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Jihad Plot SuPPlement

STATE OF THE INDUSTRY…

Since the coming of the Clans, the military, industrial, and command complexes of the

Inner Sphere have raced against the invaders—and each other—to out-produce one another in

battle-worthy manpower and materiel. Factories that were smashed in the Succession Wars

were reborn and revitalized, churning out ever more cutting-edge equipment, while academies

expanded their curriculums and sent generations of fresh warriors into battle.

At the pinnacle of the arms race, new wars erupted, first against the Clans, and then

between the Great Houses and Periphery states of the Inner Sphere. In the fires of the Word

of Blake Jihad, destruction reached a level not seen since the early Succession Wars…but

the stricken realms persevered.

Objectives: Lyran Allaince describes the state of the major factories, training centers,

and command centers of House Steiner’s Lyran Allaince in the wake of the events described

in Jihad Hot Spots: Terra. Including detailed stats on every key system within the realm,

this supplement also includes basic rules to help guide players in developing BattleTech

scenarios focused on defending—or attacking—these critical sites.

STAR LEAGUE ERA

CLAN INVASION ERA

JIHAD ERA

SUCCESSION WARS ERA

CIVIL WAR ERA

DARK AGE ERA

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TO: Devlin Stone

FROM: David Lear

Date: 30 January 3080

Even though it remains unlikely that the Lyran Alliance will pose an obstacle to our ends, I have included the state of House Steiner’s

infrastructure into our Objectives series, to detail its Provinces’ manufacturing and logistical capability. While amenable to our future pans, it

should not be a foregone conclusion that Archon Adam Steiner will approve our every move, no matter how close an ally he currently is. As

noted in the Field Reports, there is more to the Inner Sphere than just existing military might—and in this regard, few match the Lyran Alliance

for its manufacturing strength, if not its martial ability. Not only should we be aware of the Alliance’s ability to resupply and rebuild its forces, we

should be aware of this same ability to potentially assist our own postwar recovery.

Nevertheless, the Alliance is in a vulnerable position right now. Its borders are home to two aggressive Clans between the Wolves and

the Jade Falcons. Moreover, the Combine may be licking its wounds right now, but the Dragon regularly turns its gaze to what they perceive

is a soft state virtually asking to be conquered. On their other borders, the Lyrans have fewer worries. Pirates along the Periphery remain a

persistent threat to commerce and livelihood, but hardly one that endangers national survival. The shattered remains of the Free Worlds League

could be capable of powerful raids, but without its central authority, the chance of large-scale invasion on that border by the former League is

exceedingly remote. (Ironic, considering how these very same conditions raise the possibility of hostilities against us from that same quadrant.)

Finally, the crumbling Blakist forces based out of Circinus remain a significant danger at present, but since the rout on Terra, we doubt this threat

will linger for much longer.

HOw TO USE THIS BOOk

Objectives: Lyran Alliance is a BattleTech companion to the Field Report PDF-exclusive series that is designed to provide campaign

players and gamemasters with information about the state of the Lyran Alliance’s Military-Industrial complex immediately

following the liberation of Terra during the Jihad (and before the eventual formation of the Republic of the Sphere).

This first section of this book—the Alliance Overview —is a brief update on the history of the systems within the Alliance . Split

up into two groups, the first is Industrial Update and the second is Strategic Integrity detailing what happened to them as a whole

during the Jihad

The next chapter, Industrial State , covers the state of all the military industrial companies still functioning and producing war

material for its various provinces and what defending units are stationed within the system. Listing the systems by Province,

the subsections are broken up into Industrial systems that have war material and components being produced in that system,

and Strategic Systems that are Alliance capitals and other systems containing logistical targets such as refit centers, Academies,

command centers and non-production dry docks.

Upcoming Projects covers new facilities and lines currently being built or being converted to in efforts to rebuild from the losses

suffered during the Jihad.

Finally, Rules Annex provides a index for where to find advanced game rules referenced in the planetary statistic boxes, loose

guidelines for creating corporate security and local militia, as well as several record sheets for generic fixed emplacements that

may be surrounding the target sites.

CREDITS

Project Development: Herbert A. Beas II

Development Assistance: Nicholas Marsala

BattleTech Line Developer: Herbert A. Beas II

Assistant Line Developer: Ben H. Rome

Writing: Ken’ Horner

Production Staff

Cover Design and Layout: Ray Arrastia

Evolved Faction Logos Design: Jason Vargas

Factchecking/Playtesting : Joel Bancroft-Connors, Joshua “NCKestrel”

Franklin, William “Mad Capellan” Gauthier, Keith “Xotl” Hann, Johannes “jymset”

Heidler, Daniel “DarkISI” Isberner, Chris “Alexander Knight” Marti, Mike Miller,

Luke “Jellico” Robertson, Chris “Chunga” Smith, Peter Smith, Chris Wheeler,

Patrick Wynne

Special Thanks : Nick for giving me this project, Randall for keeping the

CGL ship afloat and Herb for not causing me bodily harm. Props to Aaron

“Gravedigger” Pollyea for all his system and planet info, making my job easier.

Map: Øystein Tvedten

Developer’s Note: For more information about the Lyran Alliance Industry see Handbook: House Steiner, Field Manual: Lyran Alliance,

Field Manual: Updates, any of the Jihad line of products , Technical Readout: 3085 , Field Report: LAAF and Experimental Technical Readout: Steiner .

AllIANCE OvERvIEw

The Alliance suffered heavily during the Jihad. Though some of the

damage was inflicted in the border clashes with the Free Worlds League,

the Clans, and Periphery pirates, those casualties paled in comparison

to the punishment inflicted by the Word’s zealots. From the damaging

raids on Son Hoa to the ravaging of Hesperus II, all the way up to the

loss of the entire world of Alarion, military manufacturing was hit hard-

est. The widespread nature of both Lyran industry in general and the

military-industrial complex in particular left enough to rebuild the na-

tions defenses, but many of these same factories must themselves be

rebuilt if the Alliance is to recover its strength any time soon.

STATE OF THE INDUSTRY

AT A GlANCE (DEC 3079)

Current

Operating Capacity

System (Company)

Losses*

Buena (ArcArms)

100%

Carlisle (Bowie)

85%

Carlisle (S.L. Lewis)

100%

Loburg (StarCorps)

80%

Son Hoa (StarCorps)

75%

35%

Vendrell (MWBM)

85%

Current

Operating Capacity

System (Company)

Losses*

IndustrIal update

The military production of the Lyran Alliance was impacted

from the beginning of the Jihad. Not long after the first shots

were fired at Tharkad, the capital world—and all of its industries—

were overrun. This left the Word of Blake in possession of a large

chunk of the Alliance’s production capability from the outset. The

subsequent losses of Coventry and Hesperus II—the first time either

world had fallen to invading forces since the Star League—further

compounded the situation. Yet despite losing a manufacturing

capability equivalent to some other Houses, the Alliance carried on

with the minor complexes that remained, losing some smaller ones

and having others raided and/or damaged. Only now is the true

extent of the damage coming to light.

Defiance Industries suffered the biggest losses. Losing their

Tharkad facilities not only deprived them of the finished products

manufactured there, but also all their fusion engine production lines.

This in turn hampered production both on Hesperus II and Furillo.

When Hesperus II, the largest BattleMech facility outside of Terra,

later fell, Defiance was left with just its Furillo and Kwangjong-ni

facilities (while its CEO, Duke Daniel Brewer, remained in hiding with

the resistance on his homeworld). Even after Tharkad and Hesperus II

were reclaimed, the devastation wrought in the fighting has reduced

DI’s production capabilities, with over a quarter of their manufacturing

lines on Hesperus still non-functional as of this report.

On the other side of the Alliance, Coventry Metal Works fared little

better. While they did not lose as much to sheer damage as Defiance,

the company remained paralyzed for years while the Word’s forces held

Coventry. The fighting over the facilities was not nearly as destructive

as seen on Tharkad or Hesperus II, but the Blakists committed so many

acts of sabotage in their final retreat that the facilities have been left in

a constant state of repair for several years.

Collectively, nothing took a beating like the Lyran aerospace

industries. Before the Jihad, the Alliance had a healthy aerospace

industry, producing a plethora of fighters, DropShips, JumpShips,

and even a few WarShips. Now, the realm can only manage to

manufacture new Merchant -class JumpShips for its FTL needs.

DropShip production has been slowed by heavy losses, and the

aerospace fighter industry was savaged—mostly due to damage

Chukchi III (Maxell)

100%

Furillo (Defiance)

25%

90%

Furillo (Lockheed/CBM)

15%

100%

Furillo (N&D Targeting)

100%

Gallery (Dynamics)

65%

55%

Halfway (ArcArms)

100%

Current

Operating Capacity

System (Company)

Losses*

Coventry (CMW)

45%

75%

Eutin (TharHes)

100%

Inarcs (Blackstone)

75%

Inarcs (ScolTek)

100%

Kwangjong-ni (Defiance)

100%

Loxley (Blue Shot)

95%

Loxley (Norse-Storm)

80%

Melissia (Grumman)

100%

Richvale (Quikscell)

100%

StorFors (J.B. BattleMechs)

20%

70%

Current

Operating Capacity

System (Company)

Losses*

Arc-Royal (ARMW)

40%

80%

Arc-Royal (ComTech)

100%

Arcturus (ArcArms)

40%

Gibbs (Ioto Galactic)

100%

Gibbs (Lockheed/CBM)

100%

Tharkad (Def. Motors)

80%

40%

Tharkad (Lockheed/CBM)

75%

35%

Tharkad (TharHes)

95%

20%

Tharkad (TAG)

85%

25%

Current

Operating Capacity

System (Company)

Losses*

Edasich (Edasich Motors)

85%

30%

Hesperus II (Defiance)

35%

80%

Hesperus II (Doering)

80%

35%

Skye (Cyclops Inc)

30%

75%

Skye (SkyePleasCrft)

10%

95%

Skye (Shipil Co.)

25%

80%

Solaris VII (VEST)

95%

15%

*Capital and personnel losses at location since the start of the Jihad.

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