Lockheed-CBM Corporation
Lockheed-CBM Corporation is the largest manufacturer of AeroSpace Fighters in the Lyran Commonwealth/Lyran Alliance.
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Corporation History
Formation
Originally two separate companies, the Lockheed Corporation of Gibbs and CBM AeroSpace of Donegal, the pair established an alliance in 2487 to build the original Thunderbird for the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces and eventually merged. The corporation has been compared to Defiance Industries in sheer production of aerospace, conventional and other types of airborne craft.[1]
Fourth Succession War
The Corporation suffered from scandal in mid-3020s, when Steiner government charged the corporation's board members with corruption. Several of its members were imprisoned, including then-CEO Duke Alan Day. In the aftermath, the minor board member Rachael Haranshire was promoted to CEO of the company. Haranshire instituted reforms that swept away numerous instances of corruption that had been missed by the Steiner courts.[1]
Grateful for these acts, then-Archon Katrina Steiner rewarded Haranshire with former Duke Day's title and duchy.[2]
Civil War
In 3060, Lockheed-CBM was selected to produce a homegrown OmniFighter in partnership with the LAAF. The project would go on to produce the wildly successful Eisensturm, which would debut in a fixed configuration in 3062 before the Omni version began flying the following year. Much of the cost of the project was borne by Lockheed, rather than the Lyran government, as the company hoped to reap the profits of selling the fighter on the open market. It was an immediate success.[3]
Jihad
Lockheed-CBM's Tharkad plant was seriously damaged during the Blakist assault on that planet. All three production lines were seriously damaged when the Word forces were kicked off Tharkad. In 3077, it was unclear if the Hellcat and Lightning production lines would be repaired or if production of those models would cease to make way for a new design,[4] and by 3079 the plant was still only operating at 35% having taken substantial damage.[5] The Lockheed-CBM plant on Donegal was also a casualty of the Jihad, with the their military production destroyed in a Blakist nuclear raid, and as of 3081 there was still no sign of the factory being rebuilt.[6] in contrast with the damage inflicted on the Lockheed-CBM operations on Donegal and Tharkad, the Furillo plant, like the world as a whole, avoided serious damage from Blakist attacks. Production still dropped, however, but only because the company's customers were unable to accept or provide shipments due to the disruption of the Jihad.[7] The Gibbs plant also escaped damage, and was operating at full capacity during the closing years of the Jihad.[5] The heavy damage to these lines and the prior success of the Eisensturm led Lockheed to produce the Morgenstern to replace the older airframes.[8]
Dark Age
Lockheed-CBM's Tharkad lines were again badly damaged when Clan Wolf attacked the Lyran capitol world. In 3145, only the Eisensturm line was still operational, while all other lines were offline for repairs.[9]
Leadership
The company's CEO in 3025 was Alan Day.[1]
In 3067 the company's CEO is Duke Maximillian Haranshire.[2]
Manufacturing
Lockheed-CBM Corporation has manufacturing centers on the following planets:
Donegal
Furillo
Components produced on Furillo:[15][16][17][18][19] | |
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Component | Type |
VTOLs | |
Warrior H-7[15][16][17] | VTOLs |
Warrior H-8[18] | VTOLs |
Lexan Surveillance Helo[19][20] | VTOLs |
DropShips | |
Aurora[21] | DropShip |
Leopard[21] | DropShip |
Leopard CV[21] | DropShip |
Internal combustion engine | |
Omni 70 | Warrior H-7[15][16][17] |
Fusion engine | |
Omni Generation Five Fusion | Lexan[19] |
Lockheed 70 Micro-Fusion | Warrior H-8[18] |
Armor - Aerospace Fighters & Conventional Aircraft | |
Longanecker E-Series | Lexan[19] |
Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles | |
Kallon Unity Weave | Warrior H-8[18] |
Longanecker Plasti Steel | Warrior H-7[15][16][17] |
Communications System | |
Xilex 12 Wirelessw/Guardian ECM | Lexan[19] |
Xilex-2000 | Warrior H-7[15][16][17] |
Xilex-2010 | Warrior H-8[18] |
Targeting-Tracking System | |
N&D Handsfree | Warrior H-7[16][17] & Warrior H-8[18] |
AC/2 | |
SarLon | Warrior H-7[15][16][17] |
Small Laser | |
Defiance B3S | Lexan[19] |
LRM-5 | |
LongFire V | Warrior H-8[18] |
Streak SRM-2 | |
Hovertec | Warrior H-8[18] |
SRM-4 | |
TharHes 4 | Warrior H-7[16][17] |
Gibbs
Components produced on Gibbs:[22][23] | |
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Component | Type |
Unspecified civilian aircraft[2] | |
AeroSpace Fighter | |
EGL-R6 Eagle[10][23] | Heavy Aerospace Fighters |
THB-D36 Thunderbird[10][1][22][23] | Heavy Aerospace Fighters |
Typhoon[23] | Heavy Aerospace Fighters |
Conventional Aircraft | |
Kaiseradler strike fighter[23] | Conventional Fighter |
AB-18C Roubvogel[24] | Conventional Fighter (not in production in 3079)[23] |
Steinadler strike fighter[23] | Conventional Fighter |
Zugvogel[25] | Conventional Fighter (not in production in 3079)[23] |
Interplanetary Drive - Small Craft | |
Entech 200c | [citation needed] |
Pitban 300a | [citation needed] |
Frame | |
Lockheed CBM 225 | Eagle[10] |
Lockheed CBM 300 TRB | Thunderbird[10][22] |
Fusion engine | |
Vlar 300 | Thunderbird[22] |
Armor - Aerospace Fighters & Conventional Aircraft | |
L/CBM AeroSteel | Thunderbird[22] |
Communications System | |
Neil 6000-a | Thunderbird[22] |
Targeting-Tracking System | |
N&D Longreach | Thunderbird[22] |
Tharkad
Note: These production lines were seriously damaged during the Jihad. The Eisensturm returned to production, but as of 3077 the fate of the Hellcat and Lightning production lines wasn't clear.[4] As of 3085 it appears that Lockheed/CBM will shut down the Hellcat and Lightning lines to focus on Morgenstern production.[26]
Components produced on Tharkad:[27][28][29] | |
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Component | Type |
AeroSpace Fighter | |
HEC-12C Hellcat[27] | Medium Aerospace Fighters |
LTN-G15 Lightning[1][27] | Medium Aerospace Fighters |
RPR-300S Rapier[28] | Heavy Aerospace Fighters |
OmniFighter | |
STM-O Sternensturm[29] | Light OmniFighter |
MR-1S Morgenstern[26] | Medium OmniFighter |
EST-O Eisensturm | Heavy OmniFighters |
Chassis | |
Lockheed/CBM 320 | Sternensturm[29] |
Frame | |
Interstar 290M | Rapier[28] |
Lockheed CBM-150 | Lightning[27] |
Lockheed CBM-180 | Hellcat[27] |
Lockheed CBM-300 | Morgenstern[26] |
Extralight fusion engine | |
Pitban 320 XL | Sternensturm[29] |
VOX 340 XL | Rapier[28] |
Armor - FA - Aerospace Fighters | |
Donegal Sturdy-Sheath Heavy Ferro-Aluminum | Rapier[28] |
Donegal Omni-Sheath Heavy Ferro-Aluminum | Sternensturm[29] |
Communications System | |
COMHRT II.Q | Rapier[28] |
Lockheed/CBM COMSET 300 | Sternensturm[29] |
Lockheed COMSET300 | Morgenstern[26] |
Targeting-Tracking System | |
Bauer-Scope 130Z | Rapier[28] |
Lockheed/CBM TarSet 75 | Morgenstern[26] & Sternensturm[29] |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 123, "Weapons Industries" - [Lockheed-CBM Corporation]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 144, "Lockheed-CBM Corporation" - mini-history of Lockheed-CBM.
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3067, p. 156
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 94, "Lockheed-CBM Profile"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Objectives: Lyran Alliance, p. 3, "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 85, "Donegal Province"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 96, "Bolan Province"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3085, p. 116
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 122
- ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 Objective Raids, p.81, "Lockheed/CBM Corporation"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 Technical Readout: 3075, p. 212, "Produced Sabre components on Donegal"
- ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 208, "Produced Lucifer R15 components"
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 13.9 Technical Readout: 3075, p. 284, "Produced Typhoon 2A components on Donegal"
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 14.9 Technical Readout: 3026 Revised, p. 102, "Produced Typhoon 3A components on Donegal"
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 Objective Raids, p. 75, "Produced Lockheed-CBM Components on Furillo"
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 Technical Readout: 3026 Revised, p. 20, "Produced Warrior H-7 components"
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 26, "Produced Warrior components"
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 Technical Readout 3058 Upgrade, p. 58, "Produced Warrior H-8 components"
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 Technical Readout: Prototypes, p. 24, "Produced Lexan components"
- ↑ Experimental Technical Readout: Boondocks, p. 7, "Produced Lexan Surveillance Helo VTOL variant"
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. 121
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 Technical Readout: 3075, p. 286, "Produced Thunderbird Components on Gibbs"
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 Objectives: Lyran Alliance, p. 24, "Gibbs"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 170, "AR-18C "Roubvogel" Aerobomber"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3085, p. 56
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 116
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4 Objective Raids, p. 83, "Produced Lockheed-CBM Components on Tharkad"
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 28.6 Technical Readout: Prototypes, p. 180, "Produced Rapier Components"
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 29.5 29.6 Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth, p. 48, "Produced Sternensturm Components"
Bibliography
- Experimental Technical Readout: Boondocks
- Field Manual: 3085
- Handbook: House Steiner
- House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Objective Raids
- Objectives: Lyran Alliance
- Technical Readout: 3026 Revised
- Technical Readout: 3039
- Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade
- Technical Readout: 3075
- Technical Readout: 3085
- Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth
- Technical Readout: Prototypes