Chief Legal Officer

The **Chief Legal Officer** (or **C.L.O.** for short) is the new Lawbot Boss found in Lawbot Headquarters and is available to fight once Toons have completed their Lawbot disguise by infiltrating the Lawbot Lawfice. After the Chief Justice resigned, The Chairman quickly appointed her as the new Boss of all Lawbots. Her task is to help migrate the Judiciary Law lifestyle into Corporate Law. She is seen doing so in the Executive Lawfice that is located within Lawbot Headquarters. The Chief Legal Officer has a much harder Overclocked variant of her boss fight.

The exclusive reward for defeating the C.L.O. are Cease and Desists. This base number starts at 6, but can be increased by +2 by the Level 30 department boost, Boosters, and Surplus Sunday. The C.L.O. will also reward 4 Unites that can only be increased by +1 with the Surplus Sunday bonus.

After defeating the C.L.O. Toons will also be promoted to the next Lawbot Suit and will need to gain a certain amount of Patents to fight the boss again.

## Content Sync

Toons fighting against the C.L.O. will have Content Sync applied to them. They will be synced down to the following stats:

* 95 Laff Soft Cap (120 Max)
* All Gags permitted
* All rewards permitted

## Cog Information

 Virtual Skelecogs
 Level 17

*\*The Cog Level Pool is the cumulative number of Cog Levels within the entirety of the battle, being split between both sides (if applicable).*

*Starting Cogs do not count towards the Cog Level Pool.*

## The Cog Round

The boss battle begins with a cutscene showing Lauren Ordier and Bumpy Bumblebehr, wearing a random Lawbot disguise, preparing the Toons to infiltrate the C.L.O's meeting to re-educate the Lawbots about corporate law. As they enter, the C.L.O. immediately notices that they are late to the meeting and ask for an explanation. Lauren fails to convince the C.L.O. that they are Cogs and her disguise fails, revealing that she is indeed a Toon, causing the other disguises to fail as she runs out of the building. The C.L.O. then asks Lawbots at her table to come up with a method to deal with the Toons. One Cog eventually says a poor method, causing the C.L.O. to drop the entire table with the seated Cogs into a pit built in the floor. The table falls back down from the ceiling, empty, and the C.L.O. calls for other Cogs to get the Toons.

Toons will then be split into two battles (or one if there are 4 or less Toons). Cogs will spawn from one of the paintings on the wall ranging from Level 7-16 with one of the starting Cogs being a guaranteed Level 17. The next round will begin once all Cogs have been defeated.

## The Cannon Round

Once all Cogs have been defeated, the C.L.O. comments on how she would've known the Toons would interfere with her plans, and suggests sending them to the slammer. Hammers shake the entire room, causing papers on the table to fly into the air. Bumpy suggest entering a cannon and shooting into the Cogs, which are there to collect said papers.

Collecting papers will rewrite them into a point system. The higher the amount of points a Toon has, the higher the Sound Gag that they will receive at the Final Round.

Lower leveled Cogs will earn you less points towards your score, but will have more predictable and straight patterns. Higher level Cogs move in sporadic patterns but as a result give more points.

Executive Cogs will sometimes fill in for regular Cogs. They are faster than other Cogs, but will reward a greater boost of points and spread them equally to every Toon in the round.

 Points Rewarded

 Points Needed

## Virtual Skelecog Round

After a set time collecting papers, Bumpy will exit through one of the back doors and will ask the Toons to check on what he found. The C.L.O. stops them dead in their tracks, saying that Bumpy's stealing of corporate property is a serious offense. Her back-up plan is to turn on one or two lights (depending on the amount of Toons present) that summons Virtual Skelecogs.

Toons will then be split into two battles (or one if there are 4 or less Toons). Virtual Skelecogs will spawn from the lights ranging from Level 9-17 with one of the starting Virtual Skelecogs being a guaranteed Level 17. The next round will begin once all the Virtual Skelecogs have been defeated.

## The C.L.O. Fight

Once all of the Virtual Skelecogs have been defeated, the final battle against the C.L.O. begins. The C.L.O. realizes that her employees cannot fight the Toons, so she insists on fighting them herself. Bumpy had turned the previously collected papers into "Sound Evidence", which are given to the Toons to have a fighting chance against the C.L.O,. The box of evidence is always located at the entrance. Toons are given a maximum amount of 30 uses before they have to restock at this box.

The C.L.O. has 1500 health. During the battle, Toons typically share the same few roles while some may prioritize certain actions over others.

### Stunning

The C.L.O. can only be stunned when a Cog explodes next to her. This can be done by using Sound Evidence near a Cog which will gradually deplete its health until it explodes. Sound Evidence can be used by either clicking on the button at the top of the screen or by using the Secondary Action key. While these Cogs can fly towards Toons on their own, Toons can "taunt" Cogs to come to them quicker by using the Alt key to enable taunting. The Sound Evidence button will change from an icon of whichever Sound Gag was achieved during the cannon round to an angry Bottom Feeder face. This key uses 10 Sound points instead of 1.

### Pushing

After the C.L.O. is stunned, the Toons are then given the opportunity to push her into a nearby Trap Gag, assembled by Bumpy. There are eight of these that circle around the room, and two in the center. The Trap closest to the box of Sound Evidence is a Trapdoor (160 damage), while the rest are Quicksand (115 damage). Once the C.L.O. has been pushed back into an active trap, she will take damage and be teleported to a random part of the battle arena. Operations Analysts will then surround the C.L.O. to act as a stun shield, and must be destroyed in order to be stunned again.

### Defending Traps

Periodically, Executive Cogs will fly down and look for active Traps to sabotage. Over a certain period of time, the Trap will slowly become red and if the C.L.O. is pushed onto a red Trap, it will be unusable. Only Bumpy can fix these Traps once they become completely red. When a Trap has begun to be sabotaged, orange text will appear above the Toons head to let them know to look around for any Executive Cogs. Using Sound Evidence on these Cogs will destroy them and cause the Trap to return to normal.

### Strategy

Every Toon should focus on each job as the fight can be unpredictable. For example, if you notice no one is defeating the Executive Cogs that is on a Trap you should prioritize that over attempting to stun the C.L.O,. When Cogs are defeated they will drop Treasures proportional to 1/2 its level. If you are running low on health, try to avoid taunting to trigger more Cogs for more Treasures. This can cause the Cogs heading towards the C.L.O. to head towards you instead and prevent the other players from damaging the C.L.O.

A common strategy is to have some of the Toons with high-level Sound Gags (Foghorn and Elephant Trunk) blast through the stun shield and have some Toons with low-level Sound Gags (Aoogah and Bugle) use the Taunt key to diverge the Cogs and allow others to stun the C.L.O. She will shower her front, back, left and right sides with paperwork. The best way to get near her is standing on her corners.

One of the C.L.O.'s attacks includes a jump, which can be indicated by a  appearing above your Toons head. To avoid getting damaged, wait one second before jumping after the indication. As the C.L.O.'s health dwindles, her wheels will turn green and give her a speed boost. Additionally, she can also spawn tornadoes that go out in an X-formation. There will be green arrows displaying their path so that you know how to dodge it. The flying Cogs will increase in levels, taking more Sound Gags to hit before exploding.

### Ending

Once the C.L.O. reaches 0 HP from falling into a Trap, she will slowly roll towards the Toons until the floor beneath her opens up, causing her to fall backwards into it. The floor closes back up, and all Toons who survived until the end will do the battle victory dance and receive their Cease & Desist and Unite rewards.

## Dialogue

"So here's the deal."
"The C.L.O. is preparing a shadow to re-educate Lawbots about corporate law!"
"We need to infiltrate the office, under the guise of being shadows."
Lauren Ordier: "Exactly, Bumpy."
"Keep in mind that I'M the lead for this operation though, as stated by Lord Lowden Clear."
"We're going to head inside now, Toons. So remember, act natural."
"And stay collected! A professional lawyer is not disorganized..."
*The Executive Lawfice doors open to reveal a meeting between the Chief Legal Officer and her subordinates.*
C.L.O.: "Our corporation's good name is to be upheld. For any Toons that dare toe the line... SHUT THEM DOWN!"
"Once the shadow is over, come collect these legal outlines that I've illustrated personally."
"You're required to analyze them and thereafter protect C.O.G.S. Inc. against ANY opposition."
"Ahem."
"You're late, Lawbots. Explain yourselves."
Lauren Ordier: "Uh... We were being fitted with our new personality processors..."
"Beep... boop?"
C.L.O.: "Beep boop? Is that some kind of joke?"
*Lauren exits her Cog disguise*
Lauren Ordier: "Well, this has been fun."
"SEE YOU BACK AT THE TOON HQ!"
Bumpy Bumblebehr: "...Well, our cover's blown."
*The Toons exit their Cog disguises*
C.L.O.: "Now, as for the other Toons. What shall we do with them?"
Spin Doctor: "I say we remind them who's in charge. Use a permanent gag-order."
Ambulance Chaser: "I say we run them out of town."
Bottom Feeder: "We should take their gags!"
C.L.O.: "And of course... One bad apple ruins the bunch."
"Such a shame, too. This group had potential."
*The Lawfice carpet, acting as a trap door, opens to reveal a large pit which the conference table and Cogs fall into.*
*The Lawfice carpet closes and a new conference table falls from the sky replacing the old one.*
C.L.O.: "As for those Toons..."
 Cannon Round Cutscene
"Perhaps the Chairman was right about you Toons..."
"I should have been expecting an interruption eventually."
"As for trespassing, I would suggest..."
"The SLAMMER!"
*The Lawfice Gavels slam.*
Bumpy Bumblebehr: "Hey! That just sent the paperwork flying all over the room! She's sending in Lawbots to collect it all!"
"I can't believe I'm taking a page out of Purrsley's playbook, but..."
"Quickly! Use your cannons to smash the Cogs and take the paperwork!"
"Gather as much as you can, we'll store it all in this box!"
*Bumpy takes an evidence box out of his pocket and throws it on the ground*
Bumpy Bumblebehr: "Keep in mind, you can use your MOVEMENT keys to move in mid-air."
"Aim wisely! I'll be looking in the back, there should be something in their storage room to verify all this evidence..."
"I'll be right back, be careful!"
 Virtual Skelecog Round Cutscene
C.L.O.: "What were you doing back there, you meddling bear?"
"I'll have you know that theft of corporate property is a serious offense."
Bumpy Bumblebehr: "Come over here, Toons! I found-"
C.L.O.: "As if I would let you do as you please!"
"All good businesses know to prepare for any situation."
 Megaphone Round Cutscene
"Clearly my lackies are not enough for you Toons."
"So I suppose it's time I take the law into my own hands..."
Bumpy Bumblebehr: "Uh oh! it sounds like the C.L.O. is planning to take you guys head on!"
"Fortunately, my plan paid off!"
"I was able to verify the evidence you collected into SOUND evidence!"
"Grab some evidence from the evidence collection box, then press the [Primary Action] key to blast the C.L.O. and Cogs in a radius around you!"
"You can also change to a Taunt mode by pressing the [Special Action] key."
"Try to lure the Cogs in near the C.L.O. before destroying the, that way we can make her dizzy!"
"Once she is dizzy, start blasting her away into one of the traps I set up!"
 Ending Cutscene
"That being said, I'm afraid this tomfoolery will have to end."
"I want you all to walk up single file right this instant so I can ta-"
*The Lawfice Carpet door opens.*
C.L.O.: "Is it just me or does something feel off?"
"This... this isn't oooveeer!"
 Overclocked C.L.O. Cutscenes

* "Consider this a restraining order, [Toon Name]!"
* "Order in the office, [Toon Name]!"
 Jump
 Tornadoes
* "You're stirring up a whirlwind of lawsuits, Toon."

* It looks like we can reinforce this committee
 Toon Taunts
* "Come and get me you bags of bolts!"
* "I'm over here!"
 Surrender Taunt
 Friend Request Denials
* The C.L.O scoffs and says, "With the record you have?"
* The C.L.O smirks and says. "Attempting to acquire a bail won't help you now."

## Version History

v1.4.0 BETA
* Unites are now awarded from all bosses in addition to their exclusive reward. Unite rewards are as follows:
	+ C.L.O.: 4 Unites
* The damage value of Trap Gags in the active round have been slightly increased.
	+ Quicksand: 90 -> 115
	+ Trapdoor: 140 -> 160
* The C.L.O. will now land in a random position after falling through a Trap instead of always landing in the middle of the arena.
	+ A large indicator has been added to indicate where the C.L.O. is about to land.
* The C.L.O. has borrowed a weaker variant of the Defense Specialists from the Overclocked C.L.O. fight to prevent constant stunlocking.
* Department Experience gains in the C.L.O. fight have been moderately increased.

v1.3.1.3 BETA
* The level range for Cogs in department boss battles has been increased across the board:
	+ C.L.O. Round 1: Level 6-16 -> 7-17
	+ C.L.O. Round 2: Level 9-16 -> 9-17

v1.3.0 BETA
* The C.L.O. fight now uses only one tier.
* Sound evidence damage values slightly adjusted.
	+ Fog remains the same.
	+ Trunk: 32 to 35 damage.
	+ Aoogah: 21 to ??? damage.
	+ Bugle: 16 to ??? damage.
* The C.L.O.'s fight has some new themes.

v1.2.7.7 BETA
* Fixed a client crash in the C.L.O. Security Cogs round when Toons finish the round with a soaked Cog.

v1.2.7.3 BETA
* Fixed an issue with the C.L.O. final round where Cogs would have the HP of a Cog several levels higher than displayed.
* Fixed a district reset related to the C.L.O.

v1.2.2 BETA
* Fixed a major memory leak involving the flying Cogs in the C.L.O. on the district-side.
* Fixed a memory leak for clients in the C.L.O.

v1.2.1 BETA
* Cogs in the evidence round of the C.L.O. battle will exit paintings quicker after spawning.

v1.2.0.4 BETA
* Fixed an issue that would cause the C.L.O. battle to use the wrong music.json keys during the epilogue.

v1.2.0.3 BETA
* Fixed an issue with the C.L.O. final battle that could result in multiple treasures being unintentionally spawned when one Cog was destroyed.

v1.2.0.2 BETA
* Removed Bumpy and Lauren's ability to collide with other Toons while moving in the final rounds of the C.L.O.
* Fixed a district reset involving the C.L.O.

v1.2.0 BETA
* Skelecogs in the evidence round and final round have been replaced with normal Executive Cogs.
	+ Executive Cogs in the evidence and final round now have a yellow name tag to make them easier to identify from a distance.
* Minimum Cog levels in the Virtual Skelecog round have been raised to match other Cog bosses' rounds.
* The C.L.O.’s tornado attack will no longer disappear when the C.L.O. becomes stunned.
* The time the C.L.O. waits to do another attack after a tornado has been shortened.
* The tornado attack will also display an indicator on the ground when it is about to happen.
* If a Toon reaches the evidence cap during the evidence round, additional Cogs they destroy will award evidence to all Toons.
* Chat messages will no longer show up underneath the Evidence Meter during the evidence round.
* Slightly reduced the amount of time a Toon is slowed down or locked in place after using Sound in the C.L.O.
* Added new elevator theme.
* Fixed an issue that would cause keys bound to the Insert key to function incorrectly in the C.L.O. boss battle.
* Fixed an oversight with sprinting that would allow Toons to regain normal speed sooner than intended while using Sound gags in the C.L.O. battle.
* Fixed an issue that would cause Toons to be placed in the incorrect state in the final round of the C.L.O. battle after taking damage.
* Fixed multiple memory leaks with the cannons in the evidence round in the C.L.O. battle.
* Fixed a memory leak caused by using Sound Gags in the final round in the C.L.O. battle.
* Fixed a major memory leak caused by destroying flying Cogs in both the evidence and final rounds of the C.L.O. battle.
* Fixed an extremely rare crash with switching sound modes in the C.L.O. battle at an inopportune time.

v1.1.6.3 BETA
* Fixed a significant memory leak involving the Sound Round during the C.L.O. fight on the client.
* Fixed a significant memory leak involving the Cannon Round during the C.L.O. fight on the client.

v1.1.5.3 BETA
* Toons can no longer take throwables into the C.L.O. sound round.
	+ The C.L.O.’s heating bill was getting too high from all those snowballs.

v1.1.0.12 BETA
* Fixed an issue where the megaphone was not properly cleaned up during the C.L.O.

v1.1.0.9 BETA
* Fixed an issue in the C.L.O. where Skelecogs in the final rounds could be higher level than intended.
* Fixed an issue in the C.L.O. where Cogs could fly out-of-bounds in the cannon round.

v1.1.0.5 BETA
* Skelecogs in the final round of the C.L.O. fight should no longer “phantom break” traps if they are destroyed as they are flying to them.

v1.1.0.3 BETA
* Damage taken in the C.L.O. battle now has a small damage multiplier (up to 30%) depending on the tier of the boss.
* Treasures heal slightly (15%~) less.
* Slightly reduced Treasure spawn rate.
* Small tweaks to C.L.O. movement decision-making.
* In the Cannon Round, the paintings will stay open for the entire duration of the round to allow Cogs to spawn quicker.
* The spawn rate of cogs in the cannon round now scales to the amount of Toons present.

v1.1.0.2 BETA
* Executive Cogs in the cannon round now give their bonus evidence to all Toons when destroyed! Their spawn rate has been slightly reduced to compensate.
* Toons can no longer collide midair with each other in the cannon round.
* Cannon position in the cannon round is no longer based on the age of the Toon.
	+ It is simply now randomized.
* Mid-air movement in the cannon round is no longer based on framerate.
* Flying Cogs in the final round now have a more consistent movement speed. No more flying at lightning speed!
* A visual indicator has been added that indicates when a flying Cog targets you in the final round. This can be toggled via the “Boss Visual Indicators” option on the Gameplay section of the Options Page.
* A new “Cog Destruction” stat now appears under the boss health bar! Gain one point for each Cog destroyed and five points for destroying a Cog while it is disabling a trap.
* Corner traps are back to Quicksand.
* If a Toon destroys a Skelecog that is currently breaking a trap, the Toon earns significantly more department experience than they would usually earn for destroying Cogs.
* Skelecogs will attempt to target traps near the C.L.O. before breaking other traps around the room.
* Trap break time has been reduced from 12 seconds to 8 seconds.
* Minimum stun time for the C.L.O. has been reduced from 12 seconds to 10 seconds.
* When stunned, the C.L.O. will only target traps that are repaired.
* Damage dealt is now split amongst all Toons depending on how much sound knockback they dealt to the C.L.O.
* The Evidence Collection Box has been re-centered and made slightly bigger.
* The C.L.O.’s tornado attack now moves slightly faster across the room.
* The C.L.O. waits longer after doing her spin attack before doing another attack.
* When the C.L.O. does a spin attack, less paper particles are present.
* Slightly more cogs now spawn in the cannon round for bigger groups of Toons.
* Evidence requirements for level of sound gag in the cannon round are now +10 evidence across the board.

v1.1.0.1 BETA
* Midair movement control in the cannon round has been increased.
* .EXE Skelecogs are now present in the cannon round.
	+ .EXE Skelecogs move faster through the air, but reward the player extra evidence towards higher tier sound gags.
* Cogs in the cannon round will now slow down when changing directions.
* The speed of corner spotlights in the final round has been decreased.
* Skelecogs in the final round take 50% longer to break traps.
* Slightly increased healing from treasures in the final round.
* More treasures will spawn during the final round for larger groups of Toons.
* The C.L.O. will now be stunned for slightly longer at lower HP values.
* Corner traps are now Trapdoors.
* Bumpy will no longer prioritize placing/repairing Trapdoors.
* Quicksand traps on the far left and far right were brought closer towards the middle.
* Slightly lowered the volume of sound gags in the final round.
* Taunt phrases from the sound gag ‘Taunt’ mode no longer appear in the chat log.
* Adjusted the SFX that plays when paintings open.
* Slightly decreased C.L.O.’s attack damages.
* Bumpy’s Cog disguise should now be the same for all players.
* Fixed an issue where Toons sometimes weren’t properly set to their neutral animation in cutscenes.
* C&D’s now cost a quarter of the Cog’s level to use, rounded up. For example, suing a level 12 Cog will cost 3 C&D’s.
* Extra C&D’s awarded are now +2 per bonus as opposed to +1.

v1.1.0 BETA
* The C.L.O. has been added into the game, replacing the Chief Justice.
	+ There were a total of 3 tiers in the C.L.O., all depending on the average suit tier of the whole group.
	+ Cease and Desists, Cog Levels, and C.L.O's HP all depended on the tier that the Toons entered in.

## Trivia

* The C.L.O.'s name was initially revealed on the cogs.ink website, although she has been first addressed as "Ms. Morsecode" by Judy.
* The C.L.O. first appeared in the comic "Lawfice Space", though her face was out of scene or obscured.
	+ According to the comic, she used to work for S.C.R.E.W. LLC under the premise of a general counsel for 4 years. The location of the company happened to be in Smalltown, Pens-sylvania.
	+ It was also said that she was manufactured in Chicogo.
* The Executive Lawfice contains pictures of the 8 main Lawbot Cogs, a security Goon, and The Chairman.
* The C.L.O. is the only Boss Cog with a feminine figure and design.
* While Level 1 Bottom Feeders usually disable the option to skip this boss's cutscenes, it can also be disabled if someone has fought against the Chief Justice but not against the C.L.O..
* During the first cutscene, the disguised Toons will not sidestep for Lauren's escape if there are 6 Toons or less.
	+ This is the only visual effect that changes depending on the amount of Toons in a boss battle.
* The C.L.O. is the only C.O.G.S. Boss that cannot be defeated by any sort of damage; she must be knocked back into a Trap in order to drop her health down to 0.
* A C.L.O. is the chief lawyer of a legal department within a company.

## Gallery

* Official Artwork
* Screenshots/Misc. Images
* Renders

The C.L.O. attacking Toons from a BlogpostArtwork featuring the C.L.O.Promotional artwork featuring the C.L.O. for a charity steam with Clash Partner SmirkyThe C.L.O. in the comic "Lawfice Space"The C.L.O. in the comic "Hired Help"The C.L.O. featured in an official Twitter comicThe C.L.O. featured in an official Twitter comic

An image of how many solo defeats were completed for each C.O.G.S. Boss as of July 22, 2022Promotional image for a C.L.O. Gag randomizer event with Clash Partners

Renders of the CLO.Render of the Sound Evidence boxThe Sound Evidence box animation