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| image = Hollis-Logo.png
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| affiliation = {{Ubl|[[Capellan Confederation]]|[[Terran Hegemony]]}}
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| previous_names = Hollis Industries<ref name=ETO:Pv4p8>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 4'', p. 8: "XNT-20 Xanthos"</ref>
| Interstellar = Yes
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| headquarters = Valasha<br>([[Corey III]])<ref name=H:HLp135>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 135: "Hollis Incorporated"</ref>
| Sites = [[Corey]]<br>[[Tsinghai]]
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| leadership = [[CEO of Hollis Incorporated|CEO]]
| Main Products = [[BattleMech]]s
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| products = [[BattleMech]]s
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| plants = [[Tsinghai]]
 
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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
'''Hollis Incorporated''' began as a military supplier for the [[Terran Hegemony]]. Their first attempt at a BattleMech was the ''[[Xanthos]]'', the first quadrupedal unit. However the prototype of the ''Xanthos'' had many engineering problems and the project was cancelled by the [[Hegemony Armed Forces]]. Hollis had hedged their bets by producing the ''[[Catapult]]'' however, and this allowed them to remain solvent in the wake of the ''Xanthos'' debacle as the [[Capellan Confederation]] and [[Free Worlds League]] began buying the sixty-five ton unit.<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 4'', p. 8</ref>
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'''Hollis Incorporated''' began as a military supplier for the [[Terran Hegemony]]. Their first attempt at a BattleMech was the successful ''[[Catapult]]'' in [[2561]] and the windfalls from it, sometimes under the table to the [[Great Houses]], allowed them to try something revolutionary: ''[[Xanthos (BattleMech)|Xanthos]]'', the first quadrupedal unit. The prototype, however, had many engineering problems and the project was canceled by the [[Hegemony Armed Forces]].<ref name=ETO:Pv4p8/>
  
Another once-prosperous manufacturer almost bankrupted by the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]],  Hollis Incorporated produced such iconic Assault 'Mechs as the ''[[BattleMaster]]'' and the ''[[Highlander]]'' until a [[House Marik]] raid during the [[Second Succession War]] destroyed much of the factory. Hollis Incorporated had only barely begun to recover and was about to begin production of their first new BattleMech design in well over three-hundred years when forces of the [[CCAF]] overran [[Corey]] during [[Operation Guerrero]].
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Another once-prosperous manufacturer almost bankrupted by the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]],  Hollis Incorporated produced such iconic Assault 'Mechs as the ''[[BattleMaster]]'' and the ''[[Highlander]]'' until a [[House Marik]] raid during the [[Second Succession War]] destroyed much of the factory. Hollis Incorporated had only barely begun to recover and was about to begin production of their first new BattleMech design in well over three hundred years when forces of the [[CCAF]] overran [[Corey]] during [[Operation GUERRERO]].
  
Shortly after falling under Capellan control, Hollis began producing the ''[[Huron Warrior]]''.<ref name=HBHLp135/>
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Shortly after falling under Capellan control, Hollis began producing the ''[[Huron Warrior]]''.<ref name=H:HLp135/>
  
Hollis found itself booming during the [[Jihad]], with the production facility on Corey serving as the closest major supplier to the front line between the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] and the Confederation. The plants on Corey expanded, adding new production lines, only to then be hit by a raiding party of Blakist forces after the fall of [[Terra]]. Hollis was lucky that the mercenary unit the [[Hexare Grenadiers]] were undergoing repair and refit on Corey at the time - the Grenadiers were able to drive the Blakists off before the plant could be completely destroyed, but the extent of the damage hadn't been clarified as at mid-[[3081]].<ref name="J:FRp101">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 101, "Capellan Commonality"</ref>
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In [[3067]], the board of directors had to occasionally rein in CEO [[Jason Hollis]] as his determination to return Hollis to glory sometimes led him to wild schemes.<ref name=H:HLp135/>
  
In [[3125]] the Corey plant was raided by elements of the [[8th Free Worlds Legionnaires]]. They seized tons of replacement parts for ''[[Catapult]]'' 'Mechs before leaving the world.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League'', p. 8</ref>
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Hollis found itself booming during the [[Jihad]], with the production facility on Corey serving as the closest major supplier to the front line between the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]] and the Confederation. The plants on Corey expanded, adding new production lines, only to then be hit by a raiding party of Blakist forces after the fall of [[Terra]]. Hollis was lucky that the mercenary unit the [[Hexare Grenadiers]] were undergoing repair and refit on Corey at the time - the Grenadiers were able to drive the Blakists off before the plant could be completely destroyed, but the extent of the damage hadn't been clarified as of mid-[[3081]].<ref name="J:FRp101">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 101: "Capellan Commonality"</ref>
  
==Leadership==
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In [[3125]], the Corey plant was raided by elements of the [[Eighth Free Worlds Legionnaires]]. They seized tons of replacement parts for ''[[Catapult]]'' 'Mechs before leaving the world.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League'', p. 8</ref>
The company's CEO in 3067 is Lord Jason Hollis. The board of directors has to occasionally rein him in as his determination to return Hollis to glory sometimes leads him to wild schemes.<ref name=HBHLp135>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 135, "Hollis Incorporated Company Profile"</ref>
 
  
 
==Manufacturing==
 
==Manufacturing==
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===Corey===
 
===Corey===
'''Note:''' The ''Catapult'' production facility was destroyed in [[2791]].<ref name=TRO3039-146>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 146, "Produced Catapult Components on Corey"</ref> By [[3079]] however, this production line was back in operation.<ref name="occ11">''Objectives: Capellan Confederation'', p. 11</ref>
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'''Note:''' The ''Catapult'' production facility was destroyed in [[2791]].<ref name=TRO3039-146>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 146: "Produced Catapult Components on Corey"</ref> By [[3079]], however, this production line was back in operation.<ref name=O:CCp11>''Objectives: Capellan Confederation'', p. 11: "Hollis Incorporated"</ref>
  
As at [[3079]] the Corey Plant had suffered no losses during the Jihad, and was operating at 100% capacity.<ref>''Objectives: Capellan Confederation'', p. 3, "State of the Industry Table"</ref>
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As of 3079, the Corey Plant had suffered no losses during the Jihad and was operating at 100% capacity.<ref name=O:CCp3>''Objectives: Capellan Confederation'', p. 3: "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"</ref>
  
Sometime in 3081, Hollis Incorporated reintroduced the ''BattleMaster'' to their Corey production line.<ref>http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/293/battlemaster-blr-4l Master Unit List</ref><ref name="J:FRp101"/>  
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Sometime in 3081, Hollis Incorporated reintroduced the ''BattleMaster'' to their Corey production line.<ref name="J:FRp101"/> <ref>http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/293/battlemaster-blr-4l Master Unit List</ref>
  
 
{|class="wikitable"   
 
{|class="wikitable"   
! colspan="2" |Components produced on Corey:<ref name=TRO3055U38>''Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade'', p. 38, "Produced Huron Warrior Components on Corey"</ref><ref name=XTRO:MPp4>''Experimental Technical Readout: Most Wanted'', p. 4</ref><ref name=TRO:3145CCp40>''Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation'', p. 40, "Produced Catapult II Components"</ref><ref name=XTRO:PV4p8>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 4'', p. 8, "XNT-2O Xanthos"</ref><ref name=TRO3075-246>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 246, "Produced Xanthos Components on Corey"</ref>
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on Corey:<ref name=TRO3055U38>''Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade'', p. 38: "Produced Huron Warrior Components on Corey"</ref><ref name=XTRO:MPp4>''Experimental Technical Readout: Most Wanted'', p. 4</ref><ref name=TRO:3145CCp40>''Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation'', p. 40: "Produced Catapult II Components"</ref><ref name=XTRO:PV4p8>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 4'', p. 8: "XNT-2O Xanthos"</ref><ref name=TRO3075-246>''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 246: "Produced Xanthos Components on Corey"</ref>
 
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|-
 
! width="350pt" | Component
 
! width="350pt" | Component
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>Mechs</u>
 
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>Mechs</u>
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Huron Warrior|HUR-WO-R4L ''Huron Warrior'']]<ref name="occ11"/><ref name=TRO3055U38/>
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| [[Huron Warrior|HUR-WO-R4L ''Huron Warrior'']]<ref name=O:CCp11/><ref name=TRO3055U38/>
 
| [[Medium BattleMech]]
 
| [[Medium BattleMech]]
 
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| Medium BattleMech
 
| Medium BattleMech
 
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|-
| [[Catapult|CPLT-C1 ''Catapult'']]<ref name=TRO3039-146/><ref name="occ11"/>
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| [[Catapult|CPLT-C1 ''Catapult'']]<ref name=TRO3039-146/><ref name=O:CCp11/>
 
| [[Heavy BattleMech]]
 
| [[Heavy BattleMech]]
 
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| Assault BattleMech - Until [[Fourth Succession War]]<ref name=TRO3039p276>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p.276 </ref>
 
| Assault BattleMech - Until [[Fourth Succession War]]<ref name=TRO3039p276>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p.276 </ref>
 
|-  
 
|-  
| [[Xanthos|XNT-2O ''Xanthos'']]<ref name=XTRO:PV4p8/>
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| [[Xanthos (BattleMech)|XNT-2O ''Xanthos'']]<ref name=XTRO:PV4p8/>
 
| Assault BattleMech (Primitive)
 
| Assault BattleMech (Primitive)
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Xanthos|XNT-3O ''Xanthos'']]<ref name="occ11"/><ref name=TRO3075-246/>
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| [[Xanthos (BattleMech)|XNT-3O ''Xanthos'']]<ref name=O:CCp11/><ref name=TRO3075-246/>
 
| Assault BattleMech
 
| Assault BattleMech
 
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| ''Huron Warrior''<ref name=TRO3055U38/>
 
| ''Huron Warrior''<ref name=TRO3055U38/>
 
|-
 
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| [[Hollis Mk. II]] [[Endo Steel]]
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| [[Hollis Mk II]] [[Endo Steel]]
 
| ''Catapult''<ref name=TRO3039-146/>
 
| ''Catapult''<ref name=TRO3039-146/>
 
|-
 
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| [[Hollis Mk. II-Beta]] [[Endo Steel]]
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| [[Hollis Mk II-Beta]] [[Endo Steel]]
 
| ''Catapult II''<ref name=TRO:3145CCp40/>
 
| ''Catapult II''<ref name=TRO:3145CCp40/>
 
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| [[Hollis Mk. III]]
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| [[Hollis Mk III]]
| Shipped to [[St. Ives]] and [[Sian]] for ''[[Thunder]]''
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| Shipped to [[St. Ives]] and [[Sian]] for ''[[Thunder (BattleMech)|Thunder]]''
 
|-
 
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| [[Hollis XNT Mk. V]]
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| [[Hollis XNT Mk V]]
 
| ''Xanthos''<ref name=TRO3075-246/>
 
| ''Xanthos''<ref name=TRO3075-246/>
 
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| ''Xanthos''<ref name=TRO3075-246/>
 
| ''Xanthos''<ref name=TRO3075-246/>
 
|-
 
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Fusion Engine - XL]]</u>
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Extralight Fusion Engine]]</u>
 
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| [[GM 280 XL]]
 
| [[GM 280 XL]]
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| [[Magna 250 XL]]
 
| [[Magna 250 XL]]
 
| ''Huron Warrior''<ref name=TRO3055U38/>
 
| ''Huron Warrior''<ref name=TRO3055U38/>
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| [[Magna 350 XL]]
 
| {{cn}}
 
 
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|-
 
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Jump Jet]]s</u>
 
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Jump Jet]]s</u>
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| ''Catapult II''<ref name=TRO:3145CCp40/>
 
| ''Catapult II''<ref name=TRO:3145CCp40/>
 
|-
 
|-
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles]]</u>
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)]]</u>
 
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| [[Ceres Heavy]]
 
| [[Ceres Heavy]]
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===Tsinghai===
 
===Tsinghai===
During the [[Jihad]], Hollis operated a [[RetroTech]] factory on [[Tsinghai]]. By [[3079]] this factory had been shut down and resources moved to Corey.<ref name="occ3">''Objectives: Capellan Confederation'', p. 3</ref>
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During the Jihad, Hollis operated a [[RetroTech]] factory on [[Tsinghai]]. By 3079, this factory had been shut down and resources moved to Corey.<ref name=O:CCp4>''Objectives: Capellan Confederation'', p. 4: "Temporary Retrotech Facilities (Shut Down by End of 3079)"</ref>
  
 
{|class="wikitable"   
 
{|class="wikitable"   
! colspan="2" |Components produced on Tsinghai:<ref name="occ3"/>
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on Tsinghai:<ref name=O:CCp4/>
 
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>Mech</u>
 
| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>Mech</u>
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Xanthos|XNT-2O ''Xanthos'']]<ref name="occ3"/>
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| [[Xanthos (BattleMech)|XNT-2O ''Xanthos'']]<ref name=O:CCp4/>
 
| [[Assault BattleMech]]
 
| [[Assault BattleMech]]
 
|}
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
 
* ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Most Wanted]]''
 
* ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Most Wanted]]''
*''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 4]]''
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* ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 4]]''
*''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
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* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
*''[[Objectives: Capellan Confederation]]''
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* ''[[Objectives: Capellan Confederation]]''
*''[[Technical Readout: 3025 Revised]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3025 Revised]]''
*''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
*''[[Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade]]''
*''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]''
*''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation]]''
*''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League]]''
 
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{{div col end}}
  
 
[[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Hollis Incorporated]]
 
[[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Hollis Incorporated]]
[[Category:Capellan Confederation Companies]]
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[[Category:Capellan Confederation Corporations]]

Latest revision as of 12:05, 22 March 2024

Hollis Incorporated
Hollis-Logo.png
Corporation Profile
Affiliation
Previous Name(s)Hollis Industries[1]
HeadquartersValasha
(Corey III)[2]
LeadershipCEO
Product(s)BattleMechs
Manufacturing Plant(s)Tsinghai

Overview[edit]

Hollis Incorporated began as a military supplier for the Terran Hegemony. Their first attempt at a BattleMech was the successful Catapult in 2561 and the windfalls from it, sometimes under the table to the Great Houses, allowed them to try something revolutionary: Xanthos, the first quadrupedal unit. The prototype, however, had many engineering problems and the project was canceled by the Hegemony Armed Forces.[1]

Another once-prosperous manufacturer almost bankrupted by the Succession Wars, Hollis Incorporated produced such iconic Assault 'Mechs as the BattleMaster and the Highlander until a House Marik raid during the Second Succession War destroyed much of the factory. Hollis Incorporated had only barely begun to recover and was about to begin production of their first new BattleMech design in well over three hundred years when forces of the CCAF overran Corey during Operation GUERRERO.

Shortly after falling under Capellan control, Hollis began producing the Huron Warrior.[2]

In 3067, the board of directors had to occasionally rein in CEO Jason Hollis as his determination to return Hollis to glory sometimes led him to wild schemes.[2]

Hollis found itself booming during the Jihad, with the production facility on Corey serving as the closest major supplier to the front line between the Word of Blake Protectorate and the Confederation. The plants on Corey expanded, adding new production lines, only to then be hit by a raiding party of Blakist forces after the fall of Terra. Hollis was lucky that the mercenary unit the Hexare Grenadiers were undergoing repair and refit on Corey at the time - the Grenadiers were able to drive the Blakists off before the plant could be completely destroyed, but the extent of the damage hadn't been clarified as of mid-3081.[3]

In 3125, the Corey plant was raided by elements of the Eighth Free Worlds Legionnaires. They seized tons of replacement parts for Catapult 'Mechs before leaving the world.[4]

Manufacturing[edit]

Hollis Incorporated has manufacturing centers on the following planets:

Corey[edit]

Note: The Catapult production facility was destroyed in 2791.[5] By 3079, however, this production line was back in operation.[6]

As of 3079, the Corey Plant had suffered no losses during the Jihad and was operating at 100% capacity.[7]

Sometime in 3081, Hollis Incorporated reintroduced the BattleMaster to their Corey production line.[3] [8]

Components produced on Corey:[9][10][11][12][13]
Component Type
Mechs
HUR-WO-R4L Huron Warrior[6][9] Medium BattleMech
HUR-WO-R4N Huron Warrior[9] Medium BattleMech
HUR-WO-R4O Huron Warrior[9] Medium BattleMech
HUR-WO-RX4 Huron Warrior[10] Medium BattleMech
CPLT-C1 Catapult[5][6] Heavy BattleMech
CPLT-L7 Catapult II[11] Heavy BattleMech
BLR-4L BattleMaster[14] Assault BattleMech
HGN-733 Highlander[15] Assault BattleMech - Until Fourth Succession War[16]
XNT-2O Xanthos[12] Assault BattleMech (Primitive)
XNT-3O Xanthos[6][13] Assault BattleMech
Chassis
Geometric 590 Endo Class HC Huron Warrior[9]
Hollis Mk II Endo Steel Catapult[5]
Hollis Mk II-Beta Endo Steel Catapult II[11]
Hollis Mk III Shipped to St. Ives and Sian for Thunder
Hollis XNT Mk V Xanthos[13]
Fusion Engine
Magna 260 Catapult[5]
Vlar 300 Xanthos[13]
Extralight Fusion Engine
GM 280 XL Catapult II[11]
Magna 250 XL Huron Warrior[9]
Jump Jets
Anderson Propulsion 25 Catapult II[11]
Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)
Ceres Heavy Catapult II[11]
Durallex Heavy w/CASE Xanthos[13] & Catapult[5]
Valliant Lamellor Huron Warrior[9]
Communications System
HartfordCo Com 2500 Xanthos[13]
O/P COM-211 Catapult[5] & Catapult II[11]
O/P COM-500 Huron Warrior[9]
Targeting-Tracking System
HartfordCo XKX 2 Xanthos[13]
O/P 1078 Catapult[5] & Catapult II[11]
O/P Scanoptics Model 5 Huron Warrior[9]
Jump Jets
Anderson Propulsion 25 Catapult II[11]
Medium Laser
Martell Xanthos[13] and Catapult[5]
ER Large Laser
Martell Huron Warrior[9]
Medium Pulse Laser
Martell Huron Warrior[9]
ER Medium Pulse Laser
Diverse Optics Sunfire Catapult II[11]
LRM-20
Holly Catapult[5]
Holly "Ballista" Catapult II[11]
TSEMP
Firmir Hypnos Catapult II[11]

Tsinghai[edit]

During the Jihad, Hollis operated a RetroTech factory on Tsinghai. By 3079, this factory had been shut down and resources moved to Corey.[17]

Components produced on Tsinghai:[17]
Component Type
Mech
XNT-2O Xanthos[17] Assault BattleMech

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 4, p. 8: "XNT-20 Xanthos"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Handbook: House Liao, p. 135: "Hollis Incorporated"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 101: "Capellan Commonality"
  4. Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League, p. 8
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 146: "Produced Catapult Components on Corey"
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Objectives: Capellan Confederation, p. 11: "Hollis Incorporated"
  7. Objectives: Capellan Confederation, p. 3: "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"
  8. http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/293/battlemaster-blr-4l Master Unit List
  9. 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 38: "Produced Huron Warrior Components on Corey"
  10. 10.0 10.1 Experimental Technical Readout: Most Wanted, p. 4
  11. 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 Technical Readout: 3145 Capellan Confederation, p. 40: "Produced Catapult II Components"
  12. 12.0 12.1 Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 4, p. 8: "XNT-2O Xanthos"
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 Technical Readout: 3075, p. 246: "Produced Xanthos Components on Corey"
  14. Technical Readout: 3085, p. 264
  15. Technical Readout: 3025 Revised, p.114
  16. Technical Readout: 3039, p.276
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 Objectives: Capellan Confederation, p. 4: "Temporary Retrotech Facilities (Shut Down by End of 3079)"

Bibliography[edit]