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Line 1: − {{InfoBoxCorporation + {{stub}} − | image = − | Founded = [[3060]]<ref name="TRO:Pp100"/> − | Dissolved = − | Previous Names = − | headquarters = [[New St. Andrews]] − | products = [[IndustrialMech]]s − | Parent Corporation = − | Division = − }} − − == History == − === Founding === − The [[Periphery]] planet known as [[New St. Andrews]] was the target of occasional raiding expeditions mounted by its neighbors and by various groups of pirates, some of which were intended to determine whether there were readily accessible mineral resources on the planet worthy of exploitation. In [[3058]] one of those raids uncovered valuable rare minerals, and by [[3059]] a mining operation had been established to extract those minerals. It was this that would prove the catalyst responsible for the creation of the company known as '''Meridian Manufacturing'''.<ref name="TRO:Pp100">''Technical Readout: Prototypes'', p. 100, "ARB-001 ''Arbiter'' SecurityMech"</ref> − − The construction and ongoing presence of this illegal mining operation convinced the MacGreggor clan that it would be impossible to have peace on New St. Andrews unless the clans were able to defend themselves against hostile outside interests. This led to the various clans making efforts to both eject the illegal mining operation and to recruit the appropriate talented people from the [[Inner Sphere]] to help provide New St. Andrews with an organic defense industry. Both of these milestones were achieved in [[3060]] when the mining operation was shut down and Meridian Manufacturing was officially founded.<ref name="TRO:Pp100"/> − − Prior to the establishment of Meridian Manufacturing the defense industry on New St. Andrews had been limited to producing copies of the [[Scorpion (Combat Vehicle)|Scorpion light tank]] and [[Vedette|Vedette medium tank]], although it had proven impossible to replicate the modern weapons on the two designs, limiting those vehicles produced on New St. Andrews to ancient, pre–[[Age of War]] designs such as the [[Machine Gun]] and [[Heavy Rifle]]. With the founding of Meridian Manufacturing New St. Andrews began to take steps towards the manufacture of [[BattleMech]]s for the first time. The development program was bedeviled with the same problem, however - Meridian couldn't replicate a basic autocannon, leading to the first 'Mech to be produced on New St. Andrews, the armed [[IndustrialMech]] known as the [[Arbiter|ARB-100 ''Arbiter'']], being armed with the same primitive weaponry.<ref name="TRO:Pp100"/> − − Despite the limitations of the ''Arbiter'' it proved to be remarkably successful in generating off-world sales, in part because of its ferocious appearance, and New St. Andrews soon had orders pouring in from neighboring worlds and the mercenary market due to its low price. Despite the unexpected success, a steady stream of hostile raids against New St. Andrews that specifically targeted the Meridian Manufacturing plant hampered efforts to enter full production, and as a consequence full production wasn't reached until [[3074]], fourteen years after the founding of the company.<ref name="TRO:Pp100"/> − − === The Dark Age === − It was reported in [[3081]] that Meridian Manufacturing had not only begun production of a new variant of their ''Arbiter'' IndustrialMech, but that licensing to produce ''[[Wasp]]'' and ''[[Stinger]]'' [[BattleMech]]s had also been purchased. It remained to be seen whether these BattleMechs would be produced using [[RetroTech]] technology or the comparatively more modern Succession Wars level of technology.<ref name="J:FRp117">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 117, "Lesser Periphery States"</ref> − ==Manufacturing== ==Manufacturing== − Meridian Manufacturing has a manufacturing center on the following planet: + '''Meridian Manufacturing''' has a manufacturing center on the following planet: ===New St. Andrews=== ===New St. Andrews=== − {|class="wikitable" + {|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;" − ! colspan="2" |Components produced on New St. Andrews:<ref name=XTROCORP8>''Experimental Technical Readout: Corporations'', p. 8, "Produced Arbiter Components" </ref><ref name=TROPRO100>''Technical Readout: Prototypes'', p. 100, "Produced Arbiter Components"</ref> + ! colspan="2" |Components produced on [[New St. Andrews]]:<ref name=XTROCORP8>''Experimental Technical Readout: Corporations'', p. 8, "Produced Arbiter Components" </ref> |- |- ! width="350pt" | Component ! width="350pt" | Component ! width="350pt" | Type ! width="350pt" | Type |- |- − | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>IndustrialMech</u> + | ''[[Arbiter|ARB-001 ''Arbiter'']]''<ref name=XTROCORP8/> − |- − | [[Arbiter|ARB-001 ''Arbiter'']]<ref name=XTROCORP8/><ref name=TROPRO100/> | [[IndustrialMech]] | [[IndustrialMech]] − |- − | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Chassis]]</u> − |- − | [[MerMan Industrial]] − | ''Arbiter''<ref name=TROPRO100/> − |- − | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Fuel cell]]</u> − |- − | [[Jones 175]] − | ''Arbiter''<ref name=TROPRO100/> − |- − | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Industrial Armor]]</u> − |- − | [[Lexington Limited]] − | ''Arbiter''<ref name=TROPRO100/> − |- − | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Communications System]]</u> − |- − | [[Meridian Broadband]] − | ''Arbiter''<ref name=TROPRO100/> − |- − | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Targeting-Tracking System]]</u> − |- − | [[Meridian T-60]] − | ''Arbiter''<ref name=TROPRO100/> − |- − | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Heavy Rifle]]</u> − |- − | [[Meridian Mark II]] − | ''Arbiter''<ref name=TROPRO100/> |} |} ==References== ==References== <references /> <references /> + ==Bibliography== + *''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Corporations]]'' − ==Bibliography== − * ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Corporations]]'' − * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' − * ''[[Technical Readout: Prototypes]]'' [[Category: Manufacturing Centers|Meridian Manufacturing]] [[Category: Manufacturing Centers|Meridian Manufacturing]]
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==Manufacturing== | ==Manufacturing== | ||
| − | Meridian Manufacturing has a manufacturing center on the following planet: | + | '''Meridian Manufacturing''' has a manufacturing center on the following planet: |
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| − | ! colspan="2" |Components produced on New St. Andrews:<ref name=XTROCORP8>''Experimental Technical Readout: Corporations'', p. 8 | + | ! colspan="2" |Components produced on [[New St. Andrews]]:<ref name=XTROCORP8>''Experimental Technical Readout: Corporations'', p. 8, "Produced Arbiter Components" </ref> |
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[[Category: Manufacturing Centers|Meridian Manufacturing]] | [[Category: Manufacturing Centers|Meridian Manufacturing]] | ||