Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote: >To: dragaera at dragaera.info >Subject: Third Floor Relic vs the Special Tasks Group? >Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:10:19 -0700 > >Given that the Dragaeran Empire apparently has several different >intelligence services, I was curious if the several we know about have >real-world equivalents. > >"Division Six" seems to be a direct reference to "MI-6" (British Secret >Service) >"Imperial Surveilence Corps" might be the FBI (Operates domestically, >substitute "Federal" for "Imperial") >"Third Floor Relic" didn't make any sense, until I noticed that the logo >for the Mossad (Israeli Intelligence) features two steps, on top of which >(on the "Third Floor") sits a menorah (a sort of Relic). > >I was trying to find a direct reference for "Special Tasks Group", but >this is less clear, it seems more like the CIA, Or maybe "Special Forces" >or the Secret Service. > >Can anyone think of any clues from /Orca/ that might nail this one down? > >Majikjon > Very interesting! STG could refer to SAS, which is either Special Air Service, the principal special forces organisation of the British Army or Special Activities Staff, the CIA's paramilitary division or even Särskilda skyddsgruppen (Special Protection Group), a Swedish special forces branch. :)