Vining Engineering and Salvage Team
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Located on on Solaris VII, the Vining Engineering and Salvage Team or VEST, is one of the most innovative BattleMech design firms in the Inner Sphere.
Overview
VEST began as a five-person BattleMech salvage operation in the Solaris VII led by engineering genius and ex-NAIS graduate Dr. David Courtney Vining, producing refitted Solaris designs for the Games. During the initial Clan Invasion, Vining took the unusual step of leading his design team to the front lines to see first hand the amazing technology of the invaders. While rumor holds they brought back captured Clan-tech, the only thing certain is that VEST designs showed vast improvements when they returned, slowly gaining the firm a reputation as one of innovative design groups for battlefield technology in the Inner Sphere.[1]
While continuing to hand build 'Mechs for the arenas, unlike many of the other niche cottage industry Solaris manufacturers, VEST have had great success in selling their designs to larger manufacturing firms, most notable the Jackal and Grand Titan produced by Earthwerks Incorporated.[2]
Leadership
The companies CEO in 3067 is Doctor C. Vining.[2]
Manufacturing
VEST has a manufacturing center on the following planet:
Solaris VII
Note: During the Jihad, the facility on Solaris, suffers heavy capital and personnel losses of 92%, and the operating capacity of the factory is down to only 4% of their full production volume in 3072.[3]
References
- ↑ Solaris: The Reaches, p. 24, "'Mech Tech" - VEST fluff
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 148, "VEST Profile"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 26, "Solaris VII Corporate Profiles"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 150, "Produced Hyena Components"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 146, "Produced Volkh Components"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 148, "Produced Aquagladius Components"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 174, "Produced Great Turtle Components"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 168, "Produced Sasquatsch Components"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 20, "Note of produced variant and components"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3075, p. 182, "Variants Note"