Commanding Officers should be able to order Lieutenants, SSGTs, etc to arrest marines even when there are MPs on the vessel as there is no reason why this is not allowed.
Multiple times, I have found it necessary to order arrests to be made, and Military Police although helpful do not solve this to its full extent. There are simply too many rules and restrictions regarding arrests. SSGTs should be allowed to arrest Marine/Marines if the order is given by the CIC (I understand this is controversial but hear me out). SSGTs still spawn with handcuffs that if they use they are breaking the rules which makes no sense, In a CLASSIFIED operation where USCM is sent to uncover a colony that went dark with so many potential things going wrong and it does go wrong most of the time why is it frowned upon for a Squad Leader to arrest Mutineers, Seditious Colonists, People who disobey orders and endanger the whole operation.
Situation Example: The operation has been ongoing for around 2 hours and it is a stalemate. Multiple marines decide that it is Commands/Corporations/High Command's fault whatever and decide to organize a mutiny. Bravo SSGT sees this mutiny forming and finds these traitors are about to cost the USCM the whole operation.
Actions SSGT can take legally: Currently, Bravo SSGT can do nothing but refuse to join the mutiny to hinder the mutineers as it is a rule violation to arrest or shoot at these SEDITIOUs marines. This makes zero sense as there is no reason why these mutineers should not be arrested or shot dead on sight if they refuse to follow orders and keep on with the mutiny.
What Should the SSGT be able to do: SSGT should be able to approach the marines and order them to stand down at once, and tell them to drop their weapons. If the Mutineers refuse he should be able to announce that they are under arrest for SEDITION and have his man arrest these individuals.
Similarly, there is no reason why a Lieutenant cannot order the arrest of a marine/marines to any other squad leader who is still loyal to his obligations to USCM. It should still be the Military Police who processes these criminals however they should be at least able to be arrested with handcuffs and escorted to USS Almayer.
Personal Thoughts:In my opinion it is LRP and Illogical watching mutineers run and gather more marines to their cowardice cause while command cannot have these people arrested without breaking rules. Commanding Officer is the Commanding officer for a reason same as the Captain, they should be able to make executive decisions that are followed through as soon as possible as there is no argument of if the CIC is wrong faulty, or not. In an Undercover Classified operation heavily invested by the W-Y Corporation and the USCM High Command. The executive decisions should be followed through and after the operation is over a report should be made and investigations occur after the operation has been concluded that is the most HRP way to have this accomplished.
What do you think?