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[[File:Red Devil Industries.jpg|right|190px|thumb|Red Devil Industries Manufacturer Logo]]
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| affiliation = {{Ubl|[[Clan Jade Falcon]]|[[Lyran Commonwealth]]}}
 
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| headquarters = [[Pandora]]<ref name=HSp121>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 121: "Weapons Industries - [Red Devil Industries]"</ref>
 
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| leadership = [[CEO of Red Devil Industries|CEO]]
 
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'''Red Devil Industries''' was a poorly-regarded military manufacturer based on [[Pandora]].<ref name=HSp121/><ref name=MMp131>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 131: "Red Devils Industries Profile"</ref>
 
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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During the [[Third Succession War]], Red Devil Industries had a well-known reputation as a wheeler-dealer company that operated just this side of the law. Originally a technicians' school and private maintenance company, Red Devil diversified into weapon system manufacture, opening its [[BattleMech]] production lines for the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] in the late 2900s.<ref name=HSp121/>
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After Pandora was taken by [[Clan Jade Falcon]], '''Red Devil Industries''' became the largest producer of second-line 'Mechs in the Jade Falcon's Occupation Zone. The ''BattleMaster'' line in particular was pushed into overtime production. The harsh working conditions led to several labor strikes which were put down forcibly by the Falcons until 3071, when approximately 300 laborers were killed in a labor conflict. After that event, the Falcon Merchant Caste was able to talk the Khans into making a few concessions which improved both production and relations with the former Lyran citizens.<ref name=MM131>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 131, "Red Devils Industries Profile"</ref>
  
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The [[Clan Invasion]] would dramatically impact Red Devil Industries. Targeted during the fifth wave of the invasion in [[3052]], the defending [[Gray Death Legion]] were able to hand Clan Jade Falcon a rare defeat, thus keeping Pandora out of Jade Falcons hands temporarily.<ref name=ER:3052p40>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 40: Mercenaries - Gray Death Legion</ref> While considered among the least efficient weapon producers in the [[Federated Commonwealth]], with Pandora on the Clan border the Commonwealth made plans to relocate both the Red Devil Industries and the [[Quikscell Company]] plants to safer interior worlds. Though the Quikscell relocation was well progressed by [[3054]], the Red Devil relocation was more problematic. A [[Succession Wars era]] nightmare of jury-rigged systems, ("held together by duct tape, bailing wire, and prayer" according to one reporter) the Commonwealth had serious concerns if the Red Devil machinery was even worth relocating, and if it would even survive the trip let alone be possible to reassemble at its new home. The second obstacle was the corrupt nobility of Pandora who were unwilling to see their main source of revenue depart, proving quite adept at blackmailing support to retain the Red Devil plant.<ref name=OR56/>
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Since Pandora is so close to the Lyran Alliance, the Jade Falcons haven't upgraded the Red Devil facility to produce front-line BattleMechs or OmniMechs. Instead they've chosen to focus on producing second-line 'Mechs, artillery, and small arms.<ref name=MM131/>
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After Pandora was taken by Clan Jade Falcon during the [[FedCom Civil War]], Red Devil Industries became the largest producer of second-line 'Mechs in the Jade Falcon's Occupation Zone. The ''BattleMaster'' line in particular was pushed into overtime production. The harsh working conditions led to several labor strikes which were put down forcibly by the Falcons until 3071, when approximately 300 laborers were killed in a labor conflict. After that event, the Falcon Merchant Caste was able to talk the Khans into making a few concessions which improved both production and relations with the former Lyran citizens.<ref name=MMp131/>
 
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Since Pandora is so close to the Lyran Alliance, the Jade Falcons haven't upgraded the Red Devil facility to produce front-line BattleMechs or OmniMechs. Instead they've chosen to focus on producing second-line 'Mechs, artillery, and small arms.<ref name=MMp131/>
 
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During the [[Jihad]], the plant lost none of its employees, but was only operating at 85% of its maximum output in 3079.<ref name=O:TCp11>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 11: "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"</ref>
 
  
 
==Manufacturing==
 
==Manufacturing==
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===Pandora===
 
===Pandora===
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In 3054, the Pandora plant is secured by the [[Tenth FedCom RTC]].<ref name=OR56>''Objective Raids'', p. 56: "Produced Red Devil Industries Components"</ref>
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on [[Pandora]]:<ref name=OR56>''Objective Raids'', p. 56, "Produced Red Devil Industries Components"</ref>  
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on Pandora:<ref name=OR56/><ref name=TRO3039p300>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 300: "Produced BattleMaster 1G Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3085p176>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 176: "Produced Onager 'Mech Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3026R52>''Technical Readout: 3026 Revised'', p. 52: "Produced Condor Vehicle Components"</ref><ref name=O:TCp13>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 13: "Red Devil Industries"</ref>  
 
 
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! width="350pt" | Component
 
! width="350pt" | Component
 
! width="350pt" | Type
 
! width="350pt" | Type
 
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>Mechs</u>
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| [[Rifleman|RFL-5D ''Rifleman'']]<ref name=OR56/>
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| [[Heavy BattleMech]]
 
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|-
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| [[Rifleman|RFL-3N ''Rifleman'']]<ref name=HSp121/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
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| [[Rifleman|RFL-3N C ''Rifleman'']]  
 
| [[Heavy BattleMech]]
 
| [[Heavy BattleMech]]
 
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|-
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| [[Rifleman|RFL-5D ''Rifleman'']]<ref name=OR56/>
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| [[BattleMaster|BLR-3S ''BattleMaster'']]<ref name=OR56/>
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| Heavy BattleMech
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| [[Assault BattleMech]]
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|-
 
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| ''[[Rifleman IIC]]'' (refit)<ref name=O:TCp13/>
 
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| Heavy BattleMech
 
 
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|-
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| ''[[BattleMaster|BLR-1G ''BattleMaster'']] <ref name=HSp121/> <ref name=TRO3039p300/>
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| ''[[BattleMaster|BattleMaster C]]''
 
| [[Assault BattleMech]]
 
| [[Assault BattleMech]]
 
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|-
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| [[BattleMaster|BLR-3S ''BattleMaster'']]<ref name=OR56/>
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| ''[[Centipede]]''<ref name=OR56/>
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| Assault BattleMech
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| [[Hovercraft]] - ''Scout Car'' ( [[Skulker]] variant )
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|-
 
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| ''[[Onager]]''<ref name=TRO3085p176/>
 
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| Assault BattleMech
 
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|-
 
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>Vehicles</u>
 
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|-
 
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| [[Centipede]]<ref name=HSp121/><ref name=OR56/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
 
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| [[Hovercraft]] - Scout Car  
 
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| [[Condor (Combat Vehicle)|Condor]]<ref name=HSp121/><ref name=OR56/><ref name=TRO3026R52/><ref name=O:TCp13/>
 
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| Hovercraft - Hover Tank
 
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|-
 
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| [[Pegasus (Combat Vehicle - Hovertank)|Pegasus]]<ref name=OR56/>
 
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| Hovercraft - Scout Hover Tank
 
 
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Chassis]]</u>
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| [[Condor (Combat Vehicle)|''Condor'']]<ref name=OR56/>
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| [[Hovercraft]] - ''Hover Tank''
 
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| [[Hollis Mark X]]
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| ''[[Pegasus]]''<ref name=OR56/>
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| ''BattleMaster 1G''<ref name=OR56/><ref name=TRO3039p300/>
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| [[Hovercraft]] - ''Scout Hover Tank ''
 
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| [[Kallon Type IV]]
 
| [[Kallon Type IV]]
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| ''Rifleman''<ref name=OR56/>
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| [[Chassis]] - ''Rifleman''<ref name=OR56/>
 
|-  
 
|-  
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| [[ONG-90]]
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| [[Hollis Mark X]]
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| ''Onager''<ref name=TRO3085p176/>
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| [[Chassis]] - ''BattleMaster''<ref name=OR56/>
 
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| [[StarFrame Heavy Modified]] [[Endo Steel]]
 
| [[StarFrame Heavy Modified]] [[Endo Steel]]
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| ''BattleMaster''{{cn}}
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| [[Chassis]] - ''BattleMaster''  
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Internal Combustion Engine]]</u>
 
 
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| [[Jones 75]]  
 
| [[Jones 75]]  
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| Centipede<ref name=OR56/>
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| [[I.C.E.]] - ''Centipede''<ref name=OR56/>
 
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| [[Jones 105]]
 
| [[Jones 105]]
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| Pegasus<ref name=OR56/>
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| [[I.C.E.]] - ''Pegasus''<ref name=OR56/>
 
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| [[Jones 165]]
 
| [[Jones 165]]
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| Condor<ref name=OR56/><ref name=TRO3026R52/>
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| [[I.C.E.]] - ''Condor''<ref name=OR56/>
 
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Improved Jump Jets]]</u>
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| [[Hermes 240 XL]]
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| [[Fusion Engine|XL Fusion Engine]] - ''Rifleman''<ref name=OR56/>
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| [[JF]]
 
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| ''Onager''<ref name=TRO3085p176/>
 
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Fusion Engine]]</u>
 
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| [[Consolidated Fusion 270]]
 
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| ''Onager''<ref name=TRO3085p176/>
 
 
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| [[JF 240 Standard]]
 
| [[JF 240 Standard]]
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| ''Rifleman''{{cn}}
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| [[Fusion Engine]] - ''Rifleman''  
 
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| [[VOX 340]]
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| [[JF 340 XL]]
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| ''BattleMaster 1G''<ref name=TRO3039p300/>
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| [[Fusion Engine - XL]] - ''BattleMaster''  
 
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Extralight Fusion Engine]]</u>
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| [[Arcshield Maxi X]] [[Ferro-Fibrous]]
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| [[Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles]] - ''BattleMaster''
 
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| [[Hermes 240 XL]]
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| [[Kallon Light Shield A]]
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| ''Rifleman''<ref name=OR56/>
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| [[Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles]]
 
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| [[JF 340 XL]]
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| [[Kallon Royalstar]]
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| ''BattleMaster''{{cn}}
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| [[Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles]] - ''Rifleman''<ref name=OR56/>
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)]]</u>
 
 
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| [[Kallon Royalstar]]
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| [[Kallon Royalstar Heavy]]
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| ''Rifleman''<ref name=OR56/>
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| [[Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles]]
 
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| [[ProtecTech 6]]
 
| [[ProtecTech 6]]
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| Pegasus & Centipede<ref name=OR56/>
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| [[Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles]] - ''Pegasus & Centipede''<ref name=OR56/>
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| [[StarGuard IV]]
 
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| ''BattleMaster 1G''<ref name=TRO3039p300/>
 
 
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| [[StarSlab-9.5 Mk II]]
 
| [[StarSlab-9.5 Mk II]]
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| Condor<ref name=OR56/><ref name=TRO3026R52/>
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| [[Armor - BattleMechs & Vehicles]] - ''Condor''<ref name=OR56/>
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Ferro-fibrous Armor]]</u>
 
 
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| [[Arcshield Maxi X]] [[Ferro-fibrous]]
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| [[Kallon Unity Weave FF]]
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| ''BattleMaster''{{cn}}
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| [[Armor - FF - BattleMechs & Vehicles]]
 
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| [[Forging MD4]] [[Ferro-fibrous]]
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| [[Kallon CASE]]
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| ''Onager''<ref name=TRO3085p176/>
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| [[CASE]]
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Communications System]]</u>
 
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| [[Angst 2400]]
 
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| ''Onager''<ref name=TRO3085p176/>
 
 
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| [[Exeter LongScan with ReconLook]]
 
| [[Exeter LongScan with ReconLook]]
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| Pegasus<ref name=OR56/>
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| [[Communications System]] - ''Pegasus''<ref name=OR56/>
 
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| [[Garret T11-A]]
 
| [[Garret T11-A]]
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| ''Rifleman''<ref name=OR56/>
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| [[Communications System]] - ''Rifleman''<ref name=OR56/> & ''BattleMaster''
 
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| [[HartfordCo COM 4000]]
 
| [[HartfordCo COM 4000]]
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| ''BattleMaster 1G''<ref name=TRO3039p300/>
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| [[Communications System]]
 
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| [[Scuti Dualcom]]
 
| [[Scuti Dualcom]]
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| Centipede<ref name=OR56/>
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| [[Communications System]] - ''Centipede''<ref name=OR56/>
 
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| [[TharHes KR-A P/Comm]]
 
| [[TharHes KR-A P/Comm]]
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| Condor<ref name=TRO3026R52/>
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| [[Communications System]] - ''Condor''
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Targeting-Tracking System]]</u>
 
 
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| [[Garret D2j]]
 
| [[Garret D2j]]
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| ''Rifleman''<ref name=OR56/>/Shipped to [[Sudeten]] for ''Thunderbolt''{{cn}}
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| [[Targeting-Tracking System]] - ''Rifleman''<ref name=OR56/>/Shipped to [[Sudeten]] for ''Thunderbolt''{{cn}}
 
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| [[HarfordCo XKZ 1]]
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| [[HartfordCo XKZ 1]]
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| ''BattleMaster 1G''<ref name=OR56/><ref name=TRO3039p300/>/Shipped to Sudeten for ''Warhammer''{{cn}}
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| [[Targeting-Tracking System]] - ''BattleMaster''<ref name=OR56/>/Shipped to Sudeten for ''Warhammer''{{cn}}
 
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| [[CommPhase Unit]]
 
| [[CommPhase Unit]]
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| Condor{{cn}}
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| [[Targeting-Tracking System]] - ''Condor''  
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| [[Omicron XX]]
 
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| ''Onager''<ref name=TRO3085p176/>
 
 
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| [[Salamander Systems]]
 
| [[Salamander Systems]]
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| Pegasus<ref name=OR56/>
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| [[Targeting-Tracking System]] - ''Pegasus''<ref name=OR56/>
 
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| [[TharHes Mars 1]]
 
| [[TharHes Mars 1]]
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| Condor<ref name=TRO3026R52/>
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| [[Targeting-Tracking System]] - ''Condor''
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Hyper-Assault Gauss Rifle 30]]</u>
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Type 0]]
 
| [[Type 0]]
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| ''Onager''<ref name=TRO3085p176/>
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| [[Hyper-Assault Gauss Rifle 30]] - ''BattleMaster''  
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[PPC]]</u>
 
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| [[Donal]]
 
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| ''BattleMaster 1G''<ref name=TRO3039p300/>
 
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Micro Pulse Laser]]</u>
 
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| [[Raid]]
 
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| ''Onager''<ref name=TRO3085p176/>
 
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[LB 5-X AC]]</u>
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Type OVR-X]]
 
| [[Type OVR-X]]
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| ''Rifleman''{{cn}}
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| [[LB 5-X AC]] - ''Rifleman''  
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Small Pulse Laser]]</u>
 
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|-
 
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| [[Chi Series]]
 
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| ''Onager''<ref name=TRO3085p176/>
 
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|-
 
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Medium Laser]]</u>
 
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|-
 
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| [[Defiance B3M]]
 
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| Condor<ref name=TRO3026R52/>
 
 
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| [[Martell]]
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| [[Defiance B3M Medium Laser|Defiance B3M]]
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| ''BattleMaster 1G''<ref name=TRO3039p300/>
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| [[Medium Laser]]
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Medium Pulse Laser]]</u>
 
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|-
 
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| [[Series 14a]]
 
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| ''Onager''<ref name=TRO3085p176/>
 
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|-
 
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Large Laser]]</u>
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Magna Mk III]]
 
| [[Magna Mk III]]
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| {{cn}}
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| [[Large Laser]]
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Machine Gun]]</u>
 
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|-
 
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| [[Sperry Browning]]
 
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| ''BattleMaster 1G''<ref name=TRO3039p300/>
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[SureFire MiniGun]]
 
| [[SureFire MiniGun]]
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| Condor<ref name=OR56/><ref name=TRO3026R52/>
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| [[Machine Gun]] - ''Condor''<ref name=OR56/>
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[SRM-6]]</u>
 
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|-
 
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| [[Holly]]
 
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| ''BattleMaster 1G''<ref name=TRO3039p300/>
 
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|-
 
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| [[Pattern J7]]
 
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| ''Onager''<ref name=TRO3085p176/>
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[StarStreak Heavy]]
 
| [[StarStreak Heavy]]
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| Pegasus<ref name=OR56/>
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| [[SRM-6]] - ''Pegasus''<ref name=OR56/>
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|-
 
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[LRM-20]]</u>
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Far Fire]]
 
| [[Far Fire]]
 
| [[LRM-20]] - ''BattleMaster''<ref name=OR56/>
 
| [[LRM-20]] - ''BattleMaster''<ref name=OR56/>
 
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==References==
 
==References==
 
<references/>
 
<references/>
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
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* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
 
 
* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''
 
* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''
 
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
 
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
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* ''[[Objectives: The Clans]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]'', p 60
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3026 Revised]]''
 
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
 
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3085]]''
 
  
 
[[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Red Devils Industries]]
 
[[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Red Devils Industries]]
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[[Category:Clan Jade Falcon Corporations]]
 
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[[Category:Lyran Commonwealth Corporations]]
 

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