Police Officers Sidequest

The **Police Officers Sidequest** is a sidequest involves rescueing five police officers scattered across Jasper Ward, Beryl Ward, Rhodochrine Jungle, and the Underroot. This sidequest is time-sensitive: you will not be able to complete this quest after obtaining Badge 07. Additionally, completing this quest before defeating Ace in Rhodochrine Jungle will change the story significantly by adding or altering events and dialogue and is a prerequisite for enabling a hidden story route.

## Quest Assignment

You begin this quest by entering the Police Station in Jasper Ward and talking to the Police Chief of the Reborn City Police Department at the front desk, where he will ask you to search for five officers that have gone missing. If you don't talk to the Police Chief first, the missing officers won't appear in their respective places, and thus the quest can't be started.

The Police Chief will be temporarily unavailable from after you get Badge 04 to after you finish the Blacksteam Factory raid. He will be permanently unavailable after you obtain Badge 07, which means the quest can't be started after that point.

## Missing Officers

### First Officer

The first officer is in an apartment building in the northwestern corner of Jasper Ward. you must go through Malchous Forest Park southern entrance and reenter Jasper Ward through Malchous Forest Park's northern exit.

### Second Officer

The second officer is in Jasper Ward, trapped behind live plants on the eastern end of Heatherhill Lane. you must defeat Taka in Malchous Forest Park before you can rescue this officer.

### Third Officer

The third officer is in the top left corner of the Underroot, trapped in one of the Nuzleafs' cages.

### Fourth Officer

The fourth officer is in a collapsed building in the southwestern corner of Rhodochrine Jungle.

Go to the Underroot. You can go to the central area like in the left photo, then go down the stairs.

Go down until you reach the waterfall. Go past the waterfall and go all the way down to reach that entrance.

Go up the ladders. Go down and into the sideway building.

### Fifth Officer

The fifth officer has died. you may find the officer's Growlithe in Beryl Library, where the Growlithe prompts you to peer into the hole the officer had fallen in.

## Reward

Once you have found all five officers, you may return to the Police Station and talk to the Chief. He congratulates you and offers for them to take the late officer's Growlithe as a token of appreciation. The Growlithe is Level 25, female, and has a unique OT belonging to Officer Jacob. It has one of these Egg Moves in its moveset: Close Combat or Morning Sun.

The completion of this sidequest also unlocks the Jasper Mystery Egg Event.

After you obtain Badge 07, the Police Chief will be permanently absent from the Police Station. Therefore, any rewards for finding the missing officers can only be obtained before that point.

## Arresting Borealis

After defeating Ace in Rhodochrine Jungle, the story changes dramatically depending on if you find all five officers or not.

This section contains some content relating to depression, helplessness, and suicide. Due to this, this section is hidden by default. Caution is advised.

* Police Farce
* Police Found
 **If you don't rescue all of the officers and finds Growlithe, the following events occur:**

When you catch up to Borealis in Beryl Ward, he will reveal himself to be Corey, the former Poison-type Gym Leader and Heather's father. After realizing that he is now a traitor to Team Meteor, he requests that you meet him at his home, Beryl Gym.

After solving Beryl Gym's puzzle by turning the chemical vats red, you find Corey in his gym's arena, where he challenges them to a battle on a Corrosive Field.

When you defeat Corey, he muses that "Borealis" is vanquished, with Sirius likely knowing of his betrayal and that Sirius will use Heather to control him as he has done for years. Heather overhears this and confronts Corey. She realizes that Corey's Crobat saved her after her battle with Lin and becomes furious when he tries to defuse the situation. Heather sets out to leave, but not before Corey asks and confirms that she has her mother's ring. Afterward, Corey asks you for one more favor: meet him at Beryl Bridge.

When you find Corey at Beryl Bridge, where he is releasing all of his Pokémon, he tells you about Heather's mother, how she died during Heather's birth, and how he was scared to lose Heather. He asks you to watch over Heather for him and tells them that the ring she carries has a small data chip containing a large amount of information on Team Meteor embedded under the jewel. With his burdens relieved onto you, Corey steps out over the edge of the bridge.

 **If you do rescue all of the officers and finds Growlithe, the following events occur:**

When you catch up to Borealis in Beryl Ward, a police officer disguised as a street rat, with the full force of the Police Department behind him, intercepts and arrests him. The Chief then unmasks him, Scooby-doo style, revealing him to be Corey, the former Poison-type Gym Leader, and Heather's father. After criticizing their blind faith in him as a Gym Leader, he escapes in a cloud of smoke. The police then rush over to his house.

If you go back to the Jasper Ward Police Station at this point, the Chief and three other officers will not be there. you can find them all at Corey's residence, Beryl Gym, where the Chief gives you Field Effect Read-Out 11, which details the effects of the Corrosive Mist Field. He tells you the officers have fallen victim to mild-altering substances, leaving them confused and aggressive. If you walk into an officer's line of sight, the officer will battle them.

After solving Beryl Gym's puzzle by turning the chemical vats blue, you find Corey in his apartment and Heather sleeping in her room. When you talk to Corey, he requests you to meet him at his arena. You meet him there, where he states that Heather was the only reason he kept going through the years. As her father, he cannot do anything to put her in danger, but as Borealis, he cannot be allowed to let their opponents run free. He then challenges you to a battle on a Corrosive Mist Field.

When you defeat Corey, he muses that "Borealis" is vanquished, with Sirius likely knowing of his betrayal and that Sirius will use Heather to control him as he has done for years. Heather, who spoke to the officers, overhears this and confronts Corey, furious with him and his involvement in Team Meteor. After arguing with him, Heather sets out to leave, but not before Corey asks and confirms that she has her mother's ring. Afterward, Corey asks you for one more favor: meet him at Beryl Bridge.

When you find Corey at Beryl Bridge, where he is releasing all of his Pokémon, he tell you about the Ruby Ring, his proposal to Heather's mother, and how she died because Team Meteor dispatched a doctor to steal the ring during Heather's birth. He tells you how he joined Team Meteor, promising his service for Heather's safety. He asks you to watch over Heather for him and tells them that the ring she carries has a small data chip containing a large amount of information on Team Meteor embedded under the jewel. With his burdens relieved onto you, Corey steps out over the edge of the bridge.

## Branching Story Paths

Some changes and additions to dialogues occur depending on if you find all five police officers before defeating Ace in Rhodochrine Jungle.

 * Pre-Shade
* Pre-Terra
* Pre-Champion
* Post-Game
* If you do find the officers, the late officer found in Beryl Library - Officer Jacob S. Crowley - will have a gravestone in Beryl Cemetery, which appears after you talk to Saphira outside of Dr. Connal's Orphanage.
* After battling Cain in Lapis Ward, he sees Heather.
	+ If you do not find the officers, Cain will tell Heather he heard she ran away.
	+ If you do find the officers, Cain will tell Heather he heard about her dad.
* When you enter Craudburry's house after stealing from her, she accuses them of stealing. An officer will stand up for you.
* + If you do not find the officers, the officer will defend you by saying that the Police Department has every gang member's profile on record and that you aren't among them. As an apology for dealing with Craudburry, he gives you the Bike Voucher.
	+ If you do find the officers, the officer will defend you by saying that you would never do something like that; you rescued him from a cage in Rhodochrine Jungle and saved the rest of the police force. As thanks for rescuing him, he gives you the Bike Voucher.
* If you find the officers, when you talk to Ame over the intercom at Yureyu Power Plant, she apologizes to you. She states that she spoke to Shade, telling you that she endangered them by being on the train with them at the beginning of the story. She was the reason Team Meteor targeted the train, and it was thanks to Shade that she saved you in time.

* If you refuse to give Blake the Ruby Ring, after Blake traps Heather in the shack, she monologues to herself and quotes her father.
	+ If you do not find the officers, she quotes her father saying, "You should have known better than to expect anything else from this cold reality." She responds to herself, telling her dad to shut up and that what's cold is his heart and the shack Blake trapped her in.
	+ If you do find the officers, she quotes her father saying, "This is the crag of life, Heather. All will break themselves on it, in time." She responds to herself, angry with her father for betraying her and breaking her faster by joining Team Meteor.
* When Shelly, Heather, and you find Blake as you ascend Ametrine Mountain, Blake will place the blame for his actions on Heather's father.
	+ If you do not find the officers, Blake continues, saying that his job would be easier if Corey gave Team Meteor the Ruby Ring. Heather refuses this because that was her mother's precious ring, but Blake responds by saying that Corey worked for Team Meteor the whole time. Heather denies this, accusing Blake of lying.
	+ If you do find the officers, Heather interrupts Blake, acknowledging that her father was a jerk but saying that she's learned from him. She says that if reality is cold, it's because people like Blake only care about themselves, and that's why she has to fight to make life better. After she says this, you get a relationship point with Heather.

* When you return to Reborn City, a police officer will be undercover in 7th Street. He acknowledges you differently if you did or didn't rescue the police force.
	+ If you do not find the officers, he recognizes you as the trainer taking down Team Meteor.
	+ If you do find the officers, he recognizes you as the person who saved him in Beryl Ward.
* When Gossip Gardevoir interviews Heather on TV, she asks Heather where she gets her strength.
	+ If you do not find the officers, she calls herself "the princess of the wind" and that she studied how her mom, a Flying-type Trainer, battled. She says that she is better at battling than her mother because her mother only used Pokémon that she thought were cute. Heather doesn't restrict herself in this regard; she's not afraid to use powerful Pokémon like Salamence despite it not matching what people expect of her.
	+ If you do find the officers, she says it comes from her friends. She explains to Gardevoir that a couple of Trainers wanted to help her when she ran away from home, like Cain, you, and Shelly. She then tells Gardevoir how she met Shelly, noting that Shelly was kind to her despite Heather's selfishness. Heather then resolves to make it up to Shelly and be a good friend as well.
* When you face Heather in Charous Hall, she addresses you differently if you did or didn't rescue the police force.
	+ If you do not find the officers, she nervously thanks you for helping her in the orphanage and Ametrine City. She then tells you that her Elite Four position used to belong to her mother and that she trained some of her mother's Pokémon in secret. Despite that, she tells you she claimed her spot in the Elite Four with her own strength and that she does not need rescuing anymore, warning you that she will blow them away if you underestimate her.
	+ If you do find the officers, she acknowledges that Shelly and you have done their best for her, even if she feels she does not deserve it and says that she is not used to people being nice to her. She tells you that she found an old journal of her father's, where she realizes that her father tried to look out for her in his own weird, roundabout way. She nervously thanks you before addressing what you are here for: their challenge to the Elite Four.

* When you meet Breslin, if you have accepted the Growlithe from the Police Chief, Breslin acknowledges that you have worked with the police. If you say "no" when they ask for help, they say they should've known better than to trust a cop.