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Defiance Industries rose to prominence with the fall of the Star League. [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Jennifer Steiner]] ordered [[Gerald Brewer]], formerly the Star League's liaison to the Commonwealth government, to take control of the factories on behalf of the Commonwealth.<ref name="HBHSp99">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 99: "House Brewer''"</ref> Since then, Defiance Industries of Hesperus II has been at the center of [[Battle of Hesperus II|at least seventeen]] major battles for control of the world. Major attacks of the [[First Succession War]] were waged largely by massive WarShip fleets, but by [[2837]], the fortified location of the Defiance Industries facility, and the resulting ability to seal the doors and build fresh units to push back attackers, would become a key part of the planet's defenses.<ref name=HBS58>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 58</ref>
 
Defiance Industries rose to prominence with the fall of the Star League. [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Jennifer Steiner]] ordered [[Gerald Brewer]], formerly the Star League's liaison to the Commonwealth government, to take control of the factories on behalf of the Commonwealth.<ref name="HBHSp99">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 99: "House Brewer''"</ref> Since then, Defiance Industries of Hesperus II has been at the center of [[Battle of Hesperus II|at least seventeen]] major battles for control of the world. Major attacks of the [[First Succession War]] were waged largely by massive WarShip fleets, but by [[2837]], the fortified location of the Defiance Industries facility, and the resulting ability to seal the doors and build fresh units to push back attackers, would become a key part of the planet's defenses.<ref name=HBS58>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 58</ref>
  
The factory's output was an immediate source of strength for the Commonwealth. In [[2789]], General [[Takashi Myoo]] of the [[Commonwealth Military Press]] estimated that Defiance Industries provided over 30% of the LCAF's BattleMech production, a number that only increased as other plants were destroyed in the devastation of the First Succession War.<ref name=HSTLCp47>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 47</ref> By the end of the [[Third Succession War]], Defiance Industries was unquestioned as the largest 'Mech plant in the Inner Sphere.<ref name=HSTLCp47 />
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The factory's output was an immediate source of strength for the Commonwealth. In [[2789]], General [[Takashi Myoo]] of [[Commonwealth Military Press]] estimated that Defiance Industries provided over 30% of the LCAF's BattleMech production, a number that only increased as other plants were destroyed in the devastation of the First Succession War.<ref name=HSTLCp47>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 47</ref> By the end of the [[Third Succession War]], Defiance Industries was unquestioned as the largest 'Mech plant in the Inner Sphere.<ref name=HSTLCp47 />
  
 
In [[3012]], the Hesperus II facility was the only manufacturer to build the awesome [[Atlas (BattleMech)|''Atlas'']] BattleMech in large numbers.<ref name=HSp121/> Defiance expanded into vehicle design in [[3020]] when they unveiled the [[Patton]] and [[Rommel]] tanks<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 135</ref> after 25 years of development. They followed those tanks with a new 'Mech design, the ''[[Hatchetman]]'', three years later.<ref name=3039p228>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 228</ref> In [[3025]] Defiance began producing the ''[[Enforcer]]'' and ''[[Valkyrie]]'' BattleMechs as a way to bolster the FedCom Alliance.<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 42</ref> While Defiance Industries' ''Enforcer'' line became one of the many casualties of the Jihad, the ''Valkyrie'' continued production at the facility<ref name=H:HSp141/><ref name="O:LAp29">''Objectives: Lyran Alliance'', p. 29: "Defiance Industries"</ref>
 
In [[3012]], the Hesperus II facility was the only manufacturer to build the awesome [[Atlas (BattleMech)|''Atlas'']] BattleMech in large numbers.<ref name=HSp121/> Defiance expanded into vehicle design in [[3020]] when they unveiled the [[Patton]] and [[Rommel]] tanks<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 135</ref> after 25 years of development. They followed those tanks with a new 'Mech design, the ''[[Hatchetman]]'', three years later.<ref name=3039p228>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 228</ref> In [[3025]] Defiance began producing the ''[[Enforcer]]'' and ''[[Valkyrie]]'' BattleMechs as a way to bolster the FedCom Alliance.<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 42</ref> While Defiance Industries' ''Enforcer'' line became one of the many casualties of the Jihad, the ''Valkyrie'' continued production at the facility<ref name=H:HSp141/><ref name="O:LAp29">''Objectives: Lyran Alliance'', p. 29: "Defiance Industries"</ref>

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