BBP Industries
BBP Industries | |
|---|---|
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| Corporation Profile | |
| Affiliation | Draconis Combine |
| Headquarters | Imperial City (Luthien IV)[1] |
| Leadership | CEO |
| Product(s) | |
| Parent Corporation | Luthien Armor Works[2] |
| Manufacturing Plant(s) | Mercante (New Samarkand)[3] |
BBP Industries was a Draconis Combine DropShip manufacturer.
Overview
For many years, BBP Industries was the only manufacturer of 'Mech-carrying DropShips in the Draconis Combine.[4] They lost this unique status when Matabushi Incorporated started producing Overlord- and Union-class DropShips.[5]
During the Clan Invasion time period, they expanded their offerings to include several other DropShips and Space Stations. BBP Industries was a division of Luthien Armor Works by 3067.[2]
During the Jihad, the Luthien factory suffered greatly losing 95% of its workforce and capital. In 3079, after several years of rebuilding, the factory was only at 5% of its pre-Jihad output.[6] The Combine continued to repair the BBP Industries facilities on Luthien, and by mid-3081 it was estimated that the factories were within three months of being back to full production capacity.[7]
BBP Industries opened an additional facility in the New Samarkand system and it was speculated before its completion that the site was actually to be a repair and refit yard instead of a production plant.[3] The Combine had managed to keep the purpose of the site a mystery to external observers at least as late as mid-3081.[8]
BBP began the licensed production of the Aurora class DropShip at their new orbital dock, bringing their output back to full in 3095.[9]
Manufacturing
BBP Industries has manufacturing centers on the following planets:
Luthien
| Components produced on Luthien:[1][4][2][10] | |
|---|---|
| Component | Type |
| Small Craft | |
| K-1 DropShuttle[citation needed] | Small Craft |
| DropShips | |
| Aurora[9] | DropShip |
| Excalibur[1][4][10] | DropShip |
| Intruder[4][2] | DropShip |
| Nekohono'o[1][2] | DropShip |
| Okinawa[1][2][11] | DropShip |
| Rose (Bara no Ryu)[1][2] | DropShip |
| Triumph[4][2][10] | DropShip |
| Space Station | |
| BattleSat[2][12] | Space Stations |
| Interplanetary Drive - Small Craft | |
| Pratt & Whitney 400 | [citation needed] |
| Interplanetary Drive - DropShips | |
| Delano 1070 | Triumph[4] |
| GE 2080 | Excalibur[4] |
| GE 2080-II | [citation needed] |
| Movem-XL Drive | Intruder[4] |
| ? (for Okinawa) | [citation needed] |
New Samarkand
| Components produced on New Samarkand:[13] | |
|---|---|
| Component | Type |
| DropShip | |
| Nekohono'o HQ[13] | DropShip |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 11: "BBP Industries (Projected)"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Handbook: House Kurita, p. 160: "Luthien Armor Works"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 28: "BBP Industries (Projected)"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Objective Raids, p. 70: "Produced BBP Industries Components"
- ↑ Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 7: "Matabushi, Inc"
- ↑ Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 4: "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 89: "The Industrial State of the Draconis Combine"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 89: "New Samarkand Military District"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Historical: Wars of the Republic Era, p. 20: "State of Readiness: Draconis Combine"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 DropShips and JumpShips: ComStar Intelligence Summary, p. 15: "JumpShip and DropShip Manufacturers"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3057 Revised, p. 40: "Okinawa Ship Profile"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3057, p. 205: "BattleSat Profile"
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Experimental Technical Readout: Kurita, p. 13: "Produced Experimental Nekohono'o Ship variant"