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'''Michaelson Heavy Industries''' was a smaller military contractor that specialized in VTOLs. It was headquartered on [[Ruchbah]].
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| headquarters = Michaelson<br>([[Ruchbah I]])<ref name=HB:HDp167>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 167: "Michaelson Heavy Industries (MicHvyIn)"</ref>
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| leadership = [[CEO of Michaelson Heavy Industries|CEO]]
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'''Michaelson Heavy Industries''' was a smaller [[Federated Suns]] military contractor that specialized in [[VTOL]]s.
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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
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Michaelson Heavy Industries was created in the Twenty-ninth century by the city of Michaelson on Ruchbah. The city government recovered from the devastation of the first two Succession Wars by taking control of many idle factories and employing citizens in a socialist plan. This allowed the new company to flourish, and the company quickly took control of the city itself. They produced a variety of products for the civilian market, including heavy construction equipment, VTOLs, and tools used by military and civilian technicians and engineers. The company ran for nearly a century under the socialized plan, but in the late Thirtieth century the company began trading stocks on public exchanges. This brought in a great deal of capital which allowed Michaelson to repair its factories and expand into military production. In [[3051]] they offered several different combat VTOLs to the [[AFFS]], and by [[3061]] it was producing a total of five combat VTOLs.<ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 167</ref>
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Michaelson Heavy Industries was created in the twenty-ninth century by the city of Michaelson on Ruchbah. The city government recovered from the devastation of the first two Succession Wars by taking control of many idle factories and employing citizens in a socialist plan. This allowed the new company to flourish, and the company quickly took control of the city itself. They produced a variety of products for the civilian market, including heavy construction equipment, VTOLs, and tools used by military and civilian technicians and engineers. The company ran for nearly a century under the socialized plan, but in the late thirtieth century the company began trading stocks on public exchanges. This brought in a great deal of capital which allowed Michaelson to repair its factories and expand into military production. In [[3051]], they offered several different combat VTOLs to the [[AFFS]], and by [[3061]] it was producing a total of five combat VTOLs.<ref name=HB:HDp167/>
  
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After [[Operation Guerrero]] sundered the [[Federated Commonwealth]], orders for Michaelson's products increased dramatically.<ref>''Chaos March (sourcebook)'', p. 48</ref> Much of this success came at the expense of [[Cal-Boeing of Dorwinion]], who had been the AFFS' preferred VTOL manufacturer to that time.<ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 164</ref>
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After [[Operation GUERRERO]] sundered the [[Federated Commonwealth]], orders for Michaelson's products increased dramatically.<ref name=CMp48>''Chaos March'', p. 48</ref> Much of this success came at the expense of [[Cal-Boeing of Dorwinion]], who had been the AFFS' preferred VTOL manufacturer to that time.<ref name=HB:HDp164>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 164: "Cal-Boeing of Dorwinion (CalBo)"</ref>
  
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Michaelson Heavy Industries found itself nearly bankrupt in the aftermath of the [[Jihad]], leading to it selling technology to [[Brooks Incorporated]] which Brooks Inc. then used to develop the [[Aeron|Aeron Strike VTOL]].<ref name="TRO:3085Sp12">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 12</ref> Brooks Inc. were far from the only company to benefit from Michaelson's dire financial straits, which were entirely due to the [[Word of Blake]] blockade of [[Ruchbah]], the homeworld for Michaelon Heavy Industries. A large part of the intellectual property owned by Michaelson was sold to other companies as Michaelson tried to stay afloat, but this also resulted in the marketplace rapidly filling with copies of their own vehicles produced by other companies, putting yet more pressure on Michaelson.<ref name="TRO:3085Sp22">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 22, "Trireme Infantry Transport</ref>
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Michaelson Heavy Industries found itself nearly bankrupt in the aftermath of the [[Jihad]], leading to it selling technology to [[Brooks Incorporated]] which Brooks Inc. then used to develop the [[Aeron|Aeron Strike VTOL]].<ref name="TRO:3085Sp12">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 12</ref> Brooks Inc. were far from the only company to benefit from Michaelson's dire financial straits, which were entirely due to the [[Word of Blake]] blockade of [[Ruchbah]], the homeworld for Michaelon Heavy Industries. A large part of the intellectual property owned by Michaelson was sold to other companies as Michaelson tried to stay afloat, but this also resulted in the marketplace rapidly filling with copies of their own vehicles produced by other companies, putting yet more pressure on Michaelson.<ref name="TRO:3085Sp22">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 22: "Trireme Infantry Transport</ref>
  
 
A financial lifeline for Michaelson in the early 3080s came from the [[Republic of the Sphere]] when Michaelson entered a design for a new [[battle armor]] transport for the [[Republic Armed Forces]]. Although Michaelson nearly passed on the procurement competition, the decision by Michaelson to focus on the mobility requirement of the contract rather than the carrying capacity requirement saw their design accepted over all of the competitors, leading to production orders for the [[Trireme]] in three different variants as the major battle armor transport platform for the RAF.<ref name="TRO:3085Sp22"/>
 
A financial lifeline for Michaelson in the early 3080s came from the [[Republic of the Sphere]] when Michaelson entered a design for a new [[battle armor]] transport for the [[Republic Armed Forces]]. Although Michaelson nearly passed on the procurement competition, the decision by Michaelson to focus on the mobility requirement of the contract rather than the carrying capacity requirement saw their design accepted over all of the competitors, leading to production orders for the [[Trireme]] in three different variants as the major battle armor transport platform for the RAF.<ref name="TRO:3085Sp22"/>
  
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==Leadership==
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By the [[thirty-second century]], the company would set up a manufacturing plant on [[Terra]].<ref name="TRO:3145ROTSp24">''Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere'', p. 24: MHI Defense AA Tank - Tank's list of factory it is built from include Terra.</ref><ref name="TRO:3145ROTSp18">''Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere'', p. 18: MHI Amphibious APC - MHI Amphibious APC is included in vehicles produced on Terra and elsewhere by 3145.</ref>
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In [[3067]] the companies CEO is Ozzi Gutierrez.<ref name=HBHD167>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 167, "Michaelson Heavy Industries Profile"</ref>
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Michaelson's [[Bishop (Combat Vehicle)|Bishop Transport VTOL]] was introduced to the market in [[3093]], and became such a success that Michaelson opened a new production line for the Bishop on the world of [[June]] in [[3118]].<ref name="TRO:3145Mp22+">''Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries'', pp. 22–23: "Bishop Transport VTOL"</ref>
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Michaelson's [[Hawk Moth II|Hawk Moth II Gunship]]<ref name=TRO:3145RotSp12>''Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere'', p. 12: "Hawk Moth II Gunship"</ref> was introduced to the marked in [[3112]]. Jointly developed and produced with [[Victory Conditions Industries]] it bears little resembles to its highly successful pre-Jihad namesake the [[Hawk Moth|Hawk Moth Gunship]].
  
 
==Manufacturing==
 
==Manufacturing==
 
Michaelson Heavy Industries has manufacturing centers on the following planets:
 
Michaelson Heavy Industries has manufacturing centers on the following planets:
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===June===
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{|class="wikitable" 
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on June:<ref name="TRO:3145Mp22+"/>
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|-
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! width="350pt" | Component
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! width="350pt" | Type
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>VTOLs</u>
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|-
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| [[Bishop (Combat Vehicle)|Bishop Transport VTOL]]<ref name=TRO3058U62/>
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| [[VTOL]] (from [[3118]])
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>Combat Vehicles</u>
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|-
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| [[MHI Amphibious APC]]<ref name=TRO:3145ROTSp18/>
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| [[Combat Vehicle]] (from [[3102]])
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|-
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| [[MHI Defense AA Tank]]<ref name=TRO:3145ROTSp24/>
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| Combat Vehicle (from [[3106]])
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Fuel cell]]</u>
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|-
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| [[Michaelson Fuel Cell]]
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| Bishop Transport VTOL<ref name="TRO:3145Mp22+"/>
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)]]</u>
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|-
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| [[StarSlab Civic 8]]
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| Bishop Transport VTOL<ref name="TRO:3145Mp22+"/>
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|-
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| [[StarSlab/7 Heavy Ferro-Fibrous]]
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| MHI Defense AA Tank<ref name="TRO:3145ROTSp24"/>
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Communications System]]</u>
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|-
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| [[Garret Supremesound]]
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| Bishop Transport VTOL<ref name="TRO:3145Mp22+"/>
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|}
  
 
===Ruchbah===
 
===Ruchbah===
 
{|class="wikitable"   
 
{|class="wikitable"   
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on [[Ruchbah]]:<ref name=TRO3058U62>''Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade'', p. 62, "Produced Cavalry Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3060-14>''Technical Readout: 3060'', p. 14, "Produced Hawk Moth Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3060-10>''Technical Readout: 3060'', p. 10, "Produced Mantis Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3058p8>''Technical Readout: 3058 '', p. 8, "Produced Sprint Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3058U54>''Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade'', p. 54, "Produced Sprint Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3058U74>''Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade'', p. 74, "Produced Yellow Jacket Components"</ref>  
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on Ruchbah:<ref name=TRO3058U62>''Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade'', p. 62: "Produced Cavalry Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3060-14>''Technical Readout: 3060'', p. 14: "Produced Hawk Moth Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3060-10>''Technical Readout: 3060'', p. 10: "Produced Mantis Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3058p8>''Technical Readout: 3058 '', p. 8: "Produced Sprint Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3058U54>''Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade'', p. 54: "Produced Sprint Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3058U74>''Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade'', p. 74: "Produced Yellow Jacket Components"</ref><ref name="TRO:3145ROTSp24"/><ref name=TRO:3145RotSp12/>
 
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|-
 
! width="350pt" | Component
 
! width="350pt" | Component
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|-
 
|-
 
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>VTOLs</u>
 
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>VTOLs</u>
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|-
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| [[Bishop (Combat Vehicle)|Bishop Transport VTOL]]<ref name=TRO3058U62/>
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| [[VTOL]] (from [[3093]])
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Cavalry]]<ref name=TRO3058U62/>
 
| [[Cavalry]]<ref name=TRO3058U62/>
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| [[VTOLs]]
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| VTOL
 
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|-
 
| [[Hawk Moth]]<ref name=TRO3060-14/>
 
| [[Hawk Moth]]<ref name=TRO3060-14/>
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| VTOLs
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| VTOL
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|-
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| [[Hawk Moth II|''Hawk Moth II'' Gunship]]<ref name=TRO:3145RotSp12/>
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| VTOL (from [[3112]])
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|-
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| [[Hawk Moth II#Variants|''Hawk Moth II'' Gunship (MML)]]<ref name=TRO:3145RotSp12/>
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| VTOL (from [[3114]])
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|-
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| [[Hawk Moth II#Variants|''Hawk Moth II'' Gunship (Sniper)]]<ref name=TRO:3145RotSp12/>
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| VTOL (from [[3113]])
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Mantis (Combat Vehicle)|Mantis]]<ref name=TRO3060-10/>
 
| [[Mantis (Combat Vehicle)|Mantis]]<ref name=TRO3060-10/>
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| VTOLs
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| VTOL
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Sprint]]<ref name=TRO3058p8/><ref name=TRO3058U54/>
 
| [[Sprint]]<ref name=TRO3058p8/><ref name=TRO3058U54/>
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| VTOLs
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| VTOL
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Yellow Jacket]]<ref name=TRO3058U74/>
 
| [[Yellow Jacket]]<ref name=TRO3058U74/>
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| VTOLs
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| VTOL
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| [[Trireme]]<ref>''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 22: Trireme noted being produced by Michaelson.</ref>
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| VTOL (As of [[3085]])
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>Combat Vehicles</u>
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|-
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| [[MHI Amphibious APC]]<ref name=TRO:3145ROTSp18/>
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| [[Combat Vehicle]] (from [[3101]])
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Trireme]]<ref>''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 22 - Trireme noted being produced by Michaelson.</ref>
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| [[MHI Defense AA Tank]]<ref name=TRO:3145ROTSp24/>
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| VTOLs (As of [[3085]])
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| Combat Vehicle (from [[3106]])
 
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[I.C.E.]]</u>
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| [[Hexareme|Hexareme HQ Hovercraft]]<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Republic, Volume 1'', p. 13: Hexareme noted being developed by Michaelson.</ref>
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| [[Super-Heavy Combat Vehicle|Super-Heavy Combat Vehicle]] - (Began Development as of [[3115]])
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Internal Combustion Engine]]</u>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Michaelson-Omni 40]]
 
| [[Michaelson-Omni 40]]
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| [[Michaelson 110]]
 
| [[Michaelson 110]]
 
| Cavalry<ref name=TRO3058U62/>
 
| Cavalry<ref name=TRO3058U62/>
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Fuel cell]]</u>
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|-
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| [[Michaelson Fuel Cell]]
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| Bishop Transport VTOL<ref name="TRO:3145Mp22+"/>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Fusion Engine]]</u>
 
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Fusion Engine]]</u>
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| Sprint<ref name=TRO3058p8/><ref name=TRO3058U54/>
 
| Sprint<ref name=TRO3058p8/><ref name=TRO3058U54/>
 
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles]]</u>
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| Michaelson 135 XL
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| ''Hawk Moth II''<ref name=TRO:3145RotSp12/>
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)]]</u>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[StarSlab-3]]
 
| [[StarSlab-3]]
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| Hawk Moth<ref name=TRO3060-14/>
 
| Hawk Moth<ref name=TRO3060-14/>
 
|-
 
|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Armor - FF - BattleMechs & Vehicles]]</u>
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| [[StarSlab Civic 8]]
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| Bishop Transport VTOL<ref name="TRO:3145Mp22+"/>
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Ferro-fibrous Armor]]</u>
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[StarSlab-1]] [[Ferro-Fibrous]]
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| [[StarSlab-1]] [[ferro-fibrous]]
 
| Sprint<ref name=TRO3058p8/><ref name=TRO3058U54/>
 
| Sprint<ref name=TRO3058p8/><ref name=TRO3058U54/>
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|-
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| [[StarSlab/7 Heavy Ferro-Fibrous]]
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| MHI Defense AA Tank<ref name="TRO:3145ROTSp24"/> & Hawk Moth II<ref name=TRO:3145RotSp12/>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Communications System]]</u>
 
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Communications System]]</u>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Garret Supremesound]]
 
| [[Garret Supremesound]]
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| Mantis<ref name=TRO3060-10/>, Cavalry<ref name=TRO3058U62/> , Hawk Moth<ref name=TRO3060-14/> & Yellow Jacket<ref name=TRO3058U74/>
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| Mantis<ref name=TRO3060-10/>, Cavalry<ref name=TRO3058U62/>, Hawk Moth<ref name=TRO3060-14/>, Yellow Jacket<ref name=TRO3058U74/>, Bishop Transport VTOL<ref name="TRO:3145Mp22+"/> & Hawk Moth II<ref name=TRO:3145RotSp12/>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Johnston Wide Band]]
 
| [[Johnston Wide Band]]
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|-
 
|-
 
| [[Garret D2j]]
 
| [[Garret D2j]]
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| Mantis<ref name=TRO3060-10/>, Cavalry<ref name=TRO3058U62/>, Hawk Moth<ref name=TRO3060-14/> & Yellow Jacket<ref name=TRO3058U74/>
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| Mantis<ref name=TRO3060-10/>, Cavalry<ref name=TRO3058U62/>, Hawk Moth<ref name=TRO3060-14/>, Defense AA<ref name="TRO:3145ROTSp24"/>, Yellow Jacket<ref name=TRO3058U74/> & Hawk Moth II<ref name=TRO:3145RotSp12/>
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[OptiSight-12]] w/[[Beagle Active Probe]] & [[TAG]]
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| [[OptiSight-12]] w/[[Beagle Active Probe]] & [[Target Acquisition Gear|TAG]]
 
| Sprint<ref name=TRO3058p8/><ref name=TRO3058U54/>
 
| Sprint<ref name=TRO3058p8/><ref name=TRO3058U54/>
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|}
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===Terra===
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{|class="wikitable" 
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on Terra:<ref name="TRO:3145Mp22+"/>
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! width="350pt" | Type
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>VTOLs</u>
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|-
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| [[Hawk Moth II|''Hawk Moth II'' Gunship]]<ref name=TRO:3145RotSp12/>
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| [[VTOL]] (from [[3112]])
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|-
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| [[Hawk Moth II#Variants|''Hawk Moth II'' Gunship (MML)]]<ref name=TRO:3145RotSp12/>
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| VTOL (from [[3114]])
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|-
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| [[Hawk Moth II#Variants|''Hawk Moth II'' Gunship (Sniper)]]<ref name=TRO:3145RotSp12/>
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| VTOL (from [[3113]])
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>Combat Vehicles</u>
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|-
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| [[MHI Amphibious APC]] <ref name=TRO:3145ROTSp18/>
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| [[Combat Vehicle]] (from [[3101]])
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|-
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| [[MHI Defense AA Tank]]<ref name=TRO:3145ROTSp24/>
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| Combat Vehicle (from [[3106]])
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Fusion Engine]]</u>
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|-
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| Michaelson 135 XL
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| ''Hawk Moth II''<ref name=TRO:3145RotSp12/>
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Ferro-fibrous Armor]]</u>
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|-
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| [[StarSlab/7 Heavy Ferro-Fibrous]]
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| MHI Defense AA Tank<ref name="TRO:3145ROTSp24"/> & Hawk Moth II<ref name=TRO:3145RotSp12/>
 
|}
 
|}
  
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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*''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3058]]''
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* ''[[Chaos March (sourcebook)|Chaos March]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade]]''
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* ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Republic, Volume 1]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3060]]''
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* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3058]]''
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*''[[Chaos March (sourcebook)]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3060]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere]]''
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{{div col end}}
  
 
[[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Michaelson Heavy Industries]]
 
[[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Michaelson Heavy Industries]]
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[[Category:Federated Suns Companies]]
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[[Category: Federated Suns Corporations]]
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[[Category: Republic of the Sphere Corporations]]

Latest revision as of 11:18, 6 April 2024

Michaelson Heavy Industries
MICHAELSON HEAVY INDUSTRIES.jpg
Corporation Profile
AffiliationFederated Suns
HeadquartersMichaelson
(Ruchbah I)[1]
LeadershipCEO
Product(s)
Division(s)
Manufacturing Plant(s)

Michaelson Heavy Industries was a smaller Federated Suns military contractor that specialized in VTOLs.

Overview[edit]

Michaelson Heavy Industries was created in the twenty-ninth century by the city of Michaelson on Ruchbah. The city government recovered from the devastation of the first two Succession Wars by taking control of many idle factories and employing citizens in a socialist plan. This allowed the new company to flourish, and the company quickly took control of the city itself. They produced a variety of products for the civilian market, including heavy construction equipment, VTOLs, and tools used by military and civilian technicians and engineers. The company ran for nearly a century under the socialized plan, but in the late thirtieth century the company began trading stocks on public exchanges. This brought in a great deal of capital which allowed Michaelson to repair its factories and expand into military production. In 3051, they offered several different combat VTOLs to the AFFS, and by 3061 it was producing a total of five combat VTOLs.[1]

After Operation GUERRERO sundered the Federated Commonwealth, orders for Michaelson's products increased dramatically.[2] Much of this success came at the expense of Cal-Boeing of Dorwinion, who had been the AFFS' preferred VTOL manufacturer to that time.[3]

Michaelson Heavy Industries found itself nearly bankrupt in the aftermath of the Jihad, leading to it selling technology to Brooks Incorporated which Brooks Inc. then used to develop the Aeron Strike VTOL.[4] Brooks Inc. were far from the only company to benefit from Michaelson's dire financial straits, which were entirely due to the Word of Blake blockade of Ruchbah, the homeworld for Michaelon Heavy Industries. A large part of the intellectual property owned by Michaelson was sold to other companies as Michaelson tried to stay afloat, but this also resulted in the marketplace rapidly filling with copies of their own vehicles produced by other companies, putting yet more pressure on Michaelson.[5]

A financial lifeline for Michaelson in the early 3080s came from the Republic of the Sphere when Michaelson entered a design for a new battle armor transport for the Republic Armed Forces. Although Michaelson nearly passed on the procurement competition, the decision by Michaelson to focus on the mobility requirement of the contract rather than the carrying capacity requirement saw their design accepted over all of the competitors, leading to production orders for the Trireme in three different variants as the major battle armor transport platform for the RAF.[5]

By the thirty-second century, the company would set up a manufacturing plant on Terra.[6][7]

Michaelson's Bishop Transport VTOL was introduced to the market in 3093, and became such a success that Michaelson opened a new production line for the Bishop on the world of June in 3118.[8]

Michaelson's Hawk Moth II Gunship[9] was introduced to the marked in 3112. Jointly developed and produced with Victory Conditions Industries it bears little resembles to its highly successful pre-Jihad namesake the Hawk Moth Gunship.

Manufacturing[edit]

Michaelson Heavy Industries has manufacturing centers on the following planets:

June[edit]

Components produced on June:[8]
Component Type
VTOLs
Bishop Transport VTOL[10] VTOL (from 3118)
Combat Vehicles
MHI Amphibious APC[7] Combat Vehicle (from 3102)
MHI Defense AA Tank[6] Combat Vehicle (from 3106)
Fuel cell
Michaelson Fuel Cell Bishop Transport VTOL[8]
Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)
StarSlab Civic 8 Bishop Transport VTOL[8]
StarSlab/7 Heavy Ferro-Fibrous MHI Defense AA Tank[6]
Communications System
Garret Supremesound Bishop Transport VTOL[8]

Ruchbah[edit]

Components produced on Ruchbah:[10][11][12][13][14][15][6][9]
Component Type
VTOLs
Bishop Transport VTOL[10] VTOL (from 3093)
Cavalry[10] VTOL
Hawk Moth[11] VTOL
Hawk Moth II Gunship[9] VTOL (from 3112)
Hawk Moth II Gunship (MML)[9] VTOL (from 3114)
Hawk Moth II Gunship (Sniper)[9] VTOL (from 3113)
Mantis[12] VTOL
Sprint[13][14] VTOL
Yellow Jacket[15] VTOL
Trireme[16] VTOL (As of 3085)
Combat Vehicles
MHI Amphibious APC[7] Combat Vehicle (from 3101)
MHI Defense AA Tank[6] Combat Vehicle (from 3106)
Hexareme HQ Hovercraft[17] Super-Heavy Combat Vehicle - (Began Development as of 3115)
Internal Combustion Engine
Michaelson-Omni 40 Yellow Jacket[15]
Michelson 60 Hawk Moth[11]
Michaelson 110 Cavalry[10]
Fuel cell
Michaelson Fuel Cell Bishop Transport VTOL[8]
Fusion Engine
Galas 70 Micro-Fusion Mantis[12]
Galas Lightpower 80 Sprint[13][14]
Michaelson 135 XL Hawk Moth II[9]
Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)
StarSlab-3 Mantis[12], Cavalry[10] & Yellow Jacket[15]
StarSlab-5 Hawk Moth[11]
StarSlab Civic 8 Bishop Transport VTOL[8]
Ferro-fibrous Armor
StarSlab-1 ferro-fibrous Sprint[13][14]
StarSlab/7 Heavy Ferro-Fibrous MHI Defense AA Tank[6] & Hawk Moth II[9]
Communications System
Garret Supremesound Mantis[12], Cavalry[10], Hawk Moth[11], Yellow Jacket[15], Bishop Transport VTOL[8] & Hawk Moth II[9]
Johnston Wide Band Sprint[13][14]
Targeting-Tracking System
Garret D2j Mantis[12], Cavalry[10], Hawk Moth[11], Defense AA[6], Yellow Jacket[15] & Hawk Moth II[9]
OptiSight-12 w/Beagle Active Probe & TAG Sprint[13][14]

Terra[edit]

Components produced on Terra:[8]
Component Type
VTOLs
Hawk Moth II Gunship[9] VTOL (from 3112)
Hawk Moth II Gunship (MML)[9] VTOL (from 3114)
Hawk Moth II Gunship (Sniper)[9] VTOL (from 3113)
Combat Vehicles
MHI Amphibious APC [7] Combat Vehicle (from 3101)
MHI Defense AA Tank[6] Combat Vehicle (from 3106)
Fusion Engine
Michaelson 135 XL Hawk Moth II[9]
Ferro-fibrous Armor
StarSlab/7 Heavy Ferro-Fibrous MHI Defense AA Tank[6] & Hawk Moth II[9]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 167: "Michaelson Heavy Industries (MicHvyIn)"
  2. ↑ Chaos March, p. 48
  3. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 164: "Cal-Boeing of Dorwinion (CalBo)"
  4. ↑ Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental, p. 12
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental, p. 22: "Trireme Infantry Transport
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere, p. 24: MHI Defense AA Tank - Tank's list of factory it is built from include Terra.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere, p. 18: MHI Amphibious APC - MHI Amphibious APC is included in vehicles produced on Terra and elsewhere by 3145.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries, pp. 22–23: "Bishop Transport VTOL"
  9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere, p. 12: "Hawk Moth II Gunship"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 62: "Produced Cavalry Components"
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Technical Readout: 3060, p. 14: "Produced Hawk Moth Components"
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Technical Readout: 3060, p. 10: "Produced Mantis Components"
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 Technical Readout: 3058 , p. 8: "Produced Sprint Components"
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 54: "Produced Sprint Components"
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 74: "Produced Yellow Jacket Components"
  16. ↑ Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental, p. 22: Trireme noted being produced by Michaelson.
  17. ↑ Experimental Technical Readout: Republic, Volume 1, p. 13: Hexareme noted being developed by Michaelson.

Bibliography[edit]

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