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Line 1: − {{InfoBoxCorporation + {{InfoBoxManufacturer | image = Brooks, Inc.jpg | image = Brooks, Inc.jpg − | founded = + | imagewidth = − | dissolved = + | caption = Company Logo − | affiliation = [[Free Worlds League]] + | Previous Names = − | previous_names = + | Founded = − | headquarters = Jojoken<br>([[Andurien V]])<ref name=HB:HMp127>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 127: "Brooks, Inc (Brooks)"</ref> + | Interstellar = Yes − | leadership = [[CEO of Brooks Incorporated|CEO]]+ | Sites = [[Andurien]],<br>[[Irian]],<br>[[Kendall]],<br>[[Liberty]],<br>[[Suzano]] − | products = {{Ubl|[[Aerospace fighter]]s|[[Combat Vehicle|Vehicle]]s}} + | Main Products = [[Aerospace fighter]]s,<br>[[Vehicle]]s − | parent = − | divisions = − | plants = {{Ubl|[[Irian]]|[[Kendall]]|[[Liberty]]|[[Suzano]]}} }} }} − '''Brooks Incorporated''' was a [[combat vehicle]] manufacturer in the [[Free Worlds League]]. + + '''Brooks Incorporated''' is a combat vehicle manufacturer in the [[Free Worlds League]]. ==Overview== ==Overview== − The company was mostly known for the [[Galleon]] light tank but had also developed several other combat vehicles such as the [[Harasser]] hovertank and the [[Bulwark (Combat Vehicle)|Bulwark]] assault vehicle.+ Brooks Incorporated is an interstellar company with sites on three worlds. − The largest part of the business was the components market, with their StarSlab armor commonly employed on League 'Mechs and also exported to the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] and [[Taurian Concordat]].<ref name=HB:HMp127/> + The company is mostly known for the [[Galleon]] light tank, but has also developed several other combat vehicles such as the [[Harasser]] hovertank and the [[Bulwark]] assault vehicle. + + The company's largest part of the business is the components market, with their StarSlab armor commonly employed on League 'Mechs and also exported to the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] and [[Taurian Concordat]].<ref name=HBHM127/> Brooks was able to take advantage of the aftermath of the [[Jihad]] to acquire technology from [[Michaelson Heavy Industries]], as it was nearly bankrupt at that time, and it utilized that technology in the development of the [[Aeron]], a Strike VTOL based upon prototypes and concepts developed by the [[Word of Blake]] in the 3060s. Brooks was not above using technology acquired through somewhat dubious means, such as the [[Targeting Computer]], with the company taking a robust attitude towards the potential for legal troubles this might cause.<ref name="TRO:3085Sp12">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 12</ref> Brooks was able to take advantage of the aftermath of the [[Jihad]] to acquire technology from [[Michaelson Heavy Industries]], as it was nearly bankrupt at that time, and it utilized that technology in the development of the [[Aeron]], a Strike VTOL based upon prototypes and concepts developed by the [[Word of Blake]] in the 3060s. Brooks was not above using technology acquired through somewhat dubious means, such as the [[Targeting Computer]], with the company taking a robust attitude towards the potential for legal troubles this might cause.<ref name="TRO:3085Sp12">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 12</ref> − [[Walter Meschini]], CEO of Brooks in [[3067]], was a distant relative of [[Duke of Andurien|Duchess]] [[Dalma Humphreys|Humphreys]].<ref name=HB:HMp127/> + In the 3080s the [[Duchy of Tamarind]] found itself embroiled in a legal and economic tangle with Brooks. A manufacturer within the Duchy, [[Maxwell Planetary Defense Consortium]] (MPDC), had been producing a version of the [[Thumper (Combat Vehicle)|Thumper Artillery Vehicle]] since the later years of the Jihad. The Duchy government had given the MPDC a production contract as a means of growing the Duchy's military defense industry, despite the Duchy's lack of experience in such matters. The production had been rife with problems... and the design was also based on Brooks intellectual property rights. As the Inner Sphere began to return to normal, Brooks found out about the MPDC vehicle, and immediately filed a civil suit with the Duchy government.<ref name="TRO:Pp54">''Technical Readout: Prototypes'', p. 54: "Thumper (Angel) Artillery Vehicle"</ref> − In the 3080s, the [[Duchy of Tamarind]] found itself embroiled in a legal and economic tangle with Brooks. A manufacturer within the Duchy, [[Maxwell Planetary Defense Consortium]] (MPDC), had been producing a version of the [[Thumper (Combat Vehicle)|Thumper Artillery Vehicle]] since the later years of the Jihad. The Duchy government had given the MPDC a production contract as a means of growing the Duchy's military defense industry, despite the Duchy's lack of experience in such matters. The production had been rife with problems... and the design was also based on Brooks intellectual property rights. As the Inner Sphere began to return to normal, Brooks found out about the MPDC vehicle, and immediately filed a civil suit with the Duchy government.<ref name="TRO:Pp54">''Technical Readout: Prototypes'', p. 54: "Thumper (Angel) Artillery Vehicle"</ref>+ When MPDC and the Duchy of Tamarind rejected the initial suit on grounds of national security, Brooks used their substantial interstellar economic pull to embargo MPDC sales to other states in the region. Following swift negotiations on all parts, the matter was finally resolved with a token cash payment for royalties to Brooks, recognition of the licensing for the Thumper, and government-furnished construction of plants within the Duchy of Tamarind to produce the chassis and ECM components for the Thumper. In exchange, Brooks used their expertise to assist in the construction of the various plants within Duchy space, and began line production of the new Thumper vehicle from their plants on [[Irian]] from [[3089]]. Whether the cost for building the factories came directly from the Duchy or from breach of contract penalties against MPDC is unknown.<ref name="TRO:Pp54"/> − When MPDC and the Duchy of Tamarind rejected the initial suit on grounds of national security, Brooks used their substantial interstellar economic pull to embargo MPDC sales to other states in the region. Following swift negotiations on all parts, the matter was finally resolved with a token cash payment for royalties to Brooks, recognition of the licensing for the Thumper, and government-furnished construction of plants within the Duchy of Tamarind to produce the chassis and ECM components for the Thumper. In exchange, Brooks used their expertise to assist in the construction of the various plants within Duchy space, and began line production of the new Thumper vehicle from their plants on [[Irian]] from [[3089]]. Whether the cost for building the factories came directly from the Duchy or from breach of contract penalties against MPDC is unknown.<ref name="TRO:Pp54"/>+ ==Leadership== + The CEO of Brooks in [[3067]] was [[Walter Meschini]], a distant relative of Duchess Humphreys.<ref name=HBHM127>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 127: "Brooks, Inc. Profile"</ref> ==Manufacturing== ==Manufacturing== Line 43:
Line 44: | [[VTOL]] (As of [[3082]]) | [[VTOL]] (As of [[3082]]) |- |- − | [[Harasser]]<ref name=HB:HMp127/><ref name=OR118/><ref name=TRO3026R22/><ref name=ofwl20>''Objectives: Free Worlds League'', p. 20</ref> + | [[Harasser]]<ref name=HBHM127/><ref name=OR118/><ref name=TRO3026R22/><ref name=ofwl20>''Objectives: Free Worlds League'', p. 20</ref> | [[Hovercraft]] | [[Hovercraft]] |- |- − | [[Galleon]]<ref name=HB:HMp127/><ref name=OR118/><ref name=ofwl20/> + | [[Galleon]]<ref name=HBHM127/><ref name=OR118/><ref name=ofwl20/> | [[Tracked Vehicles]] | [[Tracked Vehicles]] |- |- Line 171:
Line 172: | [[SureShot Mk VI]] | [[SureShot Mk VI]] | Harasser<ref name=OR118/><ref name=TRO3026R22/> | Harasser<ref name=OR118/><ref name=TRO3026R22/> − |- − | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Medium Variable-Speed Pulse Laser]]</u> − |- − | [[Blankenburg]] − | [[Arrow IV (Combat Vehicle)]] |} |} Line 189:
Line 185: | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>Vehicles</u> | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>Vehicles</u> |- |- − | [[Harasser]]<ref name=HB:HMp127/><ref name=TRO3026R22/> + | [[Harasser]]<ref name=HBHM127/><ref name=TRO3026R22/> | [[Hovercraft]] | [[Hovercraft]] |- |- − | GAL-102 [[Galleon]]<ref name=HB:HMp127/> + | GAL-102 [[Galleon]]<ref name=HBHM127/> | [[Tracked Vehicles]] - ''Light Tank'' | [[Tracked Vehicles]] - ''Light Tank'' |- |- − | [[Main Gauche]]<ref name=HB:HMp127/><ref name=TRO3067-10/> + | [[Main Gauche]]<ref name=HBHM127/><ref name=TRO3067-10/> | Tracked Vehicles | Tracked Vehicles |- |- − | [[Stygian]]<ref name=HB:HMp127/><ref name=TRO3067-12/> + | [[Stygian]]<ref name=HBHM127/><ref name=TRO3067-12/> | Hovercraft - ''Strike Tank'' | Hovercraft - ''Strike Tank'' |- |- Line 325:
Line 321: | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>Vehicles</u> | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>Vehicles</u> |- |- − | [[Bulwark (Combat Vehicle)|Bulwark Assault Vehicle]]<ref name=TRO:3145FWLp20/> + | [[Bulwark|Bulwark Assault Vehicle]]<ref name=TRO:3145FWLp20/> | [[Tracked Vehicles]] | [[Tracked Vehicles]] |- |- − | [[Galleon]]<ref name=HB:HMp127/><ref name=OR129/><ref name=ofwl29>''Objectives: Free Worlds League'', p. 29</ref> + | [[Galleon]]<ref name=HBHM127/><ref name=OR129/><ref name=ofwl29>''Objectives: Free Worlds League'', p. 29</ref> | Tracked Vehicles | Tracked Vehicles |- |- − | [[Main Gauche]]<ref name=HB:HMp127/><ref name=ofwl29/> + | [[Main Gauche]]<ref name=HBHM127/><ref name=ofwl29/> | Tracked Vehicles | Tracked Vehicles |- |- Line 477:
Line 473: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − {{div col|colwidth=25em}}+ <div class="desktop-3-col"> * ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' * ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' Line 491:
Line 487: * ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation]]'' * ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation]]'' * ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League]]'' * ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League]]'' − {{div col end}}+ </div> [[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Brooks, Inc.]] [[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Brooks, Inc.]] [[Category: Free Worlds League Corporations]] [[Category: Free Worlds League Corporations]]
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| − | + | | Sites = [[Andurien]],<br>[[Irian]],<br>[[Kendall]],<br>[[Liberty]],<br>[[Suzano]] | |
| − | | | + | | Main Products = [[Aerospace fighter]]s,<br>[[Vehicle]]s |
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| − | '''Brooks Incorporated''' | + | |
| + | '''Brooks Incorporated''' is a combat vehicle manufacturer in the [[Free Worlds League]]. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
| − | + | Brooks Incorporated is an interstellar company with sites on three worlds. | |
| − | The largest part of the business | + | The company is mostly known for the [[Galleon]] light tank, but has also developed several other combat vehicles such as the [[Harasser]] hovertank and the [[Bulwark]] assault vehicle. |
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| + | The company's largest part of the business is the components market, with their StarSlab armor commonly employed on League 'Mechs and also exported to the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] and [[Taurian Concordat]].<ref name=HBHM127/> | ||
Brooks was able to take advantage of the aftermath of the [[Jihad]] to acquire technology from [[Michaelson Heavy Industries]], as it was nearly bankrupt at that time, and it utilized that technology in the development of the [[Aeron]], a Strike VTOL based upon prototypes and concepts developed by the [[Word of Blake]] in the 3060s. Brooks was not above using technology acquired through somewhat dubious means, such as the [[Targeting Computer]], with the company taking a robust attitude towards the potential for legal troubles this might cause.<ref name="TRO:3085Sp12">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 12</ref> | Brooks was able to take advantage of the aftermath of the [[Jihad]] to acquire technology from [[Michaelson Heavy Industries]], as it was nearly bankrupt at that time, and it utilized that technology in the development of the [[Aeron]], a Strike VTOL based upon prototypes and concepts developed by the [[Word of Blake]] in the 3060s. Brooks was not above using technology acquired through somewhat dubious means, such as the [[Targeting Computer]], with the company taking a robust attitude towards the potential for legal troubles this might cause.<ref name="TRO:3085Sp12">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 12</ref> | ||
| − | [[ | + | In the 3080s the [[Duchy of Tamarind]] found itself embroiled in a legal and economic tangle with Brooks. A manufacturer within the Duchy, [[Maxwell Planetary Defense Consortium]] (MPDC), had been producing a version of the [[Thumper (Combat Vehicle)|Thumper Artillery Vehicle]] since the later years of the Jihad. The Duchy government had given the MPDC a production contract as a means of growing the Duchy's military defense industry, despite the Duchy's lack of experience in such matters. The production had been rife with problems... and the design was also based on Brooks intellectual property rights. As the Inner Sphere began to return to normal, Brooks found out about the MPDC vehicle, and immediately filed a civil suit with the Duchy government.<ref name="TRO:Pp54">''Technical Readout: Prototypes'', p. 54: "Thumper (Angel) Artillery Vehicle"</ref> |
| − | + | When MPDC and the Duchy of Tamarind rejected the initial suit on grounds of national security, Brooks used their substantial interstellar economic pull to embargo MPDC sales to other states in the region. Following swift negotiations on all parts, the matter was finally resolved with a token cash payment for royalties to Brooks, recognition of the licensing for the Thumper, and government-furnished construction of plants within the Duchy of Tamarind to produce the chassis and ECM components for the Thumper. In exchange, Brooks used their expertise to assist in the construction of the various plants within Duchy space, and began line production of the new Thumper vehicle from their plants on [[Irian]] from [[3089]]. Whether the cost for building the factories came directly from the Duchy or from breach of contract penalties against MPDC is unknown.<ref name="TRO:Pp54"/> | |
| − | + | ==Leadership== | |
| + | The CEO of Brooks in [[3067]] was [[Walter Meschini]], a distant relative of Duchess Humphreys.<ref name=HBHM127>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 127: "Brooks, Inc. Profile"</ref> | ||
==Manufacturing== | ==Manufacturing== | ||
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| [[VTOL]] (As of [[3082]]) | | [[VTOL]] (As of [[3082]]) | ||
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| − | | [[Harasser]]<ref name= | + | | [[Harasser]]<ref name=HBHM127/><ref name=OR118/><ref name=TRO3026R22/><ref name=ofwl20>''Objectives: Free Worlds League'', p. 20</ref> |
| [[Hovercraft]] | | [[Hovercraft]] | ||
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| − | | [[Galleon]]<ref name= | + | | [[Galleon]]<ref name=HBHM127/><ref name=OR118/><ref name=ofwl20/> |
| [[Tracked Vehicles]] | | [[Tracked Vehicles]] | ||
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| [[SureShot Mk VI]] | | [[SureShot Mk VI]] | ||
| Harasser<ref name=OR118/><ref name=TRO3026R22/> | | Harasser<ref name=OR118/><ref name=TRO3026R22/> | ||
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| colspan="2" align="center " | <u>Vehicles</u> | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>Vehicles</u> | ||
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| − | | [[Harasser]]<ref name= | + | | [[Harasser]]<ref name=HBHM127/><ref name=TRO3026R22/> |
| [[Hovercraft]] | | [[Hovercraft]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | GAL-102 [[Galleon]]<ref name= | + | | GAL-102 [[Galleon]]<ref name=HBHM127/> |
| [[Tracked Vehicles]] - ''Light Tank'' | | [[Tracked Vehicles]] - ''Light Tank'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[Main Gauche]]<ref name= | + | | [[Main Gauche]]<ref name=HBHM127/><ref name=TRO3067-10/> |
| Tracked Vehicles | | Tracked Vehicles | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[Stygian]]<ref name= | + | | [[Stygian]]<ref name=HBHM127/><ref name=TRO3067-12/> |
| Hovercraft - ''Strike Tank'' | | Hovercraft - ''Strike Tank'' | ||
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| colspan="2" align="center " | <u>Vehicles</u> | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>Vehicles</u> | ||
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| − | | [[Bulwark | + | | [[Bulwark|Bulwark Assault Vehicle]]<ref name=TRO:3145FWLp20/> |
| [[Tracked Vehicles]] | | [[Tracked Vehicles]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[Galleon]]<ref name= | + | | [[Galleon]]<ref name=HBHM127/><ref name=OR129/><ref name=ofwl29>''Objectives: Free Worlds League'', p. 29</ref> |
| Tracked Vehicles | | Tracked Vehicles | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[Main Gauche]]<ref name= | + | | [[Main Gauche]]<ref name=HBHM127/><ref name=ofwl29/> |
| Tracked Vehicles | | Tracked Vehicles | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' | ||
* ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation]]'' | * ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation]]'' | ||
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League]]'' | * ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League]]'' | ||
| − | + | </div> | |
[[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Brooks, Inc.]] | [[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Brooks, Inc.]] | ||
[[Category: Free Worlds League Corporations]] | [[Category: Free Worlds League Corporations]] | ||