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|align=center colspan=2 | <center>'''Directorate of Research & Engineering'''
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|'''Active:'''|| 1554 AN - ''Present''
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|'''In use by:'''|| [[Shireroth]]
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|'''Allegiance:'''|| Shireroth
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|'''Type:''' || R&D Department
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|'''Nickname:''' || ''Skunkworks''
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|'''Current Director:'''|| Ryker Everstone as of 1652
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==Projects==


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|Project 1664-22<br/>||'''[https://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Aparat Aparat]'''; ||n/a - solely controlled by [[Ordo Imperii Decima]]||Design Bureau: Alloys Research Establishment, Novaya Sorensk<br/>Preparation yards: Anun, Amokolia||
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|Project 1662-001<br/>||'''Aurum'''; Continuity of Mind||Auger in collaboration with the Kingdom of [[Goldshire]]||Goldshire Hamlet, Goldshire||Development phase.
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|Project 1659-001<br/>||'''[https://micras.org/wiki/index.php?title=Project_Uriah Uriah]'''; terraforming device||n/a - Collaboration with [[Ordo Imperiale Decimae]]||Grimbergen, [[Batavia]]||Development phase.
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|Project 1657-001||'''[[GV(MCB)-7 Leviathan|Leviathan]]''' mobile command base|| [[Ryker Airships]]|| C.R. <br/>([[Goldshire]])||Developed from RAS Projects '''Jaguar''' and '''Mountain'''. In limited production.
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|Project 1654-002||'''Radiant Sun''' high yield compact light emitter and heat sink system|| [[Ryker Airships]]|| C.R. <br/>([[Goldshire]])||Completed and implemented in night ops and as mounted crowd control stun-gun.
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|Project 1654-001||'''Devil's Coachman''' autonomous armoured mobile demolition charge|| [[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]]|| [[Teldrin]]<br/>([[Goldshire]])||Design phase - urgent operational requirement.
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|Project 1653-005<br/><small>Special Project ''Nova''</small>||Off-World Continuity of Government||The Tarjeisson Trust||[[Cape Farewell]]||Development Phase.
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|Project 1653-004||'''Behemoth''' overland-train||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]]||Teldrin/Ketshire/New Harbor<br/>([[Goldshire]])|| Materials transferred to Project 1657-001 
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|Project 1653-003||Energy Storage Efficiency Programme||[[Pleroma Solutions|Deep Energy]]||[[Kezan]]||Development phase.
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|Project 1653-002||Ashkenatzim Fusion Technology Investigation||[[ESB-Jörmungandr Group]]||[[Sansabury]]<br/>([[Lywall]])||Discontinued.
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|Project 1653-001||Pocket Fission Reactor retrofit for Gravimetric Vehicles||[[Ryker Airships]]||[[Suthergold]]/[[Yardistan]]|| In testing phase.
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|Project 1651||[[Pinnace (Gravimetric Vehicle)]]||Red Bear LLC / [[Pleroma Solutions]]||Shirekeep||Auxiliary tender to Gravrigs.
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|Project 1646-001 ||Cetorhinus SSGN|| Shireroth: Elwynn High-Tech Industries, ESB Group, Gaelen Technologies, Red Bear LLC<br />Natopia: Dingo Enterprises||Shirekeep|| Gravimetric submarine drive. Project concluded. Prototype disassembled.
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|Project 1645-001 ||[[GAV(R)-3 Pterosaur]] Gravimetric reconnaissance vehicle || Red Bear LLC || Mishalan||Prototype and three production models transferred to Novaya Sorensk SDI facility by [[Ordo Imperiale Decimae]].
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|Project 1643|| [[GAV(AS)-1 Snaggletooth]] Gravimetric attack scout|| Red Bear LLC|| Mishalan||Entered service.
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|Project 1642|| Gravimetric Drive Vehicles||Red Bear LLC||Mishalan|| [[GV(MBT)-1 Bandersnatch|Bandersnatch]] family of vehicles.
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|Project 1641-003||[[Operation Methuselah]]||Augur Industries||Universalis||'''Sub Sigillum'''. Placed under the Seal of the Office of the [[Steward]].
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|Project 1641-002 ||Damocles Orbital Weapons Platform||Shireroth: Elwynn High-Tech Industries, ESB Group, Gaelen Technologies, Red Bear LLC<br />Natopia: Dingo Enterprises||Amity, Nedria & Saint Andre||Commenced as "Noon Orchid" Cargo Ship Project by Saint Andre Trading Company, ESB Group & House of Osman GmbH.
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|Project 1641-001||[[IMW-3 Snark]] mobile command platform||Red Bear LLC||Mishalan||
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|Project 1640-002||Industrial Centrifuges||ESB Group||Novaya Sorensk||For the [[Ordo Imperiale Decimae#Alloys Research Establishment|Strategic Defence Initiative's Alloys Research Establishment]]
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|Project 1640-001||Counter-Biological Strike Upgrade Programme||ESB Group||Teldrin/Mishalan||Rebuild of [[A-6 Pundarikam]] & [[A-10 Kambera]]
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|Project 1635-003||[[Poltroon Class Submarine]]||ESB Group||Teldrin/Amity||Reverse-engineered. Intended to house unrealised biofuel propulsion system.
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|Project 1635-002||[[Banshee Cruise Missile]]||ESB Group||Teldrin||Reverse-engineered.
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|Project 1635-001||[[Horjin Armoured Fighting Vehicle]]||ESB Group||Teldrin||
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|[[Project Mortis]]||Development of the Gravrig||Various||Various||Sxiro-Babkhan reverse-engineering of Menelmacari gravship. Commenced 1532 AN with MoMA involvement after 1552. 
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