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{{Infobox company
| name = The Company of the Quill<br /><small>Quill Defense Contractors, Inc.<br/>
''La Compañia de la Pluma''<br/>''Contratistas de Defensa de Pluma, Inc.''</small>
| trading_name =
| logo = File:QuillLogo1.png
| image =
| image_caption =
| type = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation Corporation]
| traded_as = $COTQQDCI
| founder =
| area_served = Novaris, Arcturia, Yasteria, Gondwana
| key_people = GabrielMiguel DemuiréRemolunzo (Owner, Chief Captain) <br /> Nil Catalá (President & CEO)
| industry = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_military_company Private defense firm]
| products =
| services = Air surveillance<br/>Air transport<br/>Air operations<br/>Canine traning<br/>Canine security<br/>Defense consulting<br/>International armory services<br/>Law enforcement training<br/>Private armed services<br/>Search and Rescue<br/>Security training<br/>Security consulting<br/>Secure storage<br/>Secure transport<br/>Static security<br/>Surveillance
| revenue = $618.1 billion (20202022)
| operating_income = $510.83 billion
| net_income = $3007.8 millionbillion
| assets =
| equity =
| owner = GabrielMiguel DemuiréRemolunzo (35% share,)<br/>Executive staff (combined 30% share,)<br/>Employees (20% share,)<br/> Investors (15% share)
| num_employees = 147290,000+ (20212022)
| divisions =
| subsid = [[Quill Defense Firm]]<br/>Quill Tactical Consultants<br/>Quill Engineering<br/>Quill Rapid Transit Group<br/>Quill Air Consultants<br/>Quill Tactical Systems<br/>Quill Shipping Consultants
| footnotes =
| foundation = 8 September, 1989
| location = Akas Akil, [[Packilvania]]
| locations =
| coordinates =
| slogan = "Plectra Potentior Tyranno"
| homepage = www.quilldefense.px
}}
 
The '''Company of the Quill''' (incorporated as '''Quill Defense Contractors Inc.''') is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_military_company private security firm] founded in 1989 by retiredthe [[Royalformer CorricCrown ArmedPrince Legions]]of officerAntora, [[GabrielAstolfo Demuiré]]de Naranza-Carratéo. The firm is headquartered and incorporated in Akas Akil, [[Packilvania]], thoughand mosthas employeesbranch areoffices formerin Antora, [[RoyalVolscina]], Corric[[Bana]], Defense[[Ellesborg]], Forces|Royal[[Gusanaszna]], Corric[[Tamerlaine]], Defenseand Force[[Tivot]] servicemembers. The Company provides a variety of armed services and training in a boutique-style compensation arrangement for private individuals, corporations, and state entities.
 
At its founding, the purpose of The Company was to provide armed security services to people, governments, and organizations that were at risk from larger entities. Operations were designed to conform with the traditional Antoran code of chivalry. The Company found initial successes in serving as security for workers unions, protestors, travelling medical personnel, and journalists in eastern [[Novaris]]. This work helped improve the image of the firm and the number of personnel tripled between 1990 and 1996. In 1997, The Company incorporated in Packilvania due to favorable real estate agreements and corporate regulations.
The Company was founded in September 1989 by Gabriel Demuiré, a recently-retired Major in the Armed Legions tank corps. Demuiré felt dissatisfied with the policies on foreign intervention set in place after the coronation of King [[Sebastián II]], which prohibited Corric military forces from being deployed overseas unless in full war. At its founding, the purpose of The Company was to provide armed security services to people, governments, and organizations that were at risk from larger entities. Operations were designed to conform with the traditional Andoran code of chivalry.
 
After incorporating, the operations of the firm gradually expanded to include defense consulting, law enforcement and military training courses, canine training, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armored_car_(valuables) secure transport] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_storage storage], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_and_rescue search-and-rescue], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_aircraft air surveillance], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_warfare air operations], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortification#20th_and_21st_centuries fortification]. In 2008, TacGen Systems was acquired, which provided the necessary infrastructure and personnel to begin manufacturing of proprietary defense designs. These systems include the Q-model Ballistics Body Protection and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M551_Sheridan Q410 Wasp light tank]. In 2013, the firm branched out into [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_armoury international armory services] by acquiring Watchman Shipping Consulting, and now operates a flotilla of 17 vessels.
The Company found initial successes in serving as security for workers unions, protestors, travelling medical personnel, and journalists in eastern [[Novaris]]. This work helped improve the image of the firm and the number of personnel tripled between 1990 and 1996. In 1997, The Company incorporated in Packilvania, publicly due to the ability to free up funds under the relaxed business regulations in the country. There has been speculation that the regulations in Packilvania allow The Company to operate in a form closer to a mercenary army. The lack of corporate records available to the public, beyond what the firm itself publishes, has left the matter with no definitive answer. While having corporate headquarters in the city of Akas Akil, The Company has branch offices in Casilló y Réal, [[Arkalarius]], [[Bana]], [[West Cerdani]], [[Qumar]] and [[Ostrucia]].
 
The Company managementis includesregarded anas informal boardone of ‘Captains’the whichmost advisesprolific theand professional armed ownersecurity and Executivedefense Captain,companies in the Demuiréworld. EachTheir Captaincontracts alsoare servescharacterized asby ana executivepreference infor the"honorable" corporateor structureotherwise non-authoritarian clients. On occasion, the firm will offer its services free of charge, though there is no knownthe criteria for this to happen is unknown. As of 2020, The Company has around 147,000 employees and operates across four continents on contracts and retainer for dozens of public and private clients, as well as having a seat on the [[International Trade Zone]] Oversight Committee. Most contractors are of Corric descent, but there are significant numbers of other nationalities including [[KuthernburgCelannica|KuthernCelan]], Pax, [[CelannicaTavaris|CelanTavari]], Pax, and [[Atlae|Atlaesian]].
After incorporating, the operations of the firm gradually expanded to include defense consulting, law enforcement and military training courses, canine training, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armored_car_(valuables) secure transport] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_storage storage], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_and_rescue search-and-rescue], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_aircraft air surveillance], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_warfare air operations], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortification#20th_and_21st_centuries fortification]. In 2008, TacGen Systems was acquired, which provided the necessary infrastructure and personnel to begin manufacturing of proprietary defense designs. These systems include the Q-model Ballistics Body Protection and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M551_Sheridan Q410 Wasp light tank]. In 2013, the firm branched out into [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_armoury international armory services] by acquiring Watchman Shipping Consulting, and now operates a flotilla of 17 vessels.
 
The Company management includes an informal board of ‘Captains’ which advises the owner and Executive Captain, Demuiré. Each Captain also serves as an executive in the corporate structure. On occasion, the firm will offer its services free of charge, though there is no known criteria for this. As of 2020, The Company has around 147,000 employees and operates across four continents on contracts and retainer for dozens of public and private clients. Most contractors are of Corric descent, but there are significant numbers of other nationalities including [[Kuthernburg|Kuthern]], [[Celannica|Celan]], Pax, and [[Atlae|Atlaesian]].
 
== Board of Directors ==
 
* '''GabrielMiguel DeumiréRemolunzo''' - Chief Administrative Officer, Chairman of the Board, Owner
* '''Nil Catalá''' - Chief Executive Officer
* '''Alicia Tumbas''' - Chief Personnel Officer
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* '''Frederíco Gelaccia''' - Chief Strategy Officer
* '''Jon Branicevijk''' - Chief Communications Officer
* '''Miguel Remolunzo''' - Chief Administrative Officer
* '''Arturo Sincabez''' - Chief Technical Officer
* '''Morggán Marmurt''' - Chief Information Officer
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==== Tonderouca Tactical Complex ====
The Tonderouca Tactical Complex in Casilló y RéalAntora is located on a 2,000 acre property outside the city of Tonderouca. This facility has areas simulating urban and field environments, marksmanship ranges, two driving courses, a pool for SCUBA certifications and frogmen training, and four 8,000 square feet multipurpose training halls. As the first training center operated by The Company, Tonderouca hosts the widest variety of training classes. Included are off-road and tactical driving, hand-to-hand combat, self-defense, swimming, snorkeling, SCUBA diving, endurance, marksmanship, special sniping, armored maneuvers, anti-air defense, tacitcal urban combat, tactical rural combat, law enforcement arrest and de-escalation, pursuit driving, demolitions, explosives handling, artillery and mortar fire support, canine drug training, canine combat training, breaching and entering, hostage negotiation, first aid, field surgery, survival, orienteering, and helicopter piloting.
 
Tonderouca has trained over 120,000 law enforcement and first responder officers and 300,000 military personnel, as well as over 2 million single-class civilian attendees. In 2007, the Royal CorricAntoran Guard contracted the Tonderouca facility as the permanent host of the Guard's driving and canine training programs. It also hosts the Tonderouca Auxiliary Dispatch Center, which is used to coordinate operations of contractors in Novaris. As the largest Dispatch Center in the western hemisphere, it is sometimes called on to support operations in Gondwana.
 
There has been some interest in purchasing more land to expand the facility, though local government is resistant to the idea of Tonderouca encroaching further on farmland.
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==== Großmetall Tactical Complex ====
A sister facility to Tonderouca, the Großmetall Tactical Complex is a 500-acre tract of land in [[Stahlheim]] that caters to similar courses. With an increased focus on helicopter operations like surveillance and firefighting, as well as urban combat tactics and HAZMAT procedure, Großmetall caters to counterterrorism and CRBN units from western Novaris and northern Gondwana as well as emergency special services. The ArkianVolscine complex also boasts the largest barracks for Company contractors when not on assignment. This adjacent complex, known colloquially as Steel Campus, rotates around four thousand personnel annually, and includes amenities such as pools, gymnasiums, a shopping center, cinema, and net cafes. This facility notably does not possess a Dispatch Center despite its size due to the Tonderouca complex already having one in place for Novaris.
 
==== Tamerlaine Quill Annex ====
The Company maintains a large presence on Khalden island in the International Trade Zone as a voting member of the ITZ Oversight Commitee and the main gauruntor of security. The Tamerlaine Quill Annex is located on the southern tip of Khalden, spread across a barrier island. The facilities include workshops, warehouses, and research centers of Quill Engineering and Quill Tactical Systems, logistics and maintanence facilities for the Companys' air and sea assets, a shipping dock, airstrip, and administrative centers, as well as housing for employees. The Annex totals 820 acres and employs an average of 13,000 people on a permenant basis. The Company uses the location as a Dispatch Center and centralized supply hub, so it is estimated that upwards of 50,000 people will rotate through it annually.
 
=== Products ===
The Company manufactures a number of products for the aerospace, automotive, and defense industries through subsidiaries Quill Tactical Systems and Quill Engineering. These include radar and guidance systems, firearms, body armor, electronic sensors and circuitry, motors and hydraulics, and armored vehicles.
[[File:M551 Sheridan, Joint Readiness Training Center.JPEG|thumb|A Q410 Wasp undergoing readyness trials at Pomesoria. ]]
 
==== Q410 Wasp ====
The Q410 "Wasp" light tank is one of the flagship vehicles built by the Company. Designed in the mid-90s by TacGen systems, the design and license of the tank were acquired by the Company in 2008 with the purchase of TacGen. The tank is intended for asymmetric warfare against more heavily armored vehicles as well as demolition of fortifications. It is operated by one driver, one gunner, one loader, and one commander. Its light armor provides less protection than other armored vehicles, but also affords the tank exceptional speed and off-road capability from the low weight. The main gun is a 154 mm rifled K19T cannon designed to fire traditional HEAT and APDS ammunition as well as the K22G Anti-tank guided missile. This is supplimented by a coaxial 12.7mm machine gun in the turret. The Wasp was designed for rapid deployment and environmental adaptability. It can be dropped from a plane at a sufficiently low altitude using a parachute sled and deploy directly into combat with crew aboard. It is also equipped with a fold-out water hull for amphibious operations.
 
The current Wasp iteration is designated the 410-J20, and comes with overhauled ergonomic controls, up-to-date electronic systems including GPS, infared, laser designators, and noise dampeners, a space to install encrypted radio equipment, and a redesigned transmission, engine, and main gun. An additional 12.7mm machine gun is mounted on the top of the turret for use by the commander. The tanks can carry 25 shells and 6 ATGMs. Thanks to minaturized auto-loaders, the loader crew position can be replaced with a radio operator for coordinating fire support. The 410-J20 model can achieve road speeds of 80 km/h and cross-country speeds of 57 km/h. Quill manufactures the proprietary cannon ammunition due to the unique caliber of the weapon. A single Wasp costs around $550,000 SHD for a modern variant; older ones can cost between $250,000 and $330,000. The Wasp is used in-house by Company contractors for armor training courses and armed deployments into highly-contested combat zones.
 
==== QA 1-MAC Carbine ====
[[File:Scar H Standard.jpg|thumb|A long-barreled QA 1-MAC assault rifle]]
The 1-MAC carbine is a rugged assault rifle produced by Quill Armories, a division of Quill Engineering. The Series 1-Modular Assault Carbine is a retooled weapon chambered in standard 7.62x51mm ammunition. Its composite body can be easily disassembled in the field for switching components. Standard rifles are offered with a folding stock and a shorter barrel attachment to convert the weapon for close-quarters battle. Additional modular sections are produced by Quill for international clients, including a variety of chamberings, grenade launchers, and sights. Certain modules allow the 1-MAC to be converted to a designated marksman rifle. Rifles possess an integrated upper rail system for attaching sights. The tappet gas recoil system feeds two recievers, a lower polymer and an upper aluminum. The planned replacement to the 1-MAC, the 2C-MAC, is designed to be thermally sensitive, and will switch from a closed to open-bolt firing mode as the barrel temperature increases from firing.
 
The 1-MAC is produced in Antora, with secondary tooling and manufacturing of modular parts done in Toloria. It is marketed to a variety of consumers including individual firearm owners, law enforcement, private security, and militaries. The rifle serves as the standard long-arm of Quill security contractors as well as the preferred tactical firearm of some Antoran metropolitan police departments.
[[File:KLW1lighttank.jpg|thumb|250x250px|A KLW-1 light tank equipped with laser-reflective defensive measures. ]]
 
==== KLW-1 Chinkalëwès ====
Quill Armories designed the [[KLW-1 Chinkalëwès]] light tank for the [[Kelamí League]]. The tank is designed to be fast and light, and accomodating to cervine anatomy. The turret is entirely remote and operates with an integrated autoloader. Additional ammunition is stored within the hull, allowing the autoloader carousel to be replenished without leaving the vehicle. Armed with a 120 mm cannon, the KLW-1 is designed to engage hostile armored vehicles and tanks while on the move. Also equipped as standard is a coaxial .50 caliber machine gun for infantry engagement, thermal and night vision, smoke grenade launchers, and NBCR survival systems.
 
== Operations ==
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=== Current Known Operations ===
 
==== Casilló y RéalAntora ====
The government of [[Casilló y Réal|Antora]] has awarded several contracts to the Company, of which the following are public:
 
* Indefinite retainer to provide security consulting, on-site armed security, and secure transport of legal tender for the Royal CorricAntoran Reserve.
* Use of the Tonderouca Tactical Complex for the Royal CorricAntoran Guard's canine and driving training courses
* Defense consulting for the Royal CorricAntoran Defense Forces on international militaries and their capabilities
* Indefinite retainer to train new officers of the Tonderouca, [[Porta Armada]], and Giroruña Police Departments
 
==== North Ni-Rao ====
North [[Ni-Rao]] has hired Company contractors to provide security and defense for population centers during the ongoing [[Ni-Rao Civil War]], which includes active armed security, aerial surveillance, training for Northern armed personnel, civil emergency response, artillery interception and counter-battery services, and defense consulting for the loyalist military command. Their mandate expanded in 2022 to include air crew contracting. This resulted in the addition of eight L-60 Mantarayya strike fighters and eight L-65 Tiburón fighter/bombers plus associated personnel and logistics to the Company deployment.
 
==== New Suvan Khanate ====
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==== Ellesborg ====
The Crown Mandate of [[Ellesborg]] has recently begun a large-scale integration process of Company services into their security doctrine due to their proximityconcerns toabout the Third Suvani War and the limited domestic defense options available. The Mandate's distance from [[Cryria]] means immediate reinforcement in the case of crisis is unfeasible. The Company has entered talks to establish permeant facilities in Ellesborg including a regional Dispatch Center, a training complex, contractor housing, and vehicle garages. Ellesborg is reportedly interested in retaining the Company indefinitely for cybersecurity, defense consultation, armed security services at civil and financial infrastructure, and aerial operations including transport, surveillance, and security. Several financial institutions independent of the government have also expressed interest in hiring the Company to provide cyber and armed security and legal tender transport services. The Company's presence in Ellesborg is projected to reach upwards of 15,000 personnel, with a defense emergency necessitating the deployment of an additional 20,000 contractors.
 
==== Gusanaszna ====
[[Gusanaszna]] has entered negotiations withauthorized the Company to provide blanket armed security for their territory, citing threats from [[Rusanru'a]] and [[Nystatiszna]]. This contract potentially has the Company hiring more thanproviding 50,000 new employeescontractors to serve as national security and defense for the Borean nation. The possibilityMost of 'blankthese check'employees fundingwill hasbe beenhired discussedlocally butand nottrained confirmed,by asveteran anonymouscontractors sourcesprovided onby boththe sidesCompany. haveThis stressedinitiative has been granted 'blank check' funding as the scopescale of the operationsagreement requirenecessitates significant workshoppinginvestment by both sides. Border patrol, immigration control, aerial security, air defense and artillery batteries, and regular infantry-level mercenary operations have been theorizedconfirmed to be possibleunder servicesdevelopment. Gusanaszna isThe lookingCompany has dispatched an initial 5,000 contractors to procurelay groundwork, and also sent two squadrons of surplus combat aircraft purchased from the [[Royal Antoran Air Cavalry]].
 
==== Acronis ====
 
The Company has allowed for contractors to volunteer for duty in Crystal Coast, a province of [[Tavaris]] currently undergoing secessionist talks and religious tension. The nearly-800 strong volunteer company has been suborned to the [[Akronism|Akronist Church's]] new security forces and, along with a detachment of armored cars and surviellance helicopters, be used to quell violent riots and vandalism by non-Akronists in the Tavari territory. The contractors are considered on leave by the Company and their benefits and salaries have been agreed to become the responsibility of the Church.
 
==== International Trade Zone ====
The Company became a founding partner of the International Trade Zone in Tamerlaine upon the Zone's creation in 2022. As the largest private security enterprise part of the initiative, the Company has assumed the role of guaruntor of security for Tamerlaine and the ITZ. All operations and most employees of subsidiaries Quill Engineering, Quill Tactical Systems, and Quill Shipping Consultants were moved to Tamerlaine along with significant portions of Quill's privateer and merchant fleets. The central location of Tamerlaine in regards to the rest of the world has also allowed the Company to benefit from using the area as a Dispatch Center for client work. Currently, the corporate roadmap includes a modernization program for armed security units, expansion of the air and sea fleets, and establishment of permenant roots in the ITZ.
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