Marine Law

WIP, based on https://github.com/RMC-14/RMC-14/pull/3440

The Uniform Code of Military Justice commonly known as Marine Law is the foundation of the system of military justice of the United Nations Marine Corps, It's enforced by the Military Police Corps with the Provost Marshal Office having final say in any judicial matters.

Definitions

These definitions are used throughout the rest of Marine Law.

Commanding Officer - An official UNMC Commanding Officer. Anything with the words Commanding Officer only applies to whitelisted Commanding Officers. These rights cannot be transferred.

Commander - The current Commander of an operation. Transferable to a new Commander, per the Chain of Command.

Duty Officer - The ranking officer in the Chain of Command who, in the temporary absence of the Commander, is placed in command of the warship. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, the Duty Officer is interchangeable with, and inherits the rights of Commander in this case.

Chief MP - The Chief of Military Police, assigned to the warship. Only transferable to a Warden by the Commander, if another MP is appointed to be acting Warden.

MP - Military Police, including personnel validly deputized by the Commanding Officer, who deal with Marine Law.

Officer - A person who is a Commissioned Officer. These rights cannot be transfered.

Aiding, abetting, conspiring - Assisting others in committing a crime, directly or indirectly, encouraging them to commit one (including bribery), conspiring or attempting to commit a crime will be treated as having committed that crime with regards to punishment.

Lawful Orders - Personnel are required to follow all lawful orders from their superiors and are NOT-required to follow unlawful orders. If personnel are refusing to follow an order, they must state why they believe it would break Marine Law, making it an unlawful order. Valid NJPs are not unlawful orders in the case of neglected duties.

Riot equipment:

• Flashbangs.
• Teargas.
• Riot shotguns with beanbag rounds.
• Riot shields and armor.
• Riot grenade launchers.

FOB - The Forward Operating Base. Designated by the Commander. It is a reinforced area, usually being the primary landing zone. FOBs do not have to be placed adjacent to a landing zone. However, the primary landing zone itself must at least be properly defended and guarded.

Area of Operations (AO) - The area of operations is the broad location where personnel are being deployed to conduct an operation.

Secure Areas - Must be designated by the Commander or staff officers. It is a reinforced area, where there has been no recent combat or threats. The FOB is usually a secure area until it is attacked, for example. The Commander or any CIC personnel at any point may designate an area no longer secure.

Charging and sentencing

Upon arrest, the arresting MP must transfer the suspect to the brig, where they will have the suspect charged with the crimes committed, by another member of the Military Police.

General Charging Procedure

• Brig timers must not exceed 30 minutes unless in the case of a Capital Crime, or if extended by crimes performed while jailed.
• Charging is to be done, in order of availability, by the Military Warden, the Chief MP, an uninvolved MP, the arresting MP.
• If any of these are present they may explicitly defer to the next in-line if their attention is required elsewhere. This right should be used reasonably.
• If any of these are present they may explicitly defer to the next in-line if their attention is required elsewhere. This right should be used reasonably.
• The person issuing the charges should also determine a sentence.
• Inform the Suspect of their Charges before the brig timer starts.
• Inform the Suspect they may file an appeal should they wish so.
• Ensure to follow prisoner rights and the right to appeal.

Brigging checklist

• Apply the charges and activate the brig timer.
• Remove all their belongings, including ID card and headset.
• Put them in the orange uniform, if available, else their original uniform.
• Give them a standard headset of common channel, if available.
• Place them inside the cell, buckled to the bed, then flash or stun them and recover your handcuffs.
• Search their belongings for contraband and theft.
• When the time is over, let them grab their belongings, escort them out of the brig.
• If the prisoner is SSD at the end of their sentence, return their belongings and place them in brig cryo.
• If a prisoner has been SSD for over 5 minutes you may place them in cryo, but they must serve the rest of their time if they return.

Arresting and Field Arrests

Should the warship get boarded by a hostile force, no arrests should be made unless the person presents a danger to the warship and/or its personnel.

Field Arrests

Arrests that are performed in the Area of Operations.

• Field arrests are restricted to the FOB, dropships, and secure areas unless in pursuit.
• If a suspect flees outside the above areas or are witnessed by the MP, they may be pursued.
• If there are hostiles in the vicinity, the MP must abort the arrest and move to a secure area.
• MPs may move between secure areas.
• Squad Leaders may detain marines of their squad that violate the law, but must detain marines of their squad by orders of the Chief MP, Commander, or any commissioned officer. This may also apply to personnel that are deploying unauthorized.
• Marines and personnel detained by the Squad Leaders should be passed onto the MP in a secure area when possible.

Crimes

Variable Crimes

Charge	Description	Minor	Major
Damage to UNMC Property	Damaging the ship or making any unauthorized modifications to it as outlined in Standard Operating Procedure. Materials for repairs should be taken from maintenance storages.	Breaking a window, damaging a wall, etc. Return the ship to it's exact previous state, or serve 7.5 minutes if not possible.	Breaking the law in a major manner includes breaking or dismantling walls or several windows. 10 minutes.
Insubordination	Failing to follow a lawful order from a superior person of rank or position, or disrespecting someone of a higher rank or position that is not an officer. Disrespecting a superior Officer is under minor crimes.	An order which is not personally directed, or disrespecting someone of a higher rank or position that is not an officer. 7.5 minutes.	An order personally directed at a person in question using either their name or clearly communicating its meant for them. 15 minutes.
Interference	Interfering in a legal arrest being performed.	Interfering without ill intent, such as blocking the way or helping someone up. 7.5 minutes.	Interfering with ill intent or in a clear way to hinder the arrest being performed. 15 minutes.
Unauthorized use of Listening Devices	The use of listening devices in violation of Standard Operating Procedures.	Illegally placing a listening device in a public area such as the gym. 7.5 minutes.	Illegally placing a listening device in a secure area, or area with privacy shutters, such as CIC or the CL's office. If the listening device is also tied to a foreign government or terror organisation this is additionally considered Subterfuge 15 minutes.

Capital Crimes

These crimes are extreme severity. All of these crimes may be punished by Permanent confinement and demotion, or execution and ID termination.

Charge	Description
Jailbreak/Escape	To escape, assist in an escape, attempt escape, or be willfully and knowingly broken out from a cell.
Attempted Murder	Attempting to murder a person but failing to do so. If the evidence shows that the arrested person was clearly trying to kill someone with ill intent but failed in the action itself.
Murder/Unauthorized Execution	This also includes refusing or preventing to revive anyone not executed by the execution procedure. Killing someone with malicious intent. This includes Synthetic units. The charge applies even if the victim is later revived. Executions are only authorized as outlined in the Execution Procedure.
Sedition	To engage in actions or refuse to follow orders as to overthrow or usurp the legitimate command structure. Creating a massive threat to the ship without the knowledge and approval of the Commander falls under sedition. A Duty Officer Proclaiming allegiance to, or acting on behalf of, the supposed CLF is an act of sedition against the UN.
Desertion	Refusing to carry out the duties essential to one’s post or abandoning post unauthorized, without intent to return. (Retreating from the planet when the FOB is breached is not Desertion, refusing to return when ordered is).
Crimes against Sapience	To engage in actions that violate sapient life rights or otherwise are heinous acts against sapient life. Examples are torture, cannibalism and forced infection of any kind.

Prisoners Rights

Right to Appeal

• Accepting an NJP waives the right to appeal.
• Appeals are used to correct errors, but may not be used to add new charges or punishments if a brig timer was already set.
• Appeals must be handled before executions, demotions, and NJPs. Appealing prisoners should have their brig timers set and running while the appeal is being processed.
• Personnel may be placed in holding awaiting their appeal if it had no brig sentence.
• Whomever is handling the appeal has the final say in the outcome of the appeal.