Read this: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outside_Context_Problem#Outside_Context_Problem
I was looking up OCP and found this.
OCP is mentioned in the Ras grim card, it basically means we're facing a problem we'd never even thought about and have no preparations for.
OCP, or Outside Context Problem was coined by the late, great Ian M Banks for his novel Excession.
It pretty fair to say that Excession is in part the inspiration for the story of Destiny.
The 'Excession' in the novel is a black sphere that appears to The Culture, (read humanity), and is its OCP.
Ring any bells?
A starship that has on board thousands of sleeping humans in cryo sleep is controlled by a vastly intelligent AI, (called a mind in the book).
To save itself from the Excession trying to destroy it, the AI sends a copy of its personality to the Excession, which stops it and it leaves.
...parallels abound...
Also: the "secure ISIS" got me thinking too. The military sometimes have a habit of giving long and descriptive names to things that really don't need them.
Like an assault rifle could be 'Integrated Reloadable Ballistics Delivery Device' etc.
Check this out and see what you guys think: http://www.acronymfinder.com/ISIS.html
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