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[InnerSphereNews]

Sun. Feb 05, 3049: Count Elric Von Steffelbus V of Interconnectedness Unlimited officially confirmed courting Verena Bannson.

[Hayden]

Scandal!

[IxxxI]

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What that *** is about? Should we feel urge to kill both after such news or not? Give us more clarity who is "bad" in this situation!
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Edited by IxxxI, 05 February 2012 - 09:21 AM.

[CoffiNail]

IxxxI, on 05 February 2012 - 09:20 AM, said:

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What that *** is about? Should we feel urge to kill both after such news or not? Give us more clarity who is "bad" in this situation!
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just wait for Ghost

[Morashtak]

A Fedder and a Cappy? This can't end well.

[Ghost]

Now this is interesting news. Count Elric Von Steffelbus V is the notoriously reclusive CEO of Interconnectedness Unlimited. While the name is a bit unusual, wait until you hear about what the company does: advanced Kearny-Fuchida Drive technology. The company has been making huge advances in research since the year 3000, when they tested an experimental "Super-Jump Drive" that, when combined with the additional power provided by the rediscovered Lithium-Fusion Battery, promises to revolutionize space travel by extending the distance that can be jumped.

Verena Bannson is rather more difficult to pin down. Drawing conclusions from what I can find, she runs Bannson Mercantile, a new trading company that seems to be doing rather well at the moment.

Spoiler

The Bannson family has a role to play on history's stage several decades in the future, starting with the birth of Jacob Bannson on St. Andre in 3097, a man who would go on to become one of the richest men in the Inner Sphere.

[IxxxI]

2Ghost
Hmm, yeah, today's news began shinig with new colors after your comment. Verena Bannson may be linked to Trellis Elerctronics and Xiaver Bannson somehow, I guess.

So that could lead either to losttech from Trellis Electronics stealed by FedCom or to advanced stars-treveling tech "immigration" to CapCon. Maybe both

Edited by IxxxI, 05 February 2012 - 10:37 AM.

[Harrow]

The rediscovery of the Lithium-Fusion battery was essential in the inner sphere being able to build warships from what i read. Which became a big focus just after the initial clan invasion. By 3056 DCMS had a bunch built and a bunch in construction.

[verybad]

Not essential, LF batteries allow you to make a second jump right after another, so it makes you faster on the interstellar scale. If you build your warships with them, other nations that don't can be strategically (and tactically) outmaneuvered.

Note, LF batteries can also be built onto standard jumpships, allowing them to distribute dropships to the end system in half the time.

While LF batteries are expensive, the economic and strategic benefits outweigh that cost.

Basically, if "theiy" build them, you have to also, or you'll be left in the dust.

Edited by verybad, 05 February 2012 - 12:42 PM.

[Harrow]

I stand corrected. But to your point, I believe the clans became the proverbial 'they' in your strategic analysis of the technology.

[Dlardrageth]

Ghost, on 05 February 2012 - 10:23 AM, said:

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Verena Bannson is rather more difficult to pin down. Drawing conclusions from what I can find, she runs Bannson Mercantile, a new trading company that seems to be doing rather well at the moment.[...]

Wasn't that the woman who appeared in last year's April issue of the Federation Playboy? Giving the Holopress something to go ballistic about for like a month?

[Dihm]

Thanks for the info Ghost! I figured IU was some form of galactic dating network like Match.com.

[VEDRFOLNIR]

*looks Sarna.net and shakes his head* Bah. This information is woefully incomplete. Sooooo.... *rummages through some old and frayed-looking sourcebooks*

From House Davion: The Federated Suns

Note that the information here is accurate only until 3025.

INTERCONNECTEDNESS UNLIMITED
New Avalon Stock & Commodities Symbol: IntUnl

Home Office Location: Granite Falls, Rosamond

President/CEO: Elric Von Steffelbus IV, Count of Islington

Founding Date: Unknown

Principal Divisions:

Division Name: Triple-F (Federated Fast Food) Restaurants

Division Head: Josephine Degrassus, Countess of Smithdon

Chief Service: Fast Food

Division Name: D. Gently's Dectective and Information Agency

Division Head: Dirk Gently IX

Chief Service: Obtaining Information for Divorces

Division Name: Holy Order Press

Division Head: Father James Dreysdon

Chief Service: Philosophy and Religious Books

Division Name: Golden Star Entertainments

Division Head: Mitch Grearson

Chief Service: Holo-Films

Division Name: Golden Star Hotels and Casinos

Division Head: Thomasina Grearson

Chief Service: Gambling Casinos

[NOTE: There are thirteen other divisions within Interconnected Unlimited]

History:

I.U. is an enigma. For the past 50 years, the company has slowly been acquiring companies in a haphazard fashion. There is no apparent plan behind the company's actions, yet its acquired companies bloom into new productivity after I.U. takes over.

Attempts to establish a history for the company prior to 2971 have proven futile. It seems to have appeared fully grown on the planet Marlette in that year. Its first recorded action was acquisition of the Triple-F restaurant chain, a large and popular group of fast-food restaurants. It seems incredible, if not impossible, for a company with enough assets to swallow up a large and profitable restaurant chain could have blossomed overnight.

* * *

In effect, I.U. is one of the Federated Suns' two biggest companies (after Federated Boeing), and though nothing else is mentioned about them in the sourcebooks I have, it isn't surprising that that I.U. would buy out (or even restart) a company that builds the KF drive - certainly I.U. has the resources, as shown by the Triple-F acquisition (according to the information, there are over 5,000 Triple-F restaurants on over 250 worlds in the Federated Suns) particularly if they've expanded into the Lyran markets as I would suspect.

Yay, obscure lore!

Edited by VEDRFOLNIR, 06 February 2012 - 01:20 PM.

[CoffiNail]

Hey very awesome of you to jump in to the sourcebooks for that obscure lore! TY

[yingjanshi]

Out of universe, but interesting fact: D. Gently's Dectective and Information Agency is taken from a rather good book by Douglas Adams (yes that Douglas Adams).

[GrimJim]

yingjanshi, on 06 February 2012 - 11:35 AM, said:

Out of universe, but interesting fact: D. Gently's Dectective and Information Agency is taken from a rather good book by Douglas Adams (yes that Douglas Adams).

<<sigh>>

Further evidence for any who still think FASA didn't pillage a million other ideas from other franchises (certain licensed 'Mech designs included), are full of it.

C'mon.... B. Banzi, the Fighting Urukhai, Klandathu (sure... swap an "e"), it does seem to go on...

[firefox117]

Ok, Im not new to MW, but I am new to BT, whats up with these ISN news flashes? Just trying to get up to speed with everything around here. Thanks.

[VEDRFOLNIR]

firefox117, on 06 February 2012 - 05:32 PM, said:

Ok, Im not new to MW, but I am new to BT, whats up with these ISN news flashes? Just trying to get up to speed with everything around here. Thanks.

Lemme take a stab at this...

BattleTech has nearly 30 years of 'lore' written - and the developers know that there are many folks here who grew up reading the novels, collecting the sourcebooks and immersing themselves in the fictional 'history' - so they've been whetting our appetites with these ISN news flashes. They may or may not be relevant in-game, but I for one think it's pure awesomeness to see an ISN news flash and say 'Hey, I remember that!' and break out a book I bought more than 20 years ago, sit back and my chair, and dive into this world once again.

/nostalgia

[yingjanshi]

GrimJim, on 06 February 2012 - 04:34 PM, said:

<<sigh>>

Further evidence for any who still think FASA didn't pillage a million other ideas from other franchises (certain licensed 'Mech designs included), are full of it.

C'mon.... B. Banzi, the Fighting Urukhai, Klandathu (sure... swap an "e"), it does seem to go on...

There is also a planet in the FedSuns named Numenor and in (I believe the AFFS Field Manual) there is a colonel named Gandulf!