First off, technically the Jaspers are now are in the 'second rank of nobility' on Catachan as those who own their own Mechs like Foehammer, Comet, etc
Actually, the Jaspers are the first permanent residents outside Alistair himself to own a ‘Mech on Catachan. Comet, for instance, owns enough shares in CAC that she could buy one, but hasn’t because selling her shares would be dumb. Some more are going to be awarded, but this one had to be first.
Will CAC start developing refit kits for other Battlemechs and ASFs and does it have the excess capacity to produce them with their current production?
That’s next chapter.
I do expect that there is a -5S to -6S Thunderbolt refit kit in the works by Olivetti now that the design has proved itself.
It was in the works as soon as they had a product ready to sell. Momma Olivetti didn’t raise no dummy; the Duke knew that any Mech built with Lostech would sell like TVs on Black Friday.
A note, though: they will still be buying many of the components for it from CAC.
Once they have their new Battlemech line up and running I do believe the plan is to start cranking out as many Centurion ASF refit kits as fast as possible. Presumably Banshee refit kits will be made sometime in the future
Next chapter~
Wait, when did he say that? I did ctrl-f on the last two updates, then ctrl-f on the last two pages in reader-mode, and didn't find it.
The insult was implied, but strongly.
When Weber was refitting the dropships he salvaged did he use standard Inner Sphere tech or did he upgrade them? Also, is Weber using the political capital from his recent victory to acquire more immediate access to additional material such as heavier ASF's, AFV, or other military gear?
He didn’t salvage any Dropships, the ones that he’s using were sealed up but otherwise intact, and he didn’t want to blow the secret of his Lostech until he was ready. There will be some refitting going on now, though.
It was also already noted that one of his new perks is the ability to purchase from LCAF suppliers. Until it becomes more widely known that he’s got Lostech, though, he doesn’t have any particularly high priority. His first big purchase is going to be another Union CV, but that’s probably going to take a year or so unless he finds one at Discount Dan’s that he can have rebuilt.
For clarification sake did the unknown contacts leave the system yet or are they hanging out in space near Catachan?
They’re long gone. This happened weeks ago.
*Applause*
THUNDEROUS Applause.
Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all week.
