TGMC:Military Law

Marine law is the code of laws which all members of the ship's crew are expected to follow, to be enforced by the Military Police and CMP.

Crime Reference Table

Crimes are grouped by "theme" (number) and severity (letter).

Code	--A - Minor	--B - Medium	--C - Major	--X - Capital
01		Assault	Aggravated Assault	Murder
02		Insubordination	Desertion	Sedition
03	Petty Theft	Theft		Grand Theft
04	Hooliganism	Disorderly Conduct
05		Sexual Harrassment		Sexual Assault
06	Trespass	Resisting Arrest	Manslaughter

Operating Procedure

Arrest Procedure

Compliant Suspect

If the arrestee has surrendered or is compliant:

1. Verbally inform the arrestee of the charges against them, and that they are under arrest.
2. Instruct them to either get on the ground or stand against the wall.
3. Secure them, with cuffs or equivalent.
4. Return them to the Brig for processing.

Non-Compliant Suspect

If the arrestee runs from you or otherwise non-harmfully attempts to prevent their own arrest, you may do the following:

1. Secure the suspect using non-lethal means, such as a taser.
2. If the area is secure, inform them of their charges; otherwise, move them to a secure area before doing so.
3. Bring them to the Brig.

Dangerous Suspect

If the arrestee is not from your faction and is armed and threatening you, you may do the following:

1. Neutralise the arrestee, doing your best to do so non-lethally.
2. Secure them with restraints.
3. Bring them to the Brig, before informing them of their charges.

Search Procedure

1. Secure the area, evicting any non-necessary personnel (e.g. doctors and patients in the Medbay)
2. Search the area as needed.
3. Do your best to return the area to its pre-search state.

Brig Processing

The prisoner should be brought in front of their cell, and be either allowed to dress themselves or dressed by you, at your discretion. Once they are dressed, they should be brought inside their cell, and left there with a timer set. Every prisoner has the rights to basic amenities as follows:

Medical Treatment

Prisoners must be healthy for their sentence. If they require treatment, they can be brought to the Medbay or a doctor can be called to the Brig's medical area. Their sentence time should not be paused for medical treatment.

Appeal

Prisoners have the right to appeal their sentence to the CMP or, if they are not available, to the aCO. The appeal should be handled in a timely manner, with the person responsible for the appeal reviewing evidence and passing judgement. If it is found that the person has been wrongly arrested, they should be freed. If the punishment is deemed to be too harsh, up to 5 minutes may be removed. The prisoner may choose an attorney to represent them.

Radio

By default, prisoners have the right to a radio, but if they use it to commit a crime it may be stripped away.

Non-Judicial Punishments (NJPs)

For non-capital crimes, you may issue non-judicial punishments in lieu of brig time. These generally consist of menial tasks (e.g. running around the hangar with legcuffs, cleaning prep rooms). Creativity is encouraged, but the task shouldn't be degrading for the prisoner (e.g. forcing them to take pictures in their underwear).

Pursuing Suspects Planetside and FOB Duty

• You may deploy at any time, unless forbidden by the CMP or aCO.
• While deployed you must remain within the FOB area; if a suspect leaves the FOB you may not pursue them.
• If the FOB is under attack, you must not arrest anyone until evacuation occurs or the situation is otherwise resolved.
• You may help defend the FOB if you wish.

Executions

Whenever an execution is to occur, an announcement must be made beforehand stating:

• The time the execution is to be performed
• The method of execution
• The prisoner's crimes
• The person who authorised the execution.

Each execution must be authorised by the Provost Marshal, High Command, or both the CMP and the aCO.

Sentencing

Crimes are to be punished by severity, as follows:

Minor

• Verbal warning;
• or Brig sentence of 1-2 minutes;
• or NJP of equivalent duration.

Medium

• Brig sentence of 3-5 minutes;
• or NJP of equivalent duration.

Major

• Brig sentence of 5-15 minutes;
• or NJP of equivalent duration.

Capital

• Permanent imprisonment;
• or execution where authorised.

Crimes by Code

01: Assault

Code	Name	Severity	Description
01B	Assault	Medium	Intentional harm of another person.
01C	Aggravated Assault	Major	Harm of another person with a deadly weapon, regardless of intent
01X	Murder	Capital	Intentional killing of another person, by any means.

02: Disobedience

Code	Name	Severity	Description
02B	Insubordination	Medium	Disobedience of a valid order from a higher ranking officer in the chain of command. Orders are considered invalid if they are extremely and needlessly dangerous to those involved, or require breaking the law to complete.
02C	Desertion	Severe	Desertion to another faction during an operation.
02X	Sedition	Capital	Organisation of, or participation in, mutiny against the current command structure.

03: Theft

Code	Name	Severity	Description
03A	Petty Theft	Minor	Taking of an easily replaceable item from another person without their permission.
03B	Theft	Medium	Taking a rare or hard-to-replace item from another person without their permission.
03X	Grand Theft	Capital	Stealing of secured items of high value, of a sensitive nature, and/or those critical to an operation

04: Hooliganism

Code	Name	Severity	Description
04A	Hooliganism	Minor	Performing of low-tier shenanigans which disrupt an operation
04B	Disorderly Conduct	Medium	Intentional disruption of the primary operations of the ship, or failure to perform one's duty to an acceptable level.

05: Sexual Offenses

Code	Name	Severity	Description
05B	Sexual Harrassment	Medium	Harrassment of another person of a sexual nature.
05X	Sexual Assault	Capital	Molestation or other sexual attack of another person. NB: This is also against server rule 8; please adminhelp it.

06: Miscellaneous

Code	Name	Severity	Description
06A	Trespass	Minor	Entering an area which your ID does not confer access to, without the permission of someone with access to said area.
06B	Resisting Arrest	Medium	Resisting a valid arrest by those permitted to enforce the law.
06C	Manslaughter	Major	Unintentional killing of another person through negligence.