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	| image = Tharkad aerospace group.jpg		| image = Tharkad aerospace group.jpg
−	| founded = ca. [[2407]]<ref name=H:HSp147>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 147: "Tharkad Aerospace Group (TAGCorp)"</ref>	+	| Founded =
−	| dissolved =	+	| Dissolved =
−	| affiliation = [[Lyran Commonwealth]]	+	| Previous Names =
−	| previous_names =	+	| headquarters = [[Tharkad]]
−	| headquarters = Aesiria Station ([[Tharkad]])<ref name=H:HSp147/>
	| leadership = [[CEO of Tharkad Aerospace Group|CEO]]		| leadership = [[CEO of Tharkad Aerospace Group|CEO]]
−	| products = [[DropShip]]s	+	| products = [[DropShips]]
−	| parent =	+	| Parent Corporation =
−	| divisions =	+	| Division =
−	| plants =
	}}		}}
−	The '''Tharkad Aerospace Group''' (better known as '''TAG''') was a [[Lyran Commonwealth]]-based [[DropShip]] manufacturing company.	+	The '''Tharkad Aerospace Group''' (better known as '''TAG'''), is a [[Lyran Commonwealth]] based DropShip manufacturing company. The company is noted as being one of the oldest manufacturers of DropShips still active.
	==History==		==History==
−	TAG was founded just after the Lyran Commonwealth government chose [[Tharkad]] as its new capital world in [[2407]].<ref name=H:HSp147/><ref name=BT:25YoAFp20>''BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction'', p. 20: "Timeline - Terran Hegemony Era"</ref> The company situated its main manufacturing facilities in a set of orbital shipyards which have been given the name of Aesiria Station.<ref name=O:LAp25>''Objectives: Lyran Alliance'', p. 25: "Tharkad Aerospace Group"</ref> The yards have produced both civilian and military type DropShips over time, and was noted in [[3067]] as being one of the oldest manufacturers of DropShips still active.<ref name=H:HSp147/>	+	TAG was founded in the [[twenty-fifth century]], just after the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] government chose [[Tharkad]] as its new capital world.
−	After the [[Star League]] fell, the company came into hard times, with production falling off substantially. The company opened its orbital shipyards for repair and refit work to anyone, including local corporate rivals.<ref name=H:HSp147/> By the [[thirty-first century]], TAG had developed something of a good working relationship with its friendly rival, [[Semier Data Tron]]. At this time, Semier granted TAG a joint license to manufacture ''[[Fortress]]''-class DropShips, and TAG began refitting them with the Movem-XL Drive from its ''Mammoth'' production line.<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 82: TAG Profile</ref>	+	The company situated its main manufacturing facilities in a set of orbital shipyards which have been given the name of ''Aesiria''. From the yards, the yards produced during times leading to the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] a mix of Civilian and Military type DropShips.
−	Prior to the [[Jihad]], TAG's corporate leadership begun bolstering its private aerospace defense force. In turn, its rival Semier did the same for its surface factories and orbital facilities.  This produced question if leadership of both companies had lost their fondness each other begun turn bitter rivalry.<ref name=H:HSp147/>	+	After the League fell, the company came into hard times, with production falling off substantially. The company opened its orbital shipyards for repair and refit work for anyone, including local corporate rivals.
−	During the [[Jihad]] and [[Word of Blake]] occupation of Tharkad, TAG's factories took heavy losses. The manufacturing facilities were reduced to a quarter of their pre-Jihad output. With only 15% of their workforce coming through the Jihad, this wasn't surprising.<ref name=O:LAp3>''Objectives: Lyran Alliance'', p. 3: "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"</ref> Aesiria Station was only producing ''Mule''- and ''Intruder''-class DropShips in [[3079]].<ref name=O:LAp25/>	+	By the [[thirty-first century]], TAG had developed something of a good working relationship with its friendly rival, [[Semier Data Tron]].  In this time, Semier granted TAG a joint license to manufacture ''[[Fortress]]'' Class DropShips. TAG began refitting older ''Fortress'' Class DropShips with the Movem-XL Drive from its ''Mammoth'' production line.<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 82, "TAG Profile</ref>
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		+	Prior to the [[Jihad]], TAG's corporate leadership begun bolstering its private aerospace defense force. In turn, its rival Semier did the same for its surface factories and orbital facilities.  This produced question if leadership of both companies had lost their fondness each other begun turn bitter rivalry.<ref name=HBHS147>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 147, "TAG Manufacturing Profile" - History of TAG and its turnaround prior to the Jihad.</ref>
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		+	During the [[Jihad]] and [[Word of Blake]] occupation of Tharkad, TAG's factories took heavy losses. The manufacturing facilities were reduced to a quarter of their pre-Jihad output. With only 15% of their workforce coming through the Jihad, this isn't surprising.<ref>''Objectives: Lyran Alliance'', p. 3</ref> Aesiria Station was only producing ''Mule'' and ''Intruder'' class DropShips in [[3079]].<ref name=obla25>''Objectives: Lyran Alliance'', p. 25</ref>
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		+	==Leadership==
		+	The Company's CEO in 3067 was Duke [[Lawrence Rothschild]].<ref name=HBHS147/>
	==Manufacturing==		==Manufacturing==
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	===Tharkad===		===Tharkad===
	{|class="wikitable"		{|class="wikitable"
−	! colspan="2" |Components produced on Tharkad:<ref name=OR82>''Objective Raids'', p. 82: "Produced TAG Components</ref>	+	! colspan="2" |Components produced on Tharkad:<ref name=OR82>''Objective Raids'', p. 82, "Produced TAG Components</ref>
	|-		|-
	! width="350pt" | Component		! width="350pt" | Component
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	| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>DropShips</u>		| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>DropShips</u>
	|-		|-
−	| ''[[Behemoth (DropShip class)|Behemoth]]''<ref name=H:HSp147/><ref name=OR82/>	+	| ''[[Behemoth (DropShip class)|Behemoth]]''<ref name=HBHS147/><ref name=OR82/>
	| [[DropShip]]		| [[DropShip]]
	|-		|-
−	| ''[[Fortress]]''<ref name=H:HSp147/><ref name=OR82/>	+	| ''[[Fortress]]''<ref name=HBHS147/><ref name=OR82/>
	| DropShip		| DropShip
	|-		|-
−	| ''[[Intruder]]''<ref name=H:HSp147/><ref name=OR82/><ref name=O:LAp25/>	+	| ''[[Intruder]]''<ref name=HBHS147/><ref name=OR82/><ref name=obla25/>
	| DropShip		| DropShip
	|-		|-
−	| ''[[Mule]]''<ref name=H:HSp147/><ref name=O:LAp25/>	+	| ''[[Mule]]''<ref name=HBHS147/><ref name=obla25/>
	| DropShip		| DropShip
	|-		|-
−	| ''[[Trutzburg]]'' (from [[3100]])<ref name="TRO:3145LCp52+">''Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth'', pp. 52–53: "Trutzburg"</ref>	+	| ''[[Trutzburg]]'' (from [[3100]])<ref name="TRO:3145LCp52+">''Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth'', p. 52-53, "Trutzburg"</ref>
	| DropShip		| DropShip
	|-		|-
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	==Notes==		==Notes==
−	As to location, two sourcebooks show that TAG was originally on [[Gibbs]]. However, ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]'' has the shipyards in Tharkad's orbit with a history stretching to its founding in the 2400s. Writers of BattleTech have ruled that TAG's location over Gibbs was an error and it is and has always been in orbit of Tharkad and that the original ''[[Objective Raids]]'' was in error.<ref>[http://www.classicbattletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=68239.0;topicseen BattleTech Writer's ruling on TAG's location] (dead link)</ref>	+	As to location, two sourcebooks show that TAG was originally on [[Gibbs]]. However, Handbook: House Steiner has the shipyards in Tharkad's orbit with a history stretching to its founding in the 2400s. Writers of BattleTech have ruled that TAG's location over Gibbs was an error and it is and has always been in orbit of Tharkad and that the original Objective Raids was in error.<ref>[http://www.classicbattletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=68239.0;topicseen BattleTech Writer's ruling on TAG's location] (dead link)</ref>
	==References==		==References==

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{{InfoBoxCorporation | image = Tharkad aerospace group.jpg | Founded = | Dissolved = | Previous Names = | headquarters = [[Tharkad]] | leadership = [[CEO of Tharkad Aerospace Group|CEO]] | products = [[DropShips]] | Parent Corporation = | Division = }} The '''Tharkad Aerospace Group''' (better known as '''TAG'''), is a [[Lyran Commonwealth]] based DropShip manufacturing company. The company is noted as being one of the oldest manufacturers of DropShips still active. ==History== TAG was founded in the [[twenty-fifth century]], just after the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] government chose [[Tharkad]] as its new capital world. The company situated its main manufacturing facilities in a set of orbital shipyards which have been given the name of ''Aesiria''. From the yards, the yards produced during times leading to the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] a mix of Civilian and Military type DropShips. After the League fell, the company came into hard times, with production falling off substantially. The company opened its orbital shipyards for repair and refit work for anyone, including local corporate rivals. By the [[thirty-first century]], TAG had developed something of a good working relationship with its friendly rival, [[Semier Data Tron]]. In this time, Semier granted TAG a joint license to manufacture ''[[Fortress]]'' Class DropShips. TAG began refitting older ''Fortress'' Class DropShips with the Movem-XL Drive from its ''Mammoth'' production line.<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 82, "TAG Profile</ref> Prior to the [[Jihad]], TAG's corporate leadership begun bolstering its private aerospace defense force. In turn, its rival Semier did the same for its surface factories and orbital facilities. This produced question if leadership of both companies had lost their fondness each other begun turn bitter rivalry.<ref name=HBHS147>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 147, "TAG Manufacturing Profile" - History of TAG and its turnaround prior to the Jihad.</ref> During the [[Jihad]] and [[Word of Blake]] occupation of Tharkad, TAG's factories took heavy losses. The manufacturing facilities were reduced to a quarter of their pre-Jihad output. With only 15% of their workforce coming through the Jihad, this isn't surprising.<ref>''Objectives: Lyran Alliance'', p. 3</ref> Aesiria Station was only producing ''Mule'' and ''Intruder'' class DropShips in [[3079]].<ref name=obla25>''Objectives: Lyran Alliance'', p. 25</ref> ==Leadership== The Company's CEO in 3067 was Duke [[Lawrence Rothschild]].<ref name=HBHS147/> ==Manufacturing== TAG-Manufacturing has a manufacturing center on the following planet: ===Tharkad=== {|class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Components produced on Tharkad:<ref name=OR82>''Objective Raids'', p. 82, "Produced TAG Components</ref> |- ! width="350pt" | Component ! width="350pt" | Type |- | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>DropShips</u> |- | ''[[Behemoth (DropShip class)|Behemoth]]''<ref name=HBHS147/><ref name=OR82/> | [[DropShip]] |- | ''[[Fortress]]''<ref name=HBHS147/><ref name=OR82/> | DropShip |- | ''[[Intruder]]''<ref name=HBHS147/><ref name=OR82/><ref name=obla25/> | DropShip |- | ''[[Mule]]''<ref name=HBHS147/><ref name=obla25/> | DropShip |- | ''[[Trutzburg]]'' (from [[3100]])<ref name="TRO:3145LCp52+">''Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth'', p. 52-53, "Trutzburg"</ref> | DropShip |- | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Interplanetary Drive - DropShips]]</u> |- | [[Movem-XL Drive]] | ''Intruder'' & ''Fortress''<ref name=OR82/> |- | [[Sunburst M200-L Megadrive]] | ''Behemoth''<ref name=OR82/> |} ==Notes== As to location, two sourcebooks show that TAG was originally on [[Gibbs]]. However, Handbook: House Steiner has the shipyards in Tharkad's orbit with a history stretching to its founding in the 2400s. Writers of BattleTech have ruled that TAG's location over Gibbs was an error and it is and has always been in orbit of Tharkad and that the original Objective Raids was in error.<ref>[http://www.classicbattletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=68239.0;topicseen BattleTech Writer's ruling on TAG's location] (dead link)</ref> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]'' * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' * ''[[Objectives: Lyran Alliance]]'' * ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth]]'' [[category:Manufacturing Centers|TAG-Manufacturing]] [[Category:Lyran Commonwealth Corporations]]

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