Editing Boston (section)

==Government and heroic organizations==
===PRT===
Boston houses PRT Department 24.<ref>The largest 65 cities in the United States host individual departments as of 2012.  They are numbered accordingly, in order of decreasing size.<br/><br/>[...]<br/><br/>24 Boston - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hqJy4YEDqpKLwbatFVBLXnhs7dDTNykSYtDUCiR9ZBo/edit#heading=h.u6vofcq51y8q PRT Master Reference]</ref> It's headed by Director Armstrong. [[Director Piggot]] felt that he paid too much attention to parahuman research and not enough to PR.<ref>"You likely know Director Armstrong in Boston, how he tends to prioritize research and understanding parahumans.  I concern myself with more concrete affairs.  Public relations, parahumans as a part of America."<br/><br/>Weld nodded.<br/><br/>"What Armstrong continually fails to grasp is that if we do not integrate parahumans into society, help society bend to accommodate your kind, there is no point in lab experiments or classifications."  - [[Sentinel 9.1]]</ref> He was very close to [[Weld]].<ref>"Forgive me for saying so, but I get the impression you don't like or respect Director Armstrong?"<br/><br/>"Your point?"<br/><br/>"I just thought you should know he's something like a father figure to me.  He's the one who recruited me to the Wards, got me up to speed.  I've already made plans to go to his house for a bit this summer.  Maybe I'm putting myself on your sh… in your bad books by saying so, but I just thought I should let you know I'll step up to defend him if you start putting him down." - [[Sentinel 9.1]]</ref>

Thomas Calvert operated as a paid consultant for the Boston PRT at some point.<ref name=":1" />

Some of the staff at the Boston PRT had caught on that Weld was pocketing most of his food allowance, but didn't say anything about it.<ref>While he did eat, it was a negligible amount.  As he saw it, there was no real harm done if he pocketed some of that extra money and said he spent it on food.  Given that his tongue was made of an alloy and the pleasures of food were a shadow of what they should be, it was only fair that he enjoy himself in some other way.  He knew that some staff back in Boston had caught on, but they hadn't said anything.  Director Piggot here gave him the vibe that maybe she wouldn't be so cool with it. - [[Sentinel 9.1]]</ref>
===The Protectorate===
It was headed by [[Bastion]], a major figure in [[the Protectorate]]<ref name="Cast1">'''Bastion''' – A major figure in the Protectorate, leader of the team in San Jose, capable of creating a variety of forcefields and deflector fields.  Recently got in some trouble for making racist remarks that were caught on camera and posted online. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/ Cast (spoiler free)]</ref> until being killed in the battle against [[Leviathan]] in [[Brockton Bay]].<ref>“Fucking do it!” Bastion called out, barely audible.<br/><br/>The building above him bent and the midsection, unable to support the upper floors, crumbled.  The upper half of the building crashed down atop Leviathan and Bastion.<br/><br/>Vista turned, wrapping her arms around the Ward next to her, burying her face in his shoulder. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/03/10/extermination-8-3/ Excerpt] from [[Extermination 8.3]]</ref> Just prior, Bastion was caught making racist remarks on camera, later posted online.<ref name="Cast1"/><ref name="PRT29 e2" />

Overall the Boston [[Protectorate]] had plenty of members,<ref>Best case scenario for us, and it's not like Boston or New York need more capes. - [[Interlude 7]]</ref> more than Brockton Bay.<ref>Debating the relative strengths of various capes was common enough, in the schoolyard and elsewhere.  If Alexandria and Legend fought, who would win?  Would Boston's Protectorate win against Brockton Bay's team?  What if you removed Boston's weakest members until the sides were even in number? - [[Extermination 8.1]]</ref>
===The Wards===
The Boston [[Wards]] team was larger than that in Brockton Bay.<ref>"Good.  The team here is smaller than your old team in Boston.  It currently consists of Clockblocker, Vista, Kid Win and Shadow Stalker.  We had three members die in the attack." - [[Sentinel 9.1]]</ref> They had more training than the Brockton Bay Wards, including regular training sessions with the New York teams.<ref>"One.  I was hoping to arrange interstate training sessions with the New York and Boston Wards groups.  As far as I'm aware, the local team doesn't do this.  They barely have regular situation training."<br/><br/>[...]<br/><br/>The training games he'd led his team through back in Boston had been some of the more fun moments of his career.  It had also allowed for a harmless but fun interaction with the New York group, giving them a chance to mingle, talk and share war stories.  There was something about being able to mess with others on a level that you couldn't with teammates you had to fight alongside. - [[Sentinel 9.1]]</ref>

[[Weld]] was in the Boston Wards prior to his transfer to Brockton Bay.<ref>"It's a swap.  It'll be Weld from the Boston team." - [[Interlude 7]]</ref> The team included a limited [[Thinker|precog]] about the same age as [[Vista]], [[Hunch|who]] generally stayed at the base and communicated with the team via comms.<ref>Vista was in pyjamas, her hair tied back into a ponytail.  He'd had someone as young as her on his team in Boston, but the boy had been a Thinker, a limited precog content to work and communicate with them from their command station. - [[Sentinel 9.1]]</ref>