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Quicksilver Industries has grown to become one of the largest companies in the world; it is the largest publicly-traded company by market capitalization, annual revenue, and workforce both nationally and globally. It is also the largest defense contractor in the world; 67% of Quicksilver's revenues came from military sales; it topped the list of Caphirian government contractors and received nearly 45% of the funds paid out by the Ministry of Defense. The company employs close to 5.5 million employees worldwide and has offices in every major country on earth.

==History==

===1929: Founding and incorporation===

By the time the war ended, VCL was second in Caphirian corporations in the value of wartime production contracts, accounting for 23% of wartime production. In total, it was estimated that VCL produced 26,423 aircraft during the Great War.

===1940-55: Role in the Great War===

===1955-66: Postwar growth===

===1966-88: Diversification and international success===

===1988-present: Corporate hegemony and consolidation===

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The rapid success of Shenendehowa Bay has lead many to speculate that Quicksilver Industries has plans to form its own sovereign state in the future, although this has been shut down numerous times by QSI publicly.

==Organization==

Quicksilver Industries currently employs 5,431,615 people across its five divisions.

===Business divisions===

====Manufacturing====

*[[Shockwave Industrial#Integrated Defense Technologies|Shockwave Integrated Defense Technologies]] (SID Tech) - SID Tech produces and manufactures fighter aircraft, airlifters, aerial refuelling tankers, helicopters, and airborne warfare systems, firearms and a variety of items related to firearms including its own custom variants of the AR-15 rifle, advanced rail systems, custom upper receivers, and advanced barrels among others. It also designs and manufactures naval ships and submarines, and armoured fighting vehicles such as tanks, armoured cars, reconnaissance vehicles, internal security vehicles, APCs, infantry fighting vehicles, and anti-aircraft vehicles.

*[[Lansing-Mitchell Weaponeering]] (LMW) - LMW is a wholly-owned subsidiary global weapons manufacturing company specializing in handguns; it is headquartered in Burgundie and more than half of its revenue comes from there.

====Defense Solutions====

*[[Shockwave Industrial#Systems .26 Global Solutions|Shockwave Global Solutions]] (SGS) - SGS is responsible for development, building, hardening, securing, testing and integrating complex communications systems, networks and products and provide the highest level of support solutions for the public and private sector. They are capable of networking and platform integration; cyber security, defense products, and operational support; satellite communications; protected radio communications products; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors, systems and space electronics; mission planning and management systems, weapon control systems and platform computing systems and open architecture information systems.

*Vepr Defense - Creates military radar, sensors and related products including C4I radar systems for air defense, Airspace Management radar systems such as AMASS, and battlefield surveillance systems like the Airborne Reconnaissance Low (ARL).

*Omega Systems - Formerly a competitor of Quicksilver, was purchased through a hostile takeover in July 2026. Omega developed the Raven UAV and is currently developing new UAV platforms and control systems. Omega Systems is headquartered in South Tryhstia.

*[[O'Shea Corporation|O'Shea Heavy Industrial Systems]] - Wholly owned subsidiary Burgundian military shipbuilding company. It specializes in building, remodeling, and repairing naval ships. The primary shipyard is located in Burgundie and has depots across the world.

====Operations Security====

*BDS Solutions - Designs, develops, produces, supports, maintains, modernises and upgrades armoured combat vehicles, wheeled vehicles, naval guns, surface ship combatants, commercial vessels, missile launchers, artillery systems, military ordnance, and protective wear and armour.

*Ladestro Dynamics - Specializes in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; advanced cybersecurity solutions; weather and environmental solutions, and information-based solutions for homeland security. The company also provides training, logistics, engineering, product support, and operational support services and solutions for the mission support, homeland security, space, civil aviation, counter-proliferation and counter-terrorism markets

*[[O'Shea Corporation|O'Shea Operation Management Services]] - Offers large scale operations management and critical infrastructure maintenance

*Quicksilver Space Systems - Specializes in airborne radars and processors, electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR) sensors, electronic warfare (EW) and precision guidance systems, active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars, space and missile defense technology, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems. It has significant engineering and manufacturing facilities in Burgundie and Kiravia.

====Quicksilver Labs====

*SIX Developmental - The main research and development firm which operates in virtually every sector. There are 10 major R&D facilities spread across the world that work on an array of advanced technological projects.

**Redsun - The official name for the 'Advanced Development Program' and has high degree of autonomy, with the task of working on advanced or secret projects.

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====QS Innovations====

*QV Properties - The holding company for all of QSI's corporate real estate holdings. It is also used to lease real estate to other corporations.

*Venio Enterprise Services - Provides shared capabilities and support services, principally to internal customers.

*Caphiria Architects & Engineers - A wholly owned subsidiary which is one of the largest architectural firms in the world, having worked on some of the most iconic buildings in Caphiria and internationally.

*[[Silver Lineworks]] - An engineering and robotics design holding company. It produces machines of varying degrees of autonomy under contract from military drones to advanced artificial intelligence for tech companies and 3D simulations. The company is a pioneer in the field of robotics and it is one of the most advanced in its domain.

===Businesses===

Quicksilver Industries conducts 90% of its business activities and dealings through five primary domestic organizations. They cover a wide range of industries from the direct military industry (military or civilian aircraft, ships, vehicles, weaponry, and electronic systems) to the indirect military (logistics, technical support and training, communications support, and engineering support), to direct support of military operations, and consumer and professional electronics, entertainment and financial services.

====Shockwave Industrial====

[[File:ShockwaveLogo.svg|left|thumb|The logo for [[Shockwave Industrial]]]]

Shockwave Industrial employs over 150,000 people and has an additional 100,000 individual contractors. In addition to its massive headquarters in Arzercavalli, it also has over 150 research and development facilities across the world that allows for extremely efficient development and production cycles.

====Lansing-Mitchell Weaponeering====

[[File:LansingLogo2.jpg|left|thumb|The logo for [[Lansing-Mitchell Weaponeering]]]]

[[Lansing-Mitchell Weaponeering]] is a [[Burgundie|Burgundian]] weapons manufacturing company, although since 1992 it has become primarily a pistol manufatory, with worldwide interests. The corporate headquarters is located in Caphiria with, an additional operational headquarters in NordHalle, Burgundie and employs 20,000 people. The majority of manufacturing and sales still originates from Burgundie.

Lansing-Mitchell Weaponeering was acquired by Quicksilver Industries in 2002 for $35.7 billion in an attempt for Lansing-Mitchell to have access to new markets outside of Burgundie. Approximately 80% of Lansing-Mitchell's business is from the Burgundian Armed Forces and Police Services.

====The O'Shea Corporation====

<br />The new logo for O'Shea Corporation

The O'Shea Corporation employs close to 100,000 people across all of its companies and operates over 1,500 ships and has a capacity of 6.1 million TEU.

====Silver Lineworks====

[[Silver Lineworks]] is a holding company representing QSI's holdings and assets in robotics, engineering, and automation. In addition to manufacturing hardware, Silver Lineworks also develops software and vision guidance tools for military and civilian use. Composed of several highly autonomous companies and teams, Silver Lineworks builds robots for defense, energy, and hazardous activity support as well as mobile robotic fulfillment systems for use across other QSI divisions. It also produces machines of varying degrees of autonomy under contract from military drones to advanced artificial intelligence for tech companies and 3D simulations.  

One of the most secretive and ambitious projects being developed by Silver Lineworks is the Templar Project, a multi-faceted engineering project that aims to create the world's first synthetic organism with true full artificial intelligence.

===Mergers and acquisitions===

In addition to its core businesses, Quicksilver Industries maintains a concentrated portfolio of equities and investments and engages in an aggressive mergers and acquisitions approach to business. Since the second major corporate restructure in 2011, this has been done through Venio Finance Solutions. VFS acts as the financial services holding company of QSI. It operates a private equity fund, and customer-oriented, financial products and services to individual customers and businesses. VFS currently has $4.5 trillion AUM and $400 billion in assets.

VFS operates two wings: the first serves as the legal parent company for Quicksilver's operating subsidiaries and acquired businesses and the second wing serves as the private equity, alternative asset management, and financial services firm.

====Operating subsidiaries====

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====Investments and minority holdings====

As of March 2035, Quicksilver's (through Venio Finance Services) largest investments were:

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==Contracts and Operations==

Quicksilver Industries maintains numerous contracts spanning the aerospace, defense, security, and technologies industry. The company makes the bulk of its revenue in what is called '''contracts and operations'''.

'''Operations''' revolve around Quicksilver Industries acting as a private military corporation, providing integrated security, mission support and risk management services to corporate, government and non-profit clients. QSI owns and operates the ''Chromeria Training center'' (CTC), a training facility located on 7,000 acres, comprised of several ranges, indoor, outdoor, urban reproductions, a man-made lake, and two driving tracks. QSTC offers tactics and weapons training to military, government, and law enforcement agencies. The CTC also offers several open-enrollment courses periodically throughout the year, from hand to hand combat (executive course) to precision rifle marksmanship. They also offer courses in tactical and off-road driving. Unlike Quicksilver Contracts, any public or private institution that meets the prerequisites​ may request to hire QSI.

==Corporate affairs==

===Governance===

====Board of directors====

The board of directors consists of 11 members:

*Alexandus Venio II, (chairman and CEO)

*Vinntan Valuassius, (executive director)

*Steven Mitchell, (CEO of Imperial Beverages)

*Oiksi Iivostner, (chairman of Pantheon Industries)

====Executive management====

The current executive structure is as follows:

*Alexandus Venio II, (Chief Executive)

*Alera Panianstina (Principal Executive of Operations)

*Giovari Parofantone (President of Petalstone Group)

*Navia Reschetta (Vice President of Petalstone Group)

===Financial===

Quicksilver Industries is the world's largest company by market capitalization, annual revenue, total assets, and workforce. For the fiscal year of 2030, Quicksilver had revenues of $3.1 trillion, $14 trillion in assets, 5 million global employees, and $475 billion in cash reserves.

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===Environmental practices and initiatives===

Quicksilver Industries issued a statement in 2015 committing to ending its use of coal and shifting to 100% renewable clean energy. By the end of 2017, half of QSI's operations and manufacturing facilities utilized renewable energy, and by 2020 it boasted a full adoption rate on renewable energy. In 2025, a decade after it started its initiative, QSI announced that 93% of QSI's global operations ran on renewable energy and it would achieve 100% by the end of the decade. It also announced that it switched to sustainable paper in their product packaging; 99% of all paper used by QSI in the product packaging comes from post-consumer recycled paper or sustainably managed forests, as the company continues its move to all paper packaging for all of its products. QSI also revealed it committed to power all its glass production with 100 percent renewable energy by 2030. The commitment is a large step in QSI's efforts to help manufacturers lower their carbon footprint.

Quicksilver Industries offers comprehensive and transparent information about the CO2e, emissions, materials, and electrical usage concerning every product they currently produce or have sold in the past (and which they have enough data needed to produce the report), in their portfolio on their website. All QSI products now have mercury-free LED-backlit LCD displays, arsenic-free glass, and non-PVC cables, and beat the latest Energy Star guidelines in each product's respective regulatory category.

===Corporate culture===

The culture of Quicksilver Industries is interesting in that despite having many subsidiaries across different industries, it allows a freedom of individuality and excellence that reliably attracts talented workers to its companies. That being said, because QSI has been in the ownership of the Venio family since its formation, the Venio family exercises an uniquely overwhelming amount of power in shaping the corporate culture, which generally speaking is more akin to a startup rather than a multinational corporation.

Unlike other major companies, QSI provides a relatively simple compensation policy for executives that does not include perks enjoyed by others like country club fees or private use of company aircraft. (Use of company aircraft is reserved for executive management). The company typically grants stock options to executives every other year.

===Headquarters===

The main corporate headquarters, informally known as the Silver Park, is located at 1000 Silver Road in the business district of Venceia. The entirety of Silver Park occupies 500 acres, making it by far the world's largest headquarters or building complex. Silver Park contains two complete campuses, nicknamed Mission Control and Ground control respectively.

Silver Park's second campus, Ground Control, encompasses 4 million square feet of office space and houses an additional 25,000–30,000 employees. Ground Control features 125 buildings, 100 of which is used for office space. The remaining 25 buildings bring the amenities of retail space, as well as restaurants, a soccer field and pub. This is known as the "Docks" and is arranged like an urban neighborhood, centered around a 2-acre (0.81 ha) open space with sports fields (including a football pitch), and hiking trails.

===Criticism and controversies===

Throughout its existence, Quicksilver Industries has received significant criticism regarding the legality of the practices of its contractors, its environmental and business practices, including anti-competitive behavior, privacy concerns, tax avoidance, antitrust, censorship, and corruption.

As the largest defense contractor in the world, QSI has come under intense scrutiny for violations of international law and war. On July 3rd, 1997, the Urcean Ministry of Commerce issued the ''Guidelines on Quicksilver International'', concluding that "the difficulty separating private from public troops means that legal proceedings against these non-state violent actors can be complicated. The corporate nature of PMSCs (Private Military and Security Contractors) is a barrier to their accountability for violations of international law. No international court has jurisdiction over these corporations and there is no preexisting mechanism in place bound by international law to account and manage for PMSCs use of force. If the world's use of PMSCs increases without any international accountability, this creates a situation that the world may not be able to return from."

====Labor practices====

Over the last three decades, numerous reports have been made alleging that sweatshop conditions exist or have existed in factories and facilities owned and operated by Quicksilver Industries.

In the period following these exposures, QSI has continued to receive criticism for its labor rights record.

====Tax practices====

Quicksilver Industries is known for employing a variety of accounting technique and methods to reduce its taxes by routing profits through subsidiaries over the world. Such strategies help QSI keep its international taxes to single digits over the last decade, according to the company's corporate filings. Quicksilver holds tens of billions of dollars in profits in international subsidiaries to pay little or no taxes to any government by using an unusual global tax structure.