Well, they only sent two, so they're obviously capable, and that while Loftis was in charge, Timmer, his associate, was under Domm's command because he outranked her. My knowledge is limited in military matters such as this, but I would think they're from the equivalent of a Special Forces or Spetznaz unit. On 4/13/06, Jon_Lincicum at stream.com <Jon_Lincicum at stream.com> wrote: > > 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 > >