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The Story Behind National Reconnaissance Office's Octopus Logo (muckrock.com)
v3rgEz writes: When the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) announced the upcoming launch of their NROL-39 mission back in December 2013, they didn't get quite the response they hoped. That might have had something to do with the mission logo being a gigantic octopus devouring the Earth. Researcher Runa Sandvik wanted to know who approved this and why, so she filed a Freedom of Information Act with the NRO for the development materials that went into the logo. A few months later, the NRO delivered.
Hydras are supposed to have lots of heads on one body. Not one head on one body with lots of arms.
Stupid secret Hydra organization. That's why you keep getting beaten.
Honestly, a lot of their patches are badass. The octopus isn't even the most... interesting, that'd probably be this thing.
"None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license." --John Milton
"over a *burning planet* "
That is a phoenix arising from it's own ashes (possibly disturbing, but in a different way).
"effectively the emblem of the Klingon Empire."
That is an eagle's foot, with 4 talons pointed in. The Klingon Empire's emblem has three knife blades facing out. The only thing in common is that there are some points.
"planes coming back from having DROPPED AN ATOMIC BOMB ON THE PLANET!!! "
That is the sun just visible over the horizon as the planes are crossing the night face of the earth, which they claim to own the in the motto which you cite.
Exactly, it was a joke on the engineering team about a malfunctioning octopus harness.
Everybody came up with some BS reason for the octopus as the "official" explanation (majestic intellIgent animal, etc), but it's all basically an inside joke.