POLICE BROADCAST 001 [VOICE]

[initiatesnpc]

[ oh hey, this message brought to you by... not the Initiative, not a Transport... a citizen?? ]

Afternoon, Transports. Let's keep this short, as I'm sure we're all busy people.

My name is Thom Sorenstam. I'm Commissioner of Exsilium's police force, formed as of a few months ago. I've been working with Inspector Barnaby Brooks since to establish a Transport unit within the force.

So that's where you come in.

[ shuffling of papers.... ]

We're recruiting. [ a smack -- Thom hitting the table with his fist. ] Two sergeants, picked by myself and Brooks, twenty to thirty constables, two hundred marques' pay per month, a little more for the sergeants. You'll be reporting to your sergeants or to Inspector Brooks, and mostly be dealing with Transport business.

If you're interested, talk to me over... this thing, or at our office on [ X AND Y INTERSECTION ]. I'll want to hear how long you've been here, your experiences, your qualifications, specialties, skills, the whole blasted thing. And I'd love to do background checks on all of you, but that's goddamn impossi-- [ someone in the background interjects. their words aren't clear, but she sure sounds disapproving. COUGH. ] Anyway.

[ more paper shuffling. muttering. ]

Any other questions, crimes, concerns? Leave 'em here. I'll get to them.



[ ooc: original police force sign-ups were here! calhoun/chargethesebatteries and nathaniel/noble_nate will be our sergeants, everyone else will be coming in as constables.

you're still welcome to sign up OOCly. IC signing-on in this post is optional and can be handwaved, so long you've signed up in the OOC post! ]

Comments

voice;

[ninthserenade]

Yeah, er... one, for now--it's really dumb but what does a constable actually do? I never really heard of 'em before.

[initiatesnpc]

Well, let's see....

Peace-keeping, crime-investigating, order-maintaining, hitting people with sticks until they stop murdering and thieving-- [ there's that disapproving voice in the background again oops ] Crime prevention.

And paperwork.

Lots of paperwork.

[alwaysforhim]

We'd be doing this in addition to fighting in battles and so on?

[initiatesnpc]

That you would.

[urnotafraid]

Police huh? Why are you suddenly building up a police force? Doesn't this place have enough problems?

[initiatesnpc]

Sir, we've been around since about September. I'd say this is the exact opposite of sudden. And traditionally, police are around to reduce the number of problems.

permatext;

[boughtabookstore]

I'll be by the office.

[initiatesnpc]

Great. We appreciate your time, ma'am.

[foolish_seal]

Might as well; I wander the streets enough, anyway. I'll be by in a bit.

[initiatesnpc]

Great. We'll be waiting.

voice

[neveraskedforthis]

.... So it's going to be mainly paperwork. Isn't it.

[initiatesnpc]

It's what you make of it, son! For example, I just shove all the paperwork into my cabinet. That makes it non-existent.

Handwaving... for now

[noble_nate]

[Handwaving Nathaniel showing up at the station in person and volunteering his services as sergeant. Detailed credentials will be grudgingly given.

Might post some IC questions later, if I have time.]

video;

[glenamored]

I know someone who will be pleased to know you're hiring. [ A short pause, and a smile. ] Her name is Ema Skye. She was a detective back in her world, specializing in... forensics? You might want to contact her.

[ Though she looks pleasant and cooperative enough on camera, inside Glen's a bit worried. It's not as thought she was planning on doing anything particularly illicit while trapped her. She has a roof over her head and food to eat and the default compensation is decent enough that she barely even considered crime or prostitution as options. A bribery here and there, though... that's never entirely out of the question. Neither is information trafficking, if the pay's decent enough.

She's got three options with the introduction of this new police force: either give up doing anything morally questionable completely, be more careful while engaging in questionable activities in order to avoid catching the notice of both the Transports whose trust she is trying to gain and the police, or... amusing as it might seem at first glance, join the police force. Glen's known a few crooked cops in her time, some of them intimately. Never had she ever considered becoming one...

But it's certainly an option to consider going forward. ]

[initiatesnpc]

Ema Skye? Great. Thanks for the recommendation, we'll look into it. God knows we need forensics.

Voice

[failtsuninari]

A unit especially made to watch us Transports, huh? I can't blame you guys for making one when there's so many of us now. Alright, I'm interested.

[initiatesnpc]

Give me your experience and qualifications, then. Skills if you got them.

[asskickersunite]

Given all the irons I got in the fire, I wouldn't have enough time to help you guys out directly, but if you need any shit built or fixed, just say the word.

[initiatesnpc]

How about leaky roofs. Can you do those.

video;

[sharpe]

[ Rifleman, with gun slung on his shoulder. ]

If you still have need of men, I don't mind lending me rifle. But I ain't no policeman; just a soldier.

[initiatesnpc]

Soldier, eh? Don't worry, you're not a lost cause-- we can make a proper policeman out of you yet.

How many years have you served?

voice; private

[vaudevil]

I'm not much of a police type, however I do have my ears open for information. If I find anything of interest, I wouldn't mind acting as an informant. Providing, of course, you would have such a need for one.

[initiatesnpc]

Yeah, we've got a need. Though I'm sorry to say that 'informant' won't qualify as a paying position.

[video -> action?]

[chargethesebatteries]

[Oh good, this is just what she's been hoping for, honestly. After all that zombie nonsense, it's about time somebody set this city straight.]

Sorenstam I'll be blunt: I'm not the kind of gal to just sit on her hands and wait around for some shadowy syndicate to send me on a mission to beat up the rest of the world. If I'm gonna be stuck here away from my job back home, I'm gonna need something to keep busy, and it seems to me that this place could use a little proactivity.

I can meet with you at 1400 hours to go over my credentials; I'd rather talk in person.

[video -> action!]

[initiatesnpc]

1400 will work for me, ma'am. Thank you for your time.


[ And sure enough, the Commissioner is ready at 1400 hours. The building is small, a little run-down, there's buckets in a few of the corners because the roof's sprung leaks as of late; Thom's office is on the second-floor (and the secretary at the front will be more than glad to take Calhoun straight to it).

His door is open and he's already on his feet, pacing behind his desk, frowning at the tablet in his hands as he waits for Calhoun to arrive. ]

[not here]

[northrend]

[Challenge accepted, Exsilium.]

voice;

[bratworth]

Mr. Sorenstam? [ A beat. ] I just wanted to commend you for your excellent work, sir.

[ While the system that was slowly forming was vastly different to the one he had worked in back home, it was better than nothing.

More than that, it gives him hope. ]

[voice / public] -> [voice / private]

[initiatesnpc]

Much appreciated, Mr Edgeworth.

[ and then, FILTERED ]

I'd commend you for the same, but I hear you've been having problems working together with Miss Fey. What's going on there?

[voice]

[futurarex]

It seems a very small force, given our numbers.

[initiatesnpc]

Unfortunately, it's about all we can handle on our end right now. On the administrative side of it. Limited resources and all.

voice;

[minded]

When do we start?

[initiatesnpc]

Right after I sign you in, if I sign you in.

[a_million_blossoms]

Why was this police force formed only that recently, and why were transports not involved from the start?

[initiatesnpc]

Beats me why there hasn't been a real police force in a while. Guess no one wanted to step up to the job until I came along.

As for your second question -- force wasn't made for you Transports, originally. We just figured the city needed policing, so ths whole thing started off as a civilian effort at first. Wasn't until Brooks came along that we even considered hiring on Transports.