AFAIK, the Operation Pitchfork org took their name after the event in the Star Citizen lore. So the skin came before the org.
I might be wrong, though.
EDIT: I was, indeed, wrong. Operation Pitchfork seems to be an event that's scheduled to take place at the end of the beta where a bunch of people go destroy some Vanduul.
So yeah.
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WHERE'S OUR SKIN, CIG? SKIN OR RIOT!!!!!!!!11one
EDIT2: I just realized they did give us a skin, actually. The limited edition Yellowjacket Dragonfly.
EDIT3: And our Yellow Jackets division was established way before the Dragonfly sale, so it MUST be a hat tip to us.
EDIT4: Okay, this last edit is just for the sake of editing. I'm getting the hang of it.