Name: Republic Senate Guard
Intent: Provide an elite security force responsible for defending Senators of the Galactic Republic and any associated facilities.
Affiliation: The Galactic Republic
Availability: Rare
Type: Protective Security and Law Enforcement (Training is primarily from a law enforcement background, but they do received limited exposure to certain military tactics, techniques, and procedures for the purposes of high-threat protection).
Strength: 800 Total Members
Description: The Senate Guard was recreated out of existing police forces assigned to the Galactic Republic Guard in the wake of the Republic's reorganization into a Triumvirate. Reporting to the Head of Government through the Galactic Republic Guard command, the Senate Guard is responsible not only for law enforcement and protective functions in the Senate Building, but the entire Senate District. Guards are also found on senatorial transports.
While their primary mission is the protection of senators from external threats, they also conduct law enforcement investigations into any threats against the Senate and monitor internal activities such as attempts at bribery or blackmail.
Senate Guards receive extensive training in Hijkata Martial Arts, weapons training (including Force Pikes), and vehicle operations in addition to mandatory law enforcement and protective security disciplines.
Personal security detachments are assigned as follows:
-All Senate buildings/complexes have 24/7 security.
-All Senators traveling on official business will receive a two guard compliment unless they already have a permanent Senate Guard detail. If multiple Senators travel together, they only receive two guards for the entire group unless traveling with a Committee Chair or the Chief of Senate.
-Regular Senators receive no mobile security (once they leave work, they are on their own). I imagine their home world would provide them with some type of security. In this instance - they are limited to a maximum of four and must be approved by the Republic Guard.
-Committee Chairs receive a four guard compliment. Guards rotate in pairs through twelve hour shifts.
-Chief of Senate receives a ten guard compliment. Four guards remain with the Senator whenever they are awake. The other six rotate through eight hour shifts in pairs and maintain 24/7 security at whatever residence the Senator presently occupies.
Senators are permitted to retain their own personal guard services with the exception of Committee Chairs and the Chief of Senate. No armed non-Senate Guard security details will be permitted inside facilities protected by the Senate Guard or in the presence of the Chief of Senate.
OOC: Senators assigned Senate Guards may NPC them. Just understand that any Senate Guard character, the Chief of Senate, or Chief of Government can override the individual Senator's NPCing of Senate Guards should the privilege be abused.
Bottom Line: No they will not turn a blind eye to senators doing dumb things, and they're not a bunch of babbling idiots that are never where they need to be on time. For all intents and purposes they are the perfect guardian angels.
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