I need a name

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2005-06-01 01:14am

I need a name for a unit of high tech police officers. Or what they are called today, for that matter

Jaepheth · Post by **Jaepheth** » 2005-06-01 01:26am

You mean, like, a squad?

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2005-06-01 01:30am

Hmm, it's hard to explain it. It is a grouping of what amounts to a bunch of police officers. What would you call them. It's quite a large amount as well, involving light armoured vehicles and a series of helicopter gunships.

What would you call them?

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2005-06-01 01:37am

Counter-Insurection Tactical Unit?

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2005-06-01 01:40am

That'd more apply to the more military arm of it, namely a group of police officers turned elite drop troop unit.

Something less flashy would be better. But thanks anyway.

Lusankya · Post by **Lusankya** » 2005-06-01 05:13am

I just give my groups something that sounds kinda cool, but I write it in capital letters, and then I make up an acronym to go around it. And then everyone calls them by the acronym most of the time.

For example: FISAH was the major shipping company in this movie I was writing in year 12. I just made up the acronym and then I called it Federation of Interstellar Shipping And Hardware (or something like that), but all of the characters in the movie just called it FISAH, which in iteslf meant nothing but sounded kinda ok.

Bill Door · Post by **Bill Door** » 2005-06-01 05:31am

You could have something like Armed Response Unit (ARU), FireArms Response Team (if you don't mind the acronym FART), or Special Group 6 (SG6). CRU (Counter Revolutionry Unit) sounds a bit too military, but still a possibility.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2005-06-01 07:05am

Ta guys, thanks. Armed Response Unit works for me, representing the kind of force my police might send after a hyper destructive robot.

Laudon · Post by **Laudon** » 2005-06-01 09:43am

In my country these are called URNA (Utvar rychleho nasazeni), that mean fast reaction unit.

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2005-06-01 10:13am

I always prefered Shirow (or at least his translator's) method. Need something just that little bit better than a SWAT team? Throw on an E to make ESWAT: Extra Special Weapons And Tactics.