Howdy all,
In part of my story, my MC is running around with a group of RCMP ERT officers (think Canadian SWAT), and they talk via sign language while conducting a raid on my BBEG. Right now, I have ASL as my stand in, but I'd think the RCMP would use a NATO standard sign language for tactical operations.
I've spent enough time in the military to know the basics for army signs (come here, slow down, single file, etc) but how would I say '20 bodies, 50 meters away, sedate/relaxed'? I have a bit of a gag where my MC has a hard time remembering her ASL and, in conveying the situation, reflects that she may have asked about a local pie-eating contest instead and she really needs to brush up on her finger wiggling.
It may have to go, since any tactical sign language would prioritize brevity, and tactical vocabulary over pie-eating contests.
Still, if anybody knows of any resources they could send my way re: NATO tactical sign language, that'd be great!
In part of my story, my MC is running around with a group of RCMP ERT officers (think Canadian SWAT), and they talk via sign language while conducting a raid on my BBEG. Right now, I have ASL as my stand in, but I'd think the RCMP would use a NATO standard sign language for tactical operations.
I've spent enough time in the military to know the basics for army signs (come here, slow down, single file, etc) but how would I say '20 bodies, 50 meters away, sedate/relaxed'? I have a bit of a gag where my MC has a hard time remembering her ASL and, in conveying the situation, reflects that she may have asked about a local pie-eating contest instead and she really needs to brush up on her finger wiggling.
It may have to go, since any tactical sign language would prioritize brevity, and tactical vocabulary over pie-eating contests.
Still, if anybody knows of any resources they could send my way re: NATO tactical sign language, that'd be great!