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* ''Franchise/StarWars'': In ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', the antagonist faction was the corporate army of the Trade Federation, secretly controlled by [[BigBad Darth Sidious]]. In ''Episode'' ''[[Film/AttackOfTheClones II]]'' and ''[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith III]]'', and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', the Separatist army was also created as an amalgamation of several corporate armies. [[JustifiedTrope They happen to have a good reason to have them]], in that the Republic's lack of military and overstretched Judicial Forces allowed for many areas of space to fall under control of pirates and warlords, forcing the various corporations to build their own heavily armed security forces to defend their assets... And then going overboard.

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* ''Franchise/StarWars'': In ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', the antagonist faction was is the corporate army of the Trade Federation, secretly controlled by [[BigBad Darth Sidious]]. In ''Episode'' ''[[Film/AttackOfTheClones II]]'' and ''[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith III]]'', and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', the Separatist army was also is created as an amalgamation of several corporate armies. [[JustifiedTrope They happen to have a good reason to have them]], in that the Republic's lack of military and overstretched Judicial Forces allowed for many areas of space to fall under control of pirates and warlords, forcing the various corporations to build their own heavily armed security forces to defend their assets... And then going overboard.
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* ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales'': Roxxon Energy has their own private army of soldiers equipped with powered exoskeletons and futuristic weapons which they send against Spider-Man and the Underground. They also have a fleet of eight-wheeled, gun-mounted [=APCs=] and flying tiltrotor gunships.

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* ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales'': Roxxon Energy has their own private army of soldiers equipped with powered exoskeletons and futuristic weapons which they send is an American energy company that spends the game fighting a turf war against Spider-Man and a NYC street gang called the Underground. All of their corporate security guards are equipped with military-grade exosuits and EnergyWeapons. They also have access to a fleet of eight-wheeled, gun-mounted [=APCs=] and flying tiltrotor gunships.gunships which they often deploy during street shootouts.
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* ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'': Roxxon has their own private army of soldiers equipped with power armor and military-grade weapons which they send against Spider-Man and the Underground. They also have a fleet of tanks and [[BlackHelicopter Black VTOLs]].

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* ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'': ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales'': Roxxon Energy has their own private army of soldiers equipped with power armor powered exoskeletons and military-grade futuristic weapons which they send against Spider-Man and the Underground. They also have a fleet of tanks eight-wheeled, gun-mounted [=APCs=] and [[BlackHelicopter Black VTOLs]].flying tiltrotor gunships.
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* ''Film/RoboCop3'' has Omni Consumer Products (and its new shareholders the Kanemitsu Corporation) hire a band of mercenaries to force out the inhabitants of Old Detroit. To combat this, the regular folks form a underground resistance. Oh, just to make sure their investment pays off, Kanemitsu sends robot ninjas to aid their hired guns.

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* ''Film/RoboCop3'' has Omni Consumer Products (and its new shareholders the Kanemitsu Corporation) hire a band of mercenaries to force out the inhabitants of Old Detroit. To combat this, the regular folks form a underground resistance. Oh, And just to make sure their investment pays off, Kanemitsu sends robot ninjas to aid their hired guns.
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* ''VideoGame/DyztopiaPostHumanRPG'': Zetacorp enforces their will by hiring Hunters to track down Zodiac stones and slaughter anyone who gets in their way. The Hunters that are directly affiliated with Zetacorp effectively serve as a private army.
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* ''Film/SleepDealer'': The Del Rio Water Company, which owns the privatized rights to water in Santa Ana Del Rio, uses deadly force to defend their holdings in Mexico. The dam they constructed is guarded by automated machine guns and armed guards, and Del Rio sends military-grade drones equipped with rocket launchers to attack and kill a "suspected terrorist" that tapped into their communications frequency.
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* ''Literature/TheAsteriskWar'': As befits a good MegaCorp, the [=IEFs=] have their own PrivateMilitaryContractors to enforce their goals (made up mainly of Genestella), so this sometimes happens. {{Defied}} at one point in the {{backstory}} when a couple of them nearly fought a war over the manadite deposits in what became Lieseltania, but the other [=IEFs=] joined in
and Manga]]forced a peaceful settlement of the dispute. This resulted in Lieseltania becoming an independent state ([[PuppetState in theory]]).



* In ''Franchise/StarWars Episode I: Film/ThePhantomMenace'', the antagonist faction was the corporate army of the Trade Federation, secretly controlled by [[BigBad Darth Sidious]]. In ''Episode'' ''[[Film/AttackOfTheClones II]]'' and ''[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith III]]'', and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', the Separatist army was also created as an amalgamation of several corporate armies. [[JustifiedTrope They happen to have a good reason to have them]], in that the Republic's lack of military and overstretched Judicial Forces allowed for many areas of space to fall under control of pirates and warlords, forcing the various corporations to build their own heavily armed security forces to defend their assets... And then going overboard.
* The East India Trading Company is featured in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest second]] and [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd third]] ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' movies. Not only do they have a private fleet and army with a worldwide reach, they also control the ''Flying Dutchman''. The Company wages war on all pirates, intent to wipe them out. Not TruthInTelevision: the East ''India'' Company did arm their ships defensively, but actually fighting wars was the province of the Royal Navy (though they did admittedly have a lot of pull with the government to get the Royal Navy to go where they wanted.)

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* ''Franchise/StarWars'': In ''Franchise/StarWars Episode I: Film/ThePhantomMenace'', ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', the antagonist faction was the corporate army of the Trade Federation, secretly controlled by [[BigBad Darth Sidious]]. In ''Episode'' ''[[Film/AttackOfTheClones II]]'' and ''[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith III]]'', and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', the Separatist army was also created as an amalgamation of several corporate armies. [[JustifiedTrope They happen to have a good reason to have them]], in that the Republic's lack of military and overstretched Judicial Forces allowed for many areas of space to fall under control of pirates and warlords, forcing the various corporations to build their own heavily armed security forces to defend their assets... And then going overboard.
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'': The East India Trading Company is featured in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest second]] and [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd third]] ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' movies. Not only do they have a private fleet and army with a worldwide reach, they also control the ''Flying Dutchman''. The Company wages war on all pirates, intent to wipe them out. Not TruthInTelevision: the East ''India'' Company did arm their ships defensively, but actually fighting wars was the province of the Royal Navy (though they did admittedly have a lot of pull with the government to get the Royal Navy to go where they wanted.)



* ''Film/SilentMovie''. Engulf & Devour intends to purchase Big Picture Studios, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. Upon learning that director Mel Funn's upcoming film may save the studio, Engulf & Devour attempts to sabotage the filming. At the end, they send agents to steal the completed film reel, and this escalates into a chase scene and a fight using a Coke machine as a grenade launcher.

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* ''Film/SilentMovie''. ''Film/SilentMovie'': Engulf & Devour intends to purchase Big Picture Studios, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. Upon learning that director Mel Funn's upcoming film may save the studio, Engulf & Devour attempts to sabotage the filming. At the end, they send agents to steal the completed film reel, and this escalates into a chase scene and a fight using a Coke machine as a grenade launcher.



* In ''{{Film/Avatar}}'', the soldiers under [[ColonelKilgore Colonel Quaritch]] are part of [=SecOps=], the corporation's private security force. Though they do indeed protect mining colony [[MeaningfulName Hell's Gate]] from Pandora's [[EverythingTryingToKillYou megafauna and other threats]], they're also used to fight the native Na'vi if they get in the way of operations, going so far as to [[spoiler:blow up the Omaticaya's Hometree because it's sitting on a massive {{Unobtanium}} deposit.]]

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* In ''{{Film/Avatar}}'', ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', the soldiers under [[ColonelKilgore Colonel Quaritch]] are part of [=SecOps=], the corporation's private security force. Though they do indeed protect mining colony [[MeaningfulName Hell's Gate]] from Pandora's [[EverythingTryingToKillYou megafauna and other threats]], they're also used to fight the native Na'vi if they get in the way of operations, going so far as to [[spoiler:blow up the Omaticaya's Hometree because it's sitting on a massive {{Unobtanium}} deposit.]]



* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': Eindersohn Industries is a renowned developer and manufacturer in specialized domestic machines and bio-products for daily use. At least, that's how they appear on the front, they secretly produce weaponized battle mechs for [[NGOSuperpower The Consortium]], for both security and industrial products sent to the [[MegaCorp Tithonus Group]].



* Played with in the ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' series. In the first game, it seems like a case of non-corporate individuals rebelling against an overpowering megacorp (Atlas), [[spoiler:until you realize that the main characters are being manipulated by another megacorp (Hyperion).]] A conflict between Dahl and Atlas in the backstory is one of the main reasons why Pandora is such a CrapsackWorld. [[Videogame/BorderlandsThePreSequel The Pre-Sequel]] plays it the straightest, with the core conflict between Dahl and Hyperion, though in this case it is a rogue Dahl fleet. The Pre-Sequel even makes mention of a [[GreatOffscreenWar "Corporate War"]] sparked by Hyperion that destroyed the central government of the galaxy, causing each of the corporations to be superpowers in their own right. By the time of ''Videogame/Borderlands3'', there is an outright open war on the planet Promethia between the revitalized Atlas Corporation and Maliwan, the later of which is invading in an attempt to force a "merger" between the two.

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* Played with in the ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' series. In [[VideoGame/Borderlands1 the first game, game]], it seems like a case of non-corporate individuals rebelling against an overpowering megacorp (Atlas), [[spoiler:until you realize that the main characters are being manipulated by another megacorp (Hyperion).]] A conflict between Dahl and Atlas in the backstory is one of the main reasons why Pandora is such a CrapsackWorld. [[Videogame/BorderlandsThePreSequel The Pre-Sequel]] plays it the straightest, with the core conflict between Dahl and Hyperion, though in this case it is a rogue Dahl fleet. The Pre-Sequel even makes mention of a [[GreatOffscreenWar "Corporate War"]] sparked by Hyperion that destroyed the central government of the galaxy, causing each of the corporations to be superpowers in their own right. By the time of ''Videogame/Borderlands3'', there is an outright open war on the planet Promethia between the revitalized Atlas Corporation and Maliwan, the later of which is invading in an attempt to force a "merger" between the two.



* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'': Futuretech is nominally employed by the Allies to provide their most advanced weapons. They have more of a background role in the Uprising expansion, where they're revealed to have more sinister motives: their former President is the BigBad of the Soviet campaign doing something involving stopping time and they're seen to actively recruit sociopaths for their Cryo-Legionnaire program, and the Commander's Challenge involves them employing the NonEntityGeneral to steal military technology from all three world powers.



* This is the whole point of ''VideoGame/ExecutiveAssault'': a bunch of feuding corporations land on an alien planet and immediately start building robot armies and waging war to see who gets to exploit its resources.

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* This is the whole point of ''VideoGame/ExecutiveAssault'': a ''VideoGame/ExecutiveAssault''. A bunch of feuding corporations land on an alien planet and immediately start building robot armies and waging war to see who gets to exploit its resources.resources.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Shinra has a private army consisting of various types of military troopers, genetically-augmented SOLDIER members, and a wide array of robots and mecha.



* ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'': Futuretech is nominally employed by the Allies to provide their most advanced weapons. They have more of a background role in the Uprising expansion, where they're revealed to have more sinister motives: their former President is the BigBad of the Soviet campaign doing something involving stopping time and they're seen to actively recruit sociopaths for their Cryo-Legionnaire program, and the Commander's Challenge involves them employing the NonEntityGeneral to steal military technology from all three world powers.



* ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'': Roxxon has their own private army of soldiers equipped with power armor and military-grade weapons which they send against Spider-Man and the Underground. They also have a fleet of tanks and [[BlackHelicopter Black VTOLs]].



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* In ''Series/DarkMatter'' "multi-corps" own entire planets, and hire mercenaries such as the ''Raza'' to wipe out independent planets that refuse to submit to them. And if that doesn't work they send their own troops.

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* In ''Series/DarkMatter'' ''Series/DarkMatter2015'', "multi-corps" own entire planets, and hire mercenaries such as the ''Raza'' to wipe out independent planets that refuse to submit to them. And if If that doesn't work work, they send their own troops.
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* ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'': Futuretech is nominally employed by the Allies to provide their most advanced weapons. They have more of a background role in the Uprising expansion, where they're revealed to have more sinister motives: their former President is the BigBad of the Soviet campaign doing something involving stopping time and they're seen to actively recruit sociopaths for their Cryo-Legionnaire program, and the Commander's Challenge involves them employing the NonEntityGeneral to steal military technology from all three world powers.

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* ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf'': During certain arcs (namely the devalued silver coins one), there is a trade company that has enough men to do the thug and garrote routine without problem by sheer force of numbers. The other Traders had a nice Intel network of the city maps and then Lawrence has [[CanisMajor Holo]]. Considering the setting, the idea of using men for pressuring and muting the lone merchant they scammed is logical from their point of view. {{Karma}} on the other hand...


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* ''Literature/SpiceAndWolf'': During certain arcs (namely the devalued silver coins one), there is a trade company that has enough men to do the thug and garrote routine without problem by sheer force of numbers. The other Traders had a nice Intel network of the city maps and then Lawrence has [[CanisMajor Holo]]. Considering the setting, the idea of using men for pressuring and muting the lone merchant they scammed is logical from their point of view. {{Karma}} on the other hand...

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