An organization known as 5 Points acts as judge, jury, and executioner, utilizing marshals and their subordinates to enforce laws worldwide. Each of the five 5 Points locations is overseen by either a Gold Marshal or a Platinum Marshal. These branch leaders must attend meetings with other marshals and the council to discuss crime rates, branch jurisdiction, and orders from the council.
In this world, technology resembles that of the Industrial Revolution, featuring steam power, telephone booths, office phones, radios, and electricity, as well as steam-powered trains, cars, and motorcycles in major cities. In the countryside, it is common to see travel by horse or horse-drawn carriage, while long journeys are typically made by train or boat.
At any given time, only five Gold Star Marshals may serve, and among these five, only one may be promoted to Platinum Marshal, should that ever occur.
The council dictates law and order and is divided into five cores:
1. Command Core
2. Combat Core
3. Apprehension Core
4. Medical Core
5. R&D/Intelligence Core
**Power Structure:**
Marshals are the highest-ranking members, followed by Sheriffs and then Deputies. This group operates separately from the traditional rank structure of officers, which includes four segments: Bronze Star, Silver Star, Gold Star, and Platinum Star.
To become a Platinum Star, a Gold Star Marshal must meet one of two requirements:
1. They must be a Marshal class, Gold level, and their star badge must glow strongly enough to transform into Platinum. This activates the badge's latent power of "field promotion," allowing them to be promoted to the next highest rank in an emergency. Once this happens, the transformation is complete, providing a power boost and changing the star's color to a glowing white.
2. Approval from at least four Gold Star Marshals and the sentient beings within the star badges.
Only ranked law enforcement officers of Lieutenant and above are given badges that unlock their abilities. The ranks are as follows:
- Lieutenants: Bronze Star
- Captains to Lieutenant Colonel: Silver Star
- Colonels: Gold Star
After the Colonel rank, there are the Deputy, Sheriff, and Marshal ranks, each with Bronze, Silver, and Gold segments.
To obtain a rank as an officer, one must do one of the following:
- Prove themselves as a law enforcement officer and work their way up.
- Be appointed to the position by a ranking officer, not exceeding their own rank (meaning they cannot promote someone higher than their own rank).
- Be appointed a rank by the council if the individual has a star badge power deemed useful.
- Receive a field promotion (which is rare and happens automatically, dictated by the badge, as seen with the Platinum Star).
The ranks start at Lawman, followed by Lawman First Class, then Sergeant, and after that, Lieutenant. Captain-class officers have appointed Lieutenants, with only one Captain per company. However, all officers above Captain have the right to choose an assistant leader, meaning a Captain or Major can be chosen to assist a Lieutenant Colonel, and so forth. This means that just because an officer is a Captain or Major, they don't necessarily have to be in charge of a company.
A Lieutenant has the equivalent power of a platoon of soldiers.
A Captain through Major has the equivalent power of a company of soldiers.
A Lieutenant Colonel has the equivalent power of a battalion of soldiers.
A Colonel has the equivalent power of a brigade of soldiers (1,000 to 3,000 officers).
A General has the equivalent power of a division of soldiers (10,000 to 16,000 officers).
A Deputy and above have the equivalent power of a corps of officers or higher, capping at:
- 500,000 for a Platinum Star
- 450,000 for a Gold Star Marshal
- 400,000 for a Silver Star Marshal
- 350,000 for a Bronze Star Marshal
- 300,000 for a Gold Star Sheriff
- 250,000 for a Silver Star Sheriff
- 200,000 for a Bronze Star Sheriff
- 150,000 for a Gold Star Deputy
- 100,000 for a Silver Star Deputy
- 50,000 for a Bronze Star Deputy
This means if a basic Lawman has a combat power level of 100, then a Gold Marshal's combat power would be 45 million, indicating they would require someone of similar strength to fight them. An outlaw's bounty reflects their combat power and is equivalent to a lawmens rank.
**Bounty Hunters:**
Bounty hunters are not officially recognized as officers, but they have the authority to capture outlaws, dead or alive. They often belong to bounty hunter gangs or guilds, and some possess non-lethal abilities while others have lethal ones. Once branded as bounty hunters, they gain abilities tailored to them, derived from their soul, which can take various forms.
All commissioned officers, namely Lieutenants and above, have star badge powers which they retain until death. At that point, their position is taken by the next person in line and their star badge is given to a new lietenant.
Bounty hunters do not receive star badges because they do not fight for justice but rather for personal goals. They earn money for the bounties they collect, which also allows them to gain respect and increase their rankings among other bounty hunters. The higher the rank of the bounty hunter, the more they can earn, further reflecting their skills and reputation in the field.