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{{InfoBoxCorporation
 
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| image = Kong interstellar.jpg
 
| image = Kong interstellar.jpg
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| affiliation = {{Ubl|[[Free Worlds League]]|[[Terran Hegemony]]}}
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| headquarters = [[Connaught]]<ref name="hbhm133">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 133: "Kong Interstellar Corporation (KongCorp)"</ref>
| headquarters = Skellig<br>([[Connaught III]])<ref name="hbhm133">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 133: "Kong Interstellar Corporation (KongCorp)"</ref>
 
 
| leadership = [[CEO of Kong Interstellar Corporation|CEO]]
 
| leadership = [[CEO of Kong Interstellar Corporation|CEO]]
| products = {{Ubl|[[BattleMech]]s|[[IndustrialMech]]s}}
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| products = [[BattleMech]]s<br>[[IndustrialMech]]s
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| Division = [[Loxley]]<ref name="FR2765p12"/>
| plants = [[Loxley]]
 
 
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'''Kong Interstellar Corporation''' was a defense manufacturer dating back to the [[Star League era]].
 
'''Kong Interstellar Corporation''' was a defense manufacturer dating back to the [[Star League era]].
  
 
==Overview==
 
==Overview==
During the Star League era, Kong Interstellar was a major defense contractor to the [[Star League Defense Force]],<ref name="FR2765p12"/> with manufacturing plants on at least two worlds: [[Connaught]]<ref name="hbhm133"/> and [[Loxley]].<ref name="FR2765p12">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 12: "Lyran Guards"</ref> The Loxley facilities didn't survive the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]]. By the [[thirty-first century]], Connaught was the primary factory world for Kong Interstellar. The Connaught factory complex was severely damaged during the Succession Wars, losing its manufacturing abilities. It soldiered on as a repair and parts fabrication facility. These repair kits kept the company afloat, but were limited to the products Kong produced.<ref name="hbhm133"/> Only after the [[Clan Invasion]] did Kong begin to rebuild its manufacturing abilities and resume production of some of its products.<ref>''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex'', p. 204: "Havester Ant" - Kong loses production abilities in Succession Wars, but regains it. Including construction of manufacturing plant for Harvester Ant.</ref>
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During the Star League era, Kong Interstellar was a major defense contractor to the [[Star League Defense Force]],<ref name="FR2765p12"/> with manufacturing plants on at least two worlds: Connaught<ref name="hbhm133"/> and Loxley.<ref name="FR2765p12">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 12: "Lyran Guards"</ref> The Loxley facilities didn't survive the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]]. By the [[thirty-first century]] Connaught was the primary factory world for Kong Interstellar. The Connaught factory complex was severely damaged during the Succession Wars, losing its manufacturing abilities. It soldiered on as a repair and parts fabrication facility. These repair kits kept the company afloat, but were limited to the products Kong produced.<ref name="hbhm133"/> Only after the [[Clan Invasion]] did Kong begin to rebuild its manufacturing abilities and resume production of some of its products.<ref>''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex'', p. 204: "Havester Ant" - Kong loses production abilities in Succession Wars, but regains it. Including construction of manufacturing plant for Harvester Ant.</ref>
  
In [[3065]], Kong Interstellar opened a new ''Ostsol'' production line in Ranelagh (Connaught's capital) that specialized in the 7M variant.<ref name="hbhm133"/>
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In [[3065]], Kong Interstellar opened a new ''Ostsol'' production line in Ranelagh ([[Connaught]]'s capital) that specialized in the 7M variant.<ref name="hbhm133"/>
 
 
The Connaught plant lost a quarter of its staff during the [[Jihad]], but by [[3079]] was operating at 90% of its full output.<ref name=O:FWLp4>''Objectives: Free Worlds League'', p. 4: "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"</ref>
 
  
 
==Manufacturing==
 
==Manufacturing==
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===Connaught===
 
===Connaught===
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The [[Connaught]] plant lost a quarter of its staff during the [[Jihad]], but by [[3079]] was operating at 90% of its full output.<ref>''Objectives: Free Worlds League'', p. 4</ref>
 
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on Connaught:<ref name=OR123>''Objective Raids'', p. 123: "Produced Kong Interstellar Corporation Components"</ref><ref name=TROVA204>''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex'', p. 204: "Produced Harvester Ant Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3085p248>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 248: "Produced Ostsol 9R Components"</ref><ref name=TRO:3145FSp44>''Technical Readout: 3145 Federated Suns'', p. 44: "Produced Black Knight Components"</ref>  
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! colspan="2" |Components produced on [[Connaught]]:<ref name=OR123>''Objective Raids'', p. 123: "Produced Kong Interstellar Corporation Components"</ref><ref name=TROVA204>''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex'', p. 204: "Produced Harvester Ant Components"</ref><ref name=TRO3085p248>''Technical Readout: 3085'', p. 248: "Produced Ostsol 9R Components"</ref><ref name=TRO:3145FSp44>''Technical Readout: 3145 Federated Suns'', p. 44: "Produced Black Knight Components"</ref>  
 
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