Team Names?

Savior20061 · December 08, 2009, 11:20:32 PM

Hey, PSers (lol, pissers). This has probably already been suggested but I'm wondering if the dev team is thinking about giving the spies and mercs a company/branch title to procede their class? ex: Shadownet Spy; Shadownet being the rookie-training branch of Third Echelon according to all implications.

If they were, I think it'd be a good idea for the Forum to brainstorm company titles for both classes and vote on the best one. Democracy and all that shit.

I'm thinking Darklight or Darkwatch or something like that for the spies. Maybe SOD, for Stealth Operations Detachment, a clandestine branch of the CIA.

And for the mercenaries something more iconic: Fortress (or maybe just fort)? Perimeter? GRID? For Guaranteed Regulatory Issue Defense?

Wh1tE_Dw4rF · December 08, 2009, 11:24:01 PM

Merc
Fist: Freelance International Security Taskforce.

frvge · December 08, 2009, 11:28:45 PM

I don't remember our writer giving them names. But that's a long time ago. Why would they have names? If you're being hired on a per-contract base, you can team up with another Merc/Spy who is also a hired infiltrator/defender next 'assignment'.

But if you can come up with some good examples, we can consider them.

Savior20061 · December 09, 2009, 01:18:56 AM

Quote from: frvge on December 08, 2009, 11:28:45 PM
I don't remember our writer giving them names. But that's a long time ago. Why would they have names? If you're being hired on a per-contract base, you can team up with another Merc/Spy who is also a hired infiltrator/defender next 'assignment'.

But if you can come up with some good examples, we can consider them.

Well I'm assuming these characters won't be lone wolf bounty hunter archetypes. I'm assuming they work for some company or branch of the gov't and I think those agencies should be named for the sake of awesomeness. I remember the developers giving them generic titles like High Tech. Security for the Mercs and something else for the spies.

Quote from: Wh1tE_Dw4rF on December 08, 2009, 11:24:01 PM
Merc
Fist: Freelance International Security Taskforce.

Dude...that's golden. It's always a plus when the accronym's a word. What would you put for spies?

NIGHT Agents.
National
Intelligence
Gathering
Hidden
Team

Or
SHARD.
Special
Hidden
Anti-terrorism
Response
Detachment

=D

C'mon Frvge this has the potentional to be a lot of fun.

MR.Mic · December 09, 2009, 01:34:14 AM

Mercs: North-American Reactive Defense Squad or NARDS in short.

frvge · December 09, 2009, 01:45:43 AM

Special Hitmen In Training

Zedblade · December 09, 2009, 01:46:54 AM

We already have official names.

Mercs are
PENIS - Private ENforcement for International Security

Spies are
VAGINA - Very Agile Guys In Nighttime Attire.

Seroiusly though, I say stay away from acronyms.

Here are some real names for real Mercenary companies.
Executive Outcomes
Sandline International
Gurkha Security Guards, Ltd
DynCorp International
Xe Services LLC (Blackwater)

frvge · December 09, 2009, 01:48:38 AM

Strategic Informants with Low-Level Yields: SILLY

Savior20061 · December 09, 2009, 02:10:53 AM

Quote from: Zedblade on December 09, 2009, 01:46:54 AM
We already have official names.

Mercs are
PENIS - Private ENforcement for International Security

Spies are
VAGINA - Very Agile Guys In Nighttime Attire.

Seroiusly though, I say stay away from acronyms.

Here are some real names for real Mercenary companies.
Executive Outcomes
Sandline International
Gurkha Security Guards, Ltd
DynCorp International
Xe Services LLC (Blackwater)

You don't like acronyms? What are you Zed, some kind of terrorist?
Without acronyms we wouldn't have the ACLU, FEMA, the NAACP, the AARP, the IRS, the FDA, the NRA, the NFL, the NBA, the WNBA.
Why do you hate the 1st Amendment Zed?! Why do you hate women?! Why do you hate the troops?!
>:(

Seriously though, I think acronyms are more iconic and easier to remember. I mean...Gurka? DynCorps? The hell do those things even mean?
Right now, I think SHARD and FIST are good.

frvge · December 09, 2009, 02:35:05 AM

Federal Undercover Criminal Killers!

Savior20061 · December 09, 2009, 02:59:52 AM

Quote from: frvge on December 09, 2009, 02:35:05 AM
Federal Undercover Criminal Killers!

Social Pariahs Enigmatically Rape Mercenaries.
Fuck, now you've got me doing it. =D

AgentX_003 · December 09, 2009, 04:21:39 AM

Quote from: Savior20061 on December 09, 2009, 02:59:52 AM
Quote from: frvge on December 09, 2009, 02:35:05 AM
Federal Undercover Criminal Killers!
Social Pariahs Enigmatically Rape Mercenaries.
Fuck, now you've got me doing it. =D

o rly :D ,savior ur alive :D hai XD lmao

Vega · December 09, 2009, 07:21:38 AM

Acronyms can be cool but are overused in games nowadays. F.E.A.R.? S.T.A.L.K.E.R.? The people that made SvM were a little creative by naming their mercenaries as Argus -- a mythological giant that had 100 eyes hence "all eyes." It fit the mercenaries perfectly. I suggest something along those lines. Just something different than an acronym. Shadownet isn't the best name, but the futuristic technological theme contrasted well with the mythology for the mercenary.

Spark Mandriller · December 09, 2009, 11:03:29 AM

Quote from: Savior20061 on December 08, 2009, 11:20:32 PM
Shadownet being the rookie-training branch of Third Echelon according to all implications.

wat

Also backronyms are terrible don't use them please.

Savior20061 · December 09, 2009, 03:31:39 PM

???
Guess I'm the only one that's not sick of acronyms. Fair enough.
We could give them a generic animal name, like Ravens for the spies and Bears for the mercs, but after more than 20 different incarnations of Power Rangers, I guess you guys are tired of those too.
Cross Corporation or Templar Exec.=Merc. (slight nod to the religious bullshit going on in Blackwater).
Or Troy? Troy Corporation.
Spies could have ghosts names, like the alien vehicles in Halo: Ghosts, Wraiths, Banshees, Phantoms, Specters. Something like that.

LOL at Agent.