Direct Action Branch, Bad Company

The Direct Action Branch is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Bad Company. It is a private conflict solution enterprise . It is the group who actually goes to the site of the incident, and settles the disputes there, if possible, or refers it back to Bad Company, etc. It is the premier combat unit within the growing Federation. It has its own inventory of a ship, the War Axe, six shuttle pods to take people to and from planet to ship, a complete armory of weapons (its own "mech units - one-person armored suits, the "tanks" of ground warfare, rail guns, missiles, drones, whatever is needed to do the job), fully enhanced personnel (Pod-doc enhancement), and a staff of experienced fighters, most of whom had come from Earth, survivors of the WWDE and the 150 years that followed. Many had had personal experience working with Bethany Anne on Earth, and were familiar with her philosophies and beliefs, upon which the Etheric Empire, and the Federation, were based.