Intergalactic Police Force

The origin of the Intergalactic Police Force (IPF) dates to 2085 when the NASA Southern Space Center in Houston, TX detected a not-so-distant spaceship on a course for Earth. It was about 85 billion years away, meaning it would take about five years to arrive. On duty the day the call was made from NASA into the White House security central command was Officer Hanna Chribot-Manx, Anne Manx’s great grandmother. Manx reported the news to her commanding officer, who in turn reported the news to the president. The president picked up his red smart phone and arranged a meeting among all the nations of the world.

Representatives from around the globe met at the United Nations to discuss how the united world could address the situation. At this point, world leaders didn’t know whether the aims of the visitors were benevolent or had more nefarious ambitions. In either case, it was clear that wherever this ship had come from, it was far more advanced technologically than that of Earth. It could travel great distances to and fro in the universe. Even the most advance technology on Earth had until recently could only take humanity to the moon and back. In 2088, the space program was able to send a transport to Mars to begin creating a community. Efforts to return to Earth hadn’t been attempted yet since the mission was to last 10 years. It would attempt the return in 2087.

The UN decided to challenge each advanced nation, as well as private industry, to build a ship that could also travel around the universe, while also being capable to defend itself in a space battle. The concept of world governance became a reality in 2091 in advance of the alien ship’s visit. The justification was to make sure Earth leaders would speak with one voice. Countries relinquished their sovereignty in the name of global security.

The first official Intergalactic Police Office was opened in a former Baskin-Robbins retail store near the Alamo in San Antonio TX in 2090. Former English general Lord Howard Hurtz was named the IPF’s first Chief.

Later that year, the ship from Bateoven Nine arrived, landing in the Houston area. Fortunately for Earth, the Bateovians were benevolent and provided humanity with technology and innovative processes that allowed the planet to make the interplanetary leap in just a handful of years. This technology included the ability to discover worm holes which would allow Earth explorers to discover civilizations all around the universe. More important, the planet now had propulsion systems that would enable space transports to travel throughout space without ever having to refuel or recharge.

On the heels of all the newfound discoveries came the demand to expand the IPF and establish offices in many of the inhabited solar systems throughout the galaxy. In 2096, the corporate structure was reworked into more of a military ranking system and the IPF morphed into a military/police force that could defend Earth’s space explorers against nefarious actors that inevitably existed throughout the galaxy. The first official Intergalactic Police Office was opened in a former Baskin-Robbins retail store in 2090. The first IPF official from another planet was Colonel Herschel Strate from Mars.

### **Intergalactic Planetary Alliance**

In order to define the boundaries of the IPF’s reach throughout the galaxy, the Intergalactic Planetary Alliance was formed in 2097 as more and more planets applied for IPF protection. Originally, the political leaders not just from Earth, but from the then small group of additional planets, hoped to create an independent political body, but the assembly had become hopelessly deadlocked and couldn’t come to an agreement. The IPF stepped in a created the alliance as a subsidiary of the IPF. The IPA would therefore be a political division that represented the wishes and aims of the IPF. Inevitably, it mutated into a lobbying arm for the IPF when budget negotiation were up for renewal.

### Intergalactic Police Academy

Formed in 2090 (the same year the IPF opened it’s first precinct in Texas), the Intergalactic Police Academy was opened in an abandoned military fort in what had been the state of New Jersey. Its purpose was to train people for careers in the IPF. It had a four year curriculum that included not just military training in weapons and hand-to-hand combat, flight training, galactic history and civics, diplomacy, and human resources management. During the third and fourth years of the academy, cadets would go into the field with IPF internship supervisors and get actual experience. Cadets were limited to Milky Way internship, while fourth year cadets were provided with a true intergalactic IPF experience. Graduates in the top 20 percent of their class would get immediate placement into IPF offices. The rest would be offered the option of repeating their four year training or drop out of the academy.

By the year 2123, there were more than 100 IPA academies in the systems that had IPF offices.

### **Mission, Priorities and Budget**

#### Mission

* To protect the safety of populations on every planet in every solar system in which the IPF has alliances

#### Priorities

* Protect citizens from attack from other planets, either armies, revolutionary groups, or individuals having a bad day, regardless of those planets’ formal or informal alliance with IPA members
* Protect citizens from corrupt public officials on its allied planets, thereby ensuring the everlasting continuation of the IPF
* Protect the rights of the citizens

### Famous Battles

**2122 – The Battle for Fier III**

The Battle for Fier III pitted the forces of the IPF from two systems against an armada of ships from rebel strongholds throughout the Maxima Centuri system, seeking control over the planets in the Maxima system. The rebels wanted to charge planets a surcharge for trading with the planets in the Maxima system. In a fierce transport firefight that last several days, the IPF victory ensured that the wormhole to the Milky Way would remain open to intergalactic travel. The continued free transportation through the wormhole allowed tourists from around the universe to travel without wondering how long it would take to find a rest stop on route.

**2143 – The Battle for Oregano IX**

Oregano IX was the largest planet in the Proxima Centauri system, and on July 4, 2143, the space above the planet was the scene of the largest space battle in history when an armada of enemy ships from the infamous Brigand army brought over 500 warships to fight nearly 400 IPF battle cruisers in a battle to determine the leadership of the planet below. In a battle that lasted nearly 12 hours, the IPF emerged victorious, losing almost half its fleet while the Brigand ships were virtually wiped out save for a large balloon carrying the Brigand leaders to the planet. The remaining IPF ships had a contest to see which ship could kill the most escapees. Because not a single Brigand leader made it to safety on the planet below, Oregano IX was saved from what would have been a holocaust. However, the citizens of the planet never even knew the battle had taken place. They believed it was “the best fireworks display ever” in celebration of Earth’s independence.

**2209 – The Hunt for Galvin Ize**

Galvin Ize was one of the planet’s most talented bank robbers, having robbed almost 200 tons of gold and silver from various planets and had never gotten caught. When IPF forces thought it had finally trapped Ize on Fab IV, he managed to elude the force by stowing away on one of its own ships. Ize was never caught, dying in his sleep at the age of 92. He passed his secrets to his daughter, Betty Davis Ize, who also eluded law enforcement. Ize gave birth to a son Richard “Blood Shot” Ize, who continues to rob banks around the galaxy.

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