Alshain Weapons

Alshain Weapons
Alshain Weapons.jpg
Corporation Profile
Affiliation
HeadquartersEast Lime
(Tok Do IV)[1]
LeadershipCEO
Product(s)BattleMechs
Division(s)Diplan 'Mechyards
Manufacturing Plant(s)

Alshain Weapons was a light BattleMech producer for the Draconis Combine.

Overview[edit]

Alshain Weapons was one of the Draconis Combine's most noteworthy manufacturers of light BattleMechs.[1] Originally headquartered on its namesake world, Alshain Weapons weathered increasing political upheavals throughout the thirty-first century. When some of the plants of Alshain Weapons fell within the new Free Rasalhague Republic, the Combine retained strong economic ties with the new nation and negotiated for these companies to continue supplying the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery. This link was cut, however, when the bulk of the Republic was conquered during the Clan Invasion. Alshain Weapons lost its factory on New Oslo to Clan Wolf in 3050 and was forced to destroy the factory on Jarett that same year to prevent its use by Clan Ghost Bear.[2][3][4] The Alshain facility remained intact during the planet's seizure in 3051, and was later retooled by the Ghost Bears to produce Clan designs.[5][6]

Desperate to maintain production of the venerable Panther, the DCMS and the Combine Bureau of Procurement provided Alshain Weapons with massive grants to build new facilities deeper in Combine territory. The attached business plan called for a number of substantial endeavors, the first of which was to relocate the Krenice facility to Tok Do. The company also maintained its vitality through joint ventures with Luthien Armor Works and its acquisition of the faltering Diplan 'Mechyards in 3060, another noted producer of light BattleMechs which had failed in its attempts to recover from the invasion.[1][7]

Manufacturing[edit]

Alshain Weapons has manufacturing centers on the following planets:

Alshain[edit]

The factory on Alshain was lost to Clan Ghost Bear when it took the world in December of 3051.

Components produced on Alshain:[2][5][6]
Component Type
Mechs
PNT-9R Panther[2] Light BattleMech
Kodiak II[5] Assault BattleMech
OmniMechs
Mad Dog Mk III[6] Heavy OmniMech
Chassis
Alshain 56-Carrier Panther[2]
Alshain LXL Endo Steel Kodiak II[5]
Bergan Version 8.3 Endo Steel Mad Dog Mk III[6]
Extralight Fusion Engine
400 Fusion XL Kodiak II[5]
Vlar 300 XL Mad Dog Mk III[6]
Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)
Compound 24B2 FF Mad Dog Mk III[6]
Forging AD56 Standard Kodiak II[5]
Maximillian 42 Panther[2]
Jump Jets
Lexington Lifters Panther[2]
Communications System
Dash-2 Optima Mad Dog Mk III[6]
Garret L20 Kodiak II[5]
Sipher CommCon CSU-4 Panther[2]
Targeting-Tracking System
Cat's Eyes 5 Panther[2]
Hakkøn-Morris LAP Mad Dog Mk III[6]
RCA Instatrac Mark IX with Artemis IV Kodiak II[5]
ER Small Laser
Series 1 Kodiak II[5]
ER PPC
Clan Mk. XVII Kodiak II[5]
LRM-10
Type X "Short Bow" Kodiak II[5]
LRM-20
Type XX "Great Bow" Kodiak II[5]

New Oslo[edit]

The factory on New Oslo was lost to Clan Wolf when it took the world in July of 3050.

Components produced on New Oslo:[2]
Component Type
Mech
PNT-9R Panther[2] Light BattleMech

Tok Do[edit]

The Tok Do facility also housed a refit line for Scorpion and Shadow Hawk BattleMechs. As of 3079, persistent rumors suggest that this facility would begin producing Phoenix Hawks as well.[8]

Components produced on Tok Do:[1][7][8]
Component Type
'Mechs
PNT-10K Panther[1][7][8] Light BattleMech
Pacifier SecurityMech[1][8] IndustrialMech
Chassis
Alshain 560-Carrier Endo Steel Panther[7]
ER PPC
Lord's Light 2 Panther.
Shipped to Luthien for Grand Dragon,[7] Daikyu, and Daimyo.
Shipped to Quentin for Excalibur, Shugenja, Tai-sho, Tessen, Akuma, and Naginata

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Handbook: House Kurita, p. 157: "Alshain Weapons"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 114: "Panther Components"
  3. Wolf Clan Sourcebook, p. 61
  4. Invading Clans, pp. 27–28
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 Technical Readout: 3145 The Clans, p. 50: "Kodiak II"
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Technical Readout: 3145 The Clans, p. 40: "Mad Dog Mk III"
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Objective Raids, p. 108: "Produced Alshain Weapons Components"
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 23

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