Patrol Block
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<title source="name"> <default>Patrol Block</default> </title>
<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[edit]
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> Specifically near portals and on the frontier. The Patrol regularly sends people to distant settlements.<ref>The initial wave of trucks and cargo from the train began to flow from the station and out into Earth N. I’d seen the process before, but it had been as part of the Patrol block, and I’d usually had duties, or I’d been a part of the convoy. - excerpt from Torch 7.8</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[edit]
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><ref>The Patrol is a quasi-policeforce with an emphasis on handling the stuff around powers, with adult members filling in as a role akin to the PRT of old, and adult and junior members acting as volunteers. A lot of their focus is around portals and the handling of events around other worlds.
While the 'cape police' thing sounds cool and draws a lot of kids into it from the high schools, it tends to involve grueling volunteer work with long stints of travel and time in harsher conditions, drills, and classes on parahuman science - Victoria's patrol group steps this up to weed out those who aren't in it for a reason. A lot of the mundane duties are staffed with large groups of school-age kids, but only the senior students are going to be going out to do anything serious or serious-ish (as we see with Jester going out to help guard the refugees outside the Fallen camp)
The reason for the high school kids being put into this is... kind of split, depending on who's leading the group in question. Some will say it's to give a kind of power and perspective to those who are angriest and having a hard time dealing with capes in a post-Gold Morning world. Some would say it's for more combative or protective reasons, that the world with capes in it is dangerous, and kids need to know certain things to defend themselves or others. - Comment by Wildbow on Reddit</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[edit]
Background[edit]
The group was established after the fall of the PRT by ex-PRT staff.<ref name="D1.1prt"/>
Early-Ward[edit]
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[edit]
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.
Post-Time Bubble Pop[edit]
Patrol Block assisted heroic groups with extrajudicial banishment of uncontainable parahumans to another Earth.
Post-Attack on Teacher[edit]
Had a lot of work thanks to riots near the portals during the evacuation of The City.<ref name="II17.x">Sundown 17.x</ref>
The Ice Breaks[edit]
Patrol Block assisted Wardens in their anti-titan efforts, <ref name="II18.2">Radiation 18.2</ref> including leading the charge into The Shardspace.<ref name="II18.10">Radiation 18.10</ref>
Ten patrol officers with dormant Corona Pollentias, including Gilpatrick, were tinker-linked by Lookout to Rain, allowing them to invade his dreamscape. Two of those officers, Valentin and Cox, were impersonated by Matryoshka and Bijou.<ref name="II19.c">Infrared 19.c</ref> All survived patrol officers acquired powers as a consequence of an attack by shard-guardian.<ref>When Gilpatrick came to the dream room, he and the others got connected up. I detached them, they all got powers. Except for the two infiltrators. - Excerpt from Infrared 19.8</ref>
Members[edit]
- Patrol Group Captains: Captain Bash
- Patrol Block Captains: Captain Gilpatrick, Captain Marcial, Captain Gaymon, Karen Vick
- Squad Captains: Victoria Dallon (until the community center incident), Jasper
- Junior Captains: Junior Captain Eads during the 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, such as Camisola.
- Diaz, Early, Bastian, Kelly, Hanson, Elaine Chapo, Roux.
References[edit]
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