Bergan Industries
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Bergan Industries in a BattleMech manufacturer best known for designing the ubiquitous Locust.
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Overview
The Ares facility in the Capellan Confederation was a rather mundane Light 'Mech factory, until it was selected as the test-site for refining the stable Triple Strength Myomer during its reconstruction after the Fourth Succession War. They were the first company in the Capellan Confederation to begin production of the stable version of this myomer.[1] Once a major player in military production throughout the Inner Sphere, the Succession Wars were cruel to Bergan Industries. By the end of the Succession Wars Bergan’s plant on Ares was unable to produce anything larger than the smallest scout ‘Mechs.
Bergan's Corporate Executives have high hopes that their recently acquired license to produce Earthwerks’ STG-6L Stinger may help turn their company around. No longer needing to produce jump jets for their own products, the entirety of Bergan Industries’ output of Chilton 360s are sold to Shengli Arms for use on their Duan Gung.
After the Ronin Wars, Bergan Industries purchased Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises' New Oslo facility.[2]
The Alshain factory suffered a much different fate when it was captured by Clan Ghost Bear during the Clan Invasion. While the Draconis Combine were mostly successful in their attempt to destroy the plant before being pushed off-world, the Bears quickly rebuilt and restored the Locust line to production. Pathetic by Clan standards, as the Bears stepped up their efforts to integrate and move wholesale into the Inner Sphere the site was selected for the production of new second-line designs combining Clan and Inner Sphere technology to reduce strain on lengthy Clan Homeworld supply trains.
Bringing with them more advanced facilities during the creation of the Ghost Bear Dominion, the Alshain plant benefited greatly when Alshain was named the new capital world of the Dominion. Prior to that act, the Clan-held Bergan Industries branches were unable to remain competitive as their main suppliers were now in enemy territory. After Alshain became the capital world of the Dominion, the Merchant Caste invested heavily in the facility. The new production modules the Clans provided allowed the Alshain branch to produce the Gladiator OmniMech and Golem assault armor, as well as the second line 'Mechs they had been producing. By 3068, the Alshain facility was producing 28% of the Dominion's BattleMechs.[3]
After the Ghost Bears absorbed the Free Rasalhague Republic, Bergan Industries opened new plants on Thule and Rasalhague.
The campaign to liberate New Earth during Operation SCOUR was particularly destructive, both in the ground battles and as a result of orbital bombardments. The defending Word of Blake forces ensured that little industry remained after their defeat, making it extremely likely that the Bergan Industries facility on New Earth was destroyed.[4]
Leadership
The companies CEO in 3067 is Nestor Bergan. He had secured additional funding to expand the plant, but was seeking a design partner for new equipment.[5]
Manufacturing
Bergan Industries has manufacturing centers on the following planets:
Ares
Note: Since the stard of the Jihad, the facility on Ares, suffers a capital and personal losses of 28%, and the operating capacity of the factory is reduced to 82% of their main production volume in 3079.[6]
Components produced on Ares:[7][8] | |
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Component | Type |
Mechs | |
LCT-1L Locust[9] | Light BattleMech |
LCT-1V Locust[7][8] | Light BattleMech |
STG-3R Stinger[7] | Light BattleMech |
STG-6L Stinger[9] | Light BattleMech |
Chassis | |
Bergan VII | Locust[7][8] |
Earthwerk STG II Endo Steel | Stinger[7] |
Fusion Engine | |
LTV 120 | Stinger [7] |
LTV 160 | Locust[7][8] |
Triple Strength Myomer | |
Ares-Bergan TSM | [citation needed] |
Jump Jets | |
Chilton 360 | Stinger[7] |
Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles | |
StarSlab-1 | Locust[8] |
Communications System | |
Garret T10-B | Locust[8] |
Targeting-Tracking System | |
O/P 911 | Locust[8] |
Medium Laser | |
Martell | Locust[8] |
Machine Gun | |
SperryBrowning | Locust[8] |
Alshain
New Earth
It is believed that this facility was destroyed in 3078 during the liberation of New Earth.[4]
Components produced on New Earth:[22] | |
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Component | Type |
Mechs | |
CHP-1N Champion[22] | Heavy BattleMech |
Chassis | |
Bergan XI | Champion[22] |
Fusion Engine | |
Vlar 300 | Champion[22] |
Armor - FF - BattleMechs & Vehicles | |
StarSlab-2 Ferro Fibrous | Champion[22] |
Communications System | |
Garrett T-11 C | Champion[22] |
Targeting-Tracking System | |
Mercury-IV with Artemis IV FCS | Champion[22] |
New Oslo
This plant was purchased from Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises after the Ronin Wars.
Components produced on New Oslo: | |
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Component | Type |
Mech | |
IIC 5 Locust[citation needed] | Light BattleMech |
Chassis | |
S2 Endo Steel | Locust IIC[citation needed] |
Fusion Engine | |
200 Standard | Locus IIC[citation needed] |
Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles | |
Compound Alpha Ferro-Fibrous | Locust IIC[citation needed] |
ER Medium Laser | |
Series 7Ja | Locust IIC[citation needed] |
ATM-3 | |
Type 3 | Locust IIC[citation needed] |
References
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 72
- ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 109, "Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises profile".
- ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 108
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 107, "Blake/Terran Protectorate"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 133, "Bergan Industries Company Profile"
- ↑ Objectives: Capellan Confederation, p. 3, "State of the Industry Table"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Objective Raids, p. 140, "Produced Bergan Industries Components"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 281, "Produced Locust 1V Components"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Objectives: Capellan Confederation, p. 6
- ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 Technical Readout: 3060, p. 160, "Produced Ursus Components"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 Technical Readout: 3067, p. 122, "Produced Ursus Components"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Technical Readout: 3075, p. 127, "Produced Golem Components"
- ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 Technical Readout: 3075, p. 133, "Produced Bear Cub Components"
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 Technical Readout: 3075, p. 144, "Produced Ryoken II Components"
- ↑ 15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 15.11 Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 194, "Produced Kodiak Components"
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 130, "Produced Mad Dog Variant"
- ↑ Experimental Technical Readout: Clans, p. 4
- ↑ Technical Readout 3085, pp. 154-155y, "Ursus II's noted in production on Alshain's Bergan Industries".
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 172 - Bruin production location and year.
- ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 108
- ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 108
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 Technical Readout:3050 Upgrade, p 202, "Produced Champion Components"
Bibliography
- Experimental Technical Readout: Clans
- Handbook: House Liao
- Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers
- Objective Raids
- Objectives: Capellan Confederation
- Technical Readout: 3039
- Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade
- Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade
- Technical Readout: 3060
- Technical Readout: 3067
- Technical Readout: 3075
- Technical Readout: 3085