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Johnston Industries

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Johnston Industries is a major Federated Suns-based military hardware manufacturer.

Johnston Industries Manufacturer Logo

Overview

When the Star League collapsed, the wealthy Federated Suns-based Johnston family purchased the Tauken Weapons Systems plant on Addicks, only to watch as the Federated Suns, Draconis Combine and Capellan Confederation desperately attempted to control the planet or deny its foes the production facilities. By the time AFFS succeeded in securing the planet, over half the factories were destroyed. Building upon the surviving assembly lines for man-portable lasers, PPCs and the Goblin tank, Johnston slowly made plans to expand. [1]

Building a new facility on the Capellan March capital of New Syrtis after the Fourth Succession War, Johnston was now able enter into the manufacture of advanced lostech weaponry and BattleMechs.

In the late 3060s, the company licensed the Fulcrum Hovertank design from Cyclops Incorporated.

The facilities survived the Capellan's counterattack due to security forces and efforts of the 4th Donegal Guards during Liao's six-month battle for the capital.[2]

Manufacturing

Johnston Industries has manufacturing centers on the following planets:

New Syrtis

Components produced on New Syrtis:[3][4][5]
Component Type
GRM-01A Garm[4] Light BattleMech
HCT-5S Hatchetman Medium BattleMech
HCT-6D Hatchetman Medium BattleMech
AXM-1N Axman[3] Heavy BattleMech
CES-3R Caesar[3] Heavy BattleMech
Daro-1 Dagger Medium Aerospace Fighters
Fulcrum Hover Tank[6] Hovercraft
Fulcrum II Hovertank Hovercraft
Goblin[3][5] Tracked Vehicles - Medium Tank
Glory Tracked Vehicles
Pairie Schooner Landtrain Wheeled Support Vehicle - (Introduced 3050s)
Pairie Schooner Landtrain Trailer Wheeled Support Vehicle - (Introduced 3050s)
Johnston Biped L-25-a2 Chassis - Garm[4]
Dorwinion Standard Chassis - Axman & Casear[3]
Fireheart 180 Fusion Engine
Omni 175 Fusion Engine - Garm[4]
ProtecTech 9 Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles - Goblin[5]
Durallex Light FF Armor - FF - BattleMechs & Vehicles
Johnston Duraweave 6000 Ferro-Fibrous Armor - FF- BattleMechs & Vehicles - Garm[4]
LongWay 180 I.C.E. - Goblin[3][5]
Rawlings 80-Beta Jump Jets - Garm[4]
CommuTech Multi-Channel 10 Communications System
CommuTech XL Communications System - Goblin[3][5]
Johnston Q-Band Communications System
Johnston Q-Rotor 2 Communications System
Johnston Wide Band Communications System - Axman & Casear[3]
Lynx-shur 4.5 Communications System - Garm[4]
BlazeFire tracker w/RangeCheck Targeting-Tracking System - Goblin[5]
Sync Tracker (55-42071) Targeting-Tracking System - Garm[4]
BlazeFire Longshot ER Small Laser
Intek Medium Laser - Axman & Casear[3] /Shipped to Tikonov for Cataphract, Thrush & Transit[3]
BlazeFire Systems Large Laser - Goblin[3][5]/Shipped to Talon for Rifleman[3]
BlazeFire Sweetshot ER Large Laser - Shipped to New Avalon for Enforcer[3]
Johnston Parti-Cannon PPC - Shipped to Panpour for Manticor[3]
Johnston High Speed ER PPC - Caesar[3] /Shipped to Talon for Rifleman[3]
Luxor Devastator-20 AC-20 - Axman[3]
Poland Main Model R Gauss Rifle - Caesar[3] /Shipped to Hesperus II for Banshee, Carlisle for Marauder and to Styk & St. Ives Compact for Victor[3]
Poland Main C Gauss Rifle
Johnston MiniGun Machine Gun - Goblin[5]
Johnston Cleaver-V Hatchet
Poland Main Model C Magshot Magshot[7]

Addicks

Components produced on Addicks:
Component Type
Daro-1 Dagger Medium Aerospace Fighters
Goblin Tracked Vehicles
BlazeFire Sightlock Targeting-Tracking System
RangeCheck Targeting-Tracking System


References

  1. ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 153, "Johnston Industries Profile"
  2. ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p 44, "New Syrtis" - Operation: Thunderstrike fails to destroy Johnston industries.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 Objective Raids, p. 90, "Produced Johnston Industries Components"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Technical Readout: 3060, p. 82, "Produced Garm Components on New Syrtis"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 58, "Produced Goblin Components on New Syrtis"
  6. ↑ Technical Readout: 3058, p. 90, "Fulcrum Hovertank - Variants" - Johnston Industries licenced right to produce the Fulcrum in later 3060s
  7. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 171

Bibliography

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