Police Officer

The shorthand for an NAPD Officer. The Police Officer is the most common member and can potentially substitute any other NAPD infantry member in a pinch. While Police Chiefs, Police Commissioners, and Police Masters are all technically officers, this page will only focus on Police officers who see field use.

There are four general categories of Police Officer: Basic, Squadron Leader, Horse Master, and Brood King.

## Appearance

Nearly all Police Officers sport full body armor and a visor that obscures their face. They may also carry a shield, baton, taser, ranged firearm, or all four.

## History

A Police Officer begins its life as a hatchling in the station breeding grounds. Limbless and faceless, it instinctively trawls through the biological memory matrix of its home station and absorbs as much knowledge as it can. After a few weeks, the hatchling will dry out, forming a shell that cracks open into a fully-grown Police Officer. They are then sorted into ranks based on their knowledge and ability to apply said knowledge. For the most part, these officers are nearly identical to a human being.

In earlier days, prototyped methods of growth did not utilize a pupae stage. While this allowed faster production, it also resulting in high degrees of instability during the transformation process from worm to humanoid, and subsequently, high chances for malformation. Many officers created with this decommissioned method are deformed and only quasi-human. They are a rare sight, gradually being phased out by more successful, less uncanny varieties.

## Ranking

A Basic Police Officer may be put in charge of any number of jobs, but all have the primary purpose of observing rulesets and catching rulebreakers. Beyond that, this group is not very special.

A Police Officer Squadron Leader has shown a higher aptitude for absorbing and utilizing knowledge, and may be employed to direct groups of Basic Police Officers. This subcategory has access to better weapons, better armor, and is often physically stronger than the Basic Police Officer. In a pinch, the Squadron Leader can do almost any job required by the NAPD.

A Police Officer Horse Master is any Officer, basic or leader, who is put in charge of a Police Horse. Since Police Horses are powerful yet unruly creatures, Horse Masters must be employed to keep them under control and develop as much of a bond with them as possible. Horse Masters are often paired with the same Police Horse for years, and in a majority of cases, for life.

A Police Office Brood King can be thought of as a direct upgrade to the Horse Master. Instead of being partnered with a Police Horse, they become the patriarchs or matriarchs of one or more Police Horsespawn, which are more obedient and more powerful. Because of the responsibility this requires, only Squadron Leaders and Horse Masters can be promoted to the position of Brood King. A Horse Master may become a Brood King if they outlive their Police Horse or can successfully breed it and produce their own Police Horsespawn. In some cases a Brood King may be in charge of a Police Horsespawn *and* continue to be partnered with the Police Horse they used to sire it. Brood Kings are the most respected and dangerous field officers in the NAPD army.

## Trivia

* The Police Officer types can and often are abbreviated to save space. For example, PO HM is Police Officer Horse Master. PO SL is Squadron Leader. PO BK is Brood King. These may also be concatenated with the foundational acronym NAPD (NAPD PO HM).