Alphard Trading Corporation
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Overview
Alphard Trading Corporation was originally a single company headquartered in the Free Worlds League. During the 2720s ATC underwent a major expansion, forming several new subsidiaries across the Periphery. During the Succession Wars, the main ATC ceased operations, leaving the many subsidiaries to operate independently.[1] Two of these branches were on Alphard and Perdition, but only ATC Perdition survived the Succession Wars. Survival didn't equate to prosperity however. ATC Perdition only survived because they merged with Pinard Protectorates Limited. The Alphard office was defunct until Johann O'Reilly founded a new company with the same name shortly before he formed the Marian Hegemony. By the time of the Clan Invasion, ATC Alphard had formed a partnership with Kali-Yama Industries and ATC Perdition to produce defense products.[2] The increased sales also allowed ATC Perdition to resume operating as a separate corporation.[1] The Jihad created problems for the Kali-Yama/ATC agreement however, as the main Kali Yama offices were occupied by Blakist forces.[3]
The Alphard branch of ATC partnered with Marian Arms Incorporated and in 3080 the two companies finished their first production line. This line produces a "primitive" version of the venerable Centurion BattleMech.[4] Analysts speculate that ATC will use the experience gathered from creating this line to expand the Marian Hegemony's industrial base.
Between the Roughriders' attack on Perdition in 3075 and subsequent raids by Word of Blake forces all of the industry on Perdition had been destroyed by 3081.[5]
The Dark Age
When the Lothian League gained independence in 3128[6] it also effectively gained control of a small plant that ATC had constructed on the Lothian world of Leximon. The plant continued to operate under ATC's ownership, providing armored vehicles for the small Lothian military.[7] This wasn't the only new plant that ATC constructed during the Dark Age; the Hegemony government invested heavily in ATC, both to drive the rebuilding programmes the Marian military needed to undergo and to assist with the civilian reconstruction efforts.[8]
The first new plant to be constructed by ATC was on Addhara, which began producing both armor and BattleMechs to begin making up for the lost output from the destroyed Perdition plant. Then, in addition to the Leximon plant, ATC established the first battle armor plant to be constructed in the Periphery, located of the former Illyrian Palatinate capital of Illyria; the construction of this plant was driven by demands from Caesar Ignatius O'Reilly for increased military production from ATC to allow for an increase in the strength of the MHAF in anticipation of the reformed Free Worlds League deciding to launch large-scale attacks on the Hegemony.[8]
Leadership
The CEO of the Taurian Concordat Alphard Trading Corporation is Bruce Magliozzi.[1]
Manufacturing
Alphard Trading Corporation has manufacturing centers on the following planets:
Addhara
Active from 3099, the Addhara plant is known to have been producing armor and BattleMechs.[8]
Alphard
In 3077 the CEO of the Marian Hegemony Alphard Trading Corporation is Livia O'Reilly.[2]
Components produced on Alphard:[9][10][11] | |
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Component | Type |
Mechs | |
CN9-H Centurion0[4][12] | Medium BattleMech (Primitive) |
Vehicles | |
J. Edgar[10][12] | Hovercraft |
Fulcrum[13][9][12] | Hovercraft |
Testudo[11] | Tracked Vehicles (As of 3131) |
Fusion Engine | |
Leenex 145 | J. Edgar[10] |
Fuel Cell | |
Omni 225 | Testudo[11] |
Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles | |
StarSlab-7 Standard | J. Edgar[10] |
Armor - FF - BattleMechs & Vehicles | |
Lorica Progressia [8Ferro-Fibrous]] w/CASE | Testudo[11] |
Communications System | |
Alphard Original Two | J. Edgar[10] |
Garret T21-C | Testudo[11] |
Targeting-Tracking System | |
TracTex Alpha-1 | J. Edgar[10] |
O/P GRD 059 | Testudo[11] |
Medium Laser | |
Diverse Optics Type 2 | J. Edgar[10] |
SRM-2 | |
Harvester | J. Edgar[10] |
Illyria
Active from some point after 3139, the Illyria plant is known to have produced battle armor.[8]
Leximon
Constructed during the Dark Age, the Leximon plant was still operating at least as late as 3145.[7]
Components produced on Leximon:[7] | |
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Component | Type |
Vehicles | |
Goblin Medium Tank[7] | Tracked Vehicle |
Schrek PPC Carrier[7] |
Perdition
As at 3081 the factories on Perdition had been destroyed.[5]
Components produced on Perdition:[9] | |
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Component | Type |
Vehicles | |
Fulcrum[9] | Hovercraft |
Fusion Engine - XL | |
Strand 265 XL | Fulcrum[9] |
Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles | |
StarSlab-11.5 Type HVA | Fulcrum[9] |
Communications System | |
O/P Air 900 w/Guardian ECM | Fulcrum[9] |
Targeting-Tracking System | |
RCA Instatrac Mark XII | Fulcrum[9] |
Medium Laser | |
Diverse Optics Type 18 | Fulcrum[9] |
Large Laser | |
Sunglow Type 2 | Fulcrum[9] |
LRM-10 | |
Delta Dart | Fulcrum[9] |
SRM-2 | |
Harvester 2K | Wasp/Shipped to Pinard for Thunderbolt, Battle Hawk & Plainsman also to Taurus for Thunderbolt[citation needed] |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 119, "Alphard Trading Corporation"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 199, "Alphard Trading Corporation Profile"
- ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 76
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Experimental Technical Readout: RetroTech, p. 5
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 117, "Taurian Concordat"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 186, "Lothian League"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Field Manual: 3145, p. 190, "Lothian League"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Field Manual: 3145, p. 188, "Marian Hegemony"
- ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 90, "Produced Fulcrum Vehicle Components"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 Technical Readout: 3026 Revised, p. 24, "Produced J. Edgar Components"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries, p. 20, "Testudo Seige Tank"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Objectives: Periphery, p. 25
- ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 162