Namely, to the EVANTI SECTOR, the location of my current actual play livestreamed campaign (Every other Saturday at 1:30pm EST. We'll be returning in two weeks, so keep an eye out for the alert!) The JOINT SYNDICATE ALLIANCE, one of the major powers in the region, is basically a cooperative venture between half a dozen major interstellar corporations, and doesn't have the manpower to actively claim territory in the classical sense.
Instead, they hire thousands of mercenaries to make ad hoc security fleets, reacting to emergent threats with overwhelming force and terror tactics to suppress the local populace.
Here we see one of the Rapid Reaction Force's Operators, clad in a hardsuit, ready to drop from orbit into a hotspot and crush local resistance.!