Admin Notice : New ID in need of a name

[tfmachad]

VERY nice addition.
"Special Operations ID" looks like the best choice to me. It is suggestive without pigeonholing anyone into a too specific role.
Maverick connotes a rebellious non-compliance with authority, which is not necessarily related in any way to the reason(s) for having this ID.

Well, the expression "special operations" has a militaristic connotation associated with it, which I reckon isn't the only reason to have the ID, or am I wrong?

From wiki:

Special operations are military operations that are considered "special" (that is, non-conventional).

Examples of special operations include such operations such as reconnaissance/military intelligence, unconventional warfare, and counter-terrorism actions. Special operations are sometimes associated with unconventional warfare, counter-insurgency (operations against insurgents), operations against guerrillas or irregular forces, low-intensity operations, and foreign internal defense.

Special operations may be carried out by conventional forces but are often carried out by special forces (SF), which are military units that are often highly-trained and use special equipment, weapons, and tactics. They are sometimes described as "elite" forces.

You would be ruling out special characters based on the "freelancer" (or generic, for this matter) archetype (which don't have any governing authority) to begin with. One could say that a generic ID would do for those instances, but what if someone comes up with a pirate that flies a Titan+Inferno or Sabre+Coladas combination and that isn't affiliated with neither Corsairs nor Outcasts? They would "need" to be marked just the same.

Even if you're talking about military associated characters, the ID would be then marking the character with an activity that isn't necessarily associated with the story. The player can be portraying just an ordinary pilot (as far as his activities go) that, for some reason, ended up with a non-ordinary ship.

EDIT: In short, you'd be pigeonholing the character to a 'special operations' agent's role.

EDIT2: If that's the case, "Special Operative" is better than "Special Operations" because you'd be implying that what's special is the character and not the role that it performs. Also, it somewhat weakens the automatic association with military affairs. Though you still retain the association with some sort of organization.

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