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Line 101: When the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] and then the [[Capellan Confederation]] annexed the world of [[Detroit]], the Fronc Reaches lost its only [[BattleMech]] manufacturing facility. This led directly to [[President of the Fronc Reaches|President]] [[Elaine Hadley]] implementing a number of changes after she came to power in [[3092]].<ref name="FM:3145p186">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 186: "Fronc Reaches"</ref> One of the major changes was her instruction that the remaining two arms producers in Reaches space—[[Colonial Tractors]] of Fronc and Interstellar Agricultural Concerns—increase production to compensate for the loss of Detroit.<ref name="FM:3145p189">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 189: "Fronc Reaches"</ref> When the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] and then the [[Capellan Confederation]] annexed the world of [[Detroit]], the Fronc Reaches lost its only [[BattleMech]] manufacturing facility. This led directly to [[President of the Fronc Reaches|President]] [[Elaine Hadley]] implementing a number of changes after she came to power in [[3092]].<ref name="FM:3145p186">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 186: "Fronc Reaches"</ref> One of the major changes was her instruction that the remaining two arms producers in Reaches space—[[Colonial Tractors]] of Fronc and Interstellar Agricultural Concerns—increase production to compensate for the loss of Detroit.<ref name="FM:3145p189">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 189: "Fronc Reaches"</ref> − Interstellar Agriculture Concerns (IAC), keen to maintain its reputation as a primarily civilian manufacturer, responded by spinning off a subsidiary company to deal with the demands for increased military production. That company, [[Interstellar Arms]], went on to begin manufacturing a number of [[BattleMech#Light|light]] [[BattleMech]] designs by [[3105]] from factories that sprang up across the Corundum continent, and also took over the manufacture of the [[Vedette]]s originally produced by IAC.<ref name="FM:3145p189"/> This made Rockwellawan the second world in the Fronc Reaches to begin domestic production of BattleMechs.<ref name="FM:3145p186"/> + Interstellar Agriculture Concerns (IAC), keen to maintain its reputation as a primarily civilian manufacturer, responded by spinning off a subsidiary company to deal with the demands for increased military production. That company, [[Interstellar Arms]], went on to begin manufacturing a number of light [[BattleMech]] designs by [[3105]] from factories that sprang up across the Corundum continent, and also took over the manufacture of the [[Vedette]]s originally produced by IAC.<ref name="FM:3145p189"/> This made Rockwellawan the second world in the Fronc Reaches to begin domestic production of BattleMechs.<ref name="FM:3145p186"/> In the years immediately following the [[Jihad]] pirate raids against Rockwellawan spiked, as the Magistracy and the Concordat focused on dealing with the pirates that had preyed on their worlds during the conflict, and those pirates went in search of easier prey. The pirates who raided Rockwellawan during this period were mainly interested in the resources being extracted across Rockwellawan, but at least three major pirate raids struck directly at the planetary capital city, Carat.<ref name="OTP:FRp4"/> Rockwellawan, [[Spencer]], and [[Cygnus (system)|Cygnus]] all had the misfortune of suffering pirate raids during this period that cost the lives of thousands of civilians.<ref name="OTP:FRp8">''Operational Turning Points: Fronc Reaches'', p. 8: "Periphery Pirate Plague"</ref> These pirate raids played a part in the decision by IAC to invest heavily in the construction of the Sentinelry Academy—and in having the Academy located near the IAC facilities on Corundum, boosting both IAC's reputation and its defenses.<ref name="OTP:FRp4"/> In the years immediately following the [[Jihad]] pirate raids against Rockwellawan spiked, as the Magistracy and the Concordat focused on dealing with the pirates that had preyed on their worlds during the conflict, and those pirates went in search of easier prey. The pirates who raided Rockwellawan during this period were mainly interested in the resources being extracted across Rockwellawan, but at least three major pirate raids struck directly at the planetary capital city, Carat.<ref name="OTP:FRp4"/> Rockwellawan, [[Spencer]], and [[Cygnus (system)|Cygnus]] all had the misfortune of suffering pirate raids during this period that cost the lives of thousands of civilians.<ref name="OTP:FRp8">''Operational Turning Points: Fronc Reaches'', p. 8: "Periphery Pirate Plague"</ref> These pirate raids played a part in the decision by IAC to invest heavily in the construction of the Sentinelry Academy—and in having the Academy located near the IAC facilities on Corundum, boosting both IAC's reputation and its defenses.<ref name="OTP:FRp4"/>
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When the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] and then the [[Capellan Confederation]] annexed the world of [[Detroit]], the Fronc Reaches lost its only [[BattleMech]] manufacturing facility. This led directly to [[President of the Fronc Reaches|President]] [[Elaine Hadley]] implementing a number of changes after she came to power in [[3092]].<ref name="FM:3145p186">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 186: "Fronc Reaches"</ref> One of the major changes was her instruction that the remaining two arms producers in Reaches space—[[Colonial Tractors]] of Fronc and Interstellar Agricultural Concerns—increase production to compensate for the loss of Detroit.<ref name="FM:3145p189">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 189: "Fronc Reaches"</ref> | When the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] and then the [[Capellan Confederation]] annexed the world of [[Detroit]], the Fronc Reaches lost its only [[BattleMech]] manufacturing facility. This led directly to [[President of the Fronc Reaches|President]] [[Elaine Hadley]] implementing a number of changes after she came to power in [[3092]].<ref name="FM:3145p186">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 186: "Fronc Reaches"</ref> One of the major changes was her instruction that the remaining two arms producers in Reaches space—[[Colonial Tractors]] of Fronc and Interstellar Agricultural Concerns—increase production to compensate for the loss of Detroit.<ref name="FM:3145p189">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 189: "Fronc Reaches"</ref> | ||
| − | Interstellar Agriculture Concerns (IAC), keen to maintain its reputation as a primarily civilian manufacturer, responded by spinning off a subsidiary company to deal with the demands for increased military production. That company, [[Interstellar Arms]], went on to begin manufacturing a number of | + | Interstellar Agriculture Concerns (IAC), keen to maintain its reputation as a primarily civilian manufacturer, responded by spinning off a subsidiary company to deal with the demands for increased military production. That company, [[Interstellar Arms]], went on to begin manufacturing a number of light [[BattleMech]] designs by [[3105]] from factories that sprang up across the Corundum continent, and also took over the manufacture of the [[Vedette]]s originally produced by IAC.<ref name="FM:3145p189"/> This made Rockwellawan the second world in the Fronc Reaches to begin domestic production of BattleMechs.<ref name="FM:3145p186"/> |
In the years immediately following the [[Jihad]] pirate raids against Rockwellawan spiked, as the Magistracy and the Concordat focused on dealing with the pirates that had preyed on their worlds during the conflict, and those pirates went in search of easier prey. The pirates who raided Rockwellawan during this period were mainly interested in the resources being extracted across Rockwellawan, but at least three major pirate raids struck directly at the planetary capital city, Carat.<ref name="OTP:FRp4"/> Rockwellawan, [[Spencer]], and [[Cygnus (system)|Cygnus]] all had the misfortune of suffering pirate raids during this period that cost the lives of thousands of civilians.<ref name="OTP:FRp8">''Operational Turning Points: Fronc Reaches'', p. 8: "Periphery Pirate Plague"</ref> These pirate raids played a part in the decision by IAC to invest heavily in the construction of the Sentinelry Academy—and in having the Academy located near the IAC facilities on Corundum, boosting both IAC's reputation and its defenses.<ref name="OTP:FRp4"/> | In the years immediately following the [[Jihad]] pirate raids against Rockwellawan spiked, as the Magistracy and the Concordat focused on dealing with the pirates that had preyed on their worlds during the conflict, and those pirates went in search of easier prey. The pirates who raided Rockwellawan during this period were mainly interested in the resources being extracted across Rockwellawan, but at least three major pirate raids struck directly at the planetary capital city, Carat.<ref name="OTP:FRp4"/> Rockwellawan, [[Spencer]], and [[Cygnus (system)|Cygnus]] all had the misfortune of suffering pirate raids during this period that cost the lives of thousands of civilians.<ref name="OTP:FRp8">''Operational Turning Points: Fronc Reaches'', p. 8: "Periphery Pirate Plague"</ref> These pirate raids played a part in the decision by IAC to invest heavily in the construction of the Sentinelry Academy—and in having the Academy located near the IAC facilities on Corundum, boosting both IAC's reputation and its defenses.<ref name="OTP:FRp4"/> | ||