assault Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 ULTRA will be a Shield/UNTIL type organisation in my personal universe. It's basically a joint task force set up by the US and various of its allies to fight supercrime. In theory operations are under the control of, or at least occur with the permission of the government of the country in which they take place. (Yeah, right...) In practice, that means that its operations in (for example) the US are under US control, in Canada they are under Canadian control, and in Libya, Kenya or wherever they are under US control, possibly with support from other nations. It's not under UN auspices. It combines scientific, intelligence and military assets. Anyway, the acronym. My original thought was "Ultra Level Threat Response Agency". Obviously this is tautological. It implies a threat hierarchy, with "ultra level threats" being a thing. That's fine, although the terminology can be varied. "Ultimate Level Threat Response Agency"? "Threats" might be graded as, say, "Low Level", "Moderate Level", "High Level", "Very High Level", and "Ultimate Level", with the latter being the equivalent of Dr Destroyer, DEMON, Alien Invasions and so on. Thus the existence of ULTRA. I might go with this then: "Ultimate Level Threat Response Agency", unless somebody has a better idea. So, any better ideas? I'll want a VIPER/Hydra style agency at some point too, so suggestions in that area would be welcome too. (And no, I won't be using Raven or anything published by HERO Games or anyone else.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 United Laboratory, Tactical, and Reconnaissance Agency/Assets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphanis Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 I'm using the same acronym for my own prospective campaign. Ultimate Level Threat Response Administration With its superteam: the U.L.T.R.A. Defenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphanis Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 In case you think I'm ripping off your idea, I posted stuff about ULTRA Defenders over a month ago in the Superhero Images thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 If a Superbeing is an Ultra, then it makes perfect sense. You should do this anyway, as it adds life to your world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothere Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 Unified Logistic Threat Response Agents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Territan Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 Sort of borrowed from everybody: Umbrella Logistic, Tactical, & Reconnaissance Agency. Two things make this one attractive to me: 1. The connotation of "overhead cover or protection during a storm," and 2. Little enamel umbrella lapel pins. You know you want one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostDancer Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 Little enamel umbrella lapel pins. You know you want one. -Territan Yes, yes I do. "Are you the Morton salt girl?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Unified Law-Enforcement Tactical Response Agency (Sometimes you just have to use hyphens) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Weapon Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 For when they start being trigger happy, detractors call them: Usually Lethal to Everyone Totatally Ruins Anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 United Law-enforcement Taskforces and Regulatory Agencies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Uncle Larry's Terrorist Rehabilitation Association. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Ultimately Lacking Tact Regarding Adversaries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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