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{{Infobox Organization
|Name= UEE Advocacy
|Parent = [[StarCitizen:United Empire of Earth]]
|Image = CS SC UEE ADVOCACY 01A.jpg
|Type = [[StarCitizen::Category:UEE Government Agencies|Government Agency]]
|Founded = {{Start date and age|2523|sctime=yes}}
||Focus = Law Enforcement, Espionage
|Headquarters=Office of the Advocacy - [[StarCitizen:New York]], [[StarCitizen:Earth]], [[StarCitizen:Sol]]|Leader=Director [[StarCitizen:Thomas Carmody]]}}

'''UEE Advocacy''' (commonly referred to as '''The Advocacy''') is an inter-system police force that handles the legal and law enforcement duties of the [[StarCitizen:United Empire of Earth|United Empire of Earth (UEE)]].<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VDoP5pmODk-advocacy|text=Galactapedia: Advocacy|accessdate=2024-06-04}}</ref> While the Advocacy does handle fugitives, they have been known to outsource to the [[StarCitizen:Bounty Hunters Guild]].<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/12926-Faction-Logo-UEE-Advocacy|text=FACTION LOGO: UEE ADVOCACY|accessdate=2020-03-20}}</ref>

The Director of the Advocacy reports to the [[StarCitizen:High-Advocate]] and oversees all law enforcement throughout the UEE. While local systems and planets do have their own police and security, the Advocacy supersedes their authority and its agents are authorized to exercise more power in pursuit of crimes across systems.

{{Quote|A friend of mine was telling me they got stopped by the Advocacy the other day for no reason. One moment they're flying, the next they're stopped and scanned. Worst part is I'm not even surprised.|NPC conversation<ref>{{Cite game|build=Alpha 4.3.2|accessdate=2025-10-20}}</ref>}}

== Description ==
<blockquote>The Advocacy is an inter-system police force overseeing law enforcement in the UEE. Advocacy agents are authorized to pursue crimes across jurisdictions within the empire, and often coordinate large scale investigations targeting some of Humanity's worst offenders.<ref>[https://pastebin.com/8Z3ugaQa Datamined Description] — PTU 4.3.1</ref></blockquote>

==History==

Formed in 2523 when the [[StarCitizen:United Nations of Earth]] transformed into the [[StarCitizen:United Planets of Earth|United Planets of Earth (UPE)]]. The Advocacy was designed to be an inter-system police force under the High Advocate. During the fascist [[StarCitizen:Messer Era]], the Advocacy took on a darker role as the [[StarCitizen: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 [[StarCitizen:Banu]] or [[StarCitizen: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.<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/12946-Writers-Guide-Part-One|text=Writer's Guide - Part One|accessdate=April 4th 2013}}</ref>

==Ranks==

*[[StarCitizen:High-Advocate]] (oversees The Advocacy)
*Director (highest position within The Advocacy), currently [[StarCitizen:Thomas Carmody]].<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite RSI|text=Comm-Link:Advocacy Archive - Operation Forseti|int=Comm-Link:Advocacy Archive - Operation Forseti|url=comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/15547-Advocacy-Archive}}</ref>
*Assistant Director
*Deputy Assistant Director
*[[StarCitizen:Section Chief]] (SC) (oversees Advocacy activity in one system)
*[[StarCitizen:Assistant Section Chief]] (ASC)
*[[StarCitizen:Special Agent-in-Charge]] (SAC)
*[[StarCitizen:Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge]] (ASAC)
*[[StarCitizen:Supervisory Special Agent]] (SSA)
*[[StarCitizen:Special Agent]] (SA)<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/12980-Writers-Guide-Part-Five|text=Writer's Guide: Part Five|accessdate=May 2nd 2013}}</ref>

==Gallery==
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==See also==

*[[StarCitizen::Category:Advocacy Archive]]

==References==
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[[Category:Law enforcement agencies]]
[[Category:Security organizations]]
[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:United Empire of Earth Advocacy]]
[[Category:UEE Government Agencies]]