Originally Posted by
Wibo333
I don't think I'll go to extreme lengths of killing myself unless there's an event forcing Grub to heavily lean towards it (( aka his wife visits him )) or something.
As for the questions!
1. Preferably I would like to hear the CT's appeal first, based on their story compared to the RO's I could possibly come to an understanding why the CT was acting in such a way. If they're a genuinely good person and they will continue with their duty and listen to the RO I would pardon them. If they were still shit-talking about the RO and disrespecting a superior officer I'd deny their pardon and tell them to wait their sentence out. This all just depends on how the CT explains the scenario to me really. Despite the RO is right and DASO is the penalty I would still want to find out what happened so I can do something about it and make sure they have an enjoyable OP afterwards.
2. The CMP or Commander may designate someone else to handle appeals should they be overwhelmed at that time or deployed or simply not there. They can designate an univolved MP or uninvolved commissioned officer to handle the appeal. Nowhere in the ML is stated I'm legally bound to handle in person, however I would be shipside and free I'd always try to make it for said appeal.
3. I've had this happen quite a few times myself due to having two monitors and missclicking on my main screen so.... but that's obviously not an IC reason, I would pardon them personally. If they're speaking the truth about it being an utter accident and I know them well I'd inform them that there's a safety option on their gun and that they should probably.... switch to that shipside when it's not on blue alert. You can't NJP major crimes so I don't think there's much else to be done here but to inform them of what they could have done to avoid shooting on accident.