Ceres Metals Industries

Ceres Metals was one the first developers of BattleMech technology. It maintains more than 500 facilities on about 100 worlds. Its main headquarters are on Capella, with major divisions on Coventry, Dorwinion, Elidor, Kimball, Sarna and Ward. It maintains its neutrality by supplying arms and equipment to any organization which can meet its prices.

Ceres Metals Industries has manufacturing centers on the following planets:

St. Ives

Components produced on St. Ives:

Component	Type
BJ-3I Blackjack	Medium BattleMech
PXH-4L Phoenix Hawk	Medium BattleMech
GM BJ-1	Chassis - Blackjack
BJ2-0 Blackjack	OmniMech
GM 180	Fusion Engine - Blackjack
Nissan 200 XL	Fusion Engine - XL
Anderson Propulsion 30	Jump Jets - Blackjack
Starshield	Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles - Blackjack
CeresCom Model 21-RS	Communications System - Blackjack
C-Apple Churchill	Targeting-Tracking System - Blackjack
Ceres Arms	Medium Laser - Blackjack
Ceres Arms W	Medium Pulse Laser
Ceres Arms Smasher	PPC - Blackjack
Sian-Ceres Cougar	SRM-6

Capella

Components produced on Capella:

Component	Type
Trinity	Battle Armor
SNK-1V Snake	Medium BattleMech
MAD-5L Marauder	Heavy BattleMech
VND-3L Vindicator	Medium BattleMech
THR-1L Thunder	Heavy BattleMech
OSR-4L Ostroc	Heavy BattleMech
TSG-9H Ti Ts'ang	Heavy BattleMech
TR-5 Transit	Light Aerospace Fighters
TR-11 Transit	Medium Aerospace Fighters
TR-12 Transit	Medium Aerospace Fighters
DFC-0 Defiance	Medium Aerospace Fighters
Ceresplex IV	Chassis - Vindicator
Mujika Aerospace Type 18	Frame - Transit
GM 180	Fusion Engine - Vindicator
Rawlings 200	Fusion Engine
VOX 225 XL	Fusion Engine - XL
Rawlings 250 XL	Fusion Engine - XL - Transit
Anderson 398	Jump Jets - Vindicator
Anderson Propulsion 30	Jump Jets
Starshield	Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles - Vindicator
StarGlo Ferro-Aluminum	Armor - FA - Aerospace Fighters
Starshield CASE	CASE - Vindicator
CeresCom Maser 12	Communications System - Vindicator
CeresCom 21-Rs	Communications System - Vindicator
Ceres Metals 666 with Guardian ECM	Communications System - Shipped to Sian for Raven
Endicott Type 22 Maser	Communications System
Apple Churchill 2000 with Beagle Probe & TAG	Targeting-Tracking System - Shipped to Sian for Raven
C-Apple Churchill	Targeting-Tracking System - Vindicator
Dwyerson Mark XI	Targeting-Tracking System
Dwyerson Mark XII	Targeting-Tracking System - Transit
Apple Churchill/442x TAG	Target Acquisition Gear
Apple Churchill Golden Shield	Guardian ECM Suite
Apple Churchill Guiding Light	Narc Missile Beacon - Raven
Ceres Arms	Medium Laser - Transit/Shipped to Sian for Raven
Ceres Arms W	Medium Pulse Laser - Vindicator/Shipped to Grand Base for Cataphract
Ceres Arms Smasher	PPC - Shipped to Ares for Manticore
Ceres Arms Warrior	ER PPC - Vindicator /Shipped to Grand Base for Cataphract
Sian-Ceres Jaguar	LRM-5 - Vindicator

Indicass

Components produced on Indicass:

Component	Type
Galleon	Tracked Vehicles - Light Tank
Coolant Truck	Wheeled Vehicles
Heavy Wheeled APC	Wheeled Vehicles
Hetzer	Wheeled Vehicles
Mobile HQ	Wheeled Vehicles
Swift Wind	Wheeled Vehicles
Wheeled APC	Wheeled Vehicles
GM 40	I.C.E. - APC
GM 75	I.C.E. - Swift Wind
GM 100	I.C.E.
GM 140	I.C.E. - Hetzer
GM 180	I.C.E. - Galleon
VOX 55	Fusion Engine
GM/60 (FE)GM 60	Fusion Engine
Magna 130	Fusion Engine
StarSlab-1	Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles
StarSlab-3	Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles
StarSlab-6	Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles
CeresCom 8	Communications System - APC
CeresCom Recon 12K	Communications System - Swift Wind
Maxell 500	Communications System
Maxell 550	Communications System
Ceres Bullseye	Targeting-Tracking System
Maxell TA50	Targeting-Tracking System
I-Bal Mark 3	Targeting-Tracking System
Jackson 12	Small Laser - Galleon
Crusher SH Cannon	AC-20 - Hetzer
SperryBrowning	Machine Gun - APC

Menke

Components produced on Menke:

Component	Type
Po	Tracked Vehicles
Ceres 240	I.C.E.
Starshield Type V	Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles
CeresCom 37-P	Communications System
Ceres-Maladev 3	Targeting-Tracking System
Ceres Arms T	AC/10
Maxi Mini	Machine Gun

Warlock

Component	Type
C-SK1 Cossack	Light BattleMech
MAD-5L Marauder	Heavy BattleMech
HEL-3D Helios	Heavy BattleMech
OSR-4L Ostroc	Heavy BattleMech

References

• MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game
• Objective Raids, pp 143, 147
• Technical Readout: 3025 Revised
• Technical Readout: 3039, p 12
• Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, pp 24, 50
• Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, pp 34, 48
• Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p 20
• Technical Readout: 3060, pp 104, 106
• Technical Readout: 3067, p 144
• Technical Readout: Project Phoenix pp 13, 23,34, 48
• Technical Readout: 3075, p 27