Zootopia is a massive modern day city that covers 602.55 Square Miles; it is home to more than 4 Million citizens that cover a wide variety of species. The city holds a number of 7 unique ecosystems for each species that lives within the city limits. These Ecosystems are also known as districts, another term brought on shortly after the city was created. The Districts inside of Zootopia are as follows. Rainforest, Canal, TundraTown, Savanna, Saharah, Meadowlands and of course Zootope which is also known as Downtown. To date, more ecosystems or districts are currently being added to support a number of other species like aquatic creatures. The last Ecosystem on the list called Zootope takes up most of the city’s ground, while the others are roughly the same size. This is due to the fact that species from all other ecosystems can take residence there and coexist with little to no trouble from prey or predator.

Most of the city’s features can be found inside of the Zootope ecosystem, including but not limited to the industrial, commercial, residential, and recreational areas. Inside the city can be found a great wealth of all things any living creature might possibly desire. Airports, museums, Colleges, Universities, famous landmarks, huge malls, historical locations, concert venues, theme parks, well known places to eat, theaters, resorts, arcades, gardens, places to live and many other areas of interest fill the lands for all to enjoy.

Zootopia has been called the city of dreams, the city of luck, and the city of opportunity. There are many nicknames for it, but for those who have lived there the longest, they call it home.

Like all other Cities there is always something going on behind the scenes to make sure the city runs smoothly, safely, and very well so that chaos and riots are not unleashed upon all those that live there.

It is no different here in Zootopia, and Mayor Mosley runs the great city with fangs of steel, a heart of Iron, and great care for each and every person inside of his City. Things seem perfect from the outside, but they are far from that. Fear, Crime, Corruption, Greed, Inequality, Violence and more are hidden behind a silver curtain, stained in crimson.

To protect its citizens from all of those cruelties and other growing concerns, Zootopia has retrained their whole Police Force including their Cadets to handle the new threats within the city with great precision and skill. Trained like SWAT and given courses in investigation alongside general training, these new Police Officers have been slowly but aggressively cutting back on all crime inside of the city.

While they were distracted, something moved into place and laid a full deck out upon the table and was now moving its cards against them. Alongside rising random acts of violence, People started to vanish from the city at all times of the day, be it morning, afternoon, or night. Both predators and prey were falling victim, oddly enough there was a small case file with few leads to follow. It was as if the Government officials had little to no interest on the subject and were merely sweeping it under the rug, expecting it to pass in time or perhaps there was an ulterior motive at play.

The word about the vanishings was not officially announced to the public in fear of creating a riot or heavy amounts of civil unrest. Having the city angry and upset at the Officers who seemingly failed to do their job would only end badly for everyone involved.

Alongside the vanishings and violence, some predators were in fact going savage, attacking anyone and everyone near them, regardless if they were friends or family only moments before. This case, was also sealed and held from the public as much as it could be, though having a panther drop what he was doing and start attacking everyone around him was difficult to hide, even more so from the news who had a thirst for stories like that.

The Zootopia Law Enforcement was way in over its head as the unknown force continued to ruthlessly move against the city. No one knew exactly what was going on, but there were a lot of conversations being held behind closed and locked doors.

A group of newly trained arrivals (All of us) would be arriving at the Police Station in a couple of hours to receive their final part of training, which meant joining real officers while they went around the town with their numerous assignments. The Cadets had a great amount of promise and showed that they were the next generation of Officers for Zootopia, but would they be up to the tasks that were currently being forced into the Law Enforcements face? Only time would tell, and hopefully no blood would be spilled in the meantime.

For Immediate Release following Graduation from Basic Training.

The Zootopia Police Department would like to personally congratulate you on your graduation. You were trained under very close supervision and ruthlessly judged so that you could be the best officer that the academy could make you. Following your arrival at the monorail station, you will be given a form to fill out on the ride over to the Police Headquarters. It will ask for basic info including your full name, species, sex, age, a brief history, and your personality."

Once you have arrived at the Police Headquarters, your application is to be promptly submitted to Chief Onyx for review. He may have recommendations for you on different positions, but the choice in the end is ultimately up to you.

Thank you for your undying spirit and bravery Cadet, thank you for joining the Zootopia Law Enforcement Program, without you or your interest, our beloved city would fall to those who wish to bring it to its knees.

/Signed with respect,
Grand Commissioner Madison.

OOC: Hello everyone! Thanks for taking the time to read over all of this. As you can hopefully tell, this RP is based off the movie Zootopia. Its story takes place after the movies timeline, giving us a fresh story while staying in line with the lore. This RP's story is a bit more dark and mature than the movie but still stays true to it, I hope you are alright with that.

I have the RP application below, once you have filled it out and posted it in the OOC section, I will approve it or ask you to change one or two things to make it fit in better if there is something wrong. If I like what I see, I will ask you to post it in the Character sheet tab for the RP and you are good to get your first post in.

Everyone will be arriving at the Police Headquarters the way Lance (My main character) did in the opening IC post, by monorail train then by bus. In your opening IC post, after you have arrived, Chief Onyx (My other character) will want your character to hand over your application to him, he will look it over and then assign you to a squad. (The same squad my main character is in.)

I can promise that I have a plethora of ideas laid out and ready to go once we get the story running. Not all of the RP will be action and suspense though, there will of course be other things going on outside of the police station, like normal police activity, social events, even R&R at times.

Character Sheet

Name:

Species:

Sex:

Age:

Brief History:

Personality:

Rules:

1: No God-Modding

2: No Meta-Gaming

3: Please show each other respect.

4: If something is wrong or someone is bothering you in the RP please let me know via PM.

5: Two paragraphs per post please and thank you.

6: Please use common sense when posting.

7: If you have any questions, please let me or my Co-GM know, we are here to help!

8: Have Fun! (A recommendation, not a rule.)

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Brief History: Liza was born in Zootopia, into a crime-ridden neighbourhood in tundratown. Living with weasels, foxes, rats and literal slum dogs taught her everything she never wanted to know about being faster and smarter than the average thug, from childhood age on. Though she had to play her role in this society for years to survive, it never felt as right to her as it did to her siblings. She had secret aspirations to be more than just a thief since her first game of cops and robbers, but her family met those with mockery. How could a fox, born into a family of scoundrels, living the life of a smuggler and thief ever be something as ridiculous as a cop?
Then, one fateful day, Liza's wishes became more than empty daydreaming when the mammal initiative program was in the news. Proving to be effective, not just did it involve a rabbit in police duty, but also a fox. That was the wink of faith Liza needed.She virtually up and left home, knowing she would get no sympathy or support from her family. She enrolled to police training and though it was everything but easy, her dedication and endurance allowed her to pass. Now she's on her way to official police duty, full of confidence, excitement and pride.

Personality: Liza is a righteous person with a strong sense for justice and responsibility. Most of the time she acts in a by-the-book way because she genuinely believes that following the rules is what keeps people alive in this line of work. But there are times when she is willing to disregard her directives, or even the law, if it means preventing harm. She is mostly free of racial bias and spends a lot of effort to fight it wherever possible. The reason why the fox joined the force to begin with was to escape a life of stereotyping and crime.
Liza may not be the smartest by her peers standards, but she's damn fast for a fox. Her relatively small size makes her ideal for scouting jobs, and due to her foxy nature she's a likely candidate for undercover work and recon. Being physically fit allows her to chase and restrain similar-sized animals, but obviously she would struggle against bigger targets. Her attention span is quite limited, making her very unfit for uneventful jobs such as parking duty. Also, she wants to believe there's some good in everyone, so she's essentially defenseless against puppy-eyes. Because predators are unjustly demonized (foxes in particular!). And prey can't do anything bad anyway. Read: gullible to a fault. This is psychologically based on her being familiar with steal-or-starve situations, and she's working hard to improve, but it remains her biggest weakness.

Name:Ralph McCooney

Species:Procyon Iotor, aka Raccoon

Sex:Male

Age: 19

Brief History: Ralph's upbringing was a lot like most of the other city 'scavengers'. His mother died just after his birth, the sixth of six cubs left to fend against the harsh reality of poverty. His father worked meager job after meager job, earning the family a meager living. Ralph knew how hard he tried too, more than anyone. It was just hard finding honest, decent-paying work with the notion of thievery constantly plaguing his opportunities.

That was the part Ralph hated most. Few realized that, paradoxically, the only reason his family needed to steal was because of the preconception of all raccoons as thieves.

As their misconceptions grew, so did his skill as a thief. Ralph, by the age of four, was a master of the trade of 'scavenging'. Unlike his siblings, however, he always wished for more, a more fulfilling life with the goal of breaking the barriers founded by previous generations and proving that his people, and scavengers in general, were more than the trash they were forced to eat. He vowed early on that he would be the first of his family to make a significant difference, to make things better.

Thus, the day came that he began working for his dream, a position as a full-fledged member of the ZPD. What better way to change a system of injustice than by becoming a figure of justice? What better day to change than today?

Personality: Ralph may be described as one who is driven. This, however, would be an understatement. His goals dominate most of his time, thought, and resources. He is incredibly determined, so much so that even the most daunting of challenges he can overcome. These challenges he views as entertaining, a break from the frequent recurrence of everyday events. Because of this, one might say Ralph excels under pressure.

Ralph is a somewhat stereotypical intellect, curious of everything. Perhaps the most captivating topic to him is the behavior of others. He hopes one day to use his observations to put forth some working explanation for the division of society based on issues that resolved long ago. He, however, often looks past the emotional attachments of the present and past. He makes decisions based mostly on cold logic rather than being rash. In fact, he might be described as detached from anything that doesn't involve his primary goals. Because of this, he is sometimes intolerant of those that he deems 'excessively emotional'.

All in all, Ralph seems rather aloof to those he is not familiar with. For those he calls friends, however, he would do most anything for.

Name: Zachary Ursa

Species: Brown bear

Sex: Male

Age: 27

Brief History:
Born in the heart and center of Tundratown, Zach's life was more-or-less average. His father tried his best to raise him all by his own, eventually having to resign his duty as an officer from the ZPD just so he could devote more time to him. Ever since he was young the bear had idolized his father for striving to protect those who could not protect themselves, blisfully unaware that the world outside the confines of his own home were far from being the dreamscape he had always thought it to be.

Rather than just standby and have his dreams just stay idle, the ursine decided to take action and just accept everything with a smile for the time being, even with all the prejudice and misconceptions surrounding the city. Wanting to make his father proud, he followed in his footsteps and enrolled himself for the ZPD, ready to serve and most importantly, protect. The big, ball of fur could hardly wait, he just hopes that wherever his mother may be now she's proud.

Personality:
Zachary is, hands-down, an optimist. At first glance he has many attributes that would make him a great officer; brave(If a little reckless at times), clever, loyal, friendly, and definitely athletic. Yet at the same time, he lacks focus and discipline, refuses to acknowledge his failures and doesn't know when to give up, even when all hope is clearly lost. It takes a serious and grave matter for him to get his act together.

Adding to that, he is loudmouthed and can come off as insensitive at times, unaware that his jokes and off-handed comments sometimes hurt his own colleagues. Despite this however, he tries his hardest to make friends with many of those he comes across and makes an effort to befriend everyone in the station, trying to avoid any stereotypes as he can, which more often than not tends to work against him. And his laid-back attitude often leaves him assigned to more menial tasks and duties, something that he doesn't mind but annoys him to no end.

He is also quite conscious about his own image, often believing himself to be a tad too pudgy.