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{{Status|Canon}}
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{{Disambig header|vehicle manufacturer sometimes known as "Asklon"|the other company sharing this name|Asklon Light Atomics}}
[[File:Ad Asklon Logo.png|thumb|250px|The "Asklon" logo of the company.]]
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'''AMG Transport Dynamics''', also referred to as '''Asklon''', is a vehicle manufacturing company. AMG has contracts for light-armored vehicles for the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Army|Army]], [[UNSC Navy|Navy]], and [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] as well as other vehicles used throughout human space. The company also makes numerous civilian vehicles such as the [[Capri]] and the [[Hog]].
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{{Quote|From the road, to the track, to the battlefield – we move the galaxy forward|AMG Transport Dynamics's motto<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/outpost-discoveries '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Canon Fodder #106: Outpost Discoveries'']</ref>}}
==History==
'''AMG Transport Dynamics''', also referred to as '''Asklon''', is a vehicle manufacturing company. It is based in [[Crisium City]], [[Naniwa]], on [[Luna]].<ref name="CFOD">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/outpost-discoveries ''Halo Waypoint'' - Canon Fodder - Outpost Discoveries]</ref> AMG has contracts for light-armored vehicles for the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[UNSC Army|Army]], [[UNSC Navy|Navy]], and [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] as well as other vehicles used throughout human space. The company also makes numerous civilian vehicles such as the [[Capri]] and the [[Hog]].
AMG Transport Dynamics designed the first prototype of the [[M12 Warthog]], the Z-12, was designed in [[2319]]. The company initiated a well-crafted advertising campaign and formed a skilled engineering team to showcase the Z-12 prototype's abilities in the unpopulated outlands of [[Mars]] and [[Luna]]. AMG claimed that the Z-12 could "go anywhere and do anything". In the first eight months of the Z-12's existence, AMG received over three dozen exclusivity contracts; the largest and most profitable of these contracts came from the [[Colonial Military Administration]]. AMG secured the deal with the CAA in [[2321]] to meet most of the organization's land-based transportation needs. The Z-12 was then resdesignated the M12 Warthog. Coming into service with the UNSC, the Warthog became the most popular military all-terrain vehicle. However, AMG's [[M274 Mongoose|Mongoose]] and [[Civet]] vehicle lines trailed closely behind.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/warthog '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Warthog'']</ref>


== History ==
In [[2483]], AMG Transport Dynamics began to manufacture lightly armored all-terrain vehicles for the UNSC. AMG produced seventeen different versions of the "Mongoose" line, with the most recent model being the [[M274 Mongoose|M274]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/m274-ultra-light-all-terrain-vehicle-mongoose '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Mongoose'']</ref> In [[2523]], a rebellion broke out on [[Andesia]]. The widespread insurgency eventually reached the heavily defended AMG Transport Dynamics facilities in the capital city of [[Noctus]].<ref name="BetaLate">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-beta-late-than-never '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder: Beta Late Than Never'']</ref>
[[File:Ad Asklon Logo.png|thumb|200px|The "Asklon" logo of the company.]]
AMG Transport Dynamics designed the first prototype of the [[M12 Warthog]], the Z-12, was designed in [[2319]]. The company initiated a well-crafted advertising campaign and formed a skilled engineering team to showcase the Z-12 prototype's abilities in the unpopulated outlands of [[Mars]] and [[Luna]]. AMG claimed that the Z-12 could "go anywhere and do anything". In the first eight months of the Z-12's existence, AMG received over three dozen exclusivity contracts; the largest and most profitable of these contracts came from the [[Colonial Military Authority]]. AMG secured the deal with the CMA in [[2321]] to meet most of the organization's land-based transportation needs. The Z-12 was then redesignated the M12 Warthog. Coming into service with the UNSC, the Warthog became the most popular military all-terrain vehicle. However, AMG's [[M274 Mongoose|Mongoose]] and [[Civet]] vehicle lines trailed closely behind.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/warthog ''Halo Waypoint'' - Warthog]</ref>


In [[2483]], AMG Transport Dynamics began to manufacture lightly armored all-terrain vehicles for the UNSC. AMG produced seventeen different versions of the "Mongoose" line, with the most recent model being the [[M274 Mongoose|M274]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/m274-ultra-light-all-terrain-vehicle-mongoose ''Halo Waypoint'' - Mongoose]</ref> In [[2523]], a rebellion broke out on [[Andesia]]. The widespread insurgency eventually reached the heavily defended AMG Transport Dynamics facilities in the capital city of [[Noctus]].<ref name="BetaLate">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-beta-late-than-never ''Halo Waypoint'' - Canon Fodder - Beta Late Than Never]</ref> AMG's facility in [[New Mombasa]], [[Kenya]], on [[Earth]] was raided by the [[Covenant]] during their [[Battle of Mombasa|invasion of the city]] on [[2552#October|October 20. 2552]].<ref name="odst">''Halo 3: ODST'', campaign level, [[Mombasa Streets]]</ref> It was destroyed when the Covenant [[glassed]] the city the following day.<ref>''Halo 3: ODST'', campaign level, [[Coastal Highway]]</ref>
AMG's facility in [[New Mombasa]], [[Kenya]], on [[Earth]] was raided by the [[Covenant]] during their [[Battle of Mombasa|invasion of the city]] on [[2552#October|October 20. 2552]].<ref name="odst">'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level ''[[Mombasa Streets]]''</ref> It was destroyed when the Covenant [[glassed]] the city the following day.<ref>'''Halo 3: ODST''', campaign level ''[[Coastal Highway]]''</ref>


AMG's facility in Andesia's capital city of Noctus was involved with the [[Spartan branch]] and "CMMD GRP SEC 3" specifically.<ref>''Halo 5: Guardians'', multiplayer map, [[Eden]]</ref> In [[2556]], AMG was "flagged for review" by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] after the [[Terrorist attack on Sedra City|Sedra terrorist attack]].<ref name="Halo Nightfall">''[[Halo: Nightfall: ONI: Walk the Path|ONI: Walk the Path]]''</ref>
In [[Sedra City]] there is an AMG facility. Sometime after [[2556]] February 7th 0921 hours its "Flagged for Review" by ONI.<ref name="Halo Nightfall">'''[[Halo: Nightfall: ONI: Walk the Path|ONI: Walk the Path]]'''</ref>
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== Products ==
==AMG products==
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===M12 Warthog line===
===M12 Warthog line===
{{Main|Warthog}}
*[[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle]]
*[[M12 Chaingun Warthog|M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle]]
**[[M12A1 Light Anti-Armor Vehicle]]
**[[M12A1 Rocket Warthog|M12A1 Light Anti-Armor Vehicle]]
**[[M12G1 Light Anti-Armor Vehicle]]
**[[M12G1 Gauss Warthog|M12G1 Light Anti-Armor Vehicle]]
*[[M831 Troop Transport|M831 Troop Transport Vehicle]]
**[[M12R Rocket Warthog|M12R Light Anti-Aircraft Vehicle]]
*[[Warthog#M864_Arctic|M864 Arctic Vehicle]]<ref name="bnet">[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BAGwarthog '''Bungie.net''': ''The Warthog'']</ref>
*[[M12S Warthog CST|M12S Warthog Civilian Sport Transport]]<ref name="forza">[https://www.forzamotorsport.net/en-us/news/hma_9_1_16 ''Forza Motorsport'' - 2554 AMG Dynamics M12S Warthog CST]</ref>
*[[Warthog#M914_Recovery_Vehicle|M914 Recovery Vehicle]]<ref name="bnet"/>
*[[M831 Troop Transport Warthog|M831 Troop Transport Vehicle]]
*[[M864 Arctic Warthog|M864 Arctic Vehicle]]<ref name="bnet">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BAGwarthog ''Bungie.net'' - The Warthog]</ref>
*[[Warthog#M914 Recovery Vehicle|M914 Recovery Vehicle]]{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}}
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===Mongoose line===
===Mongoose line===
*[[M274 Mongoose]]<ref>''[[Halo 3]]'', the Mongoose's chassis</ref>
*[[M274 Ultra-Light All-Terrain Vehicle|M274 Mongoose ULATV]]<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''the Mongoose's chassis''</ref>
*[[M290 Mongoose]]


===Other===
===Other===
*[[Civet]]
*[[Civet]]
*[[H9 mid-capacity hauler]]
*[[Phaco GT]]


===Civilian vehicles===
===Civilian vehicles===
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== Facilities ==
==Facilities==
The company had facilities in the following cities and locations:
The company had facilities in the following cities and locations:<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''': ''[[:File:Ad Asklon Cities.png|Asklon cities list poster]]''</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable " style="width: 50%;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"
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!scope="col"|Planet
!scope="col"|Location
!scope="col"|Facility Name/Facility Role
!scope="col"|Citation
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[Earth]]
|[[New Mombasa]], [[East African Protectorate|EAP]]
|
|<ref>''Halo 3: ODST'', campaign level, [[Mombasa Streets]]</ref><ref>''Halo 2: Anniversary'', campaign level, [[Metropolis]]</ref>
|-
|[[Nairobi]], EAP
|
|<ref name="facilities">''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', [[:File:Ad Asklon Cities.png|Asklon cities list poster]]</ref>
|-
|[[Wikipedia:Chiba, Chiba|Chiba]], [[Japan]]
|
|{{Ref/Reuse|facilities}}
|-
|[[Kentucky]], [[URNA]]
|Proving grounds
|<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=896 ''Bungie.net'': AMG Civilian Hog Review]</ref>
|-
|[[Wikipedia:Essex Junction, Vermont|Essex Junction]], URNA
|
|{{Ref/Reuse|facilities}}
|-
|[[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
|
|{{Ref/Reuse|facilities}}
|-
|[[Greater Chicago Industrial Zone|Chicago]], URNA
|
|{{Ref/Reuse|facilities}}
|-
|[[Wikipedia:Pelion|Pelion]], [[Wikipedia:Greece|Greece]]
|
|{{Ref/Reuse|facilities}}
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Luna]]
|[[Crisium City]], [[Naniwa]]
|Central office and production plant
|{{Ref/Reuse|CFOD}}
|-
|[[Mars]]
|[[Seven Hills]]
|
|{{Ref/Reuse|facilities}}
|-
|[[Andesia]]
|[[Noctus]]
|[[M12B Warthog]] facility
|<ref>''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', multiplayer level, [[Empire]]</ref>
|-
|rowspan="1"|Unknown
|[[Dusar]]
|
|{{Ref/Reuse|facilities}}
|}
 
==Motorsports division==
AMG Transport Dynamics has a motorsports division, currently managed by [[Erik Burch]].<ref name="needle">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-needle-me-this ''Halo Waypoint'' - Canon Fodder - Needle Me This]</ref> The motorsports division routinely dominates humanity's high-stakes league of interstellar motorsports.<ref name="driving force">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-driving-force ''Halo Waypoint'' - Canon Fodder - Driving Force]</ref> The division has a notable time-honored tradition for improving upon their engineering capabilities through competition.{{Ref/Reuse|needle}} The motorsports division has produced prototypes and models, such as the dynamic and durable RallyHog, that have earned class victories in both the [[New Carthage Sprint Series]] and [[24 Hours of Quezon]].{{Ref/Reuse|driving force}} Burch attempted to launch [[Project HOGSTICKER|Project: HOGSTICKER]], a project to create a Warthog with [[blamite]]-afterburners, but the project was denied funding by Special Projects Director [[Tyse Jenkins]], who found it to be an outlandish idea.{{Ref/Reuse|needle}}


==Production notes==
*[[Mombasa]]
The name of "Asklon" is derived from the words "Ass clown."{{Ref/Twitter|vicdeleon|1378803117442002944|Vic DeLeon|Quote=And the Asklon Corporation are literally “ass clowns”.|D=05|M=4|Y=2021}} The sign on the [[Tterrab Industries]] building seen in the level [[Metropolis]] in ''[[Halo 2]]'' originally read "Askloun."{{Ref/YouTube|C0yjEi4YnDM|Channel=Bungie|VideoName=First Look Halo 2|Time=87|Detail=1:27}} The name was changed to "Asklon" in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''. In ''[[Halo: Saint's Testimony]]'', a company by the name of [[Asklon Light Atomics]] was introduced, likely in reference AMG Transport Dynamics' alternate name. The relationship between the two companies is unknown.
*[[Dusar]]
*[[Nairobi]]
*[[Wikipedia:Chiba, Chiba|Chiba]]
*[[Wikipedia:Pelion|Pelion]]
*[[Crisium City]]
*[[Seven Hills]]
*[[Wikipedia:Essex Junction, Vermont|Essex Junction]]
*[[Sydney]]
*[[Greater Chicago Industrial Zone|Chicago]]
*[[Noctus]]<ref name="BetaLate"/>


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
* In ''Halo 3: ODST'', the company is only referred to as "Asklon." Their posters can be seen throughout the city, including all the accessible buildings in [[Mombasa Streets]] and even the [[NMPD headquarters]].
*The sign on the [[Tterrab Industries]] building seen in the level [[Metropolis]] in ''[[Halo 2]]'' originally read "Askloun".<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0yjEi4YnDM '''YouTube:''' ''First Look Halo 2'']</ref> The name was slightly altered in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''.
* The AMG logo looks similar to the icon for the [[Junior Detective]] achievement in ''Halo 3: ODST''.
*In ''Halo 3: ODST'', the company is only referred to as "Asklon". Their posters can be seen throughout the city, including all the accessible buildings in [[Mombasa Streets]] and even the [[NMPD Headquarters]].<ref name="odst"/> It is possible that Asklon is either what the letter "A" in the title means or that it is a subsidiary of the company.
* AMG may be a reference to either [[Wikipedia:AM General|AM General]], a real world company that produces the HMMWV or Humvee, or the [[Wikipedia:Mercedes-AMG|Mercedes-Benz AMG (Aufrecht Melcher Großaspach)]] tuning and racing division.
*The logo looks similar to the icon for the [[Junior Detective]] achievement in ''Halo 3: ODST''.
* The "Destiny Awaits" poster foreshadows ''[[Destinypedia:Destiny|Destiny]]'', Bungie's first post-''Halo'' video game franchise. The white circle represents [[Destinypedia:Traveler|the Traveler]], a mysterious object that orbits Earth and grants the player character supernatural abilities.
*AMG may be a reference to either [[Wikipedia:AM General|AM General]], a real world company that produces the HMMWV or Humvee, or the [[Wikipedia:Mercedes-AMG|Mercedes-Benz AMG (Aufrecht Melcher Großaspach)]] tuning and racing division.
* In the ''Forza Horizon'' series, AMG Transport Dynamics uses the [[:File:UNSC insignia (post-war).png|post-war UNSC insignia introduced in ''Halo 4'']] as its manufacturer logo.
*The "Destiny Awaits" poster foreshadows ''[[Destinypedia:Destiny|Destiny]]'', Bungie's first post-''Halo'' video game franchise. The white circle represents [[Destinypedia:Traveler|the Traveler]], a mysterious object that orbits Earth and grants the player character supernatural abilities.
** Also, AMG Transport Dynamics is referred to as "343" in the internal game files of the PC releases of the ''Forza Horizon'' series, with "343" obviously referencing [[343 Industries]].<ref name="343_Warthog_15">[https://www.thenobeds.com/articles/forza-horizon-4-full-car-list-leaked-by-windows-store ''The Nobeds'' - Forza Horizon 4 Full Car List Leaked by Windows Store]</ref> This is presumably to avoid confusion with Mercedes-AMG and Mercedes-Benz, both of which are named as "MER" in the internal game files.


== Gallery ==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Ad_Asklon_Cities.png|A list of cities with which the company was associated.
File:Ad_Asklon_Cities.png|A list of cities with which the company was associated.
File:Asklon_Tablet.jpg|A tablet commonly displayed inside Asklon buildings; the goal of "Infinity" refers to an earlier Bungie game, ''[[Marathon|Marathon Infinity]]''.
File:Asklon_Tablet.jpg|A tablet commonly displayed inside Asklon buildings; the goal of "Infinity" refers to an earlier Bungie game, ''[[Marathon|Marathon Infinity]]''.
File:Asklon building.jpg|An Asklon building in New Mombasa.
File:Asklon building.jpg|An Asklon building in New Mombasa
File:Ad_Asklon_Destiny_Awaits.png|A common advertising poster for the company. The poster alludes to Bungie's later game, ''Destiny''.
File:Ad_Asklon_Destiny_Awaits.png|A common advertising poster for the company. The poster alludes to Bungie's later game, ''Destiny''.
File:AMG Building.JPG|AMG's New Mombasa facility as seen in the [[Keep It Clean]] trailer for ''Halo 3: ODST''; the final game uses the name "Asklon" instead.
File:AMG Building.JPG|AMG's New Mombasa facility as seen in the [[Keep It Clean]] trailer for ''Halo 3: ODST''; the final game uses the name "Asklon" instead
File:HINF AMGLogo.png|Logo of AMG used for manufacturers in ''Halo Infinite''.
</gallery>
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
{{col-begin}}
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
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*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
* ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
* ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
* ''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
*''[[i love bees]]''
* ''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
*''[[Halo 2]]''
* ''[[i love bees]]''
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
* ''[[Halo 2]]''
*''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''
* ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
*''[[Halo: Landfall]]''
* ''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''
**''[[Halo: Arms Race]]''
* ''[[Halo: Landfall]]''
**''[[Halo: Combat]]''
** ''[[Halo: Arms Race]]''
**''[[Halo: Last One Standing]]''
** ''[[Halo: Combat]]''
*''[[Halo: Uprising]]''
** ''[[Halo: Last One Standing]]''
*''[[Halo 3]]''
* ''[[Halo: Uprising]]''
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''
* ''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''
* ''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''
*''[[Halo Wars]]''
* ''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
* ''[[Halo Wars]]''
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
* ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
**''[[Homecoming]]''
* ''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Prototype]]''
** ''[[Homecoming]]''
*''[[Halo Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
** ''[[Prototype]]''
**''[[Dirt]]''
* ''[[Halo Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
*''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''
** ''[[Dirt]]''
*''[[Remember Reach]]''
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**''[[Patrol]]''
* ''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
* ''[[Remember Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
** ''[[Patrol]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''
* ''[[Halo: Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''
* ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''
** ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''
*''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''
** ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
** ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''
*''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''
* ''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''
*''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''
* ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
* ''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]''
* ''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''
*''[[Halo: Initiation]]''
* ''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
** ''[[Spartan Ops]]''
*''[[Halo: Nightfall]]''
* ''[[Halo: Initiation]]''
**''[[Halo: Nightfall: ONI: Walk the Path|ONI: Walk the Path]]'' {{Mo}}
* ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo 2 Anniversary]]''
* ''[[Halo: Nightfall]]'' {{Mo}}
* ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
* ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''
*''[[Halo: The Television Series]]''
**''[[Contact]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Allegiance]]''
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== Sources ==
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==Sources==
[[Category:Defense contractors]]
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[[Category:Human Businesses]]

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