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{{Short description|Human weapons consortium}}
{{Infobox company
|image = Behring_Applied_Technology.jpg
|name = Behring Applied Technology
|industry = Weapons manufacture, weapon attachments, munitions manufacture , spacecraft components
|products = Personal weapons, spacecraft weapons, missiles, missile racks, energy weapons, explosive weapons, spacecraft computers, shield generators
|race = Human
|headquarters = [[StarCitizen:Terra (planet)|Terra]], [[StarCitizen:Terra system|Terra]]; [[StarCitizen:MacArthur]], [[StarCitizen:Killian]]
|areaserved = [[StarCitizen:United Empire of Earth]]
|keypeople = <!-- Key people in the company, such as CEO, chairman, etc. -->
|founder = <!-- Founder of the company -->
|founded = {{Start date and age|2554|sctime=yes}}
|fate = <!-- Fate of the company if defunct -->
|defunct = <!-- Defunct date, use {{Start date and age|sctime=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
|formerly = <!-- Formerly known as, if the company is renamed -->
|predecessor = <!-- Predecessor of the company -->
|successor = <!-- Successor of the company -->
|parent = <!-- Parent company/organization of the company -->
|subsidiaries = <!-- Subsidiaries of the company -->
|galactapediaurl = https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0n9vZ4GpQn-behring
|portfoliourl = <!-- URL of the Portfolio page -->
}}

'''Behring Applied Technology''' is [[StarCitizen:human]] weapons consortium based on [[StarCitizen:Terra (planet)|Terra]] in the [[StarCitizen:Terra system]]. Founded in [[StarCitizen:2554]], Behring is comprised of dozens of smaller research and development firms that work together to build a variety of items, weapons, and vehicles, usually for defense purposes. Their laboratories contributed to the standardization of laser weaponry, along with other innovations in [[StarCitizen:computer]]s, [[StarCitizen:shield generator]]s, [[StarCitizen:missile]]s, [[StarCitizen:personal weapon]]s, spacecraft weapons, and [[StarCitizen:vehicle ordnance|ordnance]]. Multiple divisions of Behring are located in the [[StarCitizen:Kilian system]] in order to work on classified projects for the [[StarCitizen:United Empire of Earth]] (UEE) [[StarCitizen:United Empire of Earth Military|military]].<ref name="galactapedia">{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0n9vZ4GpQn-behring|text=Galactapedia: Behring Applied Technology}}</ref>

==History==
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{{Note|'''Note''': Majority of the information is based on the removed portfolio comm-link about Behring. The information below might not reflect the current lore.}}

The Behring consortium was founded in [[StarCitizen:2554]] as a combination of several dozen smaller research and development firms. This arrangement gave rise to the famed [[StarCitizen:Terra system|Terra]] laboratory responsible for standard laser weaponry and dozens of other Behring innovations.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite RSI|url=comm-link/transmission/13895-Galactic-Guide-Behring-Applied-Technology|text=Galactic Guide: Behring Applied Technology}}</ref> It outsources to a lot of designers and subsidiaries to be a one-stop shop for all your defensive needs. They make guns, missiles, tanks, [[StarCitizen::Category:Dropships|dropships]], sentry drones, etc., mostly for the [[StarCitizen:UEE]], but there are also [[StarCitizen:civilian]] models.  Usually favor quantity over quality. Popular models produced by Behring include the [[StarCitizen:P4-AR Ballistic Rifle|P4-AR]], a standard issue rifle for the [[StarCitizen:UEE Military|UEE military]], and the P4-SC, a more compact and collapsible carbine version of it.<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/12972-Writers-Guide-Part-Four|text=Writer's Guide: Part Four}}</ref>

==Departments==
===Behring Applied Technology===
The Behring Applied Technology division stands in an interesting place: while its existence may have been one of the worst kept secrets in the galaxy, its overall reach and impact on military (and spin-off) technologies may never be truly known. The incorporation papers for the Behring weapons consortium make no mention of the division; press inquiries are ignored or dodged; and corporate org charts show no oversight... but a steady one-quarter of the company's profits vanish with every published budget. For years, all mention of the division was strictly forbidden. When pressed at a formal dinner, [[StarCitizen:Evan Behring]] himself famously acknowledged that the division exists, but then claimed that they "develop next-generation home goods." Today, the company acknowledges that BAT exists and that they are responsible for the heavy weaponry found on naval warships, but denies the budgetary implication that they have a much wider role in top-secret research.

Although BAT's existence was formally denied, its effect was always widely felt,  its role is widely recognized across the galaxy; after all, even before the admission, the massive laser weapons used by [[StarCitizen:UEE]] ships-of-the-line had to come from somewhere. Thanks to the general collection of folklore and the overall passage of time, BAT's long history, stretching back to the early days of spaceflight, is now well explored.  Quietly, though, it birthed BAT. Initially hidden on a [[StarCitizen:Eda|Terran moon]] (and now beneath the surface of [[StarCitizen:Odin II]]'s moon, [[StarCitizen:Vili]]), BAT was charged with meeting the needs of military black budget projects. BAT is known for its unflinching attitude toward experimentation and research; the scientists and engineers who compose the team have labored ceaselessly and loyally, creating weapons of both conquest and defense across a variety of political landscapes.

To this day, it is difficult to say what innovations originate at BAT beyond the fact that the division must be responsible for much of the [[StarCitizen:UEE]]'s capital-class naval weaponry. Certainly, Behring has taken no credit for weapons or other technologies developed there. It is none the less believed that BAT has developed technologies in a wide variety of fields, the most obvious of which can be found in significant enhancements to shield, propulsion, laser mirroring, and remote sensing technologies. One thing that is widely known today is that the BAT division's unofficial mascot is Barrie, a cartoon bat who has been lovingly painted on countless prototype killing machines.

====Capital-Class Turrets====
In particular, the Behring Applied Technology laboratory has been given credit for two types of high-yield capital ship weaponry: [[StarCitizen:Anti-Ship Artillery]] ([[StarCitizen:Anti-Ship Artillery|ASA]]) weapons and [[StarCitizen:Ship to Ship]] ([[StarCitizen:Ship to Ship|STS]]) turret weapons. ASA turret mounts are designed, simply, to protect large ships from smaller ones. With lightning-quick hydraulics and integrated targeting interfaces, ASA turrets are generally sited in a ring around a capital ship's hull to offer as full an arc of protection as possible. ASA turrets mount smaller yield laser weapons similar to those found on civilian spacecraft. The stock military [[StarCitizen:Idris-M]] frigate, for instance, carries eleven Behring [[StarCitizen:M2C "Swarm"]] ASA turrets .

Ship-to-Ship turrets are a much more powerful affair, designed to punch through the shields and hulls of other large starships. Although they lack the quick reaction time of ASA turrets and so are generally unsuitable for flak coverage, their higher-caliber weaponry will ensure that any hit against a fighter or bomber is likely deadly. Like their smaller cousins, STS turrets are modular and can be outfitted with a variety of individual guns.<!-- Removed due to being outdated: The workhorse of the Navy, the Javelin Destroyer, mounts a pair of Behring M6A laser cannons on STS turrets as standard. -->

While the concern is responsible for manufacturing, antimatter yield coring, and other important processes in turret development, likely the most significant advancement they have been credited with is the development of the shield interphase kits that are now standard on all turrets. Prior to the [[StarCitizen:28th Century|28th century]], it was believed impossible to design a shield system that could operate with a rotating turret; where early shields were designed with 'blind spots' that could allow fixed cannons to fire out of a designated hardpoint, they lacked the ability to do the same with a gun whose position was impossible to predict before firing. [[StarCitizen:Capital ships]] of an earlier era would need to drop their shields entirely before firing, which made arming with anti-spacecraft weaponry impractical. With BAT's interphase kits, almost anything can be shot out from within a standard shield.

====Rail Guns====
What would you do if you had the biggest gun in the galaxy? BAT offers the opportunity to answer that question in the form of their massive 130mm "[[StarCitizen:Ship Buster]]" rail gun system. The most powerful single-charge rail gun in known space,  is capable of smashing a destroyer as though it were a tin can. Four Ship Busters form the keel mount of the [[StarCitizen:Bengal|Bengal carrier]], while a series of weapons forms the fighting power of the [[StarCitizen:Retribution|Retribution-class]]. These rail guns use the same technologies as standard fighter-based mass drivers but on a massive scale once thought impossible to achieve. A series of thousands and thousands of charged electromagnets generate the power needed to throw the 130-mm slugs.

====Black Ops====
It seems undeniable that BAT is heavily involved in black-ops research. Recent advancements in remote sensing, automated camouflage and jointed thruster technologies have likely sprung from Behring's top-secret labs. Although this will never be formally confirmed, the trillions of [[StarCitizen:UEC]] funneled into the research efforts within [[StarCitizen:Vili]]'s core could retrofit the standing navy's wide-caliber lasers a dozen times over. More horrific rumors imply that BAT is responsible for biological warfare research. There is clear evidence that a number of eminent [[StarCitizen:Xenobiology|xenobiologists]] have 'gone grey' and disappeared into the black ops wing of the military. Whether or not the fringe claims that they are taking part in the vivisection of [[StarCitizen:Vanduul]] prisoners of war are accurate is less clear<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140712022525/https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/13895-Galactic-Guide-Behring-Applied-Technology Galactic Guide: Behring Applied Technology], robertsspaceindustries.com, May 27th 2014, archived</ref><ref name="ReferenceA" />

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