<s>
Act	B-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
:	I-Application
Direct	I-Application
Action	I-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Eugen	O
Systems	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
expansion	O
pack	O
called	O
Act	B-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
:	I-Application
High	I-Application
Treason	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2006	O
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
Australia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2015	O
Eugen	O
Systems	O
released	O
Act	B-Application
of	I-Application
Aggression	I-Application
which	O
is	O
considered	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Act	O
of	O
War	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
the	O
sniper	B-Protocol
is	O
very	O
effective	O
against	O
infantry	O
but	O
ineffective	O
against	O
anything	O
else	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
not	O
necessarily	O
a	O
true	O
weakness	O
,	O
the	O
US	O
Military	O
has	O
an	O
obligation	O
to	O
follow	O
DEFCON	B-Application
procedures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
access	O
its	O
full	O
strength	O
,	O
it	O
must	O
upgrade	O
to	O
DEFCON	B-Application
2	O
and	O
then	O
to	O
DEFCON	B-Application
1	O
,	O
each	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
expensive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
branch	O
of	O
the	O
Consortium	O
featured	O
in	O
this	O
game	O
consists	O
of	O
terrorist	O
groups	O
and	O
a	O
renegade	O
Russian	O
army	O
offshoot	O
,	O
supported	O
by	O
oil	O
companies	O
bent	O
on	O
creating	O
an	O
oil	O
monopoly	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
manipulating	O
political	O
events	O
for	O
personal	O
gain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
hinted	O
(	O
and	O
later	O
confirmed	O
in	O
Act	B-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
:	I-Application
High	I-Application
Treason	I-Application
)	O
that	O
there	O
are	O
other	O
Consortium	O
branches	O
.	O
</s>
