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February 1, 3065 – The first upgraded Mobile HQ unit with modern technology rolls off the lines of the Browning-Corning Lmtd. factory on Caph. Mobile HQs were just made by one plant, but proliferated ,until destroyed in the Amaris wars. A few others are here and there, but have not been around that much. It should prove to be a major money maker for them.
An updated battlefield recovery vehicle is slated to be the next one off the line. The Coalition picks up some, but many are heading out across the Inner Sphere.
16 March, 3065 - After being flush with cash, Lantren Corporation on Bryant, has decided to push to another line of mechs, in addition to the Quickdraw and Grasshoppers they do. They are looking for one of the Project Phoenix opportunities of refitting older mechs with all of the latest technology, rather than designing their own mech, which they don’t have any experience in. Duke Essex suggests that they look at an assault mech, since the Coalition doesn’t have a lot of Assault mechs being made.
They decide to contact Vicore to see what could be done. Essex provided a wish list of mechs to use. Vicore was involved in the BattleMaster and Goliath refits, but not those of the Longbow or Marauder II. The BattleMaster is the top of the wish list, so they sit down and begin negotiating.
Basically, Lantren would have to liscence the BattleMaster from another company. The original rights-holder lost their line centuries ago, and others sprung up in various armies and nations. Of those that make the new version, there is one we think might be able to do it.
We contact an agent of J.B. BattleMechs in the Lyran Alliance. They worked with Red Devil industries to mass produce the new BM, but the Red Devil factory was captured by the Falcons, so that has pressured JB to sell theirs. Right now, we have helped out the Katrina side of things a few times, and we just took Nanking from the pro-Victor side of the Civil War, so we suspect that we can work out a deal.
Two weeks later we have an ideal deal:
We make the BLR-4S BattleMaster, licensed as is, no changes. We create three production lines, and for the first two years, we sell them exclusively to the Lyran Alliance to help JB meet their goals. Then Lantren can sell the rest to the Coalition and K&C. That’s a strong deal , and we take it.
Lantren has the exact blueprints and equipment already done, so all that is required is building the lines, which will take around 11 months to get ready and start making these things.
They will begin coming off the lines, hopefully, by March 1, 3066. Then we’ll get the ability to buy them in March 1, 3068.
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