Patrol Block

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<image source="Image"></image> <image source="image"></image> <header>Information</header> <label>Alignment</label> <label>Leader(s)</label> <label>Leader(s)</label> <label>Allies</label> <label>Allies</label> <label>Status</label> <label>Location</label> <label>First Appearance</label> <header>First Appearance</header> <label>Worm Debut</label> <label>Ward Debut</label> </infobox> The Patrol Group is a voluntary militia which was established in the absence of the PRT. Lead by Captains, the Patrol Group provides backup or security detail for events and incidents relating to parahumans. The Patrol recruits high school students. These students can make a career out of working with the Group. Each group's captain is geographically assigned.

Modus operandi

Unlike PRT, Patrol members, despite being armed, are not expected to engage parahumans, but to ensure security of civilians and serve as police auxiliaries.<ref>You guys know the basics when it comes to capes, you can inform the cops if something comes up, you know her story, and you’ll be a few more people in uniform keeping the peace and giving protesters a little more reason to hang back. If it gets bad, any real danger, you back off. - Excerpt from Daybreak 1.1</ref>

The Patrol tracks parahumans, which implies some independent intelligence gathering.<ref>They’d disappeared, they’d reappeared after Gold Morning, Sabrina back with her brother, and I knew about them because the patrol blocks were keeping tabs on them. - Excerpt from Pitch 6.9</ref>

The Patrol Group is popular with students that they are angry at the state of affairs between capes and civilians or seek positions of authority.<ref name="D1.1prt">An unfortunate share of the students were here because they were angry.  Because the patrol block had been started up by some ex-PRT folk and Gilpatrick’s speech aside, a lot of people looked at the armor, looked at the guns, looked at how we touched on the power stuff and the portals, and connected the dots. - Excerpt from Daybreak 1.1</ref> Even though students receive no pay until they have been with the Group for at least a year, the Group still received more recruits than they wanted or can use.<ref>We had more kids than we wanted or could use, even though we didn’t pay any wages until they’d been with us at least a year, and we did everything we could to keep them miserable.  Powers were compelling.  Too many had reasons for wanting to be here. - Excerpt from Daybreak 1.1</ref>

Structure

The Patrol Groups are broken into geographical areas called Patrol Blocks<ref>I was keenly aware of Captain Marcial’s geographical position, as well.  She was in charge of the patrol block from New Haven. - Excerpt from Pitch 6.6</ref>. Patrol Groups, groupings of Patrol Blocks, are lead by a Patrol Group Captain. Patrol Blocks are lead by a Patrol Block Captain. Each Patrol Block is made up of squads, and each squad is lead by a Squad Captain or a Junior Captain.<ref>“For those of you who’ve just joined us, my name is Victoria Dallon, and I’ll be your squad captain today.”- Excerpt from Daybreak 1.1</ref>

Administrators coordinate the various patrol blocks.<ref name="P6.6adm"/> Their integration with The City authorities is unspecified.

History

Background

The group was established after the fall of the PRT by ex-PRT staff.<ref name="D1.1prt"/>

Early-Ward

As a member of the Patrol Group, Victoria acted as Squad Captain for security detail and support for an event at the Norfair Community Center. The event planned to announce a newly formed hero group. As the event was planning to get underway, a surprise attack by a mercenary group resulted in the non-lethal shooting of Fume Hood. Victoria was ousted as a Cape and asked to resign from the team.

Post-Fallen fall

Gilpatrick's patrol group offered assistance with the containment during the incident. Near the end of the fight, the Patrol group was seen detaining Ashley after she murdered Beast of Burden. The Patrol group backed Victoria up during her negotiation with the final standoff between the Crowleys. Afterward, they helped transport Mama Mathers into containment.

After the Fallen retreated to Boston, Victoria pleaded with several local Patrol Groups lead by Bash, Marcial, and Gaymon to rally and pursue the retreating group. After a period of time, Marcial informed Victoria that the patrol group would not assist with the remaining Fallen.<ref name="P6.6adm">“We couldn’t come to a decision, so we talked to the administrators who coordinate the patrol blocks,” Captain Marcial answered me.  “They said no.” - Excerpt from Pitch 6.6</ref>

After Victoria's group received a tip from Tattletale and a Crowley brother that the Fallen planned 'something big', she entered one of the targeted stations. Here, Junior Captain Eads' squad was present and helped them take down the threat. Unfortunately it was not enough, as other stations were hit simultaneously and caused major havoc at portal points across The City.

Members

• Patrol Group Captains: Captain Bash.
• Patrol Block Captains: Captain Gilpatrick, Captain Marcial, Captain Gaymon.
• Squad Captains: Victoria Dallon (until the community center incident).
• Junior Captain Junior Captain Eads during portal incident in Boston.<ref>“All stations are evacuating for now,” Junior Captain Eads said.  She’d eased up considerably, after her superiors had gotten the okay.  “Trains are stopped, emergency staff is being called in.  Heroes are in.”Excerpt from Pitch 6.9</ref>)
• Squad members: Various young adults and students.

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