I need a name for an evil organization

It's a private battalion composed of telepathic operatives of varying power. Some of them can only read minds and emotions while others can erase all traces of rational thought and create brain tumors. They are ruthlessly efficient, methodical, emotionless, pragmatic, and agents are absolutely everywhere.

What can I call it? It needs to sound like a PMC or a branch of the army or something of the like.

You might call it something fairly bland and innocuous, like Division 37, and then give the group a more "awesome" nickname that's a bit more apropos to its/their powers?

edited 22nd Nov '10 9:53:15 PM by CampQueen

I wanted it to be somewhat...relative to the nature of the group. For example, there's a group of psychics trained to specialize in altering perceptions under a man named Finnegan. They're called Finnegan's Changelings (Irish Folklore). Something like that. I just can't think of anything.

edited 22nd Nov '10 9:43:53 PM by Rahheemme

Hearts and Minds Inc.? Think track? Milspec Helmets? Helmsbreach International? The one eyed group?

I've got it! What about the Third Eye(one word) Battalion?

hm. The name/nickname idea is probably the best base; after all, official names tend to be bland whereas nicknames get pretty awesome. Is this set in the real world or a fantasy world?

ThirdEye Battalion sounds nice. Sounds overtly meaningful though. I would suggest ConSec (L'Conditionnel Sécurité).

edited 22nd Nov '10 9:55:26 PM by QQQQQ

This is set in the real world.

The idea is that there's really no need to have a discreet name as the organization is so all-encompassing that they could just extract the knowledge of it from the mind of anyone who wasn't supposed to know.

To my (extremely limited) knowledge of the military, descriptive or "fun" unit designations are rarely used officially if ever. I suppose it just depends if the organization's status or roots are Mildly Military or... well, not.

edited 22nd Nov '10 10:03:02 PM by CampQueen

I"m toying with the idea of them not having an official name and Third Eye being something that they call themselves.

Depends on how much slack the unit is cut, and for some, non-members using their nickname will make them upset. The whole "nickname" thing has died out a little since Vietnam too.

I suggest making it a joint partnership between the military and one of the civilian intelligence organs (pick one depending on what it is you'll have them doing).

NSA is out, unless they're involved with cryptography.

CIA is possible (and the most likely; they actually did experiments on this very thing in the 1960s, laughable as they might have been); they've worked with the military in the past -Project Phoenix anyone?- and have the biggest budget.

FBI would be good if they're involved domestically; keep in mind that the FBI and CIA often feud over who gets to handle what case, as the CIA is supposed to be foreign-stuff only and the FBI handles domestic matters. Terrorism crossing that line has put more than one set of admin-panties in a twist.

Echo pops into my head for some reason. Third Echelon from Splinter Cell, maybe.

Give it a bland military name and a nickname. It would be cool if the nickname sounded similar.

The Protectorate.

Are they government, or do they just rule everything?

M3

Short for "Mens miles militis"

Latin for "Mind Soldiers"

Okay, I was about to suggest something but instead I'm just going to second Scorpio's awesome idea.

While probably not appropriate as their official name, for a nickname what about "The Slate"? Cause they either copy information from people's heads (in which case the operatives are the slates being written on) or they erase information (in which case they're "wiping the slate clean").

Well, "3M" wouldn't be so scary.

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