The Ocean Floor Mining Corporation is one of the many companies that have taken advantage of the "land rush" of the sea floor to exploit resources.
Ocean Floor operates a mining colony in their claim area of the Livingston Trench, a contested area . In 2017 CE, Ocean Floor's employee, Bobby, was caught prospecting over another confederation's territorial line in Reef Runner, with two Hornets in pursuit.
After Reef Runner makes it successfully back to the colony, the pursuing Hornets abandon their pursuit to call in "the big guns," which involves a request for military intervention. This call leads to five Class-C shooter subs entering the region, with tensions escalating into an event later known world-wide as the Livingston Trench Incident (DSV: "To Be or Not to Be")