Strategic Weapons Operations Reserve Department

Little is known of the inner workings of SWORD. Unlike other intelligence agencies, like the Commonwealth intelligence Bureau or the Department of Security, no internal SWORD documents have ever been released by the Commonwealth. The extent of the agency, as well as its influence in government, is unknown, however SWORD does operate several planets, space stations, and dockyards.

SWORD's history is also shrouded in secrecy, however it is commonly accepted that it was formed by NATO in 1951 after the Second World War.