Vining Engineering and Salvage Team

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Located on on Solaris VII, the Vining Engineering and Salvage Team or VEST, is one of the most innovative BattleMech design firms in the Inner Sphere.

Overview

VEST began as a five-person BattleMech salvage operation in the Solaris VII led by engineering genius and ex-NAIS graduate Dr. David Courtney Vining, producing refitted Solaris designs for the Games. During the initial Clan Invasion, Vining took the unusual step of leading his design team to the frontlines to see first hand the amazing technology of the invaders. While rumor holds they brought back captured Clan-tech, the only thing certain is that VEST designs showed vast improvements when they returned, slowly gaining the firm a reputation as one of innovative design groups for battlefield technology in the Inner Sphere.

While continuing to hand build 'Mechs for the areanas, unlike many of the other niche cottage industry Solaris manufacturers, VEST have had great success in selling their designs to larger manufacturing firms, most notable the Jackal and Grand Titan produced by Earthwerks Incorporated.

Manufacturing

VEST has a manufacturing center on the following planet:

Solaris VII

Components produced on Solaris VII:[1]
Component Type
HYN-4A Hyena Salvagemech[1] IndustrialMech
JA-KL-55 Jackal Light BattleMech
SQS-TH-001 Sasquatch Assault BattleMech
SQS-TH-002 Assault BattleMech
GTR-1 Great Turtle Assault BattleMech
GTR-2 Great Turtle Assault BattleMech
VKH-1 Volkh Medium BattleMech
VKH-7 Volkh Medium BattleMech
AQS-3 Aquagladius Medium BattleMech
HEP-4H Helepolis Heavy BattleMech[2]
Hollis Mk. VI-Alpha Endo Steel Chassis - Jackal
VKH Endo Steel Chassis - Volkh
VEST 201 Charlie Chassis - Sasquatch
Corean Model 202BLP Endo Steel Chassis - Great Turtle
Technicron-1a Chassis - Hyena[1]
Core Tek 275 Fusion Engine - Hyena[1]
GM 210 XL Fusion Engine - XL - Jackal
EXP 425 XXL Fusion Engine - XL - Sasquatch
Exp Improved Jump Jets - Sasquatch
Corning 84 Industrial Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles - Hyena[1]
Durallex Hardened Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles - Volkh
York Series CTC-0 Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles - Jackal
York Series CTC-0 Ferro-Fibrous Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles - Aquagladius
StarSlab Standart Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles - Sasquatch & Great Turtle
StarSlab Hardened Mk III Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles - Great Turtle
Sipher WideCom Communications System - Hyena[1]
Hartford JEA-1 Targeting-Tracking System - Great Turtle
Hartford S2000A Targeting-Tracking System - Jackal
Hartford T1000M Targeting-Tracking System - Hyena[1]
Holly Mk.II Streak SRM-2 - Jackal
Aberdovy Mk.XXX ER PPC - Jackal & Great Turtle

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 150, "Produced Hyena Components"
  2. ↑ Technical Readout: 3075, p. 182

Bibliography

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