Editing Kincaid Defiance Industries

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==Overview==
'''Kincaid Defiance Industries''' (KDI) was a minor [[Lyran Commonwealth|Lyran]] technology manufacturer until in [[3026]] with an inconspicuous profile, shipping capacity and established trade routes into the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name=Prop>''Proprietary''</ref>

==History==
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 Sink]]s which they had created there. They turned to their Lyran Commonwealth [[FedCom Accords|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]], [[2nd McCarron's Armored Cavalry|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.<ref name="MAC">''McCarron's Armored Cavalry (scenario pack)'', p. 9</ref>

He then radios [[Francesco Roncaletti]], whom he considers his adoptive son, and tells 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.<ref name=Prop/>

As the facility still exist during the [[Jihad]], it is implied that Roncaletti saved the company.<ref name=JTP>''Jihad Turning Points: Hesperus II'', p. 4</ref>

==Leadership==
The company's CEO in [[3026]] was [[Simon Kincaid]].<ref name=Prop/>

==Manufacturing== 
Kincaid Defiance Industries has manufacturing centers on the following planets:

===Hesperus II===
{|class="wikitable"  
! colspan="2" |Components produced on Hesperus II:<ref name=Prop/>
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! width="350pt" | Component
! width="350pt" | Type
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Heat Sink]]</u>
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| [[Double Heat Sink#Double-Strength Heat Sinks|Double-Strength Heat Sinks]]
| Double-Strength Heat Sinks<ref name=Prop/>
|-
|}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Proprietary]]'' (short story)
* ''[[McCarron's Armored Cavalry (scenario pack)]]''
* ''[[Jihad Turning Points: Hesperus II]]''

[[Category:Manufacturing Centers|Kincaid Defiance Industries]]
[[Category:Lyran Commonwealth Corporations]]