Originally Posted by
QuackingFlack
Hello, it's me again! River Potemkin. Many of you hate me for being a shit MP! Allow me to provide my input on what could be best changed about the department.
1) No OOC protection: Marines should not be punished for fucking with MPs except by the MPs themselves, unless it gets to the point of literal murder. Otherwise what is the point of our department?
2) Extend our ability to pardon: CMP should be allowed to pardon everything besides capital crimes. Believe it or not, I don't want you in my brig just for calling the CO a big gay either.
3) Allow us to decline to arrest people: You know all those times I flashbanged the DS? The majority of them stemmed from being directly ordered by an officer to go do an arrest on the dropship, not me going to the dropship of my own accord. We currently have no right to decline an arrest if anyone with a commission orders it, even if it's a fraudulent arrest or for very petty reasons. If a CMP is present, they should be able to declare that arresting somebody would cause more trouble than it's worth. To override this, the CO or aCO should have to fax High Command to get the Provost Marshal to order the arrest.
4) Harsher punishment of MPs who do stupid shit: Job bans should be more frequent, requiring an explanation of what the proper way to handle the situation would have been before they are removed. I am well aware this would have applied to me at several points in the past, but here's the thing, it SHOULD have. Did I eventually learn that flashbanging the front line is not appropriate? Yes, but I should have learned faster.
5) Require people to have played longer as an SL, SO, PO, in Req, and as an MT before joining as an MP: This will help MPs understand the affects of their actions on various departments better and have a firm understanding of how the ship flows and the nature of different departments before fucking with them. Four hours in each role should be the minimum.
6) Harsher punishment for MPs breaking orders: When I say "I want a smooth op today so don't go arresting people for stupid shit" I inevitably find that somebody is in jail for calling an MP gay and has accumulated charges of assault and resisting arrest. Can't I just let them go? No, I can't. The CMP can't pardon major crimes.
7) An announcement system for the MPs: Instead of us just getting attacked when we're seen arresting somebody because people do not understand why it's occurring, let us make a command announcement for the sole purpose of explaining why an arrest will take place. Even with my reputation for being a shitler, people usually let me arrest people once the reasons have been explained unless it is a stupid arrest. I was once attacked for arresting somebody who had decapitated another marine with a machete.
8) Require officers to abstain from encouraging the Marines to be unruly over public coms: It is difficult to get an officer's commission. One would not risk it by saying things like "If I see you on my dropship I will shoot you".
9) This one is important so I'll say it again, NO OOC PROTECTIONS: We should not be immune from getting fucked with. This is a penal ship after all, and most of the Marines are criminals. Only officers should be required to refrain from fucking with us in an illegal manner.
10) Higher RP standard for MPs: Similar to the CO and CL, we should be expected to actually act like MPs. I've seen people who admit they "Just play MP to break the law and cause trouble" and that is a direct quote.
That's all.