"Splinter Cell" was actually meant to refer to an elite recon-type unit of lone covert operatives (e.g. Sam Fisher) who are supported in the field by a high-tech remote team."They exist in real life but you just can't sign up for the job like the Navy Seals, I mean for the USNS you have to be recommended, but you just get one of you superiors to do it. But a Splinter Cell is picked carefully, they're like the best of the Special Ops