PPDC

The Pan Pacific Defense Corps was established in 2014 after the conference in Soeul, South Korea.
==Conventions==
* Anyone under the local age of majority must be accompanied by a CDL-approved chaperon when leaving PPDC property
* All PPDC vehicles have those 'already paid/don't need to pay the toll' stickers
== PPDC IDs ==
Whether or not employees are tested for Drift Compatibility (Rangers, Marshals, and handlers of both varieties are, other employees may volunteer), all UIDs begin with the individual's role code:
* A = Admin/Custodial (Caretaking, Daycare, HR, Laundry, PR, et c)
* E = Equerry; Marshal's handler
* H = Health; Medical
* J = J-tech
* M = Marshal
* Q = Quartermaster
* R = Ranger
* S = Science (K-Sci or Drift Science)
* V = Valet; Rangers' handler
==Chain of Command==
The PPDC is a notably flat organization. The structure looks like this:
*UN Security Council (steps in only rarely)
**PPDC Central Committee (mostly involved in resource allocation)
***Xiong Li-hua (M)
***Marshal (M)
****Marshal's Assistant (E)
**** Ranger (R)
**** Ranger's handler (V)
**** Chief Ground transport "Master of the Horses" (J)
**** Chief J-Tech Officer (J)
***** Head Drivesuit Technician (J)
****** Drivesuit Technician (J)
***** Head, Jaeger Maintenance (J)
***** Head, Deployment Team (J)
**** LOCCENT Commander (J)
***** Head, Kaiju Tracking (J)
***** Emergency Services Liaison (A)
***** LOCCENT Technician (J)
**** Chief Science Officer (S)
***** Head, Biology Division (S)
***** Head, Physics Division (S)
**** Quartermaster (Q)
***** Adjunct Quartermaster (Q)
***** Assistant Quartermaster (Q)
****** Quartermasterling (Q; underlings of the whole division)
**** Head of Administration (A)
**** Head of Human Resources (A)
***** Head of Recreation (A)
**** Head of Public Resources (A)
**** Head of Accounting (A)
**** Head of Medical (H)
**** Head of Custodial (A)
**** Head of Education (A)
***** Instructors (I; Academy and childcare)
**** Head of Food (F)
**** Fightmaster (I)
==Tiers==
Tier 1 ranks include Xiong's super-Marshal rank and all the other Marshals. 
Tier 2 ranks include Equerries, the department heads, Rangers, Squires, and fightmasters, though Rangers and Squires have different requirements for quarters. 
Tier 3 ranks are those of lower ranked officers like Quartermasterlings, Drivesuit techs, assorted JTechs, etc
==Shatterdomes==
Main article: Shatterdomes
There are nine Shatterdomes ringing the Pacific Ocean, each commanded by a Marshal. They are the Ice Box on Fire Island near Anchorage, the Madhouse in Hong Kong, the Lima Shatterdome in Peru, the Los Angeles Shatterdome in Los Angeles, the Science 'Dome in Nagasaki, the Panama City Shatterdome protecting the Panama Canal, the Shed in Sydney, the Tokyo Shatterdome in Hokane, and the Vladivostok Shatterdome in Vladivostok.
==Logos==
The PPDC has a number of logos, including the PPDC shield & eagle and a more formal variation with this ... thing, the PPDC eagle, the PPDC shield with a 'Pan-Pacific Defense Corps' banner, a PPDC banner, and a 'Pan-Pacific Defense Corps' banner. 
205.5 img05.jpg|'Pan-Pacific Defense Corps' patch on the left shoulder
Refectory 46.4 img04.jpg| A close up of the 'Pan-Pacific Defense Corps' patch on the upper left shoulder. 
Refectory 18.5 img05.jpg|'Pan-Pacific Defense Corps' in white embroidery on a Outerspace patch on left shoulder, trimmed in Outerspace and white thread
LOCCENT 251.5 img05.jpg | Embroidered 'Pan Pacific Defense Corps' banner patch on the right shoulder of a formal LOCCENT uniform 
LOCCENT 321.6.png | Embroidered banner patch in Cascading White ('Pan Pacific Defense Corps', inner trim) & Granit (backing, outer trim)
STrooper_157.4_img04.jpg | An embroidered 'Pan Pacific Defense Corps' banner in 'Outerspace' on a 'Pewter Moon' polyester/nylon strip above the right chest pocket of a Strike Trooper jacket. 
Jumphawk 254.9 img09.jpg | PPDC eagle & banner
Cadet 25.3 img03.jpg | PPDC eagle & banner
LOCCENT (casual).5.png|The PPDC eagle & banner logo on the right shoulder of a casual LOCCENT uniform
STrooper_157.3_img03.jpg | The 'Dark Pewter' rubber patch embossed with the PPDC eagle & 'Pan-Pacific Defense Corps' banner logo on the Flandern18/Wirework Strike Trooper military-esque field jacket's upper left arm. 
Cadet 130.3 img03.jpg | Framed PPDC eagle & banner
Stuff 255.1 img01.jpg | framed PPDC eagle
Stuff 255.4 img04.jpg | framed PPDC eagle
Stuff 255.3 img03.jpg | framed PPDC eagle
Battery gold 276.2 img02.jpg | framed PPDC eagle
Cadet 130.4 img04.jpg | Framed PPDC eagle
Jumphawk 254.7 img07.jpg | framed PPDC eagle
Folder 208.5 img05.jpg | framed PPDC eagle
LOCCENT 321.2.png|Silver buttons embossed with the PPDC eagle on the LOCCENT uniform shirt's lapels and breast pockets
LOCCENT 321.10.png|A modified PPDC framed eagle featuring a LOCCENT namebar for Ensign Buckley
Cadet 25.4 img04.jpg | Framed PPDC eagle & banner, unframed eagle
Cadet 16.2 img02.jpg | unframed PPDC eagle
Cadet 130.5 img05.jpg | unframed PPDC eagle
Cadet_339.5_img05.jpg | unframed PPDC eagle
Medical 263.7.png| unframed PPDC eagle
Battery 65.12 img12.jpg | unframed PPDC eagle
Jtech_1.11_img11.jpg|Close up of the white spraypaint PPDC eagle on a power cell
Diagnostic monitor 153.6 img06.jpg | 
MH 9.2.jpg| Water and corn cereal (label in Hanji, (穀類), English, Cyrillic, & Kaiji (穀物); cola, cup-o-noodles/MRE, beer. 
IDtag 272.5 img05.jpg | ID tags in the black silencers featuring a white, unframed PPDC eagle
LOCCENT 101.6.png|The PPDC eagle on a LOCCENT manual
LOCCENT (casual).7.png|The distress-trimmed 'PPDC' patch with logo on upper back of a casual LOCCENT uniform #findthecolour
LOCCENT (casual).2.png|An old/spraypainted unframed PPDC eagle on the leftmost chest pocket of a casual LOCCENT uniform
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