Vandenberg Mechanized Industries
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The largest weapons manufacturer outside the Hyades Cluster, Vandenburg Mechanized Industries is a vital link in the economy and military makeup of the Taurian Concordat.
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[edit] Overview
The company's formation was the result of the merge of seven smaller military manufacturers. The company had been operating in secret during the Star League occupation of the Concordat since after the Reunification War. The Vandenburg employees taken great pride in their company's patriotic history. [1][2]
Immediately prior to the Jihad, VMI had signed a sub-license with the Capellan Confederation to produce the venerable Shadow Hawk BattleMech. [2]
As of 3025 the company CEO was Mary Fisher Celn.[1]
As of 3067, company's CEO was Elena Cein Broza.[2]
[edit] Manufacturing
Vandenberg Mechanized Industries has manufacturing centers on the following planets:
[edit] Illiushin
Components produced on Illiushin:
| Component | Type |
|---|---|
| STG-3R Stinger | Light BattleMech |
| COM-5C Commando | Light BattleMech |
| COM-2D Commando | Light BattleMech |
| GRF-3M Griffin | Medium BattleMech |
| GRF-1N Griffin | Medium BattleMech |
| Shadow Hawk | Medium BattleMech |
| ST-46 Shuttle | Small Craft |
| Union | Dropships |
| Vandenberg Metal Works | Chassis - Commando |
| Earthwerks GRF | Chassis - Griffin |
| Rawlings 55 | Jump Jets - Griffin |
| Riese-100 | Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles |
| Riese-500 | Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles |
| Riese CASE | CASE |
| Datacom 26 | Communications System |
| Dynatec 990 | Targeting-Tracking System |
| Omicron 3000 | Medium Laser |
| LFN Linblad | Machine Gun |
| Shannon Fore | SRM-4 - Commando |
| Shannon Six-Shooter | SRM-6 - Commando /Shipped to Pinard and Taurus for Warhammer |
[edit] New Vandenburg
Components produced on New Vandenburg:
| Component | Type |
|---|---|
| STG-3R Stinger | Light BattleMech |
| STG-5R Stinger | Light BattleMech |
| ARC-4M Archer | Heavy BattleMech |
| Ostroc | Heavy BattleMech |
| Hunter | Tracked Vehicles |
| CHP-W7 Chippewa | Heavy Aerospace Fighters |
| Earthwerks STG | Chassis - Stinger |
| Earthwerks Archer | Chassis - Archer |
| GM Marauder | Chassis - Marauder |
| Bowie 50 | Frame - Chippewa |
| GM 120 | Fusion Engine |
| GM 150 | Fusion Engine |
| VOX 120 | Fusion Engine - Stinger |
| VOX 150 | Fusion Engine - Shipped to Illiushin for Commando |
| VOX 275 | Fusion Engine - Shipped to Illiushin for Griffin |
| VOX 280 | Fusion Engine - Marauder |
| VOX 300 | Fusion Engine |
| VOX 270 XL | Fusion Engine - XL |
| Core Tek 275 XL | Fusion Engine - XL |
| Chilton 360 | Jump Jets |
| Rawlings 52 | Jump Jets - Stinger |
| Thunderbolt-12 | Large Pulse Laser |
[edit] Pinard
Components produced on Pinard:
| Component | Type |
|---|---|
| TDR-7M Thunderbolt | Heavy BattleMech |
| WHM-7M Warhammer | Heavy BattleMech |
| Vedette | Tracked Vehicles - Medium Tank |
| Heavy Hover APC | Hovercraft |
| Earthwerks TDR | Chassis - Thunderbolt |
| StarCorp 100 | Chassis - Warhammer |
| Leviathon Plus | Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles - Warhammer /Shipped to New Vandenberg and Taurus for Marauder |
| Ryerson 150 | Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles - Thunderbold /Shipped to New Vandenberg for Archer |
| Ryerson 250 X-Blend FF | Armor - FF - BattleMechs & Vehicles |
| Leviathon CASE | CASE - Warhammer |
| Ryerson CASE | CASE - Thunderbold |
| Voelkers 200 | Machine Gun |
[edit] References
- The Periphery (sourcebook) - p. 82
- Objective Raids p.158, p.159
- Technical Readout: Project Phoenix p.5
- Handbook: Major Periphery States p.118-119
