Kincaid Defiance Industries
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Kincaid Defiance Industries | |
|---|---|
| Corporation Profile | |
| Headquarters | Hesperus II |
| Leadership | CEO |
| Product(s) | Heat Sinks |
Contents
Overview[edit]
Kincaid Defiance Industries (KDI) was a minor Lyran technology manufacturer until in 3026 with an inconspicuous profile, shipping capacity and established trade routes into the Federated Suns.[1]
History[edit]
Because of this the firm was selected as a front for a secret manufacturing deal: Since the sacking of the Friden Aerospace Park facility on Hoff at the hands of the Black Widow Company, the Federated Suns lacked the industrial base to manufacture the prototype Double Heat Sinks which they had created there. They turned to their Lyran Commonwealth allies to produce components which were secretly delivered to the KDI HQ facility on Hesperus II for assembly and delivery to New Avalon.
On 5 March 3028 a trio of Molehunters, counterintelligence operatives of the Lyran Intelligence Corps led by one agent Schröder, make an unannounced visit to CEO Simon Kincaid. Only Kincaid and his aide Francesco Roncaletti are let in on the fact that a Double Heat Sink assembled at their site was found installed on a Capellan BattleMech; the subsequent inspection reveals that an unknown perpetrator has been diverting a significant share of the prototype Double Heat Sink production by falsely marking it as production cull, and smuggling it into the Capellan Confederation.
In 3028, Barton's Regiment of the McCarron's Armored Cavalry mercenary unit staged a quick and narrow objective raid against the Kincaid Defiance Industries plant on the North Whitman continent of Hesperus II that was successful despite heavy resistance from the Blackhearts and the 26th Lyran Guards, combined with relentless aerospace fighter attacks.[2]
He then radios Francesco Roncaletti, whom Simon Kincaid considered his adoptive son, and told him that he just killed Schröder to prevent him from uncovering that it was Kincaid himself who sold the secret technology to the Confederation. With his back literally to the wall Kincaid makes Roncaletti promise that he will destroy all evidence and save the firm, then announces that he is not coming back. However, Kincaid is not killed by the enemy 'Mechs. It turns out he had arranged safe extraction for himself in exchange for the prototype blueprints which he carries with him.[1]
As the facility still exist during the Jihad, it is implied that Roncaletti saved the company.[3]
Leadership[edit]
The company's CEO in 3026 was Simon Kincaid.[1]
Manufacturing[edit]
Kincaid Defiance Industries has manufacturing centers on the following planets:
Hesperus II[edit]
| Components produced on Hesperus II:[1] | |
|---|---|
| Component | Type |
| Heat Sink | |
| Double-Strength Heat Sinks | Double-Strength Heat Sinks[1] |