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January 16, 3067 - We get back multiple bids. We narrow it down to companies that already operate a shipyards and build DropShips and/or JumpShips already, and from there, go to our top three bids:
1. Kallon Industries. They have two Shipyards in the Free Worlds League and Federated Suns where they make the Vengeance DropShip fighter carrier for both, and the Kuan Ti DropShip for Marik as well. They submitted a bid to make this their 3rd shipyard.
2. Earthwerks Inc. This is one of the biggest military factories in the Inner Sphere, with huge numbers of companies in the Confederation, League, and Tikonov. The only place they have a large Shipyard is in Ares, where they make Kuan Ti, Overlord, Overlord A3, Union all for the Capellan Confederation. They’d love to open up and expand their DropShip making capabilities
3. O’Neil ShipYards. This company just makes DropShips in the Terra system, and they make Achilles assault DropShip, and two designs that Word of Blake created. They also make a JumpShip. So they have both experiences
Each has something nice going for it:
Kallon – We have a good working relationship with Kallon on Nanking, so we know we have a good connection already. They also have two facilities already, but they just make two DropShip types, so that’s not a lot of versatility in their network already.
O’Neil – They make JumpShips and DropShips, which is nice if we want a company with both sets of experience. They have never had a factory off Terra.
Earthwerks – They have just one Shipyards, but you have a lot of high quality ships in the TOE. We can’t get the Kuani Ti, which is a Marik/Liao specialty, but Overlord, Union, Overlord A3 – those would all be good choices for us.
We also get different details in the offers…
We decide to go with Earthworks Incorporated, founded on Tikonov, and then spread out to the Confederation and Marik. They are a huge multinational company, and have that experience. They have had factories in House Marik, Liao, Steiner and Davion. They get the dance. Earthwerks proposes to cut the cost 50/50.
We meet with them and hash out the final details.
The Liberty Shipyards and Factory should open up in 3075.
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