Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises

Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises
GKT.jpg
Corporation Profile
Affiliation
HeadquartersPtolemy
(Rasalhague VI)[1][2]
LeadershipCEO
Product(s)
Manufacturing Plant(s)

Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises (GKT) was a large conglomerate that acquired over a hundred companies and manufacturers across the Inner Sphere.[1]

Overview[edit]

Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises began life as a law firm headquartered on Rasalhague.[1] In a bitter corporate struggle that almost bankrupted both firms, GKT entered the weapons industry in around 2975 by acquiring Alshain Weapons' plants on Alshain and New Oslo—which manufactured the Panther and other related weaponry—along with BattleMech production facilities elsewhere such as on Jarett. Production had steadily increased, and by 3025, GKT had planned to create three additional Panther factories despite shortages of the Cat's Eye 5 targeting-tracking system and the Sipher CommCon CSU-4 communications system.[3]

After the Ronin War, GKT jump-started the Free Rasalhague Republic's economy by selling off most of their military production lines, with Bergan Industries acquiring both of the former Alshain Weapons plants on Alshain and New Oslo. This investment in smaller firms stimulated the economy of several planets and provided a huge public relations coup for GKT.[1] Meanwhile, GKT also began construction of a second BattleMech facility on Rasalhague to be completed by 3051.[4]

Since taking control of the lion's share of the FRR, Clan Ghost Bear had done their utmost to integrate with the occupied populace as much as possible. Although GKT factories on Satalice seemed of dubious value to the Clan's touman, they continued to train the workers there to Clan manufacturing standards, meanwhile accepting modest numbers of the factory's original products for use as training 'Mechs and to be issued to the lowest of garrison and solahma troops.[citation needed]

As GKT had connections and partnerships with so many civilian manufacturing concerns, the Ghost Bear merchant caste had integrated their employees and executives to better tie into the culture of the former Rasalhague Republic.[1]

GKT had factories on Holmsbu and Radstadt by 3076.[1] During the Jihad, neither the Rasalhague nor Satalice facilities lost any personnel. Both facilities were operating at three-quarters of their maximum output in 3079.[5]

Manufacturing[edit]

Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises has manufacturing center on the following planets:

Jarett[edit]

Components produced on Jarett:[3]
Component Type
Mechs
PNT-9R Panther[3] Light BattleMech

New Oslo[edit]

Components produced on New Oslo:[3][4]
Component Type
BattleMechs
Panther[4] Light BattleMech
Archer[4] Heavy BattleMech
Infantry Weapons
Rifles and submachine guns[3]
Jump Jets
Lexington Lifters[3][6] PNT-9R Panther

Rasalhague[edit]

Components produced on Rasalhague:[2][7]
Component Type
Aerospace Fighters
Ammon[2] Medium aerospace fighter
Combat Vehicles
Eldingar Hover Sled[7] Hovercraft
Shamash Reconnaissance Vehicle (refit)[2] Hovercraft
Conventional Fighters
MechBuster[8] Conventional fighter
DropShips
Aesir[2] DropShip
Sassanid[2] DropShip
Vanir[2] DropShip
VTOLs
Anhur Transport[2] VTOL
Donar Assault Helicopter[2] VTOL
Extralight Fusion Engine
Type 215 XL Eldingar[7]
Ferro-fibrous Armor
Compound 2110 ferro-fibrous Eldingar[7]
Communications System
Consolidated BMR 6 w/ECM Eldingar[7]
Targeting-Tracking System
TRTTS Mark II Eldingar[7]
ATM-9
CC-9 Series Eldingar[7]
SRM-2
Pattern J2 Eldingar[7]

Satalice[edit]

Components produced on Satalice:[9][10][11]
Component Type
Mechs
Locust IIC[11] Light BattleMech
PNT-10K Panther[9] Light BattleMech
PXH-3K Phoenix Hawk[9] Medium BattleMech
ARC-5R Archer[9] Heavy BattleMech
Marauder IIC 4[10][12][13] Assault BattleMech
Marauder IIC 7[10][11] Assault BattleMech
Chassis
Alshain 560-Carrier Endo Steel Panther[9]
Alshain Class 56-60H Phoenix Hawk[9]
Earthwerk Archer II Endo Steel Archer[9]
Type GB-850 light Marauder IIC 7[10]
Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)
Compound 12A1 Standard w/CASE Marauder IIC 7[10]
Jump Jets
Lexington Ltd. Lifters Panther[9] & Phoenix Hawk[9]
Fusion Engine
Hermes 140 Panther[9]
VOX 280 Archer[9]
Extralight Fusion Engine
255 XL Marauder IIC 7[10]
GM 270 XL Phoenix Hawk[9]
Communications System
Series D8 CC-25a w/ECM Marauder IIC 7[10]
Targeting-Tracking System
"Hermes" CT-42 Mk II Marauder IIC 7[10]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 109: "Corporations of the Ghost Bear Dominion - [Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises]"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Objectives: The Clans, p. 37: "Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 136: "Weapons Industries - [Gorton, Kinsley, and Thorpe Enterprises]"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 20 Year Update, p. 50: "Defense Industry"
  5. ↑ Objectives: The Clans, p. 32: "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"
  6. ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 114: "PNT-9R Panther"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 138: "Eldingar Hover Sled"
  8. ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 184: "'MechBuster"
  9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 Objective Raids, p. 116: "Produced Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises Components"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 Technical Readout: 3085, p. 284: "Marauder IIC7"
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Objectives: The Clans, p. 38: "Gorton, Kingsley, and Thorpe Enterprises"
  12. ↑ BattleCorps Marauder IIC 4 MilSpec Article
  13. ↑ Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged — Project Phoenix, p. 284

Bibliography[edit]

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