Library Data:Bilstein Yards
The Bilstein company of Glisten (Spinward Marches 0406) has achieved a high reputation for specialist starships of non-streamlined types. Though constructing on a small scale compared to builders like Ling Standard, Bilstein vessels are sought after due to their attention to customers' special requirements.[1]
Bilsteins are the main suppliers of private yachts to the March nobility and this provides the bulk of their output. Occasionally, however, a class of vessels such as the Leviathan merchant cruisers are turned out and several powered planetoid types have been constructed.[1]
Bilstein Yards is a small family-run business. Headed by the redoubtable Martin Bilstein, “the Yards” (as they are colloquially known) are renowned throughout the Marches as makers of high-quality custom designs. Although they specialize in starships, they also produce other large technological items, such as space stations and antigrav buildings. Bilstein Yards constructed the palace of the Thearch of Pavabid, perhaps one of its more famous (or infamous) contracts. [2]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bob McWilliams. Leviathan (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 39.
- ↑ James Maliszewski. Planetary Survey 4: Glisten (Steve Jackson Games, 2001), 15.
Other References
- Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 20.