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Revision as of 12:17, 8 June 2021
Brooks Incorporated is a combat vehicle manufacturer in the Free Worlds League.
Contents
Overview
Brooks Incorporated is an interstellar company with sites on three worlds.
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 maket, with their StarSlab armor commonly employed on League 'Mechs and also exported to the Magistracy of Canopus and Taurian Concordat.[1]
Brooks Inc. 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 Inc. 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.[2]
In the 3080s the Duchy of Tamarind found itself embroiled in a legal and economic tangle with Brooks Inc. A manufacturer within the Duchy, Maxwell Planetary Defense Consortium (MPDC), had been producing a version of the 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 Inc. intellectual property rights. As the Inner Sphere began to return to normal, Brooks Inc. found out about the MPDC vehicle, and immediately filed a civil suit with the Duchy government.[3]
When MPDC and the Duchy of Tamarind rejected the initial suit on grounds of national security, Brooks Inc. 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 Inc, 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 Inc 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 costs for building the factories came directly from the Duchy or from breach of contract penalties against MPDC is unknown.[3]
Leadership
The CEO of Brooks Inc. in 3067 was Walter Meschini, a distant relative of Duchess Humphreys.[1]
Manufacturing
Brooks Incorporated has manufacturing centers on the following planets:
Andurien
The Andurien plant was undamaged and operating at full capacity in 3079.[4]
Security Forces: Brooks Guardians (1 Company of armor)[12]
Irian
Kendall
During the Jihad the plant lost 60% of its staff. In 3079 the plant was operating at 70% of its maximum.[4]
Components produced on Kendall:[16][17] | |
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Component | Type |
Vehicles | |
Bulwark Assault Vehicle[16] | Tracked Vehicles |
Galleon[1][17][18] | Tracked Vehicles |
Main Gauche[1][18] | Tracked Vehicles |
I.C.E. | |
GTEM 180 ICE | Galleon[17] |
Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles | |
StarSlab-2.6 | Galleon[17] |
Armor - FF - BattleMechs & Vehicles | |
Durallex Special Heavy Ferro-Fibrous | Bulwark[16] |
Fusion Engine | |
GTEM 210 | [citation needed] |
Fusion Engine - XL | |
Strand 340 XL | Bulwark[16] |
Communications System | |
Maxell 500 | Galleon[17] |
Maxell 700 | Bulwark[16] |
Targeting-Tracking System | |
Maxell TA55 | Galleon[17] |
Maxell TA92 | Bulwark[16] |
Heavy PPC | |
Fusigon Strongtooth | Bulwark[16] |
Improved Heavy Gauss Rifle | |
Imperator Titan's Wrath | Bulwark[16] |
Small Laser | |
Diverse Optics Type 10 | Galleon[17] |
Medium Laser | |
Hellion-V | Galleon[17] |
Medium Pulse Laser | |
Priestly 600p | [citation needed] |
Liberty
Components produced on Liberty:[19] | |
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Component | Type |
Aerospace Fighter | |
IRN-SD1 Ironsides[19] | Medium Aerospace Fighters |
Frame | |
Lockheed FairFax | Ironsides[19] |
Fusion Engine | |
GM 260 | Ironsides[19] |
Armor - Aerospace Fighters & Conventional Aircraft | |
SearWeave | Ironsides[19] |
Communications System | |
OP/1/2/3.66 Mk IIa | Ironsides[19] |
Targeting-Tracking System | |
Ryder Track IV | Ironsides[19] |
Suzano
Components produced on Suzano:[5] | |
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Component | Type |
Vehicle | |
Harasser[5] | Hovercraft |
I.C.E. | |
GM 120 Classic II ICE | Harasser[5] |
Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles | |
Star Slab-2 Standard | Harasser[5] |
Communications System | |
Maxell 500 | Harasser[5] |
Targeting-Tracking System | |
Maxell TA55 | Harasser[5] |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Handbook: House Marik, p. 127, "Brooks,Inc. Profile"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental, p. 12
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Technical Readout: Prototypes, p. 54, "Thumper (Angel) Artillery Vehicle"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Objectives: Free Worlds League, p. 4
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 Technical Readout: 3026 Revised, p. 22, "Produced Harasser Components Components"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental, p. 12, "Aeron produced by Brooks after the Jihad in 3082 on Andurien".
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 Objective Raids, p. 118, " Produced Brooks Inc. Components"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 42, "Production of Moltke MBT on Andurien".
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Technical Readout: 3075, p. 75, "Thumper Artillery Vehicle"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Objectives: Free Worlds League, p. 20
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation, p. 22
- ↑ Objective Raidsp. 118
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 Technical Readout: 3067, p. 67, "Main Gauche Profile"
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 Technical Readout: 3067, p. 12, "Produced Stygian Components"
- ↑ Technical Readout 3058 Upgrade p.68
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League, p. 20, "Produced Bulwark Components"
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 Objective Raids, p. 129, "Produced Galleon Components"
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Objectives: Free Worlds League, p. 29
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 240, "Produced Ironsides Components on Liberty"
Bibliography
- Handbook: House Marik
- Objective Raids
- Objectives: Free Worlds League
- Technical Readout: 3026 Revised
- Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade
- Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade
- Technical Readout: 3067
- Technical Readout: 3075
- Technical Readout: 3085
- Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental
- Technical Readout: Prototypes
- Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation
- Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League