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At the time of the [[Clan Invasion]], the Quikscell plant on [[Pandora]] was in the firing line, as was the [[Red Devil Industries]] plant on the same world. While the Red Devil plant was lost to the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] forces that attacked Pandora, Quikscell had already used funding from the [[Federated Commonwealth]] to relocate one of their manufacturing lines to [[Richvale]] and had recently acquired the rights to produce a number of Red Devil vehicles. One of those vehicles was the [[Condor (Combat Vehicle)|Condor]], which Quikscell began producing from Richvale. In the wake of the [[FedCom Civil War]], Quikscell targeted local militia units and desperate regular units as customers for their new, upgraded version of the Condor, counting on the need for equipment dominating over the poor reputation earned by most Quikscell products.<ref name="TRO:3075p54">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 54: "Condor Hover Tank (Upgrade)"</ref>
 
At the time of the [[Clan Invasion]], the Quikscell plant on [[Pandora]] was in the firing line, as was the [[Red Devil Industries]] plant on the same world. While the Red Devil plant was lost to the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] forces that attacked Pandora, Quikscell had already used funding from the [[Federated Commonwealth]] to relocate one of their manufacturing lines to [[Richvale]] and had recently acquired the rights to produce a number of Red Devil vehicles. One of those vehicles was the [[Condor (Combat Vehicle)|Condor]], which Quikscell began producing from Richvale. In the wake of the [[FedCom Civil War]], Quikscell targeted local militia units and desperate regular units as customers for their new, upgraded version of the Condor, counting on the need for equipment dominating over the poor reputation earned by most Quikscell products.<ref name="TRO:3075p54">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 54: "Condor Hover Tank (Upgrade)"</ref>
  
The aggressive marketing campaign for the new Condor was hugely successful, with orders dramatically outstripping the production output available from the Richvale plant by [[3075]] as units such as the [[Fourth Skye Rangers]] and [[Sixth Lyran Guards]] buying large quantities of the new tank. In addition to commissioning an extra production line at Richvale, company executive [[Burton Richards]] had the novel idea of shipping vehicles out to customers as unassembled component kits, sold at a slight discount, which could then be assembled by the tech staff at the receiving unit. This idea proved successful, although not without breeding reliability problems for a number of units. With the [[Jihad]] escalating the level of conflict throughout the [[Inner Sphere]] the demand for these vehicles increased continually, with the ''Condor'' seeing action on worlds like [[Skye]] and [[Coventry]] against the [[Word of Blake]] and with units as far afield as the [[Duchy of Andurien]], [[Regulan Principality]] and [[Duchy of Orloff]] purchasing the Condor.<ref name="TRO:3075p54"/> Quikscell further expanded their Richvale plant by acquiring a license to manufacture the [[Saxon|Saxon APC]] from [[Cyclops Incorporated]].<ref name="TRO:3075p48">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 48: "Saxon APC"</ref>
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The aggressive marketing campaign for the new Condor was hugely successful, with orders dramatically outstripping the production output available from the Richvale plant by [[3075]] as units such as the [[4th Skye Rangers]] and [[6th Lyran Guards]] buying large quantities of the new tank. In addition to commissioning an extra production line at Richvale, company executive [[Burton Richards]] had the novel idea of shipping vehicles out to customers as unassembled component kits, sold at a slight discount, which could then be assembled by the tech staff at the receiving unit. This idea proved successful, although not without breeding reliability problems for a number of units. With the [[Jihad]] escalating the level of conflict throughout the [[Inner Sphere]] the demand for these vehicles increased continually, with the ''Condor'' seeing action on worlds like [[Skye]] and [[Coventry]] against the [[Word of Blake]] and with units as far afield as the [[Duchy of Andurien]], [[Regulan Principality]] and [[Duchy of Orloff]] purchasing the Condor.<ref name="TRO:3075p54"/> Quikscell further expanded their Richvale plant by acquiring a license to manufacture the [[Saxon|Saxon APC]] from [[Cyclops Incorporated]].<ref name="TRO:3075p48">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 48: "Saxon APC"</ref>
  
 
In response to the Clan Invasion, Quikscell moved their Pandora based facilities to Richvale in the mid-3050s. This move allowed the company to overhaul their equipment and business practices to eliminate waste and inefficiency.<ref name=HB:HSp145>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 145: "Quikscell Company (QkClCo)"</ref>
 
In response to the Clan Invasion, Quikscell moved their Pandora based facilities to Richvale in the mid-3050s. This move allowed the company to overhaul their equipment and business practices to eliminate waste and inefficiency.<ref name=HB:HSp145>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 145: "Quikscell Company (QkClCo)"</ref>
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| [[Manticore]] (post-Jihad)<ref name="FM:3145p189"/>
 
| [[Manticore]] (post-Jihad)<ref name="FM:3145p189"/>
 
| Tracked Vehicles
 
| Tracked Vehicles
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===Gallery===
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! colspan="2" | Components produced on [[Gallery]]:
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|-
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! width="350pt" | Component
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! width="350pt" | Type
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>Vehicles</u>
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|-
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| [[Heavy Tracked APC]] {{cn}}
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| [[Tracked Vehicles]]
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|-
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| [[LRM Carrier]] {{cn}}
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| Tracked Vehicles
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|-
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| [[Ordnance Transport]] {{cn}}
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| Tracked Vehicles
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|-
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| [[Scorpion_(Combat_Vehicle)|Scorpion]] {{cn}}
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| Tracked Vehicles
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|-
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| [[SRM Carrier]] {{cn}}
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| Tracked Vehicles
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|-
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| [[Tracked APC]] {{cn}}
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| Tracked Vehicles
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Internal Combustion Engine]]</u>
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|-
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| [[SitiCide 60]]
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| {{cn}}
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|-
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| [[SitiCide 100]]
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| {{cn}}
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|-
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| [[InterComBust 180]]
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| {{cn}}
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles)]]</u>
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|-
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| [[ProtecTech Light]]
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| {{cn}}
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Communications System]]</u>
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|-
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| [[Basix 200]]
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| {{cn}}
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|-
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| [[Communicator]]
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| {{cn}}
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Targeting-Tracking System]]</u>
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|-
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| [[FireScan with IndirecTrack]]
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| {{cn}}
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|-
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| [[OptiSight-12]]
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| {{cn}}
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|-
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| [[OptiTrack Techniques]]
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| {{cn}}
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|-
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| colspan="2"  align="center " | <u>[[Machine Gun]]</u>
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|-
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| [[Gatling Gun 20mm]]
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| {{cn}}
 
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