O'Neil Yards

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Involved in the production of [[Kearny-Fuchida Drive]]s since the dawn of interstellar space travel, the '''O'Neil Yards''' orbiting [[Terra]] was one of the leading power-brokers of aerospace industry in the [[Inner Sphere]].

==Overview==
Involved in the development of the first [[JumpShip]]s during the early days of interstellar travel, the O'Neil Yards used their position to branch into nearly every aspect of aerospace production. By the [[thirty-first century]], the company owned the majority stake of the [[Titan Yards]] complex, the Phobos Materials Complex, [[NETC]]'s Orbital Facility, as well as a number of large scale projects across the [[Lyran Alliance]] and [[Federated Suns]]. Despite their massive influence in the aerospace community, over the centuries O'Neil preferred to let the industry drive itself rather than seek to direct and control it, also maintaining a strict policy of neutrality with all Inner Sphere factions. Taking great pride in its neutrality, the company responded harshly to any that endangered it, most notably in [[3059]] when the entire [[Panpour]] office was terminated after O'Neil's internal investigation saw several cases of corporate malfeasance.<ref name=MMp219/>

Its storied yards in the Terran system continued to function during the worst technological decline of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]], O'Neil fulfilled contracts to supply and maintain civilian Jump and [[DropShip]]s for [[ComStar]]'s internal and [[Explorer Corps (ComStar)|Explorer Corps]] fleets,<ref name=TRO3057R98>''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', p. 98: "Manufacturing Note"</ref>. The [[Word of Blake]] was also a client for military craft such as the [[Manei Domini]]'s ''[[Tiamat (DropShip class)|Tiamat]]'' [[Pocket WarShip]] and its [[Caspar II]] Drone counterpart.<ref name=TRO3085S-38>''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 38: "Dragau and Tiamat DropShips"</ref>

Despite its "factional neutrality," much like the facilities around Titan, the O'Neil Yards suffered horrific damage during [[Stone's Coalition]]'s liberation of the yards during [[Operation SCOUR]].<ref name=JHST-134>''Jihad Hot Spot: Terra'', p. 134: "Corporate Chaos"</ref><ref name=JHST-175>''Jihad Hot Spot: Terra'', p. 175: "Touring Terra"</ref> Due to the vital role of the yards to civilian as well as military production, the newborn [[Republic of the Sphere]] expended considerable effort to rebuild and restore the Terran based shipyards, even as they were assisted with the arrival of the ''[[Newgrange]]''-class [[Mercy|RoSS ''Mercy'']].<ref name=TRO3085S-40>''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 40: "Newgrange III Yardship"</ref>

Most notably and worryingly for the newly formed [[Republic Armed Forces]] navy was the complete loss of O'Neil's [[WarShip]] [[Interplanetary Drive - Combat JumpShips|Transit Drive]] manufacturing facilities. Estimates indicated it would take over a decade to restore them and then only at the cost of rebuilding elsewhere, pushing the RAF high command to look towards Pocket WarShips to fill the gap instead. Despite the stigma of the ''Tiamat'' drones' brutal actions during the liberation of Terra, the RAF took the pragmatic choice to repair the DropShip's damaged production lines to revive the original manned version to bolster its fleet. Restoration of production lines for other craft, such as the ''[[Achilles (DropShip class)|Achilles]]''-class, continued at a much slower pace.<ref name=TRO3085S-38/>

==Manufacturing==
O'Neil Yards has manufacturing centers on the following planets:

===Terra===
{|class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Components produced on Terra:<ref name=TRO3057R98/><ref name=TRO3085S-38/>
|-
! width="350pt" | Component
! width="350pt" | Type
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | [[DropShip]]s
|-
| ''[[Dragau]]''<ref name=TRO3085S-38/>
| DropShips
|-
| ''[[Tiamat (DropShip class)|Tiamat]]''<ref name=TRO3085S-38/>
| DropShip
|-
| ''[[Achilles (DropShip class)|Achilles]]''<ref name=TRO3085S-38/>
| DropShip
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | [[JumpShip]]s
|-
| ''[[Magellan (JumpShip class)|Magellan]]''<ref name=TRO3057R98/>
| JumpShip
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | [[Kearny-Fuchida Drive - JumpShips]]
|-
| [[Magellan (JumpShip class)|Magellan]]
| ''Magellan''<ref name=TRO3057R98/>
|}

===Unknown===
{|class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Components produced on Unknown:<ref name=HLoT1p169+>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', pp. 169-170, 179: "M-3 Drone"</ref>
|-
! width="350pt" | Component
! width="350pt" | Type
|-
| colspan="2" align="center" | [[Space_Defense_System#Known_SDS_drone_classes|SDS Drone]]
|-
| ''[[M-3 Drone]]''<ref name=HLoT1p169+/>
| [[Drone]] DropShip
|-
|}

==References==
<references />

==Bibliography==
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3057 Revised]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental]]''

[[Category:Manufacturing Centers|O'Neil Yards]]
[[Category:Shipyards]]
[[Category:ComStar Corporations]]
[[Category:Word of Blake Corporations]]

1st Nova Cat Provisionals (Clan Protectorate)

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| image = [[Image:Clan Protectorate logo.png|Clan Protectorate logo|150px]]
| Designation = First Nova Cat Provisionals
| Formed = 3140s<ref name=FM3145FWLp109/>
| Disbanded =
| Previous Designation =
| Nickname =
| Affiliation = [[Clan Protectorate]]
| Parent Command = [[Free Worlds League Military]]
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==History==
===Origins===
The Nova Cat Provisional Cluster was a relatively new formation predominantly staffed by [[Clan Nova Cat]] refugees seeking asylum in the [[Clan Protectorate]] after fleeing the Republic's collapse.<ref name=FM3145FWLp109/>

The Nova Cat refugees were offered a place within the Protectorate military, but many of them didn't fully trust the [[Spirit Cats]]—who they still viewed as fanatical cultists—or the [[Free Worlds League]] government. At the beginning of the [[IlClan Era]] they were the only confirmed survivors of the Nova Cats.<ref name=FM3145FWLp109>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 109: Free Worlds League Military</ref>

===IlClan Era===
The birth of the [[IlClan]] shook the roots of the Protectorate, which reluctantly decided to help [[Clan Sea Fox]] defend the [[Wolf Empire]]. Meanwhile, the Provisionals—expecting to curry favor with [[IlKhan]] [[Alaric Ward]]—launched an attack alongside Clan Sea Fox's [[Beta Strike Cluster]] against the invaders on their own initiative. After clashing with [[House Marik|Marik]] forces on [[Stewart]], the Provisionals were defeated and subsequently chose to return to [[Angell II]] in order to salvage their relationship with the Clan Protectorate, asking for ''[[surkai]]''.<ref>''Empire Alone'', pp. 37–38</ref>

==Officers==
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|-
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 1st Nova Cat Provisionals (Clan Protectorate)'''
|-
| [[Star Colonel]]||[[Janus (Clan Nova Cat)|Janus]]||[[3145]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 116</ref>
|-
|}

===Other Officers===
* [[Point Commander]] [[Fiorina]], [[artillery]] commander during the Dark Age.<ref name=TRO50p90>''Technical Readout: 3150'', p. 90: "SM2 Heavy Artillery Vehicle - Notable Units"</ref>

==Tactics==
Unknown.

==Composition History==
According to reports, the Cluster consists of three Trinaries of partially functional 'Mechs—and the occasional OmniMech—that have yet to see proper repairs from fighting in the Republic.<ref name=FM3145FWLp109/>

==References==
<references />

==Bibliography==
* ''[[Empire Alone]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3150]]''

[[Category: Free Worlds League Commands|Nova Cat Provisionals (Clan Protectorate), 1st]]
[[Category:Clan Protectorate Commands|Nova Cat Provisionals (Clan Protectorate), 1st]]

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O'Neil Yards

1st Nova Cat Provisionals (Clan Protectorate)