MeFgman Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 How about "The Sinister Syndicate"? This name plays on the idea of a criminal organization and includes the word "sinister," which implies something evil or threatening. It also has a nice ring to it and is easy to remember. Alternatively, you could consider "The Villain's Vices" or "The Malevolent Mob" for a similar effect. Ninja-Bear 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealthgamer Posted March 27, 2023 Report Share Posted March 27, 2023 The "Stacked Deck" suddenly came to mind. Some criminals IRL use codenames while committing crimes, so they could name each other after card games - "Canasta" for a bully, "Texas Hold 'Em" for a Southwestern lecher, "Gin Rummy" for a guy who can hold his liquor, "Buck Euchre" for a Midwestern guy, etc. A woman in the group will no doubt get some sort of sexist name - "Strip Poker", for example. (These are villains, after all.) The supervillain running the organization might very well change his or her own name to match them, but still align with their power or ability set. " 'Contract Bridge' doesn't sound like much of a supervillain name, Defender." "Yeah, you've never had him land on you. He's five hundred feet long when fully grown, and weighs in excess of 10,000 tons." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted March 28, 2023 Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 I like mundane names that sound innocuous but, if you know, it really isn't. I have been racking my brain for something topical and the best I can manage is the Street Sweepers. 🙂 I went through all kinds of combinations but too many of them ended up sounding a bit too local government-y (and not in a good way). Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted March 28, 2023 Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 I am like Doc: The Delaney Street Union. Southside Plumbing The Mechanics The Club That sort of thing. I feel that most criminal organizations would find themselves inviting a lot of unwelcome extra scrutiny with names like Evil Deeds LLC or Antagonists R Us or Conquerors Worldwide. The most successful criminal empire I ever had going in a cyber campaign was run by "King" James Posey. The referred to themselves casually as "the Florists." Doc Democracy and Scott Ruggels 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted March 28, 2023 Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 11 hours ago, Doc Democracy said: I like mundane names that sound innocuous but, if you know, it really isn't. I have been racking my brain for something topical and the best I can manage is the Street Sweepers. 🙂 I went through all kinds of combinations but too many of them ended up sounding a bit too local government-y (and not in a good way). oh! oh! the Road Crew Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted March 29, 2023 Report Share Posted March 29, 2023 The Grand Alliance of Notorious Gangsters. Aka--The GANG. May not be to everyone's liking--depends on how much of a taste your players have for Sixties camp. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khymeria Posted March 29, 2023 Report Share Posted March 29, 2023 The Cabal Business as Usual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted March 29, 2023 Report Share Posted March 29, 2023 50 minutes ago, Khymeria said: Business as Usual I quite like that one, actually. Khymeria 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 29, 2023 Report Share Posted March 29, 2023 Standard Oil Consolidated Acquisitions Atlantean Capital Enterprises ("ACE") General Metaphysics Actionable Information Logistics Quantum Luchredynamics ... a common theme here being that criminal activity is becoming S.O.P. in corporate activity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted March 29, 2023 Report Share Posted March 29, 2023 The Guys from the Office. This one stems from the Florists (ha! I kill me! Someone else missed the chance) in that they were always mindful of bugs ans live ears, so they spoke in code. When one got a call from King, and was passing on orders or information: "the office called. They say we are missing too many opportunities. We should study what we have found, put together a fresh team, and really sell the offer. Maybe a do-over is the key." Or "they don't think we've got what it takes. They are sending a supervisor." Or "three dozen long stems for [address, sometimes name and a dress]." "Three dozen? Is it date night or something?" "Yeah, I think this guy _really_ hopes to take her out..." Super simple stuff, but as much as the PC teams would develop codespeak, it almost always flew over their heads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted March 30, 2023 Report Share Posted March 30, 2023 Black Cards from the lyrics of a Steely Dan song. Your black cards can make you money so you hide them when you're ableIn the land of milk and honey, you must put them on the table Nice and innocuous. Maybe a little ominous. Doc Democracy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDShore Posted March 30, 2023 Report Share Posted March 30, 2023 There are questions I have. 1. Is this gang metropolitan? Is it confined to a single city? 2. Is it regional? The Medellin Cartel started as a regional and expanded eventually to global. 3. Is it national? The bigger it gets the more elaborate and pompous it is. 4. Does it span a continent? Bigger, bigger. 5. Is it global? Either everybody knows about them or nobody. Smersh was global but only national police or intelligence agencies knew about them. For me I like names that lull the public into a belief that the bad guys are actually the good guys and if the villian's do a bit of Robin Hooding then they (the public) will protect and defend you. Thus THE DEFENDERS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted April 1, 2023 Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 On 3/29/2023 at 11:45 AM, Cancer said: Standard Oil Consolidated Acquisitions Atlantean Capital Enterprises ("ACE") General Metaphysics Actionable Information Logistics Quantum Luchredynamics ... a common theme here being that criminal activity is becoming S.O.P. in corporate activity In the Dark Champions campaign one of my friends ran, the super-crime syncidate called itself "Human Resources." Dean Shomshak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbullard Posted April 18, 2023 Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 On 1/22/2022 at 10:14 AM, steriaca said: Union of the Snake. Perfect for CoIL and VIPER rejects. And they even have a theme song, done by Duran Duran! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted April 18, 2023 Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 39 minutes ago, cbullard said: And they even have a theme song, done by Duran Duran! Yep. Guilty as charged. cbullard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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