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X-SOLDIER
Harbinger O Great Justice
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I also thought at first that Nellie's tag said "A.S.O." with the A using the font for the Avalanche logo. Then I realized it's actually a K.
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K.S.O
Gotta hard disagree with ya on that one.
If it's a K then, there's no reason to have any font stylization or differentiation between the K, S, & O. It'd match the same lettering as the S & O even if it were red – but it doesn't do that. The left stroke on a K is perfectly vertical, and you can actually see that the character there is not vertically aligned to the other vertical elements on her patch either, even though the S & O are. You'd have to have a red, italicized K to get close to what is shown... but even then, it doesn't address the inconsistency around the fact that a K in the same font style would use hard angled edges that match the horizontal bounds of the patch, like the ends of the S for the does – but the first character tapers off into points at all of the ends of its lettering.
Just to occam's razor it, if she's established as operating in an official capacity with an Avalanche cell, and they have a stylized "A" that they use that also fits that visual profile, it would give reason to have something like that have a font style departure that's meant to look like an official insignia.
That being said, if you've got reason to believe that there's a new, red, italic, uniquely-font-stylized "K" that's getting implemented here for this person, I'm super interested in why.
X
The Twilight Mexican
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I think it probably is the "A," but I also don't see any good reason for her to be referencing her role in Avalanche on the shirt she wears to her day job as an Applebee's hostess.
Torrie
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Shimatta!
Shademp
420
You're probably right, X-SOLDIER. It would explain why the 45-degree upwards stroke is so weak compared to the other strokes. My eyes insist that it's a K but the weak upwards stroke is too unexplained otherwise.
I was so happy to have concluded that probably-Nellie does NOT advertise her affiliation on her name tag, using a font specifically associated with Avalanche. It seems ill-advised at best, unless she hopes that people like me read it as a K instead of an A.
Gotta say, didn't expect I was going to develop this deep hatred against the stylized As in Avalanche. Now it even looks like an I and an X put together. I am positively fuming. Need to calm my nerves by looking at some Courier New. AAAAAAAAAH THAT'S THE STUFF
I was so happy to have concluded that probably-Nellie does NOT advertise her affiliation on her name tag, using a font specifically associated with Avalanche. It seems ill-advised at best, unless she hopes that people like me read it as a K instead of an A.
Gotta say, didn't expect I was going to develop this deep hatred against the stylized As in Avalanche. Now it even looks like an I and an X put together. I am positively fuming. Need to calm my nerves by looking at some Courier New. AAAAAAAAAH THAT'S THE STUFF
Shademp
420
This sounds like the premise of a horror movie geared specifically towards me. I'm going to have so many mightnares.
X-SOLDIER
Harbinger O Great Justice
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- X
To be fair, Avalanche is a bit more fully established as an organization in Remake as compared to the original game, which is something we've known ever since we got the super HD renders of the characters and could read the text on Barret's dog tags. Also, as a quartermaster her main role is as a "master of quarters" being lodging and troop accommodations and not really involved in anything where she'd typically be interacting with non-Avalanche members while in uniform.
More specifically in the US sense, since Japan has more exposure to the American military, the Quartermaster Corps function in peace and wartime and take care of all sorts of basic sustainability supplies and efforts to ensure that the army is well-maintained in case they need to mobilize. They mainly manage things like food, fuel, material maintenance, etc. and aren't involved with weapons, medical supplies, or other things like that (although she'd have been who they got the parachutes from). Essentially Nellie, Al, & Finn all have very supplemental roles and enabling roles to Avalanche that don't deviate all that far outside of what people would do in normal jobs around the Slums – all of which are also designed to keep them out of the way of being seen by anyone else. It's WAY far off from what Barret, Jessie, Biggs, Wedge, Tifa, & Cloud have been getting up to.
Being a supervisor over a barracks' supplies & provisions, matches what it looks like when we see the scene of everybody meeting up. Having some sort of official attire means that even if there are troops from other cells passing into their location (like Yuffie & Sonon), she's clearly called out as the authority over what takes place there, so it makes functional sense for her role in costume design.
And when it comes to subtlety, I think that a little patch like that still pales in comparison to Barret's "I have a literal machine gun for an arm" as a visual identifier.
X
The Twilight Mexican
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That's not even the point, though. Like you said, she's unlikely to be interacting with anyone outside Avalanche while wearing that, and they will either a) already know her or b) have been either introduced to her or briefed on who she is if coming from elsewhere.
No one who could benefit from the info actually needs it presented in that manner, so it's super silly.
Makoeyes987
Listen closely, there is meaning in my words.
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- Smooth Criminal
It's for when someone needs to speak to an AVALANCHE manager, they know who to ask. 
Radigar
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Makoeyes987
Listen closely, there is meaning in my words.
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- Smooth Criminal
Why does that make it unlikely she's lying?
Odysseus
Ninja Potato
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- Ody
Because it says he was specifically assigned to work with her?
Makoeyes987
Listen closely, there is meaning in my words.
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- Smooth Criminal
Wouldn't that assignment be from AVALANCHE?
He's an AVALANCHE member, isn't he? He is from Wutai but works for AVALANCHE.
He's an AVALANCHE member, isn't he? He is from Wutai but works for AVALANCHE.
lithiumkatana17
Pro Adventurer
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- Lith
Looking at Sonon's art and trying to figure out of those are the edge of his trousers or some gnarly tube socks. 
ForceStealer
Double Growth
No he's an Avalanche member. The Famitsu interview said that.
Keveh Kins
Pun Enthusiast
I'd be on board with it if they reveal he's actually that Crescent Unit guy from Crisis Core. The one that's always hounding Zack but Zack refuses to kill him.
So he went off and shacked up with Avalanche.
So he went off and shacked up with Avalanche.
waw
Pro Adventurer
She can be, but as one of Audrey's recent tweets pointed out in translation, it says Yuffie is a member of the Shinobi. I don't know how ya'll quote tweets so I won't attempt it. However, the meta material says she is rather than just her saying she is. I'm more inclined to think she is honest in that regard, but she may still be renegade in her mission. Curioser and curioser.
ForceStealer
Double Growth
If they hadn't given his name in the trailer I wonder how many people would be guessing he was Kunsel.
As the daughter of Godo, she is technically an agent of Wutai wherever she goes, and surely trained with the shinobi. But whether she's acting on a sanctioned mission from Wutai would be the real question.
As the daughter of Godo, she is technically an agent of Wutai wherever she goes, and surely trained with the shinobi. But whether she's acting on a sanctioned mission from Wutai would be the real question.
LicoriceAllsorts
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"Sonon," said Godo.
"Yes, lord?" Sonon could see from the look of strained anxiety on his sensei's face that some disaster was rapidly bearing down on them.
"I've received word of my troublesome and foolish daughter. She has been spotted heading for Midgar. I want you to go and - and - "
"Rescue her from the consequences of her own impetuousness?"
Godo's face wore an expression of helpless apology... or apologetic helplessness. "She's the only child I have. Here, take this." He handed his handsome, muscular acolyte a business card for a noodle stand.
"Lucky Goblin Ramen, Windmill Square, Wall Market," Sonon read aloud. "Is it any good?"
"That's just a cover. They're an anti-Shinra organisation. Avalanche"
"Not the same ones who got our pagoda blown to pieces?" Sonon exclaimed.
"She's the only child I have," Godo repeated sadly.
"Yes, lord?" Sonon could see from the look of strained anxiety on his sensei's face that some disaster was rapidly bearing down on them.
"I've received word of my troublesome and foolish daughter. She has been spotted heading for Midgar. I want you to go and - and - "
"Rescue her from the consequences of her own impetuousness?"
Godo's face wore an expression of helpless apology... or apologetic helplessness. "She's the only child I have. Here, take this." He handed his handsome, muscular acolyte a business card for a noodle stand.
"Lucky Goblin Ramen, Windmill Square, Wall Market," Sonon read aloud. "Is it any good?"
"That's just a cover. They're an anti-Shinra organisation. Avalanche"
"Not the same ones who got our pagoda blown to pieces?" Sonon exclaimed.
"She's the only child I have," Godo repeated sadly.
LicoriceAllsorts
Donator
Yuffie was spotted heading there. Sonon took a short cut and got there first. Maybe he got a lift on an Avalanche helicopter.