Corporate Regulations

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Corporate Regulations are penned regulations that all Nanotrasen employees have agreed to abide by in the signing of their employment contract. These regulations apply across the board on any Nanotrasen owned property, be it station, ship, or outpost.

Onboard each facility there will be a dedicated Security department in charge of making sure that all Nanotrasen employees follow these regulations.

Regulations protecting prisoners from mistreatment applies to even non-crew.

Executions are illegal and not allowed by regulations. Station security nor command should be doing any executions. The maximum possible penalty for major infractions is cyborgification.

The time a suspect spends in processing is counted to their total brig time. Try to keep track of how much time has passed since someone has been officially processed. This generally begins with questioning. The best way to keep track of time would be to set their time on a cell while they're in processing. Holding them for longer than their sentence can lead to the warden or handling officers to be liable for illegal detention.

Interpretation of the Regulations

Every person on the station should have a good knowledge of Corporate Regulations. Following them could mean the difference between having a peaceful day or paying 1000 credits for multiple infractions. More in-depth interpretations of Corporate Regulations are required for such positions as the Warden, Head of Personnel, Captain, and the Head of Security.

For all incidents, the suspect's intent is very important. Some incidents are mutually exclusive.

A single incident has a single sentence, so if, for instance, the prisoner took 3 items off someone, this is a single count of pickpocketing.

Aiding and abetting a criminal makes you an accomplice; you can be charged with the same crime as the person you aided and abetted.

Additional

The Captain is not above Corporate Regulations, and can be arrested by Security for breaking it if the Heads of Staff agree in a majority decision.

Pardons are only legitimate if they come from Central Command. Despite his high ranking the Captain cannot spit in the face of Corporate Regulations and any attempts to do so are infractions.

Do NOT demand a tribunal for anything. You'll just be laughed at.

Low Level Infractions (Yellow Violations; i100's)

No.	Incident	Description	Notes	Traditional Sentence	Repeat Offense	Fine
i101	Trespassing	To be in an area which a person does not have access to.	Remember that people can either break in, sneak in, or be let in. Always check that the suspect wasn't let in to do a job by someone with access, or were given access on their ID. Trespassing and theft often committed together; both sentences should be applied. Severity is increased if they refuse to leave the area peacefully, more so if they attempt to use important equipment there, so feel free to add other charges if they do.	3 minutes.	Up to 10 minutes and/or demotion.	200 credits
i102	Petty Theft	To take items from areas one does not have access to, or to take items belonging to others or the station as a whole.	Keeping items which are in short supply where they belong is what is important here. A doctor who takes all the surgical tools and hides them still commits theft, even though he had access. Items can include anything from toolboxes to metal to insulated gloves. Remember to take the items away from them and return them to where they stole them.	3 minutes, returning of stolen item to the owner or department.	Up to 10 minutes and/or demotion.	150 credits
i103	Minor Assault	To use, or threaten, physical force against someone, without intent to kill or seriously injure.	If it causes minor damage and easily treatable damage, it's minor assault. Starting fights with other employees or punching fellow employees counts too, as well as seriously threatening them with it. Force-feeding someone is this unless it's poisonous or knocks them unconscious.	4 minutes.	Up to 10 minutes and/or demotion.	400 credits
i104	Battery	To have unwanted physical contact with someone, even where the contact is not violent.	Bumping into someone in a corridor doesn't really count. Touching someone, when they have explicitly told you not to, does.	2 minutes.	Up to 8 minutes and/or demotion.	200 credits
i105	Indecent Exposure or Hooliganism	To be intentionally and publicly unclothed, yelling at people for no reason in public or on comms, throwing around stuff where it could hit someone, yelling about how terrible NanoTrasen is, etc.	Running around the station naked or in underwear, or other such degrading activities. Drunks can be keep to sober up, but only if they are badly harassing other crew members. Regular drunks don't get arrested and if they are only a nuisance you keep them for the regular time. The mutual degradation of chasing a naked man down while he screams rape is only worth it on slow rounds. Skrell are required to be clothed just like anyone else. Tajaran can have rolled down jumpsuits unless ordered by their Head of Staff to keep it up.	5 minutes.	Up to 8 minutes and/or demotion.	250 credits
i106	Suspicious Conduct	To possess a suspiciously wide skill set not indicated in employee record, wielding dangerous weapons near other staff, extensive inquiring about critical areas, or stalking other employees.	Basically, metagamey/powergamey behaviour. It's worth reporting to the Head of Personnel or your Head of Staff if you want to play a character who knows more than they should. You may also want to adminhelp if you feel the person is using metagamey or powergamey behavior.	2 minutes. Immediate search.	Tracking implant.	200 credits. Immediate search.
i107	Misuse of Public Radio Channels	To continually broadcast unimportant, untrue, or insignificant messages on the public radio frequency.	This is really only for people who are constantly spamming the radio, such as 'DJs' or Chaplains reading their services over the comms. Screaming fake messages like "halp security is beating me" when they aren't also counts.	3 minutes.	Ban from using any radio equipment, which requires a filed injunction.	150 credits
i108	Violation of Injunction	To violate the terms of an injunction made by Security or other legal professions.	Injunctions can be filed for lots of different things, such as a ban on weapons carrying, or the above radio ban. They can be applied by the Head of Security, Captain, or equivalent. If they break the law in some other way, apply that sentence too.	5 minutes.	Up to 10 minutes and/or demotion.	N/A
i109	Slandering a Head of Staff	To directly insult a Head of Staff with no valid complaints.	This is most likely to happen when someone is being fired. The charge is only applicable when the statements are slanderous and untrue.	5 minutes.	Up to 10 minutes and/or demotion.	250 credits
i110	Slander	To spread false rumors in order to damage someone's reputation.	Lying about anything to make someone else look bad. For example, an engineer trying to pass off the blame of letting the singularity loose to someone else. Since this has to be proven, it's up to a tribunal or appropriate officer.	3 minutes.	5 minutes.	50 credits per applicable minute
i111	Failure to Execute an Order	To ignore or disregard a superior's valid orders.	If the order is stupid, or causes you to break a law (e.g. "Release the singularity!" or "Steal that RCD for me!") you can ignore it, and probably make a complaint. However, if it's perfectly doable, lawful, and in your job description, you better do it or resign. If not following an order caused severe damage or loss of life, see "Failure to Execute an Order with Serious Consequences".	5 minutes.	Up to 15 minutes and/or Demotion.	500 credits
i112	Sexual Harassment	To make unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks towards another employee.	This is for VERY MINOR things the other person finds offensive that are sexually related. For anything more serious see "Sexual Assault".	5 minutes.	Up to 15 minutes and/or Demotion.	N/A
i113	Animal Cruelty	To inflict unnecessary suffering or harm upon animals with malicious intent.	Monkeys appropriately used for experiments or well-being (e.g Genetics, Virology, etc.) don't count, neither do the animals ordered from cargo. Shoving them in washing machines, or throwing them down disposals while still alive falls under this. Using them as food is a grey area, as long as they are not overtly caused pain in the process.	5 minutes	Up to 10 minutes and/or Demotion.	N/A
i114	Vandalism	To deliberately damage or deface the station without malicious intent.	This can range from disassembling furniture unnecessarily, to drawing on the floor with crayons or other substances outside the chapel.	3 minutes	Up to 10 minutes in total and/or Demotion.	450 credits
i115	Threat of Murder or Serious Injury	To threaten to kill or seriously injure an employee.	The threat has to somewhat tangible. If it's just people arguing over the radio, it's probably not worth it. Someone shouting at someone else while chasing them with a fire extinguisher is more valid.	3 minutes and mandatory Tracking implant.	Up to 10 minutes with psychiatric evaluation.	500 credits. Tracking implant.
i116	Disrespect to the Dead	To abuse bodies of dead or previously dead employees.	Examples include, the chef using bodies in the morgue as meat, Security beating on a prisoners corpse, or using someone's body for 'experimental surgery'. Preventing a body from being cloned or cyborged also falls under this. The Chaplain or medbay tended to corpses in preperation for autopsy or funeral does not fall under this unless they're doing something bizarre and unnecessary.	5 minutes	10 minutes per corpse.	400 credits
i117	Excessive use of force in detainment	To intentionally leak private aspects of employee records to unauthorized personnel.	Repeatedly batoning a prisoner after they've been handcuffed, Using force against an unarmed and compliant suspect, and usage of lethal weapons in a non-lethal situation.	5 minutes and/or demotion to cadet.	10 minutes and demotion.	350 credits.
i118	Violation of privacy laws	To intentionally leak private aspects of employee records to unauthorized personnel.	Cargo technicians found reading records flushed down disposals would be charged with this as well. Command can discuss medical records with other command (or IAA and Detectives on request) if they have a good reason, and similar with employee and security records. Using a station announcement asking someone come pick up their hemorrhoid cream is also a no. The punishment goes to the source of the leak. Authorization for respective records goes to their respective heads of staff. (CMO, HoP, HoS, and the final say of Captain.	Verbal warning and/or fine.	Demotion and/or Suspension.	500 credits.
i119	Illegal search	To preform a search of an employee or workplace without a search warrant, clearance, or probable cause on code green.	An extension of the Privacy Laws, crew members are entitled to the privacy against searches on green alert. Security is required to obtain a search warrant from either the Head of Security, Captain, or lacking either, an IAA or Warden. Searches of workplaces falls under this. Security can circumvent a search warrant requirement if they: have clearance from the respective head of staff, have directly witnessed a crime taking place, or feel there is a real and imminent danger to the safety of crew and/or station. This also does not apply to searches conducted after another, legitimate arrest.	Verbal warning and/or written apology. Return of non-contraband goods and reduced brig time for victim.	Demotion and/or Suspension.	500 credits.

Medium Level Infractions (Amber Violations; i200's)

No.	Infraction	Description	Notes	Standard Sentance	Repeat Offense
i201	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.	Like the minor crime, except this one has caused serious damage to the station, or seriously injured someone. Examples are Medical Doctors ignoring the Chief Medical Officer while patients are piling up in medbay, or Engineers ignoring the Chief Engineer and then having the singularity eat part of the station. If this causes loss of life, refer to 302.	15 minutes and/or demotion.	Immediate suspension. Holding until transfer.
i202	Resisting Arrest and/or Sparking a Manhunt	To not cooperate with an officer who attempts a proper arrest, or to cause a manhunt by hiding from security.	Refusing handcuffs is not resisting arrest. Pushing the officer trying to arrest you, or running away falls under this.	5 minutes. If they sparked a manhunt and did not surrender themselves, tracking implant.	Up to 15 minutes in addition to regular time.
i203	Suicide Attempt	To attempt or threaten to commit suicide.	An employee trying or threatening to kill himself for any reason. This includes someone saying "AI OPEN THIS DOOR OR I KILL MYSELF".	Compulsory psychiatric examination and tracking implant.	Demotion and isolation in solitary.
i204	Abuse of Confiscated Equipment	To take and use equipment confiscated as evidence.	Security shouldn't be using evidence for anything but evidence. Taking "trophies" or using weapons and items seized from operatives counts as this.	10 minutes, re-confiscation of equipment.	Demotion and/or demotion.
i205	Illegal Detention, Arrest, or Holding	To arrest, brig, or punish an employee without proper cause or reason.	This is mainly for Security Officers who believe THEY ARE THE LAW.	10 minutes and/or demotion to cadet.	15 minutes and immediate suspension.
i206	Neglect of Duty	To fail to perform a job to a satisfactory standard.	This can be due to honest or dishonest mistakes that the Head of the Department feels hampers Department productivity. Examples include scientists/engineers releasing plasma or causing a breach, doctors mixing up medicines that cause injury to patients, or the Warden not doing his job.	10 minutes	15 minutes and/or demotion.
i207	Infiltration	To attempt to, or successfully, enter a high-security area without authorization.	This includes the Bridge, AI upload or core, Teleporter, vault, or EVA. Using AI or Cyborg help for infiltration purposes is also considered breaking and entering.	15 minutes and tracking implant.	Holding until transfer and/or demotion.
i208	Assault	To cause severe injury to another employee.	Anything beyond a few punches like in "Minor Assault". Also see "Attempted Murder" if the intent was to kill. This also includes poisoning with drugs, or using hallucinogens.	15 minutes and/or demotion.	Up to 30 minutes and suspension.
i209	Escaping From Confinement	To escape from confinement as someone who is serving a non-permanent sentence.	See "Escaping From a Permanent Sentence" for those who do it with permanent sentences.	10 minutes added and tracking implant. The original time is not reset.	Up to 30 minutes and demotion.
i210	Unlawful Modification of AI/Cyborg Laws	To modify the laws of a cyborg or artificial intelligence, without need, proper access, or authority.	An exception would be a law reset when obviously harmful laws have been uploaded. Only the Captain, Chief Engineer, or Two Heads of Staff can authorize a law change.	20 minutes and tracking implant.	Demotion. Holding until transfer.
i211	Sedition	To incite rebellion, or rally against the established chain of command.	This includes attempting to make separate areas of the ship into "Nations", arresting a head of staff without cause, or generally conspiring against the chain of command.	15 minutes and/or demotion.	Suspension and holding until transfer.
i212	Contraband	To possess, use, or distribute contraband items, including drugs.	Chemists and Botanists are allowed to possess drugs for their line of work. It's a crime if they distribute the drugs. Also see Identifying Syndicate Items for a list of who knows what. Contraband from the Supply Shuttle also counts. This also includes firearms, such as the barman taking their shotgun outside the bar area, or illegal modification of such firearms. Snacks from hacked vending machines are not this.	15 minutes and confiscation of said items	20 minutes and demotion.
i213	Sabotage	To hinder the efforts of the crew or station with malicious intent.	This includes causing hull breaches, sabotaging air supplies, stealing vital equipment, etc. The intent is the most important bit here.	15 minutes and/or demotion.	30 minutes, suspension and/or tracking implant.
i214	Exceeding Official Powers	To act beyond what is allowed by the Chain of Command.	This is for any head of staff who abuses the power given to them, such as the Head of Personnel acting like a security officer in a non-emergency, the captain acting as if he is above the law, etc. Heads of Staff trying to order a different department or ignoring the captain also comes under this. Also covers anyone illegally promoting themselves, such as with a stolen ID.	15 minutes and/or demotion. Head demotions require Captain or majority Command approval.	20 minutes and suspension.
i215	Grand Theft	To steal items that are dangerous, of a high value, or a sensitive nature.	This means weapons, explosives or ammunition, and also includes items from the High-risk Items page. Security Officers stealing things from the armory is an example.	15 minutes, confiscation of stolen items.	Suspension, tracking implant and holding until Transfer.
i216	Organising an Breakout	To attempt, or succeed, in freeing criminals from the brig or other holding areas.	Breaking brig windows	15 minutes and tracking implant.	30 minutes.
i217	Illegal Blocking of Areas	To make an area inaccessible for those with appropriate access.	Bolting doors in public hallways or to those of departments you don't have control over are examples of this.	10 minutes	Up to 25 minutes and/or demotion
i218	Severe Use of Excessive Force	To put a victim in critical state in defense of yourself or others, or seriously injuring a suspect while attempting to detain them. This includes pulling them when they have open wounds.	Severely injuring someone attacking you or others with no obvious threat to life, or panicking and shooting a suspect to near-death.	10 minutes and/or demotion to cadet.	25 minutes and suspension.
i219	Mistreatment of Prisoners	To intentionally act, or cause an act that puts a non-hostile prisoner's well-being in danger.	Preventing proper treatment from being given to a prisoner, abusing a prisoner, and preventing them from having access to a viable method of communication. This includes pulling them when they have open wounds counts as abuse. In the event that a prisoner dies because of mistreatment, the charge is immediately upgraded to either murder or manslaughter.	10 minutes and/or demotion to Cadet.	25 minute and suspension.

High Severity Infractions (Red Violations; i300's)

The NSS Aurora is in Tau Ceti space, which does not consider cyborgification capital punishment, making it an optional punishment.

No.	Crime	Description	Notes	Sentence
i301	Murder	To kill someone, or attempt to kill someone, with premeditated malicious intent.	Also cover Attempted Murder. The premeditated and malicious bit is important here.	Cyorgification or Holding Until Transfer on majority Command decision.
i302	Manslaughter	To kill someone without malice or forethought.	This includes causing death due to negligence or dereliction of duty. Can also be used for excessive self-defense.	20 minutes and/or demotion. Tracking implant.
i303	Mutiny	To openly rebel against or attempt to remove command staff with violent intent.	See "Sedition" for less violent mutineers. This generally means they use harm-intent or try to kill their superiors or advocate the same.	Loyalty implant or cyborgification on majority Command decision.
i304	Kidnapping and Hostage taking	To take away or transport a victim against the victim's will.	If the person is held for ransom or exchange, then it is considered hostage taking, which is automatically a holding until transfer.	Hold until transfer.
i305	Terrorist Acts	To engage in maliciously destructive actions, which seriously threaten the crew or station.	This includes deliberate arson, use of bombs, release of singularity, etc. Collateral damage or severe station damage has to be involved. For less disastrous actions, see sabotage.	Hold until transfer or cyborgification on majority command decision.
i306	Assaulting a Head of Staff	To assault a Head of Staff, causing severe damage.	Exactly like "Assault", but this time against a Head of Staff.	20 minutes and/or demotion.	40 minutes, suspension, and tracking implant.
i307	Escaping From Holding Until Transfer	To escape, or attempt to escape, from the brig or other holding area when being held until transfer.	They have to have been properly convicted for it to be a life sentence.	Cyborgification or hold until transfer at majority command decision.
i308	Terrorist Collaboration	To act as an agent of a terrorist or anti-Corporation group.	Espionage, disclosure of corporate secrets, or any other assistance rendered to outside hostile organisations, or their representatives in hostile activities to the Corporation, committed by a employee of Corporation. As a high crime, suspected terrorist agents must be put through a tribunal unless their level of resistance renders capture efforts unfeasible.	Holding until transfer or cyborgification at majority command decision.
i309	Sexual Assault	To assault, or attempt to assault, someone else sexually, including rape.	ERP scenes, or erotic roleplay, is a permabannable offence. Adminhelp it if this happens to you; it's against server rules, not just station rules.	30 minutes, tracking implant.	Holding until transfer.

Modifiers & Special Situations

Situation	Description	Benefit
Surrender	Coming to the brig, confessing what you've done and taking the punishment. Getting arrested without putting a fuss is not surrender. For this, you have to actually come to the brig yourself.	Up to -25%, and should be taken into account when determining the severity of crimes.
Re-education	Getting de-converted from revolutionary.	Up to and including immediate release
Cooperation with prosecution or security	Being helpful to the members of security, revealing things during questioning or providing names of head revolutionaries.	Up to -25%. In the case of revealing a head revolutionary, up to -50%.
Immediate threat to the prisoner	The singularity eats something near the brig, an explosion goes off, etc.	Officer must relocate the prisoner(s) to a safe location. Otherwise, immediate release. Life sentences must be reapplied after danger has passed.
Medical reasons	Prisoners are entitled to medical attention if sick or injured.	Medical personnel can be called, or the prisoner can be escorted to the Medbay. The timer continues to run during this time.
Self Defence	Assault and even homicide can be justified if it was necessary for prevention of loss of life. (Note that there are borders of acceptable self-defence, and killing a man who just punched you is subject to "Fatal Use of Excessive Force")	Up to and including immediate release.

Parole

Parole is temporarily releasing a prisoner before their sentence has been fully completed on the promise of good behavior. Parole can be given for any number of reasons, including brig overcrowding, a reward for good behavior or confession, or if the prisoner's skills are in need by the station such as a doctor or engineer.

The Warden or Head of Security can choose to give prisoners parole. A tracking implant is recommended if the prisoner is a flight risk (IE an engineer going EVA, but it is up to the Warden/HoS to determine how much of a risk they are.) Tracking implants for minor crimes are not worth it.

On the completion of their time they are simply marked as released as normal.

If they commit any crimes their parole is ended and they must serve out the remainder of their time in the brig with the new crime's time added on.

Parole can be given immediately after initial processing; theoretically a prisoner can spend their entire sentence out of the brig.

Terminology and Clarifications

Cyborgification The removal of a person's brain for transplanting into a Cyborg Chassis. Often also known as Shackling.

Suspension: Changing ID title to "suspended", zero access.

Demotion: Can be done up to and including Assistant position, by Head of Personnel or Captain's decision.

Employee: Employee of NanoTrasen, as defined by the station's commanding officer. All non-employee subjects are still protected by these laws.

Empowering: Illegal acquiring (not via Head of Personnel or Captain) of access.

Head of Staff: Crew members occupying one of the following positions: Captain, Chief Engineer, Head of Personnel, Head of Security, Chief Medical Officer, Research Director.

HuT Holding until Transfer

Lethal Situation: A situation in which there is an apparent and real threat the the well-being of all those involved.

Repeat Offenders: For repeat offenders, use the "repeat offense" punishment.

Severe Injury: A state in which the victim is in a critical condition and is having difficulty maintaining consciousness.

Demotion and dismissal also require the removal of equipment from the previous job. E.g: Uniforms, weapons, bombs, PDA cartridges, etc.

For the purposes of Cyborg/AI laws, crewmembers that have been convicted, or are being held in detention, are considered to be below even the AI/Cyborgs in terms of rank.

In cases where the final sentence is more than 90 minutes, it is changed to HuT

The standard penalty can be applied without a tribunal by Security Officers. Template:Gameplay Guides