Grid Company

## Grid

"Well trained and well financed, Grid mercs are no pushovers. If you see them, it means there is a lot of gold involved."

### Leader:

Unknown

**Grid** or the **Grid Company** is a private security services contractor that provides security services to various groups including the World Government and their Marines.

While their main base of operations resides in North Blue, Grid agents are scattered around the world in various camps and small branches of the corporation.

## Enlisting

Grid hires individuals from all walks of life, like former marines and pirates, as long as they pass various exams and interviews. After passing the tests, a person can get a job at a branch of Grid as part of the administrative staff. More extensive and strict testing is required in order to be part of the armed force. After an unspecified amount of time, a soldier can try to apply for a specific role in the private military, such as a primary or support crew positions in one of their ships.

## Duties

Grid's main function is to make sure extra security and precautions are taken for a task. They do this by deploying their own staff and gear to ensure a task is done successfully with minimal loses. The tasks at hand include safe delivery of important items, VIP escort, guard duty and aid in combat situations.

## Rank System

Despise its similarities to the Marines, Grid is structured like any other business: workers, supervisors, managers, and executives. A Grid soldier will report to their respective project manager, who may or may not have any relevant military specialty, but simply occupy a management position in the company.

## Military Powers

Although the exact total number of Grid mercenaries is unknown, it is known that it's nowhere as big as the Marines. Their reduced numbers doesn't stop them from sending squads of infantry into the field, groups of specialized units similar to pirate and Marine crews and Devil Fruit users such as Tammy. Sometimes they simply use lone operators like Tom.

Their monetary gain, support from other businesses and their own gear production allows Grid to equip their combat staff very well, sometimes almost better than the Marines with their own infantry. They also have ships built for speed and quick insertion.

## Questionable Actions

The Grid Company has a major greed problem. If the money is good, there is a high chance they will do it. There are times which they make contracts with individuals within the Marines that want to keep things under the table. Said jobs involve Grid mercenaries doing dirty work for them that otherwise would require approval from other officers.

## Affiliation

Grid has a few political relationships with the Marines due to years of providing aid without question. Though, there are still plenty of officers that openly dislike Grid's methods and the involvement of the private army in World Government matters.

## The New age

Grid has been anticipating and preparing for the end of the "Age of Pirates", embracing the future with open arms. Fully aware that as long as conflict exists, there will be a market for people like them. They have sent various crews into the New World to scope the territorial situation and to establish new branches of the organization.

## Staff

### Combat staff

Recruits are the new hires fresh out of training and looking for action. Jack of all trades, but master of none. They are the most common staff seen from Grid, filling various roles during their career.

Special Operations is the group made out of combat staff with remarkable performance and skills. Demon Fruit users and Specialists are common among them.

## Misc

### Trivia

* To come up with Grid's logo, Mirror asked the group "what animal does give the most Private Security Contractor That Probably Violated A Few Geneva Conventions On The Marines Behalf vibe?", in which Dr Simetra replied "bull"
* A Grid merc has a standard uniform, but their appearance may vary depending on what function they serve in a crew.
* Grid's Den Den Mushi are sometimes planted in specific spots to eavesdrop. The snails have a tendency to refuse to operate if their hats are missing.
* Sometimes Grid mercs can be seen resting and eating from their food rations. Said food is often presented as food bars that share a lot of similarities to the real world Chinese PLA Navy LQ-002 Compact 24 Hour MRE Food Packet.

Grid's emblem: A bull over a shield.The average Grid recruit.A basic Grid transponder snail. Do not pet.Grid Recruit being sent into the New World.