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{{InfoBoxCorporation | {{InfoBoxCorporation | ||
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− | | | + | | affiliation = {{Ubl|[[Federated Suns]]|[[Wolf's Dragoons]]}} |
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− | | products = [[BattleMech]]s | + | | headquarters = [[New Valencia]] |
− | + | | leadership = [[CEO of Blackwell Heavy Industries|CEO]] | |
− | | | + | | products = {{Ubl|[[BattleMech]]s|[[Small Craft]]|[[Combat Vehicle|Vehicles]]}} |
− | [[ | + | | parent = [[General Motors]]<ref name=HB:HDp171>''Handbook: House Davion'', pp. 171–172: "General Motors (GenMo)"</ref> |
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− | [[Outreach]] | + | | plants = [[Outreach]] |
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− | + | '''Blackwell Heavy Industries''' was a military goods manufacturer based on [[New Valencia]]. | |
− | '''Blackwell Heavy Industries''' | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
− | Once only a minor component supplier, association with [[Wolf's Dragoons]] in [[3007]] | + | Once only a minor component supplier, association with [[Wolf's Dragoons]] in [[3007]] had led to incredible financial success for the once virtually unknown Blackwell Industries. Bound to the Dragoons by an exclusive contract when they first arrived on [[Outreach]], Blackwell had since become a major military supplier to mercenary units across the [[Inner Sphere]].{{cn}} |
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− | + | During the [[Dragoon Civil War]], the company decided to remain neutral in the conflict, as the company's president wanted to side with [[Alpin Wolf]] while most of the board favored [[Jaime Wolf]].<ref name=WP>''Wolf Pack'', ch. 45</ref> | |
− | + | Most of the Blackwell facilities on [[Outreach]] were destroyed by the [[Word of Blake]] in [[3067]] at the start of the [[Jihad]].{{cn}} By [[3079]], the New Valencia facilities had sustained losses of 60% and its operating capacity was at 55%.<ref name=O:FSp4>''Objectives: Federated Suns'', p. 4: "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"</ref> | |
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− | + | In [[3075]], the Word of Blake struck the world again, successfully loading their cargo DropShips with the entire production run of ''Marauder II''s intended for the [[AFFS]]. The AFFS counterstrike drove the Blakists off-world, but the cargo DropShips were destroyed. This left Blackwell in dire straits as the AFFS [[AFFS#Department of the Quartermaster|Department of the Quartermaster]] refused to pay for 'Mechs it didn't receive.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 100</ref> [[General Motors]] extended credit and capital to the company, but by [[3079]] it was clear that Blackwell could not survive alone. GM bought out the company, but announced it wouldn't produce any of Blackwell's designs.<ref name=O:FSp19>''Objectives: Federated Suns'', p. 19: "General Motors Heavy Industries"</ref> | |
==Manufacturing== | ==Manufacturing== | ||
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===Outreach=== | ===Outreach=== | ||
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− | ! colspan="2" |Components produced on Outreach:<ref name=TRO3050U14>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 14 | + | ! colspan="2" |Components produced on Outreach:<ref name=TRO3050U14>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 14: "Produced Falcon 'Mech Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3055Up54>''Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade'', p. 54: "Produced Gallowglas 'Mech Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3055Up68>''Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade'', p. 68: "Produced War Dog 'Mech Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3050Up110>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 110: "Produced Imp 'Mech Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3058Up88>''Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade'', p. 88: "Produced Bandit Vehicle Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3058Up66>''Technical Readout 3058 Upgrade'', p. 66: "Produced Badger Vehicle Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3058Up64>''Technical Readout 3058 Upgrade'' p. 64: "Produced Kestrel VTOL Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3058Up72>''Technical Readout 3058 Upgrade'' p. 72: "Produced Peregrine VTOL Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3057Rp172>''Technical Readout 3057 Revised'' p. 172: "Produced NL-42 Battle Taxi"</ref> |
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! width="350pt" | Component | ! width="350pt" | Component | ||
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| [[Falcon|FLC-4P ''Falcon'']]<ref name=TRO3050U14/> | | [[Falcon|FLC-4P ''Falcon'']]<ref name=TRO3050U14/> | ||
− | | [[Light BattleMech]] | + | | [[BattleMech#Light|Light BattleMech]] |
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| [[Falcon#Variants|FLC-5P ''Falcon'']]<ref name=TRO3050U14/> | | [[Falcon#Variants|FLC-5P ''Falcon'']]<ref name=TRO3050U14/> | ||
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| [[Hovercraft]] - ''Heavy Tank'' | | [[Hovercraft]] - ''Heavy Tank'' | ||
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− | | ''[[Badger]]''<ref name=TRO3058Up66/> | + | | ''[[Badger (Combat Vehicle)|Badger]]''<ref name=TRO3058Up66/> |
| [[Tracked Vehicles]] - ''Tracked Transporter'' | | [[Tracked Vehicles]] - ''Tracked Transporter'' | ||
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| ''Marauder II''{{cn}} | | ''Marauder II''{{cn}} | ||
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− | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Internal | + | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Internal Combustion Engine]]</u> |
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| [[Blackwell 160]] | | [[Blackwell 160]] | ||
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− | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Fusion | + | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Fusion Engine]]</u> |
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| [[Blackwell 360]] | | [[Blackwell 360]] | ||
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− | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Light | + | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Light Fusion Engine]]</u> |
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| [[GM 275 Light]] | | [[GM 275 Light]] | ||
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| ''Marauder''{{cn}} | | ''Marauder''{{cn}} | ||
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− | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Extralight | + | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Extralight Fusion Engine]]</u> |
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| [[Vlar 300 XL]] | | [[Vlar 300 XL]] | ||
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| ''Falcon''<ref name=TRO3050U14/> | | ''Falcon''<ref name=TRO3050U14/> | ||
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− | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Armor | + | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)]]</u> |
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| [[Valiant Lamellor]] | | [[Valiant Lamellor]] | ||
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| ''Falcon''<ref name=TRO3050U14/> | | ''Falcon''<ref name=TRO3050U14/> | ||
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− | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Armor | + | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Ferro-fibrous Armor]]</u> |
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| [[Clan]] [[ferro-fibrous]] | | [[Clan]] [[ferro-fibrous]] | ||
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| ''Marauder II''{{cn}} | | ''Marauder II''{{cn}} | ||
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− | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Anti-Missile System]]</u> | + | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[anti-missile system|Anti-Missile System]]</u> |
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| [[Burow]] | | [[Burow]] | ||
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| ''Falcon''<ref name=TRO3050U14/> | | ''Falcon''<ref name=TRO3050U14/> | ||
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− | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Gauss Rifle]]</u> | + | | colspan="2" align="center " | <u>[[Gauss rifle|Gauss Rifle]]</u> |
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| [[Grizzard]] | | [[Grizzard]] | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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+ | * ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]'' | ||
+ | * ''[[List of Solaris Broadcasting Co. articles#Blackwell to Honor Merc Heroes|BattleCorps Solaris Broadcasting Co., 28/10/3067: "Blackwell to Honor Merc Heroes'"]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]'' | ||
* ''[[Objectives: Federated Suns]]'' | * ''[[Objectives: Federated Suns]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade]]'' | * ''[[Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade]]'' | ||
* ''[[Wolf Pack]]'' | * ''[[Wolf Pack]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Blackwell Heavy Industries]] | [[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Blackwell Heavy Industries]] | ||
− | [[Category:Federated Suns | + | [[Category:Federated Suns Corporations]] |
Latest revision as of 02:51, 12 May 2024
Blackwell Heavy Industries | |
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Corporation Profile | |
Affiliation | |
Headquarters | New Valencia |
Leadership | CEO |
Product(s) | |
Parent Corporation | General Motors[1] |
Manufacturing Plant(s) | Outreach |
Blackwell Heavy Industries was a military goods manufacturer based on New Valencia.
Overview[edit]
Once only a minor component supplier, association with Wolf's Dragoons in 3007 had led to incredible financial success for the once virtually unknown Blackwell Industries. Bound to the Dragoons by an exclusive contract when they first arrived on Outreach, Blackwell had since become a major military supplier to mercenary units across the Inner Sphere.[citation needed]
During the Dragoon Civil War, the company decided to remain neutral in the conflict, as the company's president wanted to side with Alpin Wolf while most of the board favored Jaime Wolf.[2]
Most of the Blackwell facilities on Outreach were destroyed by the Word of Blake in 3067 at the start of the Jihad.[citation needed] By 3079, the New Valencia facilities had sustained losses of 60% and its operating capacity was at 55%.[3]
In 3075, the Word of Blake struck the world again, successfully loading their cargo DropShips with the entire production run of Marauder IIs intended for the AFFS. The AFFS counterstrike drove the Blakists off-world, but the cargo DropShips were destroyed. This left Blackwell in dire straits as the AFFS Department of the Quartermaster refused to pay for 'Mechs it didn't receive.[4] General Motors extended credit and capital to the company, but by 3079 it was clear that Blackwell could not survive alone. GM bought out the company, but announced it wouldn't produce any of Blackwell's designs.[5]
Manufacturing[edit]
Blackwell Heavy Industries has manufacturing centers on the following planets:
Outreach[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, pp. 171–172: "General Motors (GenMo)"
- ↑ Wolf Pack, ch. 45
- ↑ Objectives: Federated Suns, p. 4: "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 100
- ↑ Objectives: Federated Suns, p. 19: "General Motors Heavy Industries"
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 14: "Produced Falcon 'Mech Components"
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 54: "Produced Gallowglas 'Mech Components"
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade, p. 68: "Produced War Dog 'Mech Components"
- ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 110: "Produced Imp 'Mech Components"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 88: "Produced Bandit Vehicle Components"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Technical Readout 3058 Upgrade, p. 66: "Produced Badger Vehicle Components"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 Technical Readout 3058 Upgrade p. 64: "Produced Kestrel VTOL Components"
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 Technical Readout 3058 Upgrade p. 72: "Produced Peregrine VTOL Components"
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Technical Readout 3057 Revised p. 172: "Produced NL-42 Battle Taxi"
- ↑ Starterbook: Wolf and Blake p.24
- ↑ Wolf's Dragoons, p. 109
- ↑ Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged — Project Phoenix, p. 229
- ↑ Wolf Pack, p.??[citation needed]
Bibliography[edit]
- Handbook: House Davion
- BattleCorps Solaris Broadcasting Co., 28/10/3067: "Blackwell to Honor Merc Heroes'"
- Jihad Hot Spots: 3076
- Objectives: Federated Suns
- Starterbook: Wolf and Blake
- Technical Readout: 3039
- Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade
- Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade
- Technical Readout: 3057 Revised
- Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade
- Wolf Pack