Buchanan Heavy Industries, or BHI, is a manufacturing megacorproation based on
Mars. As the only major corporate entity directly affiliated with the
Feather Corps on "the frontlines" of Mars, BHI holds a significant amount of influence as an external defense contractor. This has resulted in a monopoly of Martian manufacturing exports ranging from civilian commodities to Battle Suits and capital ship armaments. In addition, BHI administrates a number of adjacent orbital colonies as well as the Martian Littoral Testing Field (MLTF), an orbital munitions and vehicle testing range situated above the southern hemisphere.
BHI Data Breach
As a result of their indispensability as a major manufacturing organ of the Corps, BHI received a copy of the
FEATHER Operating System's original source code just prior to the 22nd Jovian-Martian Conflict of the Third Solar War. The Feather Corps had commissioned them to produce a new biological interface for a new generation of Battle Suits based on the FEATHER system. However, this information was leaked to Jupiter and a covert strike team of Jovian Battle Suits infiltrated the Martian Defense Network.
Despite the significance of the data they received, BHI stored the source code in a lightly defended industrial research complex. The corporate defenses were torn apart and the files were pilfered before the Feather Corps could intervene. Though the strike team was eventually wiped out by the
Magma Guard and a detachment of the Wilds Division, the source code was already transmitted to the Asteroid Belt. This forced the Magma Guard to dispatch an Expeditionary Fleet to find and secure the data before the Jovian forces could.
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