Tharkad Aerospace Group
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The Tharkard Aerospace Group or better known as TAG, is a Lyran based DropShip manfacturing company. The company noted being one of the oldest manufactures of Dropships still active.
History
TAG was founded in 25th Century, just after the Lyran Commonwealth government authorities choose Tharkad as its new capital world.
The company situated its main manfacturing facilities in set of orbital shipyards which have been given name of Aesiria. From the yards, the yards produced during times leading to the Succession Wars a mix of Civilian and Military type Dropships.
After the League fell, the company came into hard times, with production falling off substantially. The company open it orbital shipyards for repair and refit work for anyone, including local corporate rival.
By 31st Century, TAG had developed something of a good working relationship with its friendly rival, Semier Data Tron. In this time, Semier granted TAG a joint licence to manufacture Fortress Class DropShips. TAG begun refitting older Fortress Class Dropships with engines produced for its Movem-XL Drive from its Mammoth production line.[1]
Prior to the Jihad, the TAG's corporate leadership begun bolstering its private aerospace defense force. In turn, its rivial 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.[2]
Leadership
The Company CEO in 3067 is Duke Lawrence Rothschild.[2]
Manufacturing
TAG-Manufacturing has a manufacture center on the following planet:
Tharkad
| Components produced on Tharkad:[3] | |
|---|---|
| Component | Type |
| Intruder[3] | Dropship |
| Fortress[3] | Dropship |
| Behemoth[3] | Dropship |
| Movem-XL Drive | Interplanetary Drive - Dropships - Intruder & Fortress[3] |
| Sunburst M200-L Megadrive | Interplanetary Drive - Dropships - Behemoth[3] |
Notes
As of this location, two site source books show that TAG was originally on Gibbs. However, Handbook: House Steiner, it has orbital shipyards in Tharkad's orbit with history stretching to its founding in 2400s. Writers of Battletech have ruled that TAG's location over Gibbs was in error and it IS and has always been orbit of Tharkad and that original Objective Raids was in error.[4]
As of this writing, it is not clear if the Tharkad Aerospace Group's shipyards survive the Word of Blake occupation and blockade of planet in early 3070s.