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| − | The '''Tharkad Aerospace Group''' (better known as '''TAG''') | + | The '''Tharkad Aerospace Group''' (better known as '''TAG''') was a [[Lyran Commonwealth]]-based [[DropShip]] manufacturing company. |
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | TAG was founded in the [[twenty-fifth century]] | + | TAG was founded in the [[twenty-fifth century]] just after the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] government chose [[Tharkad]] as its new capital world.<ref name=H:HSp147/> The company situated its main manufacturing facilities in a set of orbital shipyards which have been given the name of Aesiria Station.<ref name=O:LAp25>''Objectives: Lyran Alliance'', p. 25: "Tharkad Aerospace Group"</ref> The yards have produced both civilian and military type DropShips over time, and was noted in [[3067]] as being one of the oldest manufacturers of DropShips still active.<ref name=H:HSp147/> |
| − | After the League fell, the company came into hard times, with production falling off substantially. The company opened its orbital shipyards for repair and refit work | + | After the [[Star League]] fell, the company came into hard times, with production falling off substantially. The company opened its orbital shipyards for repair and refit work to anyone, including local corporate rivals.<ref name=H:HSp147/> By the [[thirty-first century]], TAG had developed something of a good working relationship with its friendly rival, [[Semier Data Tron]]. At this time, Semier granted TAG a joint license to manufacture ''[[Fortress]]''-class DropShips, and TAG began refitting them with the Movem-XL Drive from its ''Mammoth'' production line.<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 82: TAG Profile</ref> |
Prior to the [[Jihad]], TAG's corporate leadership begun bolstering its private aerospace defense force. In turn, its rival Semier did the same for its surface factories and orbital facilities. This produced question if leadership of both companies had lost their fondness each other begun turn bitter rivalry.<ref name=H:HSp147/> | Prior to the [[Jihad]], TAG's corporate leadership begun bolstering its private aerospace defense force. In turn, its rival Semier did the same for its surface factories and orbital facilities. This produced question if leadership of both companies had lost their fondness each other begun turn bitter rivalry.<ref name=H:HSp147/> | ||
| − | During the [[Jihad]] and [[Word of Blake]] occupation of Tharkad, TAG's factories took heavy losses. The manufacturing facilities were reduced to a quarter of their pre-Jihad output. With only 15% of their workforce coming through the Jihad, this | + | During the [[Jihad]] and [[Word of Blake]] occupation of Tharkad, TAG's factories took heavy losses. The manufacturing facilities were reduced to a quarter of their pre-Jihad output. With only 15% of their workforce coming through the Jihad, this wasn't surprising.<ref>''Objectives: Lyran Alliance'', p. 3</ref> Aesiria Station was only producing ''Mule''- and ''Intruder''-class DropShips in [[3079]].<ref name=O:LAp25/> |
==Manufacturing== | ==Manufacturing== | ||
Revision as of 09:06, 21 February 2024
Tharkad Aerospace Group | |
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| Corporation Profile | |
| Headquarters | Aesiria Station (Tharkad)[1] |
| Leadership | CEO |
| Product(s) | DropShips |
The Tharkad Aerospace Group (better known as TAG) was a Lyran Commonwealth-based DropShip manufacturing company.
History
TAG was founded in the twenty-fifth century just after the Lyran Commonwealth government chose Tharkad as its new capital world.[1] The company situated its main manufacturing facilities in a set of orbital shipyards which have been given the name of Aesiria Station.[2] The yards have produced both civilian and military type DropShips over time, and was noted in 3067 as being one of the oldest manufacturers of DropShips still active.[1]
After the Star League fell, the company came into hard times, with production falling off substantially. The company opened its orbital shipyards for repair and refit work to anyone, including local corporate rivals.[1] By the thirty-first century, TAG had developed something of a good working relationship with its friendly rival, Semier Data Tron. At this time, Semier granted TAG a joint license to manufacture Fortress-class DropShips, and TAG began refitting them with the Movem-XL Drive from its Mammoth production line.[3]
Prior to the Jihad, TAG's corporate leadership begun bolstering its private aerospace defense force. In turn, its rival Semier did the same for its surface factories and orbital facilities. This produced question if leadership of both companies had lost their fondness each other begun turn bitter rivalry.[1]
During the Jihad and Word of Blake occupation of Tharkad, TAG's factories took heavy losses. The manufacturing facilities were reduced to a quarter of their pre-Jihad output. With only 15% of their workforce coming through the Jihad, this wasn't surprising.[4] Aesiria Station was only producing Mule- and Intruder-class DropShips in 3079.[2]
Manufacturing
TAG-Manufacturing has a manufacturing center on the following planet:
Tharkad
| Components produced on Tharkad:[5] | |
|---|---|
| Component | Type |
| DropShips | |
| Behemoth[1][5] | DropShip |
| Fortress[1][5] | DropShip |
| Intruder[1][5][2] | DropShip |
| Mule[1][2] | DropShip |
| Trutzburg (from 3100)[6] | DropShip |
| Interplanetary Drive - DropShips | |
| Movem-XL Drive | Intruder & Fortress[5] |
| Sunburst M200-L Megadrive | Behemoth[5] |
Notes
As to location, two sourcebooks show that TAG was originally on Gibbs. However, Handbook: House Steiner has the shipyards in Tharkad's orbit with a history stretching to its founding in the 2400s. Writers of BattleTech have ruled that TAG's location over Gibbs was an error and it is and has always been in orbit of Tharkad and that the original Objective Raids was in error.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 147: "Tharkad Aerospace Group (TAGCorp)"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Objectives: Lyran Alliance, p. 25: "Tharkad Aerospace Group"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 82: TAG Profile
- ↑ Objectives: Lyran Alliance, p. 3
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Objective Raids, p. 82: "Produced TAG Components
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth, pp. 52–53: "Trutzburg"
- ↑ BattleTech Writer's ruling on TAG's location (dead link)