Perhaps the PCs are in the army now, or are trying to escape from it, or are serving as mercenaries or something of that nature. Here are thirty military units that they might have to face in combat and/or flee from.

7Terrorists (or freedom fighters, if you prefer that term. It depends whose side you are on.)

All knights, whatever order they join, swear to obey the Order’s rules, and most manage to do so, but for those few who fail and are forced out in disgrace, there is only one Order that is prepared to accept these failures and renegades, the Order of the Lost.

When you need an army that can survive the deep desert or high mountains. Can march for days through marshland without succumbing to disease. Doesn't ask questions and does what its told. You call the Red Marsh Mercenary Company. If you have the gold, that is.

Different police forces have different internal police cultures and as most PC's break a lot of laws they are likely to fight law enforcement sooner or later.

A powerful and secretive knighthood that protects the

surface world from hostile excursions from the under-dark

by taking the battle into the under-dark.

The city-state of Tir Fhortun has a bit of a problem. It has guilds, too many guilds, actually. And they aren't getting along.

Also known as ARGs, Argos, Arcos, Arcoboys, Arcobois, and other derogatory terms.

also known as the Snow Gorillas

A major mercenary force in the Cosmic Era

The call sign of Reflex Team 12 is the Exterminators

Once a murder has happened, to go back in time and prevent it might seriously mess with the timeline, and that is where the Time Patrol's Murder Squad comes in. They try not to kill anybody themselves, except in emergency defence of themselves or the timeline, but they are known as the Murder Squad because they are there to make sure the murders of the past happen.

When the Hexanjager Order was formed and brought the evil magic users low, they were loved by the people, but, just like many a group of vigilantes, they went too far and now their rule is just another form of oppression.

The IronCorps is a multinational security company frequently employed by celebrities, corporate BODs, and other high profile non-government VIPs.

Orders within the Guild of Adventurers-Upon-Return (GoAuR)

A group of 'knights' who fight werewolves, but struggle with the curse themselves.

Even dreams can be deadly

The Tau Sable team is a variable membership unit based around vehicular operations in North America. The unit is in many ways unique as it relies on seemingly retro-tech and the badly decayed and abandoned mass transit systems of the Petroleum Era.

The dead rise up each night to honor the contract that gives them independence as they defend the shores of Oldport and the rest of Copslin Vale.

The 228th Mountain Lion battalion faced a situation not entirely unlike General Custer some 500 years before. Like Custer's men, the 228th was almost completely destroyed, despite their laser cannons and drop ships.