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{{InfoBoxCorporation
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| image = diplan-mechyards.png
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| founded =
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| dissolved =
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| affiliation = [[Draconis Combine]]
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| previous_names =
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| headquarters = Belnet<br>([[Aix-la-Chapelle IV]])<ref name=O:DCp18>''Objectives: Draconis Combine'', p. 18: "Diplan 'Mechyards"</ref>
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| leadership = [[CEO of Diplan 'Mechyards|CEO]]
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| products = [[BattleMech]]s
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| parent = [[Alshain Weapons]]
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| divisions =
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| plants = [[Ozawa]]
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}}
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The '''Diplan 'Mechyards''' were a major [[BattleMech]] producer for the [[Star League Defense Force]] and later for the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]].
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==Overview==
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Although Diplan's role as a major supplier to the SLDF is well-known, the development of a new variant of the popular ''[[Mongoose]]'' scout 'Mech for the SLDF [[Gunslinger Program]] was lost to history until the technical specifications for this new variant were uncovered by [[ComStar]] in the 3050s. Only a single model of the new variant, the [[Mongoose#Custom Variants|MON-66GX]], was ever produced - the SLDF command were disinclined to place production orders as they felt that the design, which varied significantly from the mainstream model, cost substantially more and closely resembled the specialized ''[[Exterminator]]'' 'Mech, would lead to inappropriate behavior among its pilots.<ref name=XTRO:Gp3/>
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One of many manufacturers to be revived by the DCMS's voracious appetite for BattleMechs to recoup the losses suffered during the [[Clan Invasion]], Diplan overextended itself financially and ultimately faltered, finally being bought out by the venerable [[Alshain Weapons]] in [[3060]].<ref name=HHK-157>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 157: "Alshain Weapons"</ref> Located outside the city of Belnet, Diplan's factory on Aix-la-Chapelle was built as a veritable [[Castle Brian]], allowing the company to weather military attack just as easily as the massive Class 9 storms that constantly batter the world. Additionally, due to the over forty-three days required to travel between Aix-la-Chapelle's [[Jump Point]]s and the planet itself, Diplan also constructed a component factory incorporating locally processed materials rather than wait for off-world supply shipments, becoming almost totally self-reliant.<ref name=O:DCp18/><ref name=HHK-84>''Handbook: House Kurita'', pp. 84–85: "Aix-la-Chapelle" planet profile</ref>
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Unlike [[Luthien Armor Works]], during the Jihad the facility on Aix-la-Chapelle suffered no capital and personnel losses, and had a full production volume of 100% in [[3079]].<ref name=O:DCp4>''Objectives: Draconis Combine'', p. 4: "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"</ref>
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==Manufacturing==
 
==Manufacturing==
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'''Diplan 'Mechyards''' has manufacturing centers on the following planets:
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Diplan 'Mechyards has manufacturing centers on the following planets:
  
 
===Aix-la-Chapelle===
 
===Aix-la-Chapelle===
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{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on [[Aix-la-Chapelle]]:  
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on Aix-la-Chapelle:<ref name=O:DCp18/><ref name=HHK-157/><ref name=TRO3060-74>''Technical Readout: 3060'', p. 74: "Produced Kabuto Components on Aix-la-Chapelle"</ref><ref name=TRO3055U18>''Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade'', p. 18: "Produced Hitman Components on Aix-la-Chapelle"</ref><ref name=TRO3085-62>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 62: "Produced Nyx Components"</ref>
 
|-
 
|-
 
! width="350pt" | Component
 
! width="350pt" | Component
 
! width="350pt" | Type
 
! width="350pt" | Type
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Kabuto|KBO-7A ''Kabuto'']]
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>Mechs</u>
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| [[Light BattleMech]]
 
 
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|-
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| ''[[Mongoose]]''
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| ''[[Mongoose|Mongoose]]''<ref name=O:DCp18/>
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| [[Light BattleMech]]  
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| [[BattleMech#Light|Light BattleMech]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Hitman|HM-1 ''Hitman'']]
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| [[Kabuto|KBO-7A ''Kabuto'']]<ref name=HHK-157/><ref name=TRO3060-74/>
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| [[Light BattleMech]]
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| Light BattleMech  
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Nyx|NX-80 ''Nyx'']]
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| [[Hitman|HM-1 ''Hitman'']]<ref name=HHK-157/><ref name=TRO3055U18/>
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| [[Light BattleMech]] (As of [[3085]])<ref>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 62 - Nyx production noted as of TRO 3085.</ref>
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| Light BattleMech
 
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|-
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| [[Chariot Type 1]]
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| [[Nyx|NX-80 ''Nyx'']]<ref name=TRO3085-62/>
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| [[Chassis]] - ''Hitman''
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| Light BattleMech (as of [[3085]])
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Chassis]]</u>
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|-
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| [[Chariot Type 1]] [[Endo Steel]]
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| ''Hitman''<ref name=TRO3055U18/>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Chariot Type 1a]]
 
| [[Chariot Type 1a]]
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| [[Chassis]] - ''Kabuto''
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| ''Kabuto''<ref name=TRO3060-74/>
 
|-   
 
|-   
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| [[Leenex/140 XL (FE)|Leenes 140 XL]]
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| [[Chariot Type I-b]]
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| [[Fusion Engine - XL]] - ''Kabuto''
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| ''Nyx''<ref name=TRO3085-62/>
 
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|-
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| [[GM/210 XL (FE)|GM 210 XL]]
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Extralight Fusion Engine]]</u>
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| [[Fusion Engine - XL]] - ''Hitman''
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|-
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| [[Leenex 140 XL]]
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| ''Kabuto''<ref name=TRO3060-74/>
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|-
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| [[GM 210 XL]]
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| ''Hitman''<ref name=TRO3055U18/>
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|-
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| [[Pitban 300 XL]]
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| ''Nyx''<ref name=TRO3085-62/>
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)]]</u>
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|-
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| [[Starshield A]]
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| ''Hitman''<ref name=TRO3055U18/> & ''Kabuto''<ref name=TRO3060-74/>
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Communications System]]</u>
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|-
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| [[Corean Transband-J12]]
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| ''Nyx''<ref name=TRO3085-62/>
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|-
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| [[Sipher CommCon SCU-4]] w/[[Guardian ECM]]
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| ''Hitman''<ref name=TRO3055U18/> & ''Kabuto''<ref name=TRO3060-74/>
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Targeting-Tracking System]]</u>
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|-
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| [[Cat's Eyes 5]] w/[[Artemis IV FCS]]
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| ''Hitman''<ref name=TRO3055U18/>, ''Kabuto''<ref name=TRO3060-74/> & ''Nyx''<ref name=TRO3085-62/>
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Medium Laser]]</u>
 
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| [[Argra 3L]]
 
| [[Argra 3L]]
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| [[Medium Laser]] - ''Hitman''
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| ''Hitman''<ref name=TRO3055U18/>
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[LRM-5]]</u>
 
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|-
 
| [[Thunderstroke-L]]
 
| [[Thunderstroke-L]]
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| [[LRM-5]] - ''Hitman''
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| [[LRM-5]] - ''Hitman''<ref name=TRO3055U18/>
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===Ozawa (destroyed 2837)===
 
===Ozawa (destroyed 2837)===
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With the extinction of [[Endo Steel]] at the end of the [[First Succession War]] the plant switched from the production of the MON-66 to the MON-67.
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With the extinction of [[endo steel]] at the end of the [[First Succession War]], the plant switched from the production of the MON-66 to the MON-67. The factory was finally destroyed by retreating Combine troops in [[2837]] via nuclear weapons.<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 199</ref> This deprived the DCMS of one its favorite BattleMechs, the [[Jenner|JR7-D ''Jenner'']]. By 3025, the DCMS could not produce new runs of that variant.<ref name=HKDCp136>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 136: "Weapons Industries"</ref>
  
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{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on [[Ozawa]]:
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on Ozawa:<ref name=TRO3039-246>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 246: "Produced MON-67 Mongoose Components"</ref><ref name=XTRO:Gp3>''Experimental Technical Readout: Gunslingers'', p. 3: "MON-66GX Mongoose Gunslinger"</ref>
 
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! width="350pt" | Component
 
! width="350pt" | Component
 
! width="350pt" | Type
 
! width="350pt" | Type
 
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| ''[[Mongoose|MON-66 Mongoose]]''
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>Mechs</u>
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| [[Light BattleMech]]
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|-
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| ''[[Jenner|JR7-D Jenner]]''<ref name=TRO3025R-26>''Technical Readout: 3025 Revised'', p. 26: "JR7-D Jenner"</ref>
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| [[BattleMech#Light|Light BattleMech]]
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|-
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| ''[[Jenner|JR7-F Jenner]]''<ref name=TRO3025R-26/>
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| Light BattleMech
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|-
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| ''[[Mongoose|MON-66 Mongoose]]''<ref name=TRO3050Up189>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 189</ref>
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| Light BattleMech
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|-
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| [[Mongoose#Custom Variants|MON-66GX Mongoose Gunslinger]]<ref name=XTRO:Gp3/>
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| Light BattleMech (Single prototype only)<ref name=XTRO:Gp3/>
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|-
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| ''[[Mongoose|MON-67 Mongoose]]''<ref name=TRO3039-246/>
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| Light BattleMech  
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Chassis]]</u>
 
|-
 
|-
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| ''[[Mongoose|MON-67 Mongoose]]''
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| [[Diplan Scout-A]]
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| [[Light BattleMech]] 
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| ''JR7-D Jenner''
 
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|-
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| [[Kell/D Endo Steel]]
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| [[Kell/D]] [[Endo Steel]]
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| [[Chassis]] - ''MON-66 Mongoose''
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| ''MON-66 Mongoose''<ref name=TRO3050Up189/>
 
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|-
 
| [[Kell/D Standard]]
 
| [[Kell/D Standard]]
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| [[Chassis]] - ''MON-67 Mongoose''
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| ''MON-67 Mongoose''<ref name=TRO3039-246/>
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Fusion Engine]]</u>
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|-
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| [[Nissan 200]]
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| ''MON-67 Mongoose''<ref name=TRO3039-246/>
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)]]</u>
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|-
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| [[ProtecTech 6]]
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| ''MON-67 Mongoose''<ref name=TRO3039-246/>
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|-
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| colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Medium Laser]]</u>
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|-
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| [[Argra 27C]]
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| ''Jenner''<ref name=TRO3025R-26/>
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|-
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| [[Argra 3L]]
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| ''Jenner''<ref name=TRO3025R-26/>
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|-
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| colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Large Laser]]</u>
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|-
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| [[Diplan HD]]
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| ''Jenner''<ref name=TRO3025R-26/>
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Communications System]]</u>
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|-
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| [[Dawson III]]
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| ''Jenner''<ref name=TRO3025R-26/>
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|-
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| [[ON-5]]
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| ''MON-67 Mongoose''<ref name=TRO3039-246/>
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Targeting-Tracking System]]</u>
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|-
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| [[Bk-309]]
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| ''Jenner''<ref name=TRO3025R-26/>
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|-
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| [[TharHes Mars-1]]
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| ''MON-67 Mongoose''<ref name=TRO3039-246/>
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references />
 
<references />
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]'', p.246
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* ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Gunslingers]]
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]'', p.189
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* ''[[Objectives: Draconis Combine]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade]],'' p. 18
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3060]],'' p. 74
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3085]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3060]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3085]]''
  
 
[[Category: Manufacturing Centers|Diplan 'Mechyards]]
 
[[Category: Manufacturing Centers|Diplan 'Mechyards]]
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[[Category:Draconis Combine Corporations]]

Revision as of 09:02, 18 March 2024

Diplan 'Mechyards
Diplan-mechyards.png
Corporation Profile
AffiliationDraconis Combine
HeadquartersBelnet
(Aix-la-Chapelle IV)[1]
LeadershipCEO
Product(s)BattleMechs
Parent CorporationAlshain Weapons
Manufacturing Plant(s)Ozawa

The Diplan 'Mechyards were a major BattleMech producer for the Star League Defense Force and later for the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery.

Overview

Although Diplan's role as a major supplier to the SLDF is well-known, the development of a new variant of the popular Mongoose scout 'Mech for the SLDF Gunslinger Program was lost to history until the technical specifications for this new variant were uncovered by ComStar in the 3050s. Only a single model of the new variant, the MON-66GX, was ever produced - the SLDF command were disinclined to place production orders as they felt that the design, which varied significantly from the mainstream model, cost substantially more and closely resembled the specialized Exterminator 'Mech, would lead to inappropriate behavior among its pilots.[2]

One of many manufacturers to be revived by the DCMS's voracious appetite for BattleMechs to recoup the losses suffered during the Clan Invasion, Diplan overextended itself financially and ultimately faltered, finally being bought out by the venerable Alshain Weapons in 3060.[3] Located outside the city of Belnet, Diplan's factory on Aix-la-Chapelle was built as a veritable Castle Brian, allowing the company to weather military attack just as easily as the massive Class 9 storms that constantly batter the world. Additionally, due to the over forty-three days required to travel between Aix-la-Chapelle's Jump Points and the planet itself, Diplan also constructed a component factory incorporating locally processed materials rather than wait for off-world supply shipments, becoming almost totally self-reliant.[1][4]

Unlike Luthien Armor Works, during the Jihad the facility on Aix-la-Chapelle suffered no capital and personnel losses, and had a full production volume of 100% in 3079.[5]

Manufacturing

Diplan 'Mechyards has manufacturing centers on the following planets:

Aix-la-Chapelle

Components produced on Aix-la-Chapelle:[1][3][6][7][8]
Component Type
Mechs
Mongoose[1] Light BattleMech
KBO-7A Kabuto[3][6] Light BattleMech
HM-1 Hitman[3][7] Light BattleMech
NX-80 Nyx[8] Light BattleMech (as of 3085)
Chassis
Chariot Type 1 Endo Steel Hitman[7]
Chariot Type 1a Kabuto[6]
Chariot Type I-b Nyx[8]
Extralight Fusion Engine
Leenex 140 XL Kabuto[6]
GM 210 XL Hitman[7]
Pitban 300 XL Nyx[8]
Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)
Starshield A Hitman[7] & Kabuto[6]
Communications System
Corean Transband-J12 Nyx[8]
Sipher CommCon SCU-4 w/Guardian ECM Hitman[7] & Kabuto[6]
Targeting-Tracking System
Cat's Eyes 5 w/Artemis IV FCS Hitman[7], Kabuto[6] & Nyx[8]
Medium Laser
Argra 3L Hitman[7]
LRM-5
Thunderstroke-L LRM-5 - Hitman[7]

Ozawa (destroyed 2837)

With the extinction of endo steel at the end of the First Succession War, the plant switched from the production of the MON-66 to the MON-67. The factory was finally destroyed by retreating Combine troops in 2837 via nuclear weapons.[9] This deprived the DCMS of one its favorite BattleMechs, the JR7-D Jenner. By 3025, the DCMS could not produce new runs of that variant.[10]

Components produced on Ozawa:[11][2]
Component Type
Mechs
JR7-D Jenner[12] Light BattleMech
JR7-F Jenner[12] Light BattleMech
MON-66 Mongoose[13] Light BattleMech
MON-66GX Mongoose Gunslinger[2] Light BattleMech (Single prototype only)[2]
MON-67 Mongoose[11] Light BattleMech
Chassis
Diplan Scout-A JR7-D Jenner
Kell/D Endo Steel MON-66 Mongoose[13]
Kell/D Standard MON-67 Mongoose[11]
Fusion Engine
Nissan 200 MON-67 Mongoose[11]
Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)
ProtecTech 6 MON-67 Mongoose[11]
Medium Laser
Argra 27C Jenner[12]
Argra 3L Jenner[12]
Large Laser
Diplan HD Jenner[12]
Communications System
Dawson III Jenner[12]
ON-5 MON-67 Mongoose[11]
Targeting-Tracking System
Bk-309 Jenner[12]
TharHes Mars-1 MON-67 Mongoose[11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 18: "Diplan 'Mechyards"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Experimental Technical Readout: Gunslingers, p. 3: "MON-66GX Mongoose Gunslinger"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Handbook: House Kurita, p. 157: "Alshain Weapons"
  4. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, pp. 84–85: "Aix-la-Chapelle" planet profile
  5. ↑ Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 4: "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Technical Readout: 3060, p. 74: "Produced Kabuto Components on Aix-la-Chapelle"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 18: "Produced Hitman Components on Aix-la-Chapelle"
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 62: "Produced Nyx Components"
  9. ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 199
  10. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 136: "Weapons Industries"
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 246: "Produced MON-67 Mongoose Components"
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 Technical Readout: 3025 Revised, p. 26: "JR7-D Jenner"
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 189

Bibliography

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