Space Law

On Space Station 14, stations operate under abbreviated space law. All crew, passengers, and visitors aboard the station are expected to follow these laws.

Foreign invaders, such as nuclear operatives, ninjas, and pirates, are not protected under space law. Traitors are not foreign invaders so they are usually protected by space law.

Designation of 'sophont' does not automatically grant protections under Space Law. See the Rules of Engagement for what constitutes proper reasoning to instantly terminate a sophont.

Crime and Modifier Codes

Crime Codes

Code	1XX - Misdemeanor	2XX - Felony	3XX - Capital
01	Public indecency	Perjury or False Report	Terrorism
02	Fearmongering
03	Animal Cruelty	Manslaughter	Murder
04	Petty Theft	Felony Theft	Grand Theft
05		Black Marketeering
06	Vandalism	Sabotage	Grand Sabotage
07		Mindbreaking	Decorporealization
08		Kidnapping	Hostage Taking
09	Brandishing	Assault
10		Abuse of Power
11	Possession	Felony Possession
12	Trespass	Secure Trespass
13		Endangerment	Grand Endangerment
14		Harassment
15	Hooliganism	Rioting	Sedition
16		Contempt of Court
17	Failure To Comply	Obstruction of Justice
18		Sexual Harassment	Rape

Modifier Codes

Code	Intent Qualifiers (I)	Enhancers (E)	Deductions (D)
01	Solicitation	Deadly Weapon	Cooperation
02	Accessory	Aggravation	Dire Emergency
03	Attempt	Discriminatory	Self-Defense
04	Conspiracy	Recidivism
05		Resisting

To state a criminal code, it would be the following:

• Murder, with the deadly weapon enhancer: 303-E01

Charges by Definition

'Individual/Individual' represents all crew, passengers, and visitors aboard the station who are protected under NT Space Law.

Misdemeanors

Code	Crime Name	Description	Time
101	Public Indecency	To knowingly engage in lewd or indecent behavior or acts in a public area.	5 minutes
102	Fearmongering	The action of deliberately arousing public fear or alarm about a particular issue.	Up to 5 minutes
103	Animal Cruelty	To inflict unnecessary suffering on a sapient being with malicious intent.	3 minutes
104	Petty Theft	To unlawfully take property or items without consent.	2 minutes
106	Vandalism	To deface or superficially damage public property, or property belonging to another person.	2 minutes
109	Brandishing	To show a firearm or deadly weapon in public without proper permission to do so.	2 minutes
111	Possession	To be in unauthorized possession of restricted items or items of particular danger.	Up to 5 minutes
112	Trespass	To enter into an area where one is not authorized nor invited.	2 minutes
115	Hooliganism	To intentionally and maliciously engage in disruptive conduct, where one refuses to cease.	As necessary
117	Failure To Comply	To willfully ignore lawful orders and commands provided by a member of security or command.	2 minutes

Felonies

Code	Crime Name	Description	Charge
201	Perjury or False Report	To willfully and maliciously tell a falsehood either in court or in the process of making an actionable report to law enforcement.	5 minutes
203	Manslaughter	To effect violence upon a Individual/Individuals, resulting in their death, without the apparent intent to kill them.	8 minutes
204	Felony Theft	To unlawfully take highly restricted, dangerous, valuable, or highly sensitive property or items without consent.	8 minutes
205	Black Marketeering	To sell, distribute, or otherwise circulate restricted items or substances to unauthorized Individual/Individuals or entities.	6 minutes
206	Sabotage	To engage in malicious actions that directly or indirectly hinder the operation of a vessel or its part, modify and/or damage technology one is not authorized to access, or endanger multiple Individual/Individuals.	6 minutes
207	Mindbreaking	To unlawfully rid an unwilling psionic Individual/Individuals of their powers.	5 minutes
208	Kidnapping	To unlawfully confine or restrict the free movement of an Individual/Individuals against their will.	8 minutes
209	Assault	To cause physical harm or to effect unwanted physical contact on an Individual/Individuals, without the apparent intent to kill them, or to threaten such actions with both capability and intent to do so.	5 minutes
210	Abuse of Power	To misuse or wrongfully exercise one’s authority, influence, or control; resulting in harm, unjust treatment, or demonstrable loss to a separate party due to violation of ethical and professional standards.	5 minutes and a demotion
211	Felony Possession	To be in unauthorized possession of an absurd amount of restricted items, highly restricted items, or items of extreme danger to Property and Individual/Individuals.	Up to 10 minutes
212	Secure Trespass	To break into a high-security area where one is not authorized nor invited.	4 minutes
213	Endangerment	To recklessly abandon obligations involving the continued well-being and/or protection of life and property, through malpractice, action, or inaction.	4 minutes
214	Harassment	To effect behavior that demeans, humiliates, and intimidates a Individual/Individuals intentionally or with malicious intent.	4 minutes
215	Rioting	To partake in an unauthorized riotous, tumultuous, and disruptive public assembly that refuses to disperse after warning.	4 minutes
216	Contempt of Court	To conduct oneself disruptively and disrespectfully before the court.	4 minutes
217	Obstruction of Justice	To willfully obstruct, interfere with, or disobey a lawful arrest on another Individual; to ignore, disobey, obstruct, or interfere with an active warrant or court order.	6 minutes
218	Sexual Harassment	To engage in unwanted sexual behavior, request unsolicited sexual acts, or make comments in a sexual manner toward an Individual.

Capital Crimes

Code	Crime Name	Description
301	Terrorism	To commit an act with the intent to cause injury or death, or to take hostages, to provoke a state of terror in, intimidate, or compel a group of Individuals to do or to abstain from doing any act.
303	Murder	To unlawfully kill an Individual/Individuals with premeditated and malicious intent.
304	Grand Theft	To unlawfully steal items without consent, potentially directly or indirectly, leading to other capital crimes.
306	Grand Sabotage	To engage in malicious actions that directly or indirectly make uninhabitable or inoperable a vessel or its part, or irreversibly modify and/or damage technology one is not authorized to access, causing severe bodily harm or death to multiple Individuals.
307	Decorporealization	To unlawfully, maliciously, and permanently strip an Individual's/Individuals' mind from their body.
308	Hostage Taking	To unlawfully confine or restrict the free movement of a Individual/Individuals to utilize for personal gain or to invoke a state of terror.
313	Sedition	To act to overthrow a lawfully established Chain of Command or governing body without lawful or legitimate cause.
315	Grand Endangerment	To egregiously and recklessly abandon obligations involving the continued wellbeing and/or protection of life and property, through malpractice, action, or inaction, resulting in significant harm, injury, or death to multiple Individuals.
318	Rape	To engage in sexual intercourse without consent from the involved Individual(s).

Modifiers by Definition

Sentencing modifiers are to be applied by the sentencing officer, judge, or arbiter. Aggravating modifiers may not extend a sentence beyond the specified limit, while extenuating modifiers may not reduce a sentence below the specified limit.

Intent Qualifiers - Code.- XXX-AXX

Solicitation

Any Individual/Individuals found guilty of encouraging, bribing, requesting, or instructing someone to commit a crime with the knowledge that the Individual/Individuals are being solicited to commit the crime, will receive for the crimes they solicited in full. Code. -XXX-A01

Accessory

Any Individual/Individuals found guilty of assisting in the commission of a crime, without participating in the crime itself, knowing that a crime will be, has been, or is being committed, will receive the sentence for the crimes in which they took part in full. Code. -XXX-A02

Attempts

Any Individual/Individuals found guilty of attempting to commit a crime, with the intent to carry out that crime, will receive the sentence for the crimes they attempted in full. Code. -XXX-A03

Conspiracy

Any Individual/Individuals found guilty of planning to commit a crime, with the intent to carry out said crime eventually, and having committed an overt act pursuant to that end, will receive the sentence for the crimes they conspired towards in full.

Enhancers - Code.- XXX-BXX

Deadly weapon

Any Individual found guilty of committing a crime, utilizing any object used offensively for the purpose of inflicting mortal or great bodily harm, will receive an additional modifier of, at most, 150% of the original sentence. Code. -XXX-B01. Charge: 150% increase.

Aggravation

Any Individual found guilty of committing a crime with reckless abandon, evident signs of lack of regret or remorse, or blatant disregard for potential collateral damage, will receive an additional modifier of, at most, 150% of the original sentence. Code. -XXX-B02. Charge: 150% increase.

Discriminatory Intent

Any Individual found guilty of committing a crime based fully or in part based on the victim or affected party’s appearance, gender, psionics, religion, ability/disability, place of origin or habitation, culture, or other immutable feature or quality, will receive an additional modifier of, at most, 150% of the original sentence. Code. -XXX-B03. Charge: 150% increase.

Recidivism

Any Individual convicted of the same criminal charge multiple times within one shift will receive an additional modifier of, at most, 200% of the original sentence. Code. -XXX-B04. Charge: 200% increase.

Resisting

Any Individual found to be resisting an arrest will be charged with at most 200% of the original sentence after adding any other modifiers. Code XXX-B05. Charge: 200% increase

Deductions - Code.- XXX-CXX

Cooperation

Any Individual/Individuals who shares actionable intelligence with the authorities, turns oneself in, testifies against accomplices, confesses to their crime, or otherwise aids the prosecution, may have their sentence reduced to no less than 50% of the original sentence. Code. -XXX-C01. Charge: 50% Decrease.

Dire Emergency

Any Individual/Individuals found to have committed a crime in the process of absolutely necessary and reasonable actions, taken with the intent to resolve or mitigate the effects of a dire emergency on one’s vessel or habitat, may have their sentence reduced by any amount or completely waived. Code. -XXX-C02

Self-Defense

Any Individual/Individuals found to have committed a crime or crimes in protection of oneself or another, and only to the necessary extent required to avert a direct and imminent threat to the health and life of innocent persons, may have their sentence reduced by any amount or completely waived. Code. -XXX-C03

Good Behavior

Any convict who peacefully complies with the authorities, displays clear signs of remorse concerning the committed crime, and/or conducts themselves peacefully while imprisoned may be paroled as outlined in the Standard Operating Procedures. Code. -XXX-C04

Sentence Types and Procedure

Standard

Temporary Confinement

Placing the convict into a temporary holding cell to serve predetermined sentence.

Catch & Release

Taking the convict to Security, processing them, searching them, and then releasing them.

Demotion

Downgrading the convict’s employment contract and revoking their access accordingly, with permission from or when ordered by the convict’s head of department. May be applied when the convict has committed a crime relating to their employment within their department or with NanoTrasen as a whole.

License restriction

Downgrading or suspending the convict’s armament license and confiscating possessions accordingly. May be applied when the convict is guilty of possession or a crime involving a weapon they were lawfully permitted to carry.

Mind breaking

Removal of the convict’s psionic power by use of Mindbreaker Toxin or any other means. May be applied when the convict is guilty of a crime in which they use psionics.

Capital

Including charges totaling 25 minutes or greater.

Execution

Termination of the convict’s life without the intent of future resurrection. Whenever any execution is performed, regardless of trial or not, a general announcement must be made detailing who was executed and for what reason.

The convict may select from one of four methods of execution, depending on availability:

• Firing Squad
• Lethal Injection
• Electric Shock
• Asphyxiation.

If the convict does not make a choice after being given ample opportunity, the sentencing officer or other relevant authority may select the method that is most appropriate.

Convicts may request alternate methods of execution that may be approved or denied at the discretion of the individual passing the sentence. The executed corpse must be burned, stored in the morgue, or processed by medical staff using the biomass reclaimer.

Exfiltration

Immediate retrieval of the convict via a CentComm or GALPOL dispatched transport. The prisoner may be held in a temporary cell until the transport arrives. If a transport cannot be arranged, default to other capital sentences.

Preservative Stasis

Termination of the convict’s life with the expressed intent to perform a resurrection once the convict's body can be secured at Central Command. The convict's body is to be stored within a morgue or similar controlled and regulated environment to ensure the body does not rot or be destroyed.

Decorporealisation

Stripping the convict’s mind from their body into a more restricting form such as borgification.

Extended Confinement

Placing the convict into the brig until the end of the shift, where they are to be transported to Central Command for processing. The convict has the same rights as any other prisoner within the brig, whether they arrived by transport at start of shift or were sentenced to Extended Confinement.