Earthwerks Limited

Earthwerks Limited
Corporation Profile
Founding Year	2380[1]
Affiliation	Capellan Confederation
Headquarters	Tikograd (Tikonov III)[2]
Leadership	CEO
Product(s)	Aerospace fighters BattleMechs IndustrialMechs DropShips Small Craft Vehicles
Parent Corporation	Earthwerks Incorporated
Manufacturing Plant(s)	Ares Grand Base Victoria

Earthwerks Limited was the Capellan Confederation division of Earthwerks Incorporated, the mammoth transnational arms manufacturer.

Overview[edit]

Earthworks Incorporated was originally founded on Terra in 2357 to develop a prototype mining robot. The robot was insanely successful, and over the next centuries the company expanded into manufacturing all sorts of robots and related technologies, including BattleMechs. Over time it expanded into all the realms of the Inner Sphere. During the Succession Wars, the five Successor States took control of the local branches of Earthwerks, essentially converting one large company into five smaller ones.^[3]

The Capellan branch of Earthwerks was founded in the Tikonov Grand Union in 2380. It served as the major weapons supplier for the Union, and when the Union joined the Confederation, the company expanded its production. Earthwerks was responsible for the design of the Liao-specific Warhammer, and produced the Thunderbolt and Vindicator as well. Their long service in support of the state made them the lead contractor in the development of the Cataphract.^[1]

Under the leadership of Duchess Li Ming Ling in the twenty-eighth century, the company expanded into the Terran Hegemony and reverse engineered the advanced technologies for use in Capellan products.^[4]

At one point a massive manufacturing center for the Capellan Confederation, the Fourth Succession War saw the destruction of Ceres Metals' Vindicator plant as well as large portions of Earthwerks Limited's massive facilities. Although heavily damaged in the fighting, the Earthwerks BattleMech Factory in Tikograd was repairable.^[5]

Earthwerks spent two decades planning the production of the Kuan Ti-class DropShip, which entered production in 3055.^[6] In the thirty-first century, Earthwerks also had a large division devoted to producing consumer products.^[7]

During the Jihad, the facility on Ares suffered capital and personnel losses of 25%, and the operating capacity of the factory had a production volume of 90% in 3079. The facility on Grand Base suffered losses of 38%, and the operating capacity of the factory had a production volume of 70%. The facility on Victoria suffered no losses and was at full operating capacity.^[8]

In June 3132, amidst years of rapid growth, the Tikonov branch of Earthwerks opened a new ConstructionMech plant in the city of Lynchburg, where they also owned an oil refinery. The move attracted praise from city councilwoman Maya Standifer and opposition from some environmental activists.^[9]

Manufacturing Centers[edit]

Earthwerks Incorporated has manufacturing centers on the following planets:

Ares[edit]

Grand Base[edit]

Tikonov[edit]

Victoria[edit]

Notes[edit]

• The original Trooper TP-1R and Flea FLE-4 were developed on Ariel by Toddlette Industries, before the buyout of the company by Earthwerks Inc. The purchase of the entire company also mentions factory lines established on five worlds, but does not name the worlds specifically. It is speculated that Earthwerks might have acquired the original Toddlette production site, making Ariel a potential candidate as one of the not-named worlds. Later sources mention Asuncion, Bernardo, and Victoria as production sites for various versions of the Flea, which might also be candidates for three of the original production sites leaving only one unknown.

• Non-canonical: Though once a massive manufacturing center, Earthwerks factories on Tikonov had seen better days. Almost the entirety of the huge complex, including lines dedicated to the production of Thunderbolts, Thugs, Griffins, Stingers, and Bombardiers, were destroyed by Capellan troops during the Fourth Succession War to prevent it from falling into enemy hands. The Federated Commonwealth did little to rebuild Earthwerks’ facilities, content with the large number of effective Cataphracts which they supplied, and so it was left to the Corporation to rebuild the factory alone. Earthwerks believed that given time and enough capital, they could resurrect this once powerful production center, but the Confederation's tenuous grasp on the world and Davion blockades of the world have put most of these plans on hold. This didn't stop them from resurrecting their ancient Koschei line for production of the venerable 'Mech for the export market. ^[34]

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