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| founded = [[2730]]s<ref name="FR2765:Pp10">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 10: "Outworlds Alliance"</ref>
 
| founded = [[2730]]s<ref name="FR2765:Pp10">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 10: "Outworlds Alliance"</ref>
 
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| headquarters = [[Alpheratz]]<ref name=HBMPS143>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 143: "Alliance Defenders Limited"</ref>
 
| headquarters = [[Alpheratz]]<ref name=HBMPS143>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 143: "Alliance Defenders Limited"</ref>
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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
Alliance Defenders Limited (ADL) was the first and largest producer of weapons and equipment for ground based warfare in the Outworlds Alliance.<ref name=HBMPS143/> ADL was founded as a result of funding investments made by the [[Terran Hegemony]]. The company was envisioned to be the means for easing the logistical problems of replacing equipment lost in the field by the [[Star League Defense Force]] [[18th Army (Star League)|Eighteenth Army]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp10"/> ADL began its operation in the [[2730]]s<ref name="FR2765:Pp10"/> and has provided [['Mechs]] to the [[Alliance Military Corps]] ever since.<ref name=HBMPS143/>
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Alliance Defenders Limited (ADL) was the first and largest producer of weapons and equipment for ground based warfare in the Outworlds Alliance.<ref name=HBMPS143/> ADL was founded as a result of funding investments made by the [[Terran Hegemony]]. The company was envisioned to be the means for easing the logistical problems of replacing equipment lost in the field by the [[SLDF]] [[18th Army (Star League)|Eighteenth Army]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp10"/> ADL began its operation in the [[2730]]s<ref name="FR2765:Pp10"/> and has provided [['Mechs]] to the [[Alliance Military Corps]] ever since.<ref name=HBMPS143/>
  
 
Output from ADL facilities grew steadily from its opening to April of [[2765]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp10"/> During the [[Star League]] era, ADL specialized in the production of three [[BattleMech#Light|light]] 'Mech designs; the ''[[Locust]]'', the ''[[Stinger]]'', and the ''[[Wasp]]'', many of which were equipped with the advanced laser systems manufactured by [[Lushann Industrials Limited]]. At least two of these designs, the ''Locust'' and the ''Stinger'', were procured by [[Emma Jacobs]] (the first CEO of ADL) by bribing pirate bands to acquire their designs from the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name=TotSH>''Top of the Scrap Heap''</ref>
 
Output from ADL facilities grew steadily from its opening to April of [[2765]].<ref name="FR2765:Pp10"/> During the [[Star League]] era, ADL specialized in the production of three [[BattleMech#Light|light]] 'Mech designs; the ''[[Locust]]'', the ''[[Stinger]]'', and the ''[[Wasp]]'', many of which were equipped with the advanced laser systems manufactured by [[Lushann Industrials Limited]]. At least two of these designs, the ''Locust'' and the ''Stinger'', were procured by [[Emma Jacobs]] (the first CEO of ADL) by bribing pirate bands to acquire their designs from the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name=TotSH>''Top of the Scrap Heap''</ref>
  
In [[3067]], ADL expanded its production to include the [[Rommel]] and [[Po]] heavy tanks.<ref name=HBMPS143/>
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In [[3067]], ADL expanded its production to include the [[Rommel]] and [[Po]] heavy tanks.
  
 
===Jihad===
 
===Jihad===
ADL suffered some minor damage in [[3071]] as the [[Jihad]] began, but nothing so significant to mention.{{cn}} The company was operating at its full production capacity in [[3079]].<ref name=O:TCp16>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 16: "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"</ref>
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ADL suffered some minor damage in [[3071]] as the [[Jihad]] began, but nothing so significant to mention. The company was operating at its full production capacity in [[3079]].<ref>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 16</ref>
  
 
==Manufacturing==
 
==Manufacturing==

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