OverWatch Offices of Criminal Investigations

The **OverWatch Offices of Criminal Investigations** is a law enforcement agency for the 5th Army. They're incharge of handling all criminal cases and law enforcement on a local scale level. The OWOCI does not involve itself in any wars and only assists in gathering information with the IAB. Their current main headquarters is in the Citadel of Chikara on Homebase.

## Organization

The OCI covers two specific areas, which are law enforcement and criminal investigations. Law enforcement are handled by units known as "Enforcers" and criminal investigations, as well as Enforcer operations, are lead by "Investigators".

Enforcers and Investigators begin their careers as Recruits after graduating from any of the 3 OCI Academies in their respective Sector. As Recruits, Enforcers are paired with a seasoned Enforcer to learn their way around their new job before becoming an Associate Enforcer. Once an Associate Enforcer surpasses Assistant Enforcer, they become a fully graded Enforcer. Fully graded Enforcers are given the duty of supervising other Enforcers and being a department head at a station or a precinct. Enforcers at this paygrade are also eligible to apply for training to become an Investigator. Otherwise, if an Enforcer chooses to remain as an Enforcer (or by order of their Sector Commissioner), they may become Senior Enforcer and Chief Enforcer, both grades are assigned to Enforcers in charge of a precinct or a station in a big city.

Superintendant is the first position of management, Enforcers in this position are assigned to oversee an entire Enforcer unit on a district or planetary scale, depending on the colony size. Otherwise, on a planetary scale that job would fall to a Commissioner. Generally speaking, Enforcers are considered to be the "backbone" of the OCI, and usually carry the most weight in keeping the order of the 5th Army's citizens.

Enforcers, after completing their necessary training, begin their careers as criminal investigators at Investigator Third Grade, where they are classed as "Junior Investigators" up until they surpass Investigator First Grade. Junior Investigators may not work independently and are required to be paired with a Senior Investigator. A duo of Investigators work on criminal cases on either an interplanetary or interstellar scale, additionally they may also command an Enforcer unit during an operation. A Senior Investigator may become a Special Investigator, beginning as an Assistant Special Investigator. In both grades, these Investigators lead several other investigation units, and deal with cases on an intergalactic scale. Junior Investigators may be paired with a Special Investigator, though on rarer cases a Senior Investigator may be paired with a Special Investigator depending on the case.

Lastly, entering the executive hierarchy, Special Investigators can be selected as a Core Commissioner, that oversees and supervise all OCI activity and all their branch offices in a Sector's Core. Core Commissioners are overseen by a Sector Commissioner, who are assigned to supervise the daily operations of the OCI on a sectoral scale. Lastly, the officer incharge of the entire agency is granted the title of "Lead Commissioner of the OCI", who reports directly to the Consul of the Interior.

The OCI also has a "Civilian Unit" where all staff are civilian employees, and usually cover non-essential areas of the offices, such as logistics, sanitary, postal services, clerk, and so on. The most prominent role a civilian can have in the OCI's Civilian Unit is the role of a Civil Investigators, that handles gathering and recording information from interrogations, as well as documenting said information.

The entire agency is operated and managed by the Commissary of the O.C.I., chaired by the Lead Commissioner. The Office of Investigation manages criminal cases and Investigators, and is lead by a Board of Special Investigators. The Office of Enforcement is responsible for the management of Enforcers and the Office of Civilian Affairs handles all civilian employees of the agency.

## History

### Pre-Phase 1

The Offices of Criminal Investigations was established around the time the 5th Army began establishing new settlements and colonies. Finn Hoppkins began working for the OWOCI as a logistics worker for the OCI's Civilian Unit, where he regularly traveled all around the supercluster to occupied and sanctioned planets to deliver supplies for OverWatch forces, this included Earth, which is where he would discover the Resistance's operations in Maplewood Residences later on.

### Phase 1

The OCI started investigated multiple counts of criminal activities across Sector C. The Board of Special Investigators ruled these activities as organized movements, after discovering that a militia - that would later be revealed to be the Resistance Initiative - was behind these organized movements, the OCI handed the case to the OverWatch Intelligence and Special Combats Bureau. In a conference held at Nexus-Embla on 0001-C, First Class Agent Naofa Niro briefly chastized the OCI's competence of not being able to properly investigate the organized crimes and getting a proper picture of the Resistance before handing the case to the OWISCB, garnering a few sneers from a few OCI representatives in the same conference hall.

### Phase 2

During the Nexus prison breach on 9222-C, First Class Agent Naofa Niro was greeted by a pair of Special Investigator twins named Darrell and Daryl Darby, where they briefed her on the current situation. Both twins were seen guarding the exterior with local OWOCI Enforcers while Naofa entered the Nexus with her crew and a team of Enforcers from the Special Reinforcement Unit. During the Day of the Reformation, a ball was organized by Marshal Crest to celebrate the holiday on Homebase, at the ball - the investigator twins were present, along with the OCI's Lead Commissioner - Jixing Bush and the Sector Commissioner of Sector C, Hilda Unata, both of whom were seen speaking with the Marshal. Little to everyone's knowledge, Marshal Crest conspired with Lead Commissioner Bush, to plant evidence of criminal activities at Resquis Academy to give Crest an excuse to commission another raid. One part of intensifying the 5th Army's excuse was a murder of Investigator 3rd Grade Yukino Aoba and his superior, Assistant Special Investigator Okino Yamato, who were assigned to investigate the Resquis area before being killed by supposedly students of Resquis Academy, which Academy Headmistress Loniu later denies. This was revealed by a fae whistleblower of Naofa Niro's fleet after leaking information to the Resistance, causing the latter to protect the academy. However, this was also part of Crest's plan to get Naofa kidnapped by her siblings, setting his grand design in motion.

### Phase 3

During the investigation on the notorious pirate clan, the Red Right Hand, Kenya and Naofa met and interviewed Senior Investigator Olan Wood, the Investigator who lead the case of the pirate clan in Sector B, and his subordinate - Investigator 1st Grade Yoshida Kuro. They were given information of possible hideouts, as well as an incident that happened a few years prior, leading to the death of Investigator Yoshida's former superior, a Senior Investigator named Johan Lambert. Two OCI Enforcers in Sakura City of 6660-B were killed after snooping around a hideout believed to be part of the Red Right Hand, which helped the OWISCB pin a closer location to the Red Right Hand's main base of operations. The investigator twins, Darrell and Daryl, had gotten an anonymous tip about a major Resistance operation in Sector C and were seen notifying High Admiral Satoru Marude. As a direct result, this led to the organization of operation: DAY-BREAK - it is revealed later that Finn Hoppkins was the anonymous tip as this was because, at the time, a Cyborg was on the hunt for Takashi Izumi. Because of DAY-BREAK, and the initiation of civil war, the Cyborg couldn't find its target, and therefore it marked Finn for death. This chain of events led to Finn resigning from the OCI and laying low for the next 3 years.

### Phase 5

At some point during or before the second civil war, Investigator Wood and Kuro had been reassigned to Sector A. By this time Investigator Kuro was elevated to Senior Investigator and Wood had become and Assistant Special Investigator. Both were seen representing the OCI during the Resistance's mission of saving Ichor Seraphim at the OWGRO main labs, Investigator Wood was leading the raid's support team while Homebase Enforcer - Major Jace Zephyr commanded the injection. In the aftermath, both were seen with Sector A's Commissioner, Kino, and Sector A's Center Core Commissioner, Iida, with the ISCB's Director, Marude, at district 3's Nexus in the aftermath of the Resistance's lab raid, as well as the destruction of district 3's central province.

## Uniform

OCI Enforcers are recognised for wearing dark navy blue colored uniform jackets with shoulder patches of the 5th Army's coat of arms below both shoulders with the word "ENFORCER" plastered above, along with matching colored BDU pants and a black sidecap with the OCI's emblem on the front. Enforcers use this uniform both in work and for ceremonial purposes, however while in service they always carry a full set of heavy grade black kevlar body armor, that has the 5th Army's coat of arms on the shoulderpads, and on the backs are golden text that writes "OVERWATCH" and "O.C.I. ENFORCER" just below it - both in Galactic Standard and OverWatch Native. They are almost always seen equipped with a tactical equipment vest that carries a variety of equipment necessary for their service, such as handcuffs, an expandable stun baton, holsters for their baton and crowd control spray, a radio paired with a shoulder speaker, a pda, etc. Lastly, they have a holster for their service pistol that is either equipped on their belts or around one of their legs. Enforcers display their service grade as shoulder boards placed on their shoulders, the design usually being represented by a golden wreath of leaves and-or with matching colored lines, displayed below a golden emblem of the OCI's "Uoriābādo".

On occassions for crowd control, Enforcers are seen wearing the Mk.III Combat Armor helmet, and are additionally equipped with a ballistic proof riot shield and a standard stun baton stick, they can also be seen carrying gas grenades on their belts.

Investigators within the OWOCI are given the same variant of uniform as Enforcers, only that the uniform jacket is a lighter shade, and that they're only used for ceremonial purposes. Generally speaking they are recognized for being clad in black suits with a white button shirt and a purple colored tie with the 5th Army's red circle displayed below the knot. Some of the more senior investigators like Olan Wood have been seen wearing a grey vest beneath their coat. Investigators are also seen wearing an orange armband out in the field with the initials "O.C.I." and "INVESTIGATOR" on them, in cases where they're at a greater risk of getting shot - Investigators can be seen with a kevlar vest that has the text "O.C.I. INVESTIGATOR" on the back and front, and in unfavorable weather conditions they are seen wearing black tunic trenchcoats and the uniform sidecap or a hat of their choice - the Darby Twins were often recognised for wearing black colored bowler hats. Concealed by their suit jackets, Investigators are normally equipped with a shoulder holster for their issued service pistol along with reserve magazines. Investigators display their service grade on shoulderboards, much like Enforcers, but only when in their ceremonial uniform, otherwise it is displayed on their digital badge.

Enforcers and Investigators are issued with the LE Q-220 pistol. On occassions where the Special Reinforcement Unit is needed, Enforcers carry HE-5 submachine guns and the XA-12 automatic shotgun, along with support equipment such as flashbangs and smoke grenades. Otherwise, a submachine gun and automatic shotgun are available in patrol vehicles that both Enforcers and Investigators use in case of emergencies.

## Members

### Current members

* Jixing Bush - Lead Commissioner of the O.C.I.
* Kino - Sector Commissioner of Sector A
* Hilda Unata - Sector Commissioner of Sector C
* Iida - Core Commissioner of Sector A's Center Core
* Darrell Darby - Special Investigator
* Daryl Darby - Special Investigator
* Olan Wood - Assistant Special Investigator
* Yoshida Kuro - Senior Investigator
* Casen - Superintendant
* Inberg - Chief Enforcer
* Joaqinn - Enforcer

### Former members

* Okino Yamato - Assistant Special Investigator †
* Johan Lambert - Senior Investigator †
* Yukino Aoba - Investigator 3rd Grade †
* Tagomi - Assistant Enforcer †
* Yamaguchi - Associate Enforcer †
* Finn Hoppkins - Civilian Employee *(Resigned)*