRD-5M Crusader[4] Heavy BattleMech
Chameleon Light Endo 2 Chassis - Chimera[5]
Earthwerk GRF Chassis - Griffin[4]
Crucis-B Chassis - Crusader[4]
Brigadier 800F Chassis - Scorpion[6]
GM 240 Extra Light Fusion Engine - XL - [5]
Hermes 260 XL Fusion Engine - XL - Crusader[4]
Hermes 275 XL Fusion Engine - XL - Griffin[4]
VOX 330 Fusion Engine - Scorpion[6]
Chilton 465 Jump Jets - Crusader[4]
Rawlings 40 Jump Jets - Chimera[5]
Rawlings 55 Jump Jets - Griffin[4]
StarSlab 4 Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles - Scorpion[6]
StarGuard CCM Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles - Chimera[5]
Armor shipped in from FWL[4]
Corean Transband-J12 Communications System - Chimera[5]
Garret 500A Communications System - Scorpion[6]
BlazeFire /w Range Check Targeting-Tracking System - Chimera[5]
Garret GRNDTRK 9 Targeting-Tracking System - Scorpion[6]
ChipsComp 32 Small Laser - Griffin[4]

Note: per TRO3039 the Scorpion production facility was destroyed in 2837

Mackenzie

Components produced on Mackenzie[7]:

Component Type
K-1 Dropshuttle[citation needed] Small Craft
S-7A Bus[citation needed] Small Craft
Behemoth[7] Dropships
Impavido[citation needed] Warship
Burster M-100 Interplanetary Drive - Small Craft[citation needed]
Pratt & Whitney 400 Interplanetary Drive - Small Craft[citation needed]
Sunburst M-200L Megadrive Interplanetary Drive - Dropships - Behemoth[7]

Gibson

Components produced on Gibson[8]:

Component Type
Buccaneer[8] Dropships
Fury[8] Dropships
Merlin Dropships
Monarch[8] Dropships
Hyperdyne 211 Interplanetary Drive - Dropships - Fury[8]
Magna Corp. VX250B Interplanetary Drive - Dropships - Buccaneer[8]
Marly 750 Interplanetary Drive - Dropships - Monarch[8]



References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Handbook: House Marik, p. 127, "Manufacturer Profile"
  2. Objective Raids, p. 125, "Brigadier Corporation"
  3. Technical Readout: 3075, "Note of Spectral Series"
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 Objective Raids, p. 85, "Produced Components on Oliver"
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Technical Readout: 3067, p. 58, "Produced Chimera Components"
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Technical Readout: 3025, p. 69, "Produced Scorpion Components"
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Objective Raids, p. 132, "Produced Components on McKenzie"
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Objective Raids, p. 125, "Produced Components on Gibson"

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