Boink Guard
Boink Guard is the force responsible for planetary and solar system security in the Boink system. They oversee various space stations, spaceports and starships, as well as patrol the planet's surface. Their science division also does some space exploration.[1]
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Uniforms
Boink Guard uniforms consist of a collar and sometimes briefs and top, with the color denoting service branch. Boink Guard is just as clothing-optional as the rest of Boink society.
Collar
The Boink Guard uniform collar is technically all that is required for a service member to be in uniform. The collar contains a communicator, 360 degree holographic imaging system that functions as a camera, and a personal-defense forcefield. Rank pips are also worn on the collar.
Briefs and Top
The briefs and top are worn primarily for the benefit of other races. Both articles are designed to be easy to slip on and off and are unisex and stretchy, to accommodate Foozle gender changing.
Service Branches
Command
Members of the Command career track, such as starship captains, first officers, and tactical officers, have magenta uniforms. If you want to know who's in charge, look for the magenta collar with the most impressive array of rank pips.
Engineering
Members of the Engineering career track wear teal uniforms and often have additional bracers and shin guards with pockets and tools kept handy. The stereotypical Boink Guard Engineer is a Delos, though there doesn't seem to be any particular reason for that other than recruitment posters and entertainment media.
Helpmate
The Helpmate branch is unique to Boink's defense service. Helpmates have yellow uniforms and tend to wear a visor and are more likely to be wearing the briefs, top, or both than other service branches. The Helpmate Corps serves Boink and its orbital habitats as an assisting force, something like a cross between helpstaff and lifeguards. They are in constant contact with an orbiting space station so they may coordinate their movements and actions, to best provide assistance and information to the public and make sure the peace is kept by guests visiting Boink.
Theatre of Operation
Boink Guard is primarily concerned with keeping the peace and providing security in and around Boink. The nature of Boink's economy means that appropriations bills are not fought over in a public legislature, and therefore the exact force mix employed is kept secret quite effectively. It is known that Boink Guard ships tend to be well lit and have enough personnel space to avoid crowding.[2]
