Ferro-fibrous armor

Ferro-fibrous armor

Description

Ferro-fibrous armor (FF) is a special type of protective covering used by vehicles and BattleMechs. Pioneered by the Terran Hegemony in the the mid-26th century, early prototypes of the armor appeared as early as 2557.[1] Standard ferro-fibrous armor was available by 2571[2][1] shortly after the birth of the Star League, prompting First Lord Ian Cameron to make it the first advanced Star League-era technology the Hegemony would share with the rest of the Inner Sphere.[3]

Utilizing a weave of ferro-steel, ferro-titanium, and diamond weave fibers, which boosts the tensile strength of the plating,[4][5] ferro-fibrous provides more protection per ton than standard armor (12% for Inner Sphere FF, 20% for Clan FF), and takes up more space on the 'Mech or vehicle (14 critical slots for Inner Sphere, 16 for prototype Inner Sphere, and 7 for Clan 'Mechs; two slots for Inner Sphere vehicles (three for prototype IS), one for Clan). The maximum amount of protection is not changed; merely the weight of armor required to achieve that level of protection. For a unit which already has maximum armor protection, it is therefore considered a weight-saving measure, at the cost of critical space. The weight savings for Endo Steel are greater than those saved by ferro-fibrous armor, but it is more costly and obviously more difficult to repair or add as an upgrade to a 'Mech.[citation needed][3][1]

First developed by the Terran Hegemony as a prototype in 2557[6] and mass produced in 2571,[4] ferro-fibrous armor was lost to the Inner Sphere during the Succession Wars. The Draconis Combine was the first to recreate it in 3040.[4] Later, the Free Worlds League and Lyran Alliance would develop light and heavy versions of ferro-fibrous armor.[4]

Manufacturing

Standard ferro-fibrous armor is manufactured on the following planets:

Brand Planet Company Used by References
Arcadia Compound Delta VII Arcadia Arcadia BattleMech Plant CM-T15 Highlander IIC, Mongrel (Grendel) [7][8][9]
ArcShield Max III Advanced Betelgeuse Aldis Industries Behemoth II [10]
ArcShield Maxi IV Panpour Jalastar Aerospace Typhoon Urban Assault Vehicle [11]
Compound Alpha Huntress Abysmal Manufacturing Complex Horned Owl [12]
Compound Alpha Irece Barcella Beta Sekhmet, Cizin [13][14]
Advanced Compound Beta Irece Barcella Beta Joust [15]
Compound 2110 Irece Barcella Beta Odin [16]
Compound CL20 Tamaron Ashton 'Mech Production Complex Rabid Coyote [17]
Compound H17 Arcadia Arcadia BattleMech Plant CM-03 Mist Lynx [18]
Compound H17 Irece Barcella Beta Shadow Cat [19][20]
Compound H18 Babylon Babylon MechWorks V Uller [21][22]
Compound SJ6CW Arcadia Arcadia BattleMech Plant CM-03 Mad Dog [20]
Durallex Super Medium Quentin Independence Weaponry Shipped to Luthien for Wolf Trap, TSH-7S Tai-sho, TSN-1C Tessen, and JagerMech III [23][24][25][26]
Durallex Super Medium Hesperus II Defiance Industries Hatchetman [27]
Durallex Super Medium Taurus Taurus Territorial Industries Marshal [28]
Forging AM15 Twycross Trellshire Heavy Industries Phoenix Hawk IIC, Kite, Cardinal [29][30][31]
Forging AM15 Ingersoll Manufacturing Plant SFF-NG1 Kite [30]
Forging AM15 Shimonita Manufacturing Plant SFF-SH2 Kite [30]
Forging X85 Huntress Phan Industrial Complex Warhawk (Masakari) [32]
Glasgow Limited Primo Hesperus II Defiance Industries Zeus [27]
Jolassa-328 Umka Kerr-McGinniss Hermes, Thunderbolt [33]
Jolassa-328 Abadan Adam Tech Industries HVC-P6 Havoc [34]
Kallon FWL Special Gibson Gibson Federated BattleMechs Locust, Buccaneer [35][36]
Kallon FWL Special Tematagi Nimakachi Fusion Products Limited Spider, Venom [37][38]
Kallon Unity Weave Thermopolis Kallon Industries Shipped to Federated Commonwealth for Axman and Wolverine [39]
Kallon Unity Weave Kirklin Kallon Industries Challenger X [40]
Kallon Unity Weave Talon Kallon Industries JagerMech, JagerMech III [41][42]
Kallon Unity Weave Loyalty Kallon Industries Partisan AA Vehicle [43]
Krupp 155 Terra Krupp Armament Works Ostscout 11J [44]
Krupp 200 Terra Krupp Armament Works Nyx [45]
Krupp Draco-100 Terra Krupp Armament Works Pinto [46]
Lexington Ltd. High Grade Richvale Quikscell Company Ontos [47]
Lexington Ltd. High Grade Coventry Coventry Metal Works Commando, Vulcan, Hussar, STO-4A Stiletto, STO-6S Stiletto, Blitzkrieg, Hollander [48][48][49][50][51][52][53]
Mk. VI Arcadia Arcadia BattleMech Plant CM-T4 Hellfire [54]
New Samarkand Royal New Samarkand New Samarkand Metals Shipped to Luthien for Jenner, Charger and Mauler [55]
Norse-34 Loxley Blue Shot Weapons Starslayer [56]
Protec 12 Al Na'ir Scarborough Manufacturers Pegasus, Schiltron [57][58]
StarGuard 3056 Terra Blankenburg Technologies Grim Reaper [59]
StarGuard CIV (w/CASE) Kallon Weapon Industries Wernke HNT-171 Hornet [60]
StarSlab-1 Ferro-Fibrous Ruchbah Michaelson Heavy Industries Sprint [61][62]
StarSlab-1 Ferro-Fibrous Canopus IV Majesty Metals and Manufacturing Condor [63]
StarSlab-1 Ferro-Fibrous Sevon Alliance Mining and Geology Locust, Stinger, Wasp [64]
StarSlab-4 Hesperus II Defiance Industries Gürteltier [65]
StarSlab-9.5 Mk II Pandora Red Devil Industries Condor [66][67]

Notes

  • This article refers to a common object and addresses the object as a common noun. The preferred term is "ferro-fibrous armor" (except on section titles & table headings, where "Ferro-fibrous Armor" is favored).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Interstellar Operations, p. 72, "Ferro-Fibrous Armor (FF-P)"
  2. ↑ TechManual, p. 205, "Ferro-Fibrous/Ferro-Aluminum Armor"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 179, "Ferro-Fibrous Armor (FF-P)"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 TechManual, p. 205: "Armor - Ferro-Fibrous"
  5. ↑ MechWarrior 4: Vengeance (Resource)
  6. ↑ Interstellar Operations, p. 72: "Ferro-Fibrous Armor-P"
  7. ↑ Technical Readout: Clan Invasion, p. 32: "Grendel"
  8. ↑ Technical Readout: 3060, p. 184: "Produced Highlander IIC Components"
  9. ↑ Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 168: "Produced Grendel Omni Components"
  10. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation, p. 24: "Behemoth II"
  11. ↑ Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrades, p. 106: "Typhoon"
  12. ↑ Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 110: "Mech Components"
  13. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine, p. 22: "Produced Sekhmet Components"
  14. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Draconis Combine, p. 18: "Produced Cizin Components"
  15. ↑ Technical Readout: 3085, p. 136: "Produced Joust BE700 Vehicle Components"
  16. ↑ Technical Readout: 3060, p. 38: "Vehicle Components"
  17. ↑ Technical Readout: 3067, p. 118: "Mech Components"
  18. ↑ Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 116: "OmniMech Components"
  19. ↑ Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 170: "OmniMech Components"
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Technical Readout: Clan Invasion, p. 12: "Fire Falcon"
  21. ↑ Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 118: "OmniMech Components"
  22. ↑ Technical Readout: Clan Invasion, p. 20: "Uller"
  23. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 105: "Produced Independence Weaponry Components"
  24. ↑ Technical Readout: 3060 (Reprint), p. 122: "TSH-7STai-sho"
  25. ↑ Technical Readout: 3067 (Reprint), p. 68: "TSN-1C Tessen"
  26. ↑ Technical Readout: 3060, p. 110: "JagerMech III"
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Objective Raids, p. 76: "Produced Defiance Industries Components on Hesperus II"
  28. ↑ Technical Readout: 3060, p. 100: "Produced Marshal 'Mech Components"
  29. ↑ Technical Readout: 3085, p. 280: "Produced Phoenix Hawk IIC 7 Components"
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries, p. 16: "Kite Reconnaissance Vehicle"
  31. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries, p. 18: "Cardinal Transport"
  32. ↑ Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 140: "Produced Warhawk Components on Huntress"
  33. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 138: "Produced Kerr-McGuinness Components"
  34. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League, p. 24: "Produced Havoc Components"
  35. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 124: "Produced Gibson BattleMech Components"
  36. ↑ Technical Readout: 3060, p. 98: "Buccaneer 'Mech Profile"
  37. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 136: "Produced Nimakachi Fusion Components on Tematagi"
  38. ↑ Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 26: "Produced Venom Components"
  39. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 137: "Produced Kallon Industries Components on Asuncion"
  40. ↑ Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 114: "Produced Challenger X Components on Kirklin"
  41. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 91: "Produced Kallon Industries Components on Talon"
  42. ↑ Technical Readout: 3060, p. 112: "Produced JagerMech III Components on Talon"
  43. ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League, p. 16: "Partisan AA Vehicle"
  44. ↑ : "Produced Ostscout 11J Components"
  45. ↑ Technical Readout: 3085, p. 62: Produced Nyx Components
  46. ↑ Technical Readout: 3060, p. 16: "Produced Pinto VTOL Components"
  47. ↑ Technical Readout: Prototypes, p. 62: "Produced Ontos Components"
  48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 Objective Raids, p. 80: Produced Coventry Metal Works Components
  49. ↑ Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 192: "Produced Hussar Components"
  50. ↑ Technical Readout: 3067, p. 56: "Produced Stiletto Components"
  51. ↑ Technical Readout: Prototypes, p. 102: "Produced STO-6S Stiletto Components"
  52. ↑ Technical Readout: 3060, p. 94: "Produced Blitzkrieg Components"
  53. ↑ Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 24: "Produced Hollander Components"
  54. ↑ Technical Readout: 3067, p. 120: "Produced Hellfire 'Mech Components"
  55. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 109: "Produced New Samarkand Metals Components"
  56. ↑ Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 210: "Produced Blue Shot Weapons Components"
  57. ↑ Technical Readout: 3058, p. 34: "Pegasus"
  58. ↑ Technical Readout: 3060 Revised, p. 28: "Produced Schiltron Components"
  59. ↑ Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 44: "Produced Grim Reaper Components"
  60. ↑ Technical Readout: 3050, pp. 50–51: "HNT-171 Hornet"
  61. ↑ Technical Readout: 3058, p. 8: "Produced Sprint Components"
  62. ↑ Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 54: "Produced Sprint Components"
  63. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 151: "Produced Locust Components"
  64. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 155: "Produced Alliance Mining and Geology Components"
  65. ↑ Technical Readout: 3085, p. 50: "Produced Gürteltier Components on Hesperus II"
  66. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 56: "Produced Red Devil Industries Components"
  67. ↑ Technical Readout: 3026 Revised, p. 52: "Produced Condor Vehicle Components"

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