[Onion Man]

If moving to Kngith-theme, why not base the entire line of Vehicles of medieval weaponry/armour? Could be good for Knight Errant PR and advertising:
- Saving Damsels in distress
- Slaying Dragons   (OK, Lofwyr and others may be annoyed by that one)
- Implied code of honour 

Chevalier is your general purpose term for a historical Knight-errant, and  the name would suit any general purpose armoured vehicle

I can dig it, a Knight Errant Chevalier Armored Interceptor, Dragoon Urban Superiority Gunships (I'm picturing less guns than CS and other suppressive weapons on a heli- with communications and tacnet distribution), Steed Rapid Response Motorcycles, Corsair Amphibious/Hover/Coastal Vessels.

It's got a fluff to it.

[Crash_00]

Hmm...for some reason I keep thinking the Knight Errant Bulwark  (others that popped in my head were Redoubt and Bastion). It just seems more like a fortress than a single knight.

That said, vehicle names are covered by Trademark Laws (while inner workings can be patented and manuals can be copyrighted). Trademarks that fall out of use (ie are no longer being used by the company) can be snapped up by other companies just by paying the trademark registration fees (which are much more significant than copyright fees).

[Sichr]

hmmm.
I was thinking about Morningstar...
Crusader would be too politicaly incorrect, the same goes with Templar, buzt maybe Paladin...still this sounds more like a KE rank than a vehicle
You may use the name Veillantif (or Vegliantin, idn which version of the name you would prefere as english speaking), the trully archetyp of chivalry horse, that belonged to Count Roland, knight at the court of Charlemagne...
For APC ...Sleipni comes to my mind, Odins eight legged horse..
Percheron is a horse breed possibly originating from medieval war-horses
maybe there is some possibility to find some references even for names of some famopus war-charriots, but that goes beyond my knowledge

[Mystic]

I would point a few things out. First, KE is trying to keep up and or create a good public image. Having a vehicle that sounds warlike kind of goes against that. People are funny like that. They tend not to like having the law come around (unless they are the ones who need help) and most of the time think the law are overly opperessive anyway so using vehicles that sounds like they come from a war sim don't help.

Something like Regulator, Vigilant, Dauntless, or Sentinel gets the point across without sounding too aggressive. You need a kinder, gentler heavy hand; at least that's what I think the PR people would say. Remember, the ones who use these things are not soliders, but beat cops. So save the badass or cute names for those machines that need to be intimidating.

Sorry if this is a bit of a buzzkill; but it's just the thoughts of a poor beat cop.

 

[Sichr]

I was working with that "Knight" association...protection of the weak, bringing justice to the people and fighting evil...mainly romantic stereotypes far beyond the horizont of reality, but still, most of names like that would be PR edge...well...except that Odins horse...there is little romantic in Norse tradition...

[Longshot23]

How about:

Cataphract (might be a little obscure for most)
Belisarius (not quite in the tradition)
Crockett (that old-time UCAS heart-tugger)

. . . .

blanking on possibles now . . .

[Sichr]

How about:

Cataphract (might be a little obscure for most)
Belisarius (not quite in the tradition)
Crockett (that old-time UCAS heart-tugger)

. . . .

blanking on possibles now . . .

1) +1
2) Did you mean this: Belisarius<<< there should be some consequences...

3) too far from my cultural tradition to understand

[Longshot23]

1)  Thanx
2)  I was thinking of the Byzantine general rather than the production company
3)  Yeah, well, depends how much Ares wants to pander to UCAS - or CAS - national mythology

[Sichr]

2) nods...
but...
maybe KE officers studied NCIS at the beginning of their carrier...and maybe outhere is Jethro Gibbs on the SIM somewhere...if you want to commit the crime, his insight should come handy...even after those years

[Charybdis]

Beaucephalus  (BYOO-sef-AL-us) - The steed of Alexander the Great (and rumoured to have had a peacock's tail as part of some supernatural gift... don't ask why, it's a legend, OK?)

[Mystic]

Beaucephalus  (BYOO-sef-AL-us) - The steed of Alexander the Great (and rumoured to have had a peacock's tail as part of some supernatural gift... don't ask why, it's a legend, OK?)

Oh, I can already her the jokes for that one....

 

[Longshot23]

2) nods...
but...
maybe KE officers studied NCIS at the beginning of their carrier...and maybe outhere is Jethro Gibbs on the SIM somewhere...if you want to commit the crime, his insight should come handy...even after those years

Jethro Gibbs is a Spike Free Spirit . . .

[Ethan]

Random name ideas:

1) Keincaled (Gringolet) - Gawain's horse
2) Paladin - Just 'coz
3) Charger, Chevalier, Cavalier
4) Quester, Steed, Wanderer

Good review of the model too.

[Sichr]

Well since it has to have some impact on uneducated massess in barrens also, you could use something more fammiliar to them...like...
Streetsweeper
Thugbuster
Thrashmover
Calmer
Crimecrusher 

[CanRay]

Jethro Gibbs is a Spike Free Spirit . . .

Explains how he beat a Terminator bare handed...