UEE ADVOCACY / ADV0CACY

Formed in 2523 when the United Nations of Earth transformed into the United Planets of Earth (UPE). The Advocacy was designed to be an inter-system police force under the High Advocate. During the fascist Messer Era, the Advocacy took on a darker role as the Imperator’s Secret Police, Intelligence, and Espionage agency. The extent of their actions are still unknown but Advocacy officials at the time were implicated in high-profile assassinations, the apprehension and torture of non-compliant elements in the populace, and propaganda mongers.

When the Imperator fell, they were reconstituted to their original purpose. While most planets were expected to police themselves, the Advocacy handled crimes that crossed planets and systems, fugitives and even extra-jurisdictional extractions (pursuit into Banu or Xi’An territory). Advocacy Agents are generally feared among the criminal community. They are well-trained in pursuit and apprehension techniques, equal parts hotshot pilot and thorough investigator. Most Advocacy Agents operate alone but teams of them can be dispatched for high-profile targets or situations of implied violence. The real danger of the Advocacy Agent is what they represent. A criminal could kill a cop and could probably kill an Agent under good circumstances… but they will just send another and another until they ghost him.

While the Advocacy does handle fugitives, they have been known to outsource to the Bounty Hunter Guild.

The High-Advocate is the leader of the judiciary and law enforcement branch in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). Laws that have passed through the Senate and have been approved by the Imperator are interpreted and enforced by the High-Advocate, then funneled to local governments for adoption. Originally created as an elected office in 2523, the position was dissolved by Ivar Messer I in 2546. It was re-established in 2793, after the events of the Anti-Messer Revolution deposed Imperator Linton Messer XI, ending over 200 years of despotic rule. The High-Advocate is nominated by the newly-elected Imperator but must be approved by the Directors Council, a committee composed of the heads of the various law enforcement and judicial departments that fall under the High Advocate’s control. This structure was set up after the end of the Messer Era to prevent future Imperators from treating the Advocacy and other departments as a private security force.