MLA
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By the turn of the millenium, Hong Kong refugees, Welsh and Scottish nationalists joining the IRA and little confidence in the monarchy finally spelled the doom of the King.
In 2001, the army staged a coup, placing the country into martial law until the situation stabilized. However, by 2020 the Royal Family has scattered, the law has gotten stricter, akin to a feudal dictatorship, and technology has only aided that.
Special Operations
The MLA's troops are some of the best there are. Although most inner cities only get serviced by the Metropolitan Police (read: cops with handguns and an itchy trigger finger), it only takes one glimpse from the EYE to get noticed and you might get a squad dispatched to your place and they won't ask questions.
Metropolitan Officers
Due to violent crime rates skyrocketing by 2010, the MLA passed legislation to enable all Officers operating under its rule to carry a firearm, including civil engineers, garbage disposal units and so on. As such, while only the Police have the authority to shoot wanted criminals, Officers (of any kind) are encouraged to apply reason to self-defense situations - better a dead civilian than a dead bureaucrat, after all.
- By default, all Officers are required to wear a high-visibility vest with MLA markings, including bold letters on the back.
- Only Police Officers deploy Medium or Heavy Armorjack along with these vests. They are also required to wear badges somewhere visible, an identification code and have an installed cyberoptic that always records while on-duty. Besides the Smart Guns Kang Tao MLA-issued Heavy Pistol, beat cops also have a shoulder weapon like a Shotgun or a Rifle, usually single fire.
- Civil Officers are outfitted with Light Armorjack or less. They are required to provide identification to their technical office only upon request from an authority. They usually carry a Power Guns Militech Heavy Pistol, but some prefer to also acquire Personal Defense Weapons (Heavy SMGs)