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| [[Kagoshima]]
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| [[Epsilon Eridani]]
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| [[Nissan General Industries]]
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| [[Kressly Warworks]]
 
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| VOX 80
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| DAV 220
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| [[Tematagi]]
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| [[Keystone]]
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| [[Nimakachi Fusion Products Limited]]
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| [[Earthwerks Incorporated]]
 
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| Hermes 100
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| Defiance 120
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| [[Wernke-Talon]]
 
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| Light Force 210
 
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| [[Huntress]]
 
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| Lockheed 105 Micro-Fusion
 
 
| [[Tharkad]]
 
| [[Tharkad]]
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| [[Lockheed-CBM Corporation]]
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| [[Defiance Motors]]
 
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| Defiance 160
 
| [[Tharkad]]
 
| [[Tharkad]]
 
| [[Defiance Motors]]
 
| [[Defiance Motors]]
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| [[Carlisle]]
 
| [[Bergan Industries]]
 
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| [[Carlisle]]
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| [[Bergan Industries]]
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| Doorman 140
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| [[Carlisle]]
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| [[Bergan Industries]]
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| Fireheart 180
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| [[New Syrtis]]
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| [[Johnston Industries]]
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| Galas Lightpower 80
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| [[Ruchbah]]
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| [[Michaelson Heavy Industries]]
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| GM 55
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| [[Salem]]
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| [[General Motors]]
 
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| [[Taurus]]
 
| [[Taurus Territorial Industries]]
 
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| Hermes 120
 
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| [[Sian]]
 
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| [[Hellespont 'Mech Works]]
 
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|-
 
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| LTV 120
 
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| [[Ares]]
 
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| [[Bergan Industries]]
 
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| Magna 120
 
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| [[Regulus]]
 
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| [[Magna]]
 
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| Nissan 120
 
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| [[Praxton]]
 
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| [[Praxton Fusion Products Limited]]
 
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| Doorman 130
 
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| [[Carlisle]]
 
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| [[Bergan Industries]]
 
 
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| GM 130
 
| GM 130
 
| [[Salem]]
 
| [[Salem]]
 
| [[General Motors]]
 
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| Magna 130
 
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| [[Luthien]]
 
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| [[Regulus]]
 
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| [[Indicass]]
 
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| [[Carlisle]]
 
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| [[Bergan Industries]]
 
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|-
 
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| Leenex 140
 
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| [[Luthien]]
 
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| [[Luthien Armor Works]]
 
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|-
 
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| Rawlings 140
 
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| [[Sian]]
 
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| [[Saroyan Special Projects]]
 
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|-
 
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| Scarborough 140
 
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| [[Al Na'ir]]
 
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| [[Scarborough Manufacturers]]
 
 
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| Omni 145
 
| Omni 145
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| [[Vandenberg Mechanized Industries]]
 
| [[Vandenberg Mechanized Industries]]
 
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| GM 170
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| [[New Avalon]]
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| [[Betelgeuse]]
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| [[Corean Enterprises]]
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| [[Aldis Industries]]
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|-
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| GM 180
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| [[Capella]]
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| [[Ceres Metals Industries]]
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|-
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| GM 180
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| [[St. Ives]]
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| [[Ceres Metals Industries]]
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|-
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| GM 180
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| [[Outreach]]
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| [[Blackwell Heavy Industries]]
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|-
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| GM 210
 +
| [[Tharkad]]
 +
| [[TharHes Industries]]
 +
|-
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| GM 240
 +
| [[Qandahar]]
 +
| [[Dow-Nexus Fusion Products]]
 +
|-
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| GM 240
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| [[Nanking]]
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| [[Kallon Industries]]
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|-
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| GM 240
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| [[Talcott]]
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| [[General Motors]]
 +
|-
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| GM 270
 +
| [[Qandahar]]
 +
| [[Dow-Nexus Fusion Products]]
 +
|-
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| GM 270
 +
| [[Irian]]
 +
| [[Irian BattleMechs Unlimited]]
 +
|-
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| GM 270
 +
| [[Son Hoa]]
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| [[StarCorp Industries]]
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|-
 +
| GM 285 Cold-Start
 +
| [[Shiro III]]
 +
| [[Grumman Amalgamated]]
 +
|-
 +
| GoreTex 240
 +
| [[Betelgeuse]]
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| [[Aldis Industries]]
 +
|-
 +
| GoreTex 240
 +
| [[New Samarkand]]
 +
| [[New Samarkand Metals]]
 +
|-
 +
| GoreTex 240
 +
| [[Terra]]
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| [[Aldis Industries]]
 +
|-
 +
| GoreTex 240
 +
| [[Loyalty]]
 +
| [[Kallon Industries]]
 +
|-
 +
| GTEM 210
 +
| [[Andurien]]
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| [[Bergan Industries]]
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|-
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| GTEM 210
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| [[Irian]]
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| [[Bergan Industries]]
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|-
 +
| GTEM 210
 +
| [[Kendall]]
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| [[Bergan Industries]]
 +
|-
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| Hermes 100
 +
| [[Wernke-Talon]]
 +
| [[Kallon Industries]]
 +
|-
 +
| Hermes 120
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| [[Sian]]
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| [[Hellespont 'Mech Works]]
 
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|-
 
| InterFus 155
 
| InterFus 155
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| [[Valiant Vehicles]]
 
| [[Valiant Vehicles]]
 
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|-
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| Defiance 160
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| InterFus 260
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| [[Johnsondale]]
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| [[Valiant Vehicles]]
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|-
 +
| Leenex 140
 +
| [[Luthien]]
 +
| [[Luthien Armor Works]]
 +
|-
 +
| Light Force 210
 +
| [[Huntress]]
 +
| [[Abysmal Manufacturing Complex]]
 +
|-
 +
| Lockheed 105 Micro-Fusion
 
| [[Tharkad]]
 
| [[Tharkad]]
−
| [[Defiance Motors]]
+
| [[Lockheed-CBM Corporation]]
 +
|-
 +
| LTV 120
 +
| [[Ares]]
 +
| [[Bergan Industries]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| LTV 160
 
| LTV 160
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| [[Taurus Territorial Industries]]
 
| [[Taurus Territorial Industries]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Magna 160
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| LTV 160
 +
| [[Ares]]
 +
| [[Bergan Industries]]
 +
|-
 +
| LTV 160
 +
| [[New Avalon]]
 +
| [[Achernar BattleMechs]]
 +
|-
 +
| Manatwist 300
 +
| [[Chatham]]
 +
| [[Wakazashi Enterprises]]
 +
|-
 +
| Magna 120
 
| [[Regulus]]
 
| [[Regulus]]
 
| [[Magna]]
 
| [[Magna]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Nissan 160
+
| Magna 130
−
| [[Praxton]]
+
| [[Luthien]]
−
| [[Praxton Fusion Products Limited]]
+
| [[Buda Imperial Vehicles]]
 +
|-
 +
| Magna 130
 +
| [[Regulus]]
 +
| [[Magna]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Robinson 160 Fuse-Pak
+
| Magna 130
−
| [[Robinson]]
+
| [[Indicass]]
−
| [[Robinson Standard BattleWorks]]
+
| [[Ceres Metals Industries]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| GM 170
+
| Magna 160
−
| [[Betelgeuse]]
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| [[Regulus]]
−
| [[Aldis Industries]]
+
| [[Magna]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Magna 175
 
| Magna 175
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| [[Magna]]
 
| [[Magna]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Nissan 175
+
| Magna 220
−
| [[Praxton]]
+
| [[Taurus]]
−
| [[Praxton Fusion Products Limited]]
+
| [[Magna]]
 +
|-
 +
| Magna 245
 +
| [[Luthien]]
 +
| [[Luthien Armor Works]]
 +
|-
 +
| Magna 250
 +
| [[Loxley]]
 +
| [[Norse-Storm Technologies Incorporated ]]
 +
|-
 +
| Magna 260
 +
| [[Corey]]
 +
| [[Hellespont Industrials]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Nissan 175
+
| Magna 260
−
| [[Terra]]
+
| [[Regulus]]
−
| [[Skobel MechWorks]]
+
| [[Magna]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Omni 175
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| Magna 260
−
| [[Coventry]]
+
| [[Tharkad]]
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| [[Coventry Metal Works]]
+
| [[Defiance Motors]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Fireheart 180
+
| Magna 260
−
| [[New Syrtis]]
+
| [[Tharkad]]
−
| [[Johnston Industries]]
+
| [[TharHes Industries]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| GM 180
+
| Magna 260
−
| [[Capella]]
+
| [[Taurus]]
−
| [[Ceres Metals Industries]]
+
| [[Magna]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| GM 180
+
| Magna 340
−
| [[St. Ives]]
+
| [[Regulus]]
−
| [[Ceres Metals Industries]]
+
| [[Magna]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| GM 180
+
| Nissan 120
−
| [[Outreach]]
+
| [[Praxton]]
−
| [[Blackwell Heavy Industries]]
+
| [[Praxton Fusion Products Limited]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Piker 180
+
| Nissan 160
−
| [[Nirasaki]]
+
| [[Praxton]]
−
| [[New Age Systems Incorporated]]
+
| [[Praxton Fusion Products Limited]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Breen 190
+
| Nissan 175
−
| [[Panpour]]
+
| [[Praxton]]
−
| [[Jalastar Aerospace]]
+
| [[Praxton Fusion Products Limited]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| RT 190
+
| Nissan 175
 
| [[Terra]]
 
| [[Terra]]
−
| [[Matabushi Incorporated]]
+
| [[Skobel MechWorks]]
 
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| Nissan 200
 
| Nissan 200
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| [[New Earth]]
 
| [[New Earth]]
 
| [[New Earth Trading Company]]
 
| [[New Earth Trading Company]]
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| Rawlings 200
 
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| [[Capella]]
 
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| [[Ceres Metals Industries]]
 
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|-
 
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| Rawlings 200
 
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| [[Tikonov]]
 
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| [[Earthwerks Incorporated]]
 
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|-
 
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| Rawlings 200
 
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| [[St. Ives]]
 
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| [[Tengo Aerospace]]
 
−
|-
 
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| Rawlings 200
 
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| [[Sarna]]
 
−
| [[Tengo Aerospace]]
 
−
|-
 
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| Warner 200
 
−
| [[Praxton]]
 
−
| [[Praxton Fusion Products Limited]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| Warner 200
 
−
| [[Taurus]]
 
−
| [[Magna]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| GM 210
 
−
| [[Tharkad]]
 
−
| [[TharHes Industries]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| GTEM 210
 
−
| [[Andurien]]
 
−
| [[Bergan Industries]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| GTEM 210
 
−
| [[Irian]]
 
−
| [[Bergan Industries]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| GTEM 210
 
−
| [[Kendall]]
 
−
| [[Bergan Industries]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| Core Tek 215
 
−
| [[Skye]]
 
−
| [[Cyclops Incorporated]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| VOX 215
 
−
| [[Outreach]]
 
−
| [[Blackwell Heavy Industries]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| DAV 220
 
−
| [[Keystone]]
 
−
| [[Earthwerks Incorporated]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| Magna 220
 
−
| [[Taurus]]
 
−
| [[Magna]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Nissan 220
 
| Nissan 220
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| [[Skobel MechWorks]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| Rawlings 225
+
| Omni 25
−
| [[Epsilon Eridani]]
+
| [[Carlisle]]
−
| [[Kressly Warworks]]
+
| [[S. L. Lewis Incorporated]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| VOX 225
+
| Omni 150
−
| [[Edasich]]
+
| [[New Avalon]]
−
| [[Edasich Motors]]
+
| [[Corean Enterprises]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| VOX 225
+
| Omni 175
−
| [[Dunianshire]]
+
| [[Coventry]]
−
| [[Majesty Metals and Manufacturing]]
+
| [[Coventry Metal Works]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Warner 225
+
| Piker 180
−
| [[Panpour]]
+
| [[Nirasaki]]
−
| [[Jalastar Aerospace]]
+
| [[New Age Systems Incorporated]]
−
|-
 
−
| Warner 225
 
−
| [[Taurus]]
 
−
| [[Magna]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| GoreTex 240
 
−
| [[Betelgeuse]]
 
−
| [[Aldis Industries]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| GoreTex 240
 
−
| [[New Samarkand]]
 
−
| [[New Samarkand Metals]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| GoreTex 240
 
−
| [[Terra]]
 
−
| [[Aldis Industries]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| GoreTex 240
 
−
| [[Loyalty]]
 
−
| [[Kallon Industries]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| GM 240
 
−
| [[Qandahar]]
 
−
| [[Dow-Nexus Fusion Products]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| GM 240
 
−
| [[Nanking]]
 
−
| [[Kallon Industries]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| GM 240
 
−
| [[Talcott]]
 
−
| [[General Motors]]
 
 
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| Pitban 240
 
| Pitban 240
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| [[Canopus Industries Alpha]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| VOX 240
+
| Pitban 285
−
| [[Trellisane]]
+
| [[Nirasaki]]
−
| [[Grumman Amalgamated]]
+
| [[Maltex Corporation]]
 +
|-
 +
| Pitban 320
 +
| [[Nirasaki]]
 +
| [[Maltex Corporation]]
 +
|-
 +
| Pitban 320
 +
| [[Aur]]
 +
| [[Edasich Motors]]
 +
|-
 +
| Pitban 320
 +
| [[St. Ives]]
 +
| [[HildCo Interplanetary]]
 +
|-
 +
| PlasmaStar 270
 +
| [[Axton]]
 +
| [[Wangker Aerospace]]
 +
|-
 +
| Rawlings 140
 +
| [[Sian]]
 +
| [[Saroyan Special Projects]]
 +
|-
 +
| Rawlings 200
 +
| [[Capella]]
 +
| [[Ceres Metals Industries]]
 +
|-
 +
| Rawlings 200
 +
| [[Tikonov]]
 +
| [[Earthwerks Incorporated]]
 +
|-
 +
| Rawlings 200
 +
| [[St. Ives]]
 +
| [[Tengo Aerospace]]
 +
|-
 +
| Rawlings 200
 +
| [[Sarna]]
 +
| [[Tengo Aerospace]]
 +
|-
 +
| Rawlings 225
 +
| [[Epsilon Eridani]]
 +
| [[Kressly Warworks]]
 +
|-
 +
| Rawlings 300
 +
| [[Sian]]
 +
| [[Saroyan Special Projects]]
 +
|-
 +
| Robinson 160 Fuse-Pak
 +
| [[Robinson]]
 +
| [[Robinson Standard BattleWorks]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Magna 245
+
| RT 190
−
| [[Luthien]]
+
| [[Terra]]
−
| [[Luthien Armor Works]]
+
| [[Matabushi Incorporated]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Magna 250
+
| Scarborough 140
−
| [[Loxley]]
+
| [[Al Na'ir]]
−
| [[Norse-Storm Technologies Incorporated ]]
+
| [[Scarborough Manufacturers]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Strand 255
 
| Strand 255
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| [[StarCorp Industries]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| InterFus 260
+
| Vlar 300
−
| [[Johnsondale]]
+
| [[Luthien]]
−
| [[Valiant Vehicles]]
+
| [[Luthien Armor Works]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Magna 260
+
| Vlar 300
−
| [[Corey]]
+
| [[Wernke-Talon]]
−
| [[Hellespont Industrials]]
+
| [[Kallon Industries]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Magna 260
+
| Vlar 300
−
| [[Regulus]]
+
| [[Gibson]]
−
| [[Magna]]
+
| [[Gibson Federated BattleMechs - (Free Worlds Defense Industries)]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Magna 260
+
| Vlar 300
−
| [[Tharkad]]
+
| [[Edasich]]
−
| [[Defiance Motors]]
+
| [[Edasich Motors]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Magna 260
+
| VOX 55
−
| [[Tharkad]]
+
| [[Indicass]]
−
| [[TharHes Industries]]
+
| [[Ceres Metals Industries]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Magna 260
+
| VOX 80
−
| [[Taurus]]
+
| [[Kagoshima]]
−
| [[Magna]]
+
| [[Nissan General Industries]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| GM 270
+
| VOX 80
−
| [[Qandahar]]
+
| [[Tematagi]]
−
| [[Dow-Nexus Fusion Products]]
+
| [[Nimakachi Fusion Products Limited]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| GM 270
+
| VOX 215
−
| [[Irian]]
+
| [[Outreach]]
−
| [[Irian BattleMechs Unlimited]]
+
| [[Blackwell Heavy Industries]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| GM 270
+
| VOX 225
−
| [[Son Hoa]]
+
| [[Edasich]]
−
| [[StarCorp Industries]]
+
| [[Edasich Motors]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| PlasmaStar 270
+
| VOX 225
−
| [[Axton]]
 
−
| [[Wangker Aerospace]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| Core Tek 275
 
−
| [[New Avalon]]
 
−
| [[Achernar BattleMechs]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| Core Tek 275
 
 
| [[Dunianshire]]
 
| [[Dunianshire]]
 
| [[Majesty Metals and Manufacturing]]
 
| [[Majesty Metals and Manufacturing]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Core Tek 275
+
| VOX 240
−
| [[Epsilon Eridani]]
+
| [[Trellisane]]
−
| [[Kressly Warworks]]
+
| [[Grumman Amalgamated]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| VOX 280
 
| VOX 280
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| [[Outreach]]
 
| [[Blackwell Heavy Industries]]
 
| [[Blackwell Heavy Industries]]
−
|-
 
−
| GM 285 Cold-Start
 
−
| [[Shiro III]]
 
−
| [[Grumman Amalgamated]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| Pitban 285
 
−
| [[Nirasaki]]
 
−
| [[Maltex Corporation]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| Manatwist 300
 
−
| [[Chatham]]
 
−
| [[Wakazashi Enterprises]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| Rawlings 300
 
−
| [[Sian]]
 
−
| [[Saroyan Special Projects]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| Vlar 300
 
−
| [[Luthien]]
 
−
| [[Luthien Armor Works]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| Vlar 300
 
−
| [[Wernke-Talon]]
 
−
| [[Kallon Industries]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| Vlar 300
 
−
| [[Gibson]]
 
−
| [[Gibson Federated BattleMechs - (Free Worlds Defense Industries)]]
 
−
|-
 
−
| Vlar 300
 
−
| [[Edasich]]
 
−
| [[Edasich Motors]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| VOX 300
 
| VOX 300
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| [[Taurus Territorial Industries]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Pitban 320
+
| Warner 200
−
| [[Nirasaki]]
+
| [[Praxton]]
−
| [[Maltex Corporation]]
+
| [[Praxton Fusion Products Limited]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Pitban 320
+
| Warner 200
−
| [[Aur]]
+
| [[Taurus]]
−
| [[Edasich Motors]]
+
| [[Magna]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Pitban 320
+
| Warner 225
−
| [[St. Ives]]
+
| [[Panpour]]
−
| [[HildCo Interplanetary]]
+
| [[Jalastar Aerospace]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Magna 340
+
| Warner 225
−
| [[Regulus]]
+
| [[Taurus]]
 
| [[Magna]]
 
| [[Magna]]
 
|}
 
|}

Revision as of 18:01, 4 November 2010

Image of a military-standard fusion engine

Description

The fusion engine is what powers BattleMechs, aerospace fighters and other vehicles (at least one tank, the Von Luckner, is said to have a fusion engine). It functions by harnessing the power of a fusion reaction, as occurs in the core of the Sun. A BattleMech's fusion engine can usually last for decades on a few kilograms of hydrogen. Unlike the research reactors of the real world, a Battlemech's fusion engine runs on "light" hydrogen, protium, rather than hydrogen's heavier isotopes deuterium and/or tritium. [1]

A great deal of heat is released by the engine, which can negatively affect the vehicles pilot or even the vehicle itself. Simply moving the vehicle creates heat, though this is often a small amount. The greatest source of heat comes from firing the vehicles weapons, especially energy weapons.

In a BattleMech, the fusion engine rests in the center torso. It cannot be relocated elsewhere in the BattleMech, though certain types of engine may intrude into the side torso bays as well. The weight of the engine is proportionate to the mass of the vehicle and its desired maximum speed. Hence a light Mech can use the same engine as an assault Mech, but move much faster.

Fusion engines usually will only shut down if damaged, and they are absolutely no risk of being a fusion bomb. [2] There have been a number of cases of fusion engines being "over revved" and exploding with devestating force, but this is more akin to a boiler explosion than a true nuclear explosion. More often a destroyed engine will be punctured by weapons fire. Because the plasma is held in a vacuum chamber (to isolate the superheated plasma from the cold walls of the reactor; contact with the walls would super-chill the plasma below fusion temperatures), a punctured reactor can suck in air where the air is superheated. Normal thermal expansion of the air causes the air to burst out in a brilliant lightshow often mistaken for a "nuclear explosion" that is only a risk for unarmored infantry close to the destroyed 'Mech.

Such dramatic failures are rare, though. It is difficult to sustain the fusion reaction and very easy to shutdown. Safety systems or damage to containment coils will almost always shut down the engine before such an explosion occurs. The massive shielding of the engine (in the case of standard fusion engines, this is a tungsten carbide shell that accounts for over 2/3 of the weight of the engine) usually buys the safety systems the milliseconds needed to shutdown the engine when severe damaged is inflicted.

History

Fusion technology was achieved by the Western Alliance in 2021.[3] Almost a century later, fusion technology had progressed to the point of using protium, the most abundant isotope of hydrogen.[1]

Research into fusion engine technology has yielded improvements over the many centuries of BattleMech use. Extralight Fusion Engines, Light Fusion Engines, and Compact Fusion Engines are now available in addition to the Standard Military Fusion Engine.


Manufacturing

Fusion Engine is manufactured on the following planets:

Brand Planet Company
Breen 190 Panpour Jalastar Aerospace
Core Tek 215 Skye Cyclops Incorporated
Core Tek 275 New Avalon Achernar BattleMechs
Core Tek 275 Dunianshire Majesty Metals and Manufacturing
Core Tek 275 Epsilon Eridani Kressly Warworks
DAV 220 Keystone Earthwerks Incorporated
Defiance 120 Tharkad Defiance Motors
Defiance 160 Tharkad Defiance Motors
Doorman 120 Carlisle Bergan Industries
Doorman 130 Carlisle Bergan Industries
Doorman 140 Carlisle Bergan Industries
Fireheart 180 New Syrtis Johnston Industries
Galas Lightpower 80 Ruchbah Michaelson Heavy Industries
GM 55 Salem General Motors
GM 120 Grand Base Earthwerks Incorporated
GM 120 Talcott General Motors
GM 120 Calloway VI Earthwerks Incorporated
GM 120 Keystone Earthwerks Incorporated
GM 120 Coventry Coventry Metal Works
GM 120 Canopus IV Majesty Metals and Manufacturing
GM 120 New Vandenburg Vandenberg Mechanized Industries
GM 120 Perdition Pinard Protectorates Limited
GM 120 Taurus Taurus Territorial Industries
GM 130 Salem General Motors
Omni 145 Perdition Alphard Trading Corporation
GM 150 Nirasaki New Age Systems Incorporated
GM 150 Gibson Gibson Federated BattleMechs - (Free Worlds Defense Industries)
GM 150 Coventry Coventry Metal Works
GM 150 New Vandenburg Vandenberg Mechanized Industries
GM 170 Betelgeuse Aldis Industries
GM 180 Capella Ceres Metals Industries
GM 180 St. Ives Ceres Metals Industries
GM 180 Outreach Blackwell Heavy Industries
GM 210 Tharkad TharHes Industries
GM 240 Qandahar Dow-Nexus Fusion Products
GM 240 Nanking Kallon Industries
GM 240 Talcott General Motors
GM 270 Qandahar Dow-Nexus Fusion Products
GM 270 Irian Irian BattleMechs Unlimited
GM 270 Son Hoa StarCorp Industries
GM 285 Cold-Start Shiro III Grumman Amalgamated
GoreTex 240 Betelgeuse Aldis Industries
GoreTex 240 New Samarkand New Samarkand Metals
GoreTex 240 Terra Aldis Industries
GoreTex 240 Loyalty Kallon Industries
GTEM 210 Andurien Bergan Industries
GTEM 210 Irian Bergan Industries
GTEM 210 Kendall Bergan Industries
Hermes 100 Wernke-Talon Kallon Industries
Hermes 120 Sian Hellespont 'Mech Works
InterFus 155 Johnsondale Valiant Vehicles
InterFus 260 Johnsondale Valiant Vehicles
Leenex 140 Luthien Luthien Armor Works
Light Force 210 Huntress Abysmal Manufacturing Complex
Lockheed 105 Micro-Fusion Tharkad Lockheed-CBM Corporation
LTV 120 Ares Bergan Industries
LTV 160 Ares Bergan Industries
LTV 160 New Avalon Achernar BattleMechs
LTV 160 Canopus IV Majesty Metals and Manufacturing
LTV 160 Perdition Pinard Protectorates Limited
LTV 160 Taurus Taurus Territorial Industries
LTV 160 Ares Bergan Industries
LTV 160 New Avalon Achernar BattleMechs
Manatwist 300 Chatham Wakazashi Enterprises
Magna 120 Regulus Magna
Magna 130 Luthien Buda Imperial Vehicles
Magna 130 Regulus Magna
Magna 130 Indicass Ceres Metals Industries
Magna 160 Regulus Magna
Magna 175 Taurus Magna
Magna 220 Taurus Magna
Magna 245 Luthien Luthien Armor Works
Magna 250 Loxley Norse-Storm Technologies Incorporated
Magna 260 Corey Hellespont Industrials
Magna 260 Regulus Magna
Magna 260 Tharkad Defiance Motors
Magna 260 Tharkad TharHes Industries
Magna 260 Taurus Magna
Magna 340 Regulus Magna
Nissan 120 Praxton Praxton Fusion Products Limited
Nissan 160 Praxton Praxton Fusion Products Limited
Nissan 175 Praxton Praxton Fusion Products Limited
Nissan 175 Terra Skobel MechWorks
Nissan 200 Kagoshima Nissan General Industries
Nissan 200 Robinson Robinson Standard BattleWorks
Nissan 200 Kalidasa Kali Yama Weapons Industries Incorporated
Nissan 200 New Earth New Earth Trading Company
Nissan 220 Kagoshima Nissan General Industries
Nissan 220 Terra Skobel MechWorks
Omni 25 Carlisle S. L. Lewis Incorporated
Omni 150 New Avalon Corean Enterprises
Omni 175 Coventry Coventry Metal Works
Piker 180 Nirasaki New Age Systems Incorporated
Pitban 240 Ingersoll Bulldog Enterprises
Pitban 240 Irian Irian BattleMechs Unlimited
Pitban 240 Tematagi Nimakachi Fusion Products Limited
Pitban 240 Aur Edasich Motors
Pitban 240 Dunianshire Canopus Industries Alpha
Pitban 285 Nirasaki Maltex Corporation
Pitban 320 Nirasaki Maltex Corporation
Pitban 320 Aur Edasich Motors
Pitban 320 St. Ives HildCo Interplanetary
PlasmaStar 270 Axton Wangker Aerospace
Rawlings 140 Sian Saroyan Special Projects
Rawlings 200 Capella Ceres Metals Industries
Rawlings 200 Tikonov Earthwerks Incorporated
Rawlings 200 St. Ives Tengo Aerospace
Rawlings 200 Sarna Tengo Aerospace
Rawlings 225 Epsilon Eridani Kressly Warworks
Rawlings 300 Sian Saroyan Special Projects
Robinson 160 Fuse-Pak Robinson Robinson Standard BattleWorks
RT 190 Terra Matabushi Incorporated
Scarborough 140 Al Na'ir Scarborough Manufacturers
Strand 255 Crofton StarCorp Industries
Strand 255 Shiro III Irian BattleMechs Unlimited
Strand 255 Loburg StarCorp Industries
Vlar 300 Luthien Luthien Armor Works
Vlar 300 Wernke-Talon Kallon Industries
Vlar 300 Gibson Gibson Federated BattleMechs - (Free Worlds Defense Industries)
Vlar 300 Edasich Edasich Motors
VOX 55 Indicass Ceres Metals Industries
VOX 80 Kagoshima Nissan General Industries
VOX 80 Tematagi Nimakachi Fusion Products Limited
VOX 215 Outreach Blackwell Heavy Industries
VOX 225 Edasich Edasich Motors
VOX 225 Dunianshire Majesty Metals and Manufacturing
VOX 240 Trellisane Grumman Amalgamated
VOX 280 Calloway VI Earthwerks Incorporated
VOX 280 Irian Irian BattleMechs Unlimited
VOX 280 Tematagi Nimakachi Fusion Products Limited
VOX 280 New Vandenburg Vandenberg Mechanized Industries
VOX 280 Taurus Taurus Territorial Industries
VOX 280 Outreach Blackwell Heavy Industries
VOX 300 New Vandenburg Vandenberg Mechanized Industries
VOX 300 Taurus Taurus Territorial Industries
Warner 200 Praxton Praxton Fusion Products Limited
Warner 200 Taurus Magna
Warner 225 Panpour Jalastar Aerospace
Warner 225 Taurus Magna

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 TechManual, p. 35, "Fusion and Fusion Fuels"
  2. ↑ TechManual, pp. 36-37, "Fusion Engine Explosions: The Great Myth"
  3. ↑ Tech Manual, pp. 214-215, "Military-Standard Fusion Engines" & "Industrial Fission/Fusion Engines"

Bibliography

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