Spacelaw Rewrite Draft #1

###### tags: `Admin` # Spacelaw Rewrite Draft #1 NOTE: Primary law categories + entries translated to Markdown by silicons. Written by R3dtaile. Will update when the situation changes. ## WIP sections - Include IC security guidelines vs hard security policy here? - Rules of engagement? - Arrest procedures/use of force? - Potentially have 4 sections instead of 3? Do we need it? Rounds are extremely short in comparison to HRP servers (2 hours minimum transfer time), do we have time to separate even harder? ## Minor Crimes | Crime | Description | Suggested Sentence | Maximum Sentence | Notes | Fine (If Applicable) | Code | | ----------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---- | | Resisting Arrest | To not cooperate with an officer who attempts a proper arrest. | 1-5 Minutes | Demotion | Follow proper arrest procedure and have a legitimate cause to arrest in the first place before you brig a suspect for this. Suspects who scream bloody murder while being arrested are not cooperating | 25-100 Credits | 101 | | Drug Possession | To possess space drugs or other narcotics by unauthorised personnel. | 1-5 Minutes | Demotion | Botanists and MedSci staff are authorised to possess drugs for purposes of their jobs and are not subject to this regulation so long as they are not distributing or using them for profit or recreation. Cannabis and Cannabis related products were legalized sometime in the 21st century, don't try and bring back such archaic regulations | 25-100 Credits | 102 | | Trespassing | To be in an area which a person does not have access to, without permission from those who do have access. Public spaces, such as a lobby, under the control of a specific department are subject to this should the department staff find you have no reason to be there at all or you are disrupting the regular service of that department, and ask you to leave. This includes the Bar, Library, and Chapel | 1-5 Minutes | Demotion | Remember that people can either break in, sneak in, or be let in. Be careful of closing doors behind you. Additionally, if the suspect trespassing leaves of their own free will will likely receive lesser punishment than someone who requires security to escort them out. | 25-100 Credits | 103 | | Indecent Exposure | To be intentionally, publically, and willfully nude | 1-5 Minutes | Demotion | Someone just out of cloning is NOT breaking this regulation. Someone with a gear harness is NOT breaking this regulation unless their genitals are exposed. Someone running around naked in the hall for no reason, IS breaking this regulation | 25-100 Credits | 104 | | Disturbing the Peace | Intentionally and publicly engaging in erotic acts, leaving garbage around the station. Generally benign, but unsavory practices that are more annoying but not severe enough to constitute Vandalism | Warning | 1-5 Minutes | Pick up that can is in full effect here. Focus on credit punishments. If the behavior increases, escalate to Vandalism. Intent behind the perpetrator matters as well and is the key difference between this and Vandalism | 25-100 Credits | 105 | | Harassment | To persistently insult, stalk, ridicule, or otherwise intentionally bring stress upon another crew member | 1-5 Minutes | Demotion | If a crew member has been following you around for seemingly no reason despite the accusor asking the perpetrator to stop, Security should be brought in to make it stop. If the Harassment is sexual in nature, use that charge instead. Security should, ideally, try to mediate the issue between the two parties (time allowing) before resorting to punishment. Constructive Criticism does not constitute harassment. | 25-100 Credits | 106 | | Failure to Execute an Order | To ignore or disregard a superior's valid order | 5 Minutes | Demotion | If the order is stupid, or causes you to willfully break other laws and regulations, the order can safely be ignored and should complain to the next-highest-member of authority. However, if the order is perfectly within your job description, you should do it or resign. If someone's inability to follow an order causes severe damage, serious injury, or loss of life, see "Failure to Execute an Order with Serious Consequences" | 100 Credits | 107 | | Vandalism | To deliberately damage or deface the station with, or without, malicious intent. Damaging robots counts towards this | 2-5 Minutes | Demotion | Anything from minor 1 meter (1 tile) breaches to making a mess of the place with crayons, spraypaint, etc. | 100 Credits | 106 | | Minor Contraband | To be in possession of contraband, including drugs, that isn't dangerous to other members of the crew. | 1-5 Minutes, Confiscation of Contraband | Demotion, Confiscation of Contraband | Up in the air on what should, or ought to, qualify as contraband or if we wish to make this a regulation/law at all. Chameleon Kits, kevlar pieces, ablative armor pieces, meth, etc. might qualify as this. Things that aren't lethal outright. | 25-100 Credits | 107 | | Obstruction of Duty | TO negatively interfere with the duties of the crew | Similar Sentence if interrupting a security officer making an arrest. Otherwise, 1-5 Minutes | Similar Sentence if interrupting a security officer making an arrest. Otherwise, Demotion | Potentially a higher level crime depending on what sort of duty is being obstructed. But, for relatively minor incidences of wasting peoples time. Up For Debate on how this ought to be handled. Additionally, if you are crowding around a scene, or injured people, without making it easy for security officers, engineers, doctors, etc. to do their duty, expect to be charged with this. | Similar Fee if interrupting a security officer making an arrest. Otherwise: 25-100 Credits | 108 | | Operating Under the Influence | To operate heavy machinery, or sensitive/dangerous equipment while under the effects of drugs or alcohol | Detain Until Sober | Demotion | If you are too drunk to talk straight, you are too drunk to safely pilot a mech, handle weapons, distribute medicine, etc. Exceptions include: Medical personnel with antihol on them, and engineers dealing with radioactivity during an emergency | N/A | 109 | | Minor Negligence | To engage in negligent behavior leading to minor injury or damage, without deliberate intent | Warning | Demotion | Applies only if the damage/hazard is minor and easily fixable. Such as a janitor failing to place wet floor signs resulting in crew members slipping. Typically, cases of simply forgetting to do a small part of the job that winds up negatively impacting others. If more significant repurcussions occur, or willful and deliberate behavior is detected, higher charges can apply. | 100 Credits | 110 | | Minor Assault | To cause injury to another employee, or brandishing a weapon with intent to cause injury to another. | 5 Minutes, confiscation of weaponry if any | Demotion | If the weaponry is used, it gets upgraded to Major Assault. If the aggressor puts someone into critical condition, it gets upgraded to Major Assault or Attempted Murder. This is typically for small fights that break out into violence up until someone is at risk of dying, and then it gets upgraded. | N/A | 111 | ## Severe Crimes |Code|Crime |Description |Suggested Sentence |Maximum Sentence |Fee/Labor Camp Time |Notes | |----|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |201 |Failure to Execute an Order with Serious Consequences|To ignore or disregard a superior's valid orders, which then causes serious damage to property or life |5-10 Minutes |Demotion |250-500 Credits, 1000 points labor camp|An escalation of the minor version. However, this charge is for orders that result in direct, measurable damage and or loss of life | |202 |Suicide Attempt |To attempt or threaten to comit suicide |Psychiatric Evaluation |Get Central Command Involved |N/A |Bodies are cheap but not that cheap. (Our rules disallow suicide without good reason, so, best to ahelp when incidences like this happen). | |203 |Infiltration |To attempt to, or successfully, enter a high-security area without authorization. |5-10 Minutes |Transfer (If Armoury), Demotion, or Permanent Containment|250-500 Credits, 500 points labor camp |Areas include: AI core/upload, Armory, Bridge, Head of Staff Offices, R&D Server Room, Telecomms, Toxins Storage, Vault, And Virology. Asking the AI does not constitute permission. | |204 |Illegal Blocking of Areas |To make an area inaccessible to areas for those with appropriate access |5-10 Minutes |Demotion |250-500 Credits, 500 points labor camp |Bolting off departments, tampering with doors, and blockading hallways constitutes this. More severe if it winds up interfering with a significant number of crewmembers' duties | |205 |Excessive Force |To use more than the required force to subdue a suspect |5-10 Minutes |Demotion |N/a |Abusing Prisoners, harm-batonning, using force against an unarmed and compliant suspect, and misuse of lethal weapons warrant this charge. | |206 |Mistreatment of Prisoners |To intentionally act, or cause an act that puts a non-hostile prisoners' well-being in danger |5-10 Minutes |Demotion |N/a |Preventing proper treatment from being given to a prisoner, abusing a prisoner, and preventing them ffrom having access to a viable method of communication. If a prisoner dies because of mistreatment, this charge should be upgraded to Murder or Manslaughter depending on Intent behind the mistreatment | |207 |Severe Contraband |Poessession of Items that are dangerous, and designed with intent of subterfuge, or sabotage. |5-10 Minutes |Demotion |250-500 Credits, 500 points labor camp |Powersinks, Emags, Illegal Implants, Illegal Genetic Abilities, and Ultimately probably needs further discussion. This just follows the idea of Minor->Severe-> Major that I designed this around | |208 |Exceeding Official Powers |To act beyond what is allowed by the Chain of Command |5-10 Minutes |Demotion |250-500 Credits, 500 points labor camp |In the incident of Heads of Staff abusing their authority or crossing the line into other departments. Such as: Heads of Staff acting like security officers, Heads of Staff disregarding the law or regulations, Heads of Staff ignoring valid orders from the Captain, and security officers ordering around non-security personnel in situations not related to Security duties.| |209 |Illegal Detention, Arrest, or Holding |To arrest, brig, capture, or punish an employee without proper cause or reason. |5-10 Minutes |Demotion |N/A |This is a catch-all for Kidnapping done by non-security personnel, and wrongdoing on security personnel's part. | |210 |Severe Negligence |To fail to perform a job to a satisfactory standard, or to create a dangerous situation without taking proper precautions to mitigate the danger|5-10 Minutes |Demotion |250-500 Credits, 500 points labor camp |An upgraded charge from Minor Negligence based purely on the scale of damage potentially being caused. Intent heavily matters. Accidentally spacing departments, the chef leaving animal corpses around their kitchen, and medical not keeping their operating room clean of miasma constitute this, among other similar scenarios. | |211 |Severe Assault |To severely wound another person, bringing them into critical condition |5-10 Minutes |Demotion |250-500 Credits, 500 points labor camp |The key difference between this and Attempted Murder mostly comes up to intent. If the perpetrator intervened in medical intervention, or did anything of the sort to make it more difficult to heal the victim, the chances of it being considered Attempted Murder is high | |212 |Escaping From Confinement |To escape from confinement as someone who was serving a non-life sentence or was awaiting judgment |Restarting the timer on their original sentence, plus 5 minutes.|Upgrade their sentence to Permanent Confinement |N/A |Only applies to those escaping the normal holding cells. People escaping from Permanent Confinement should see "Escaping from Permanent Confinement" | |213 |Theft |To take items from areas one does not have access to, or ot take items belonging to others or the station as a whole. |5-10 Minutes |Demotion |250-500 Credits, 500 points labor camp |Valuable items that are in limited supply fall into this. However, weapons typically fall under Major Contraband depending on the sort of weapon. | ## Capital Crimes |Code|Crime |Description |Suggested Sentence |Maximum Sentence |Fee/Labor Camp Time |Notes | |----|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |301 |Murder |To kill someone with premeditated malicious intent |15 Minutes, tracking and chemical implant|Transfer |N/A |Intent is important, and is the key deciding factor between this and manslaughter. | |302 |Attempted Murder |To attempt to kill someone with premeditated malicious intent |15 Minutes, tracking and chemical implant|Permanent Containment |1000 Labor Camp Points |The difference between Attempted Murder and Murder is that, the victim never died . The intent to murder is still there, and depends on if the perpretrator seems remorseful and able to be rehabilitated | |303 |Mutiny |To openly rebel against or attempt to remove command staff with violent intent to remove the command staff from power |Rehabilitation |Transfer, or Exile |N/A |Discerned as a cooperative effort among crewmembers to overthrow command staff through violent means. Basically, how to deal with Rebels. But open enough in interpretation to deal with other forms of mutiny, such as overthrowing a bad head of staff. Context matters here| |304 |Terrorism |To engage in maliciously destructive actions, which seriously threaten the crew or station |Permanent Confinement |Transfer, or Exile |N/A |Deliberately releasing the singularity, wanton bombings, and arson on a high scale constitute this. | |305 |Escaping from Permanent Confinement|To attempt or successfully escape from Permanent Confinement |Replacing back in Permanent Confinement |Transfer |N/A |It depends on the context of their escape depending on which form of punishment they deserve from this charge. A violent escape should be much more severely punished than taking advantage of a careless security guard, after all. | |306 |Sexual Assault |To assault, or attempt to assault, someone else sexually, including rape |Permanent Confinement |Transfer | |Our rules dissalow people getting people involved with their non-consensual ERP scenes. So, if this happens you should still charge them appropriately, and ahelp the situation. | |307 |Major Contraband |Posessession of Items that are extremely dangerous, and designed with intent of terrorism, mass murder, and station destruction.|15 Minutes, tracking and chemical implant|Permanent Confinement |1000 Credits, 1000 Points in the Labor Camp|Weapons of mass destruction, possession of explosives, and fire-arms constitute Major Contraband. Items of extreme danger to the station and fellow crew members. | |308 |Wrongful Execution |To execute a crew member who later turned out to be innocent |Demotion |Charge the executor with Murder| |Execution should be the last possible option with regards to dealing with a prisoner. And thus, you should be absolutely sure that you have everything sorted out and proven before performing the execution. | |309 |Grand Theft |To steal items of high value that are impossible, or incredibly difficult, to replicate |15 Minutes |Demotion |1000 Credits, 1000 Points in the Labor Camp|Stealing the hand teleporter, the captain's antique laser, the Captain's Spare, the HOS' gun, and other high-profile items without a good reason constitute this. |