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Line 1: − {{InfoBoxCorporation + {{InfoBoxManufacturer | image = | image = − | founded = + | imagewidth = − | dissolved = + | caption = − | affiliation = [[Lyran Commonwealth]] + | Previous Names = − | previous_names = + | Founded = − | headquarters = [[New Kyoto]]<ref name=TRO3057Rp192>''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', p. 192: "Mako (Corvette)" profile</ref> + | Interstellar = No − | leadership = [[CEO of Bolson Shipyards|CEO]] + | Sites = [[New Kyoto]] − | products = {{Ubl|[[DropShips]]|[[JumpShips]]|[[WarShips]]}} + | Main Products = [[WarShip]]s − | parent = − | divisions = − | plants = [[Tamar]]<ref name="FSWp61"/> (as Bolson-Tamar Shipyards) }} }} − '''Bolson Shipyards''' was a long-time [[DropShip]], [[JumpShip]], and [[WarShip]] manufacturer in the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]. + + '''Bolson Shipyards''' was a [[JumpShip]] and [[WarShip]] manufacturer in the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]. ==Overview== ==Overview== − Bolson [[Shipyards]] was one of the Lyran Commonwealth's largest JumpShip manufacturers before the [[First Succession War]]. Starting about [[2524]], the yards produced the ''[[Sylvester (DropShip class)|"Baby"-Sylvester]]''. Known for their unspecified JumpShips sold to the [[LCAF]] and numerous civilian offerings, their only WarShip design, the ''Mako'', was a design that eschewed the traditional [[LCAF]] "bigger is better" mentality for a lighter, swift vessel that could serve as a picket ship, border patrol unit, and escort for larger ships. During the Star League era, Bolson produced ''Mako''s for the LCAF and five for the [[Rim Worlds Republic]], while the [[SLDF]] used a handful as a courier vessel.<ref name=TRO3057Rp192/> + Bolson Shipyards was one of the Lyran Commonwealth's largest JumpShip manufacturers before the [[First Succession War]]. Their only WarShip design, the ''Mako'', was a design that eschewed the traditional [[LCAF]] "bigger is better" mentality for a lighter, swift vessel that could serve as a picket ship, border patrol unit, and escort for larger ships. During the Star League era, Bolson produced ''Mako''s for the LCAF, [[SLDF]], and the [[Rim Worlds Republic]]. − The Bolson Shipyards in the [[New Kyoto]] system were located in orbit above Wang-Chiu, the largest of New Kyoto's moons. The [[Free Worlds League]] dispatched a task force sent to attack the shipyards in February [[2787]],<ref name="FSWp114">''First Succession War'', p. 114: "Timeline of the First Succession War"</ref><ref name="FSWp66"/><ref name="HS(TLC)p46"/> one of many Commonwealth-based naval and aerospace manufacturing facilities to be attacked early in that year as the [[Great Houses]] began the [[First Succession War]].<ref name="HS(TLC)p46">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 46: "The Bolson Shipyards"</ref> With industrial facilities increasingly subject to attacks as the [[First Succession War]], the New Kyoto shipyards were an obvious target, and the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] bolstered the defenses in the system by dispatching a large group of assault [[DropShips]] and [[corvette|corvettes]] to the system.<ref name="FSWp66">''First Succession War'', p. 66: "The Vacuum War"</ref> + The Bolson Shipyards consisted of five box-like construction bays in orbit around the large moon in the [[Kyoto]] system. + The [[Free Worlds League]] dispatched a task force sent to attack the shipyards in [[2787]], one of many Commonwealth-based naval and aerospace manufacturing facilities to be attacked early in that year as the [[Great Houses]] began the [[First Succession War]].<ref name="HS(TLC)p46">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 46, "The Bolson Shipyards"</ref> − A natural target for the League to strike at, the defenses in the New Kyoto system had been increased to no less than five [[squadron]]s of corvettes and an [[aerospace fighter]] formation, the [[Fifty-third Aerospace Interceptors]] regiment, by the time the League task force arrived.<ref name="HS(TLC)p46"/> The task force consisted of the ''[[Cameron (WarShip class)|Cameron]]''-class<ref name="FSWp66"/> [[battlecruiser]] [[Rasalas|FWLS ''Rasalas'']] as lead vessel,<ref name="FSWp66"/> along with two cruisers,<ref name="HS(TLC)p46"/> three squadrons of destroyers<ref name="HS(TLC)p46"/><ref name="FSWp66"/> and two reinforced [[Wing (Formation)|wings]] of aerospace fighters.<ref name="FSWp66"/> The [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] had assigned command of the defenses to [[Hauptmann-Kommodore]] [[Ustus Tillbert]], who had divided the naval and fighter forces into five separate groups guarding five different approaches to the shipyards.<ref name="HS(TLC)p46"/> + A natural target for the League to strike at, the defenses in the Kyoto system had been increased to no less than five [[squadron]]s of corvettes and an [[AeroSpace Fighter]] formation, the [[53rd AeroSpace Interceptors]], by the time the League task force arrived. The task force consisted of the battlecruiser [[Rasalas|FWLS ''Rasalas'']] as lead vessel, along with two cruisers and three squadrons of destroyers. The [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] had assigned command of the defenses to [[Hauptmann-Kommodore]] [[Ustus Tillbert]], who had divided the naval and fighter forces into five seperate groups guarding five different approaches to the shipyards.<ref name="HS(TLC)p46"/> − The task force arrived at the zenith jump point in the New Kyoto system on the 14th of February and made a three-day high-speed approach from the jump point to attack the shipyards. The Lyran corvette screen attempted to intercept and block the League task force, with the Lyran ''Mako''-class corvette [[Augustus (Individual Mako-class WarShip)|LCS ''Augustus'']] becoming the first casualty of the engagement after being mobbed my AeroSpace Fighters and then flanked by the destroyers [[Ripper (Individual WarShip)|FWLS ''Ripper'']] and [[Tomain|FWLS ''Tomain'']].<ref name="HS(TLC)p46"/> + The task force arrived at the zenith jump point in the Kyoto system on the 14th of February and made a three-day high-speed approach from the jump point to attack the shipyards. The Lyran corvette screen attempted to intercept and block the League task force, with the Lyran ''Mako''-class corvette [[Augustus|LCS ''Augustus'']] becoming the first casualty of the engagement after being mobbed my AeroSpace Fighters and then flanked by the destroyers [[Ripper (Vessel)|FWLS ''Ripper'']] and [[Tomain|FWLS ''Tomain'']].<ref name="HS(TLC)p46"/> − It took the FWLS ''Rasalas'' six minutes of battle to break through the corvette screen and begin bearing down on the Bolson Shipyards, but a suicide run by a Lyran<ref name="HS(TLC)p46"/><ref name="FSWp66"/> ''[[Chippewa]]''<ref name="HS(TLC)p46"/> fighter into the belly of the ''Rasalas'' inflicted substantial damage,<ref name="HS(TLC)p46"/><ref name="FSWp66"/> destroying the fuel store aboard the ''Rasalas'' that powered her drive and maneuvering engines. With no control over her trajectory, the crew of the ''Rasalas'' abandoned ship<ref name="HS(TLC)p46"/> and the ''Rasalas'' rammed directly into the heart of the Shipyards, perishing along with the yards in a massive explosion.<ref name="HS(TLC)p46"/><ref name="FSWp66"/> + It took the FWLS ''Rasalas'' six minutes of battle to break through the corvette screen and begin bearing down on the Bolson Shipyards, but a suicide run by a Lyran ''[[Chippewa]]'' fighter into the belly of the ''Rasalas'' inflicted substantial damage, destroying the fuel store aboard the ''Rasalas'' that powered her drive and maneuvering engines. With no control over her trajectory, the crew of the ''Rasalas'' abandoned ship and the ''Rasalas'' rammed directly into the heart of the Shipyards, perishing along with the yards in a massive explosion.<ref name="HS(TLC)p46"/> − − In total, the attack on the New Kyoto shipyards cost the League the ''Rasalas'', seven destroyers and most of the task force aerospace fighter contingent; for the Commonwealth, in addition to the loss of the shipyards themselves, the LCAF lost almost a dozen corvettes and the bulk of the Fifty-third.<ref name="FSWp66"/> − − In late [[2790]], the [[Draconis Combine Admiralty]] struck at the Bolson-Tamar Shipyards at Tamar; the WarShip group dispatched to raid the system blew through Tamar's orbital defenses and destroyed the Shipyards utterly.<ref name="FSWp61">''First Succession War'', p. 61: "The War of Raids: House Steiner's Succession War"</ref> ==Manufacturing== ==Manufacturing== − Bolson Shipyards had manufacturing centers on or above the following planets: + Bolson Shipyards has a manufacturing center on the following planet: ===New Kyoto=== ===New Kyoto=== {|class="wikitable" {|class="wikitable" − ! colspan="2" |Components produced on New Kyoto:<ref name=TRO3057Rp192/> + ! colspan="2" |Components produced on New Kyoto:<ref name=TRO3057Rp192>''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', p. 192, "Mako WarShip Profile"</ref> |- |- ! width="350pt" | Component ! width="350pt" | Component Line 43:
Line 38: | ''[[Mako]]''<ref name=TRO3057Rp192/> | ''[[Mako]]''<ref name=TRO3057Rp192/> | [[WarShip]] | [[WarShip]] − |- − | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>DropShip</u> − |- − | ''[[Sylvester (DropShip class)|"Baby"-Sylvester]]''<ref name=TRO3057R196>''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', pp. 196–197: "Sylvester WarShip Profile"</ref> − | [[DropShip]] − |- − | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>JumpShip</u> − |- − | Unknown-classes<ref name=TRO3057Rp192/> − | [[JumpShips]] − |} − − ===Tamar=== − The Bolson shipyards at Tamar operated under the Bolson-Tamar Shipyards brand.<ref name="FSWp61"/> − − {|class="wikitable" − ! colspan="2" |Components produced at Tamar:<ref name="TRO3075p288">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 288: "Tharkad"</ref> − |- − ! width="350pt" | Component − ! width="350pt" | Type − |- − | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>WarShip</u> − |- − | ''[[Tharkad (WarShip class)|Tharkad]]''<ref name="TRO3075p288"/> − | WarShip |} |} ==References== ==References== <references /> <references /> − ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''+ *''[[Technical Readout: 3057 Revised]]'' − * ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]'' − * ''[[Technical Readout: 3057 Revised]]'' − * ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]'' [[Category: Manufacturing Centers|Bolson Shipyards]] [[Category: Manufacturing Centers|Bolson Shipyards]] − [[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Corporations]] + [[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Companies]] − [[Category:Shipyards]]
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| − | Bolson | + | Bolson Shipyards was one of the Lyran Commonwealth's largest JumpShip manufacturers before the [[First Succession War]]. Their only WarShip design, the ''Mako'', was a design that eschewed the traditional [[LCAF]] "bigger is better" mentality for a lighter, swift vessel that could serve as a picket ship, border patrol unit, and escort for larger ships. During the Star League era, Bolson produced ''Mako''s for the LCAF, [[SLDF]], and the [[Rim Worlds Republic]]. |
| − | The Bolson Shipyards in the [[ | + | The Bolson Shipyards consisted of five box-like construction bays in orbit around the large moon in the [[Kyoto]] system. |
| + | The [[Free Worlds League]] dispatched a task force sent to attack the shipyards in [[2787]], one of many Commonwealth-based naval and aerospace manufacturing facilities to be attacked early in that year as the [[Great Houses]] began the [[First Succession War]].<ref name="HS(TLC)p46">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 46, "The Bolson Shipyards"</ref> | ||
| − | A natural target for the League to strike at, the defenses in the | + | A natural target for the League to strike at, the defenses in the Kyoto system had been increased to no less than five [[squadron]]s of corvettes and an [[AeroSpace Fighter]] formation, the [[53rd AeroSpace Interceptors]], by the time the League task force arrived. The task force consisted of the battlecruiser [[Rasalas|FWLS ''Rasalas'']] as lead vessel, along with two cruisers and three squadrons of destroyers. The [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] had assigned command of the defenses to [[Hauptmann-Kommodore]] [[Ustus Tillbert]], who had divided the naval and fighter forces into five seperate groups guarding five different approaches to the shipyards.<ref name="HS(TLC)p46"/> |
| − | The task force arrived at the zenith jump point in the | + | The task force arrived at the zenith jump point in the Kyoto system on the 14th of February and made a three-day high-speed approach from the jump point to attack the shipyards. The Lyran corvette screen attempted to intercept and block the League task force, with the Lyran ''Mako''-class corvette [[Augustus|LCS ''Augustus'']] becoming the first casualty of the engagement after being mobbed my AeroSpace Fighters and then flanked by the destroyers [[Ripper (Vessel)|FWLS ''Ripper'']] and [[Tomain|FWLS ''Tomain'']].<ref name="HS(TLC)p46"/> |
| − | It took the FWLS ''Rasalas'' six minutes of battle to break through the corvette screen and begin bearing down on the Bolson Shipyards, but a suicide run by a Lyran | + | It took the FWLS ''Rasalas'' six minutes of battle to break through the corvette screen and begin bearing down on the Bolson Shipyards, but a suicide run by a Lyran ''[[Chippewa]]'' fighter into the belly of the ''Rasalas'' inflicted substantial damage, destroying the fuel store aboard the ''Rasalas'' that powered her drive and maneuvering engines. With no control over her trajectory, the crew of the ''Rasalas'' abandoned ship and the ''Rasalas'' rammed directly into the heart of the Shipyards, perishing along with the yards in a massive explosion.<ref name="HS(TLC)p46"/> |
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===New Kyoto=== | ===New Kyoto=== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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[[Category: Manufacturing Centers|Bolson Shipyards]] | [[Category: Manufacturing Centers|Bolson Shipyards]] | ||
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