(The) Kilm'ach as I mentioned before is actually a Minmatar word use to refer to the Demon's the Faithful Amarr fear. Not an ideal rank especially because it is attributed to a mortal Minmatar special operations unit but it's ripped right out of the Stranded Series.

Mina!

*Grabs Mina's face*

Look at me Mina. You and I need to work together to make the most badass Caldari special operatives for Lore support that we can imagine.

Though admittedly the idea of a specific Caldari task force for the entire state is a bit troublesome, since individual companies all have their own individual paramilitary organizations all serving individual goals.

Originally the closest thing the Caldari had were the Templis Dragonaurs, who acted as highly skilled insurgents and commandos for the Caldari Expeditionary Forces. They did everything from training to espionage, and the collapse of the Provost regime forced most of them out of office and likely left a massive power vacuum in the state for a unified inter-corporate task force to provide elite operatives.

Oddly enough, I the way I see it this Task Force would function more like a UN coalition type force where you see people drafted from the Ishukone Watch, Home Guard, and other private military companies to aid in an advisory capacity for the State Peacekeepers. After the Providence Directorate finally fell, I doubt anyone in the State would be particularly happy with a unified government trying to consolidate power into a join military agency like the Caldari Navy. It would also serve to make Caldari special operatives characteristically unique from any other potential tier one operatives in the other Empires.

That being said, the exact naming of this sort of agency would be tricky but I have a few suggestions on how to start. First is the most obvious:

Task Force ____________ <---- Insert Psuedo Finn name here

It's everything right there on the tin, an elite joint task force built out of the best operatives from different corporate entities. Alternatively:

__________ Pathfinders

Besides the connection it bares to the elite Canadian Pathfinders (who are just plain badass even if there isn't a direct connection to the Caldari) I really like the implications it has to continuing the legacy of the Caldari Expeditionary Forces before they were reformed into the State Peacekeepers. On the surface, the Pathfinders could be shock troops ready to deploy in small teams at a moments notice to secure an area of the Peacekeepers. On the other hand, this could just be a front for 'go into an area and train and arm insurgents so we have a reason to go in and keep the peace.' There are plenty of ways you could spin it depending on your opinion of the Caldari.

___________ Highlanders

Though it isn't exactly stated, I've personally always felt a deep connection existed between the Caldari history and that of the Scottish. This title would also serve as a reference to the success of Operation Highlander as a sort of tongue-in-cheek reminder never to fail in the defense of a Caldari planet ever again.

Personally I'm a fan of:

Task Force Perkele (Perkele was the Finn god of thunder, which highlights the role of shock troops to these forces.)

Task Force Ookami (The japanese world for wolf, which highlights traditional caldari wolfpack tactics.)

Suribachi Pathfinders / Suribachi Highlanders (In honor of the battle of Iwo Jima)

Goryo Highlanders (I'm gonna side with Jerry. I like the term Goryo, but I have mix feelings about calling an elite strike force simple 'enforcers')

Simo Pathfinders (In honor of the legendary Winter War sniper nicknamed 'White Death' by the invading Red Army)

Alternatively we have the names of special forces from the nations that the Caldari were born from. These include:

The Teishin Shudan commandos of imperial Japan.

Or alternative the J+ñ+ñk+ñrirykmentti of the Utti Jaeger Regiment, but suffice to say this is a mouth full so it might be best to settle for simply 'Jaegers' which still sounds pretty badass to me.

Really any combination of these ideas would make me happy. The ethnic background of the Caldari is something really important to me, and I would be overjoyed if CCP would take these ideas into consideration when forming this living world that we all enjoy.

And this is why I put no stock in this process. This isn't lore. It's an en masse submission of random and fanciful names supplied by the community with no context or purpose and wholly separate from EVE in its entirety.

Rather than focus on introducing and arbitrary series of titles that have no purpose and provide no insight into the universe of New Eden why not focus on actually bringing the context, story arcs, and histories of existing New Eden content into the fore of Dust. We've tried this before and no one was happy with the previous results.

Aeon - will you add us to the Trello or do you just want succinct lists by faction in this thread and you add them?

That sort of thing you have to be careful about because the real life culture could look at that and get really, REALLY aggravated if it's translated wrong. One dude in the Slack channel actually proposed 'Kamikaze' because it meant 'divine wind' but that isn't what it means to most if not all Americans, so I neglected to add it for obvious reasons.

I've run out of room to mention the rest.

I am American, my father was in the Navy, I am a cadet in the armed forces, and I spent four years of my life working in a Naval Aviation museum in Pearl Harbor with veterans of the Pacific theater and I wouldn't give a damn if you named something 'Kamikaze' because I understand the cultural significance behind what the divine wind meant to the Japanese before an imperialist government decided to throw teenagers in airplanes at aircraft carriers. Not to mention the fact that the suicidal implications would have altered massively in the thousands of years between WWII and the formation of the Caldari State. Just sayin'.

Also, how are you in contact with Mercury? I've never heard of a DUST member being affiliated or having contact with the ISD or Mercury in the past, so color me skeptical.

^So essentially we're naming groups rather than more individual/personal titles.

Stuff like maroons, musketeers, franks (after their francisca's)

You are mostly thinking some kind of formal FW titles so I will clarify, but a few were on the right track. It was my question so I am to blame.

I am thinking more royal guard, or special forces types of secret undercover groups, or covert mercs in the employ of the Factions.

Black Water and Halliburton are much closer to what I am thinking.

Also, I am thinking in parallel to existing or old style of behind the scenes protectors like the Swiss guard or Emperor's Custodians, even the Three Musqueteers or the French Foreign Legion.

There is also the legend of the Varangians, who were swedish vikings forming the Bodyguard of the Byzantine Emperors in Constantinople.

Then of course Seals (Black Eagles) , Rangers *could be (Pathfinders).

I am not sure where I will end up using it, but I am curious whether we have this in New Eden lore, and what is our leeway.

One Mercenary could worm himself into the Empress's bodyguard, there is nothing that says that couldnt happen, even if its not an achievable goal for every mercenary.

They make you watch it all, man. They make you watch through the eyes of the person you killed. It's all for show, really, but they do it so well. I saw the guy come in, brush his teeth, kiss his son good night... then I felt my bullet go into his skull just seconds after it shattered the window. Back when I'd shot him, you know, I didn't know anything... all I saw was a man leaning down in the spot where I'd been told he would be, then I squeezed the trigger, twice to make sure, and got the hell out of there. But they had to make me relive it all through this bullshit virtual scenario. They want you to know that you're gonna be called upon to kill innocent people, good people, Federation people, and that you have to be comfortable with doing it because it serves the greater good. Whatever the **** that's even supposed to mean.
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Precisely

You are mostly thinking some kind of formal FW titles so I will clarify, but a few were on the right track. It was my question so I am to blame.

I am thinking more royal guard, or special forces types of secret undercover groups, or covert mercs in the employ of the Factions.

Black Water and Halliburton are much closer to what I am thinking.

Also, I am thinking in parallel to existing or old style of behind the scenes protectors like the Swiss guard or Emperor's Custodians, even the Three Musqueteers or the French Foreign Legion.

There is also the legend of the Varangians, who were swedish vikings forming the Bodyguard of the Byzantine Emperors in Constantinople.

Then of course Seals (Black Eagles) , Rangers *could be (Pathfinders).

I am not sure where I will end up using it, but I am curious whether we have this in New Eden lore, and what is our leeway.

One Mercenary could worm himself into the Empress's bodyguard, there is nothing that says that couldnt happen, even if its not an achievable goal for every mercenary.

One Mercenary could worm himself into the Empress's bodyguard, there is nothing that says that couldnt happen, even if its not an achievable goal for every mercenary.

Perhaps though if this presents an attainable rank or joinable sect in Dust 514 then you are potentially insinuating that hundred of individual cloned soldiers might be able to attain this rank. As you say while there is no reason to state unequivocally that this is impossible to attain there is also no reason to suspect it is possible.

More than likely if the Empress required such soldiers as her personal guard then candidates would be drawn from regiments under the direct mandate of the Emperor Family or even Kameiras all of whom would be significantly more disciplined, zealously dogmatic, and utterly loyal. Also giving Dust 514 players a direct line to the Empress in terms of in game lore I think would be met rather poorly by our Capsuleer parallels. In this instance I suggest you look two levels down. Neither the Empress nor the Heirs would likely be caught dead with out kind at their sides though Holders, the High Nobility of the Empire might certainly call upon us for protection and other such activities

That being said I'll still take this question back to PIE Inc and Samira, She Who Knows Ten-Thousand Things and see how they both feel about the concept and what they can dig up.

Honestly, CCP Rattati, you should probably hit up ISD Mercury - I'm sure they'd love the opportunity to offer up their expertise for something like this. Rather than the Dust 514 community spitballing =P

Empress Sworn?

Executive Security?

Council Huntsmen?

TALON?

Sultan Sworn?

Or we could, you know, actually place stock into what some of our community members are saying here instead of passing the buck off to a Mercury team that (as far as I can tell) doesn't give a damn about the DUST 514 community?

I mean... Yes, Mercury should be kept in the loop and our suggestions should be confirmed by them before some sort of canon implementation into lore. Especially since, I suspect, established lore like this would make an excellent opportunity for a 'Methods of Torture' type lore series that delves into different special forces teams across New Eden. But I think passing the buck off to them is just lame when we already have a lot of people here who legitimately care and have put forward good suggestions to represent their Empire.

For the Minmatar would there been an official lore to draw from that could see the root of 'true' from Sanmatar meshed with 'hunter' or 'huntsmen'.

Sanmatar means 'true Matar' but is a title given to the sole leader of the Minmatar and was previously a defunct title until Maleatu Shakor reinstated it.

And just for those who play FFXIV........

Taskforce Phoenix for the Gallente? Seems fitting, to me, at least.

Well at least FFXIV free paladins aren't lawful stupid :P also lot so many other cliches have been overdone; seeker; keeper; hand of ect ect to which I will blame DnD and subsequent inspired on. Rather have sworn than custodies in subligars.

Some entry level ideas

Sanctum Squires

Corporate Cohorts

Ratatoskr Recon

Sable Pinion

and some mid range things

Principal Palmach

Task Force Directive

Clans Coterie

Argos Brigade

*notation making stuff up based on my current knowledge my lore level is only lvl 3 general knowledge progressing towards 4 but its been very difficult without RPing. This can hopefully inspire better names and mixes of hte like.

Not sure a soldier would enjoy being a Squire.....would seem like a demotion from Templar, Cyber Knight, Kameira.

However the concept of cohorts does intrigue me. I went through the unfinished Amarrad Primer to see if I could piece anything together but I doubt the results will be particularly popular especially since the primer is not PF.

I got bored and was fusing words which just resulted in Ecclesiarch and Hussars into Eclessars......

Well I am not sure if this is true but I dont think that if you are a black belt in one school of Martial arts they'd give you a black belt in another if anything they will start you back at their lowest 'belt'.

Well I am not sure if this is true but I dont think that if you are a black belt in one school of Martial arts they'd give you a black belt in another if anything they will start you back at their lowest 'belt'.