Marine law and sop notes

Foreword: Marine Law and Sop Notes

This page is intended to assist with marine law and sop. This is a clarification page. You can link to this in ban appeals, reports and other ooc issues.

At this time this is not yet official and a draft for the Marine Law rework.

This page is created to explain the intent behind various policies and changes. Because in general when issues arise with marine law the intention behind the law matters. The notes here are not official rules. But for clarification and expansion on marine law. We do sometimes link to official rulings here. Even these are not binding and situational as they may vary with time and in reports.

Marine Law vs Sop

Marine law specifically list crimes and how to handle the punishment for these crimes. It also lists the rights of prisoners and marines in regards to dealing with the military police. Everything else is to be added to sop.

General interpertation

This document might list how certain things are/should be handled. The following table explains some of the terms used in this document in regards to handling certain things. We want to give players the freedom to deviate from SOP and Marine law to make things go easier. But if we have to deal with frequent issues regarding deviating from SOP and/or marine law we will be forced to make certain parts set in stone. This is a situation no one wants. Hence I would advise caution when invoking the right to deviate from sop and/or Marine Law.

Term	Description
Strict	If strict is mentioned it means that you should not deviate from this without a very good reason. Deviating from this can be faxed or ahelped about and should only be done in (very) special cases.
Loose	Loose means that this is a guideline and it can be followed pretty much ignored. Though it is still preferred that an effort is made to follow the procedure.
Non-Ambiguous	If something mentions non-ambiguous it should be clear without question. There should be 0 doubt about the thing that has to be non-ambiguous.
Preferred	When it is mentioned that a is preferred over b, it means that if possible/reasonable you should go for option a instead of option b.
Reasonable	In this document reasonable is used between loosely and strict. This means that within reason you can deviate from the procedure listed. And this is the middle ground between loosely and strict.
Never	If the word never is used that procedure should always be followed. This is mostly used for rights granted to a Captain but not to the aCO.

Marine Law Notes

This table has additional notes on marine law.

Subject	Note	Explanation
Application	Marine law applies to survivors and other civilians as well.	Marine law is there to assist with rp and round flow. Hence it applies broadly.
Application	You can reasonably ignore minor crimes but should not ignore resisting arrest and Aiding and Abetting.	Strict:The special crimes are not minor crimes. We want to punish resisting arrest and helping others do that. Hence this is something you should not ignore without a very good reason.
Laws and Punishments:Charges	You should be reasonable in the time you give someone for their charges. There should be a reason for not using the minimum time. And resisting arrest is enough of a reason to go for maximum charges on any and all charges. If a person has only minor crimes and did not resist arrest you should strictly be using the minimum time.	Resisting arrest is to be punished harshly if you disagree with your charges you should appeal and not resist arrest. We also want people who cooperate and/or did not cause much trouble to be getting the minimum times.
Laws and Punishments: Charges	The CMP is responsible for all brig timers. You are there to oversee the mp's and should be aware of all charges and times that are given to any and all prisoners. It is your first and foremost duty to make sure marine law is being followed.	The idea here is that there is one person accountable for making sure what happens does so correctly. This is put on the CMP as that is the person who should deal with marine law.
Laws and Punishments: Cooperation, good behavior, patience	Marines with resisting charges shall not have any charges waived or lessened.	Resisting arrest is something we want to be harsh on.
Laws and Punishments: Repeat Offenders	Repeat offenders can get charges above minimum time when reasonable.	The goal is to stop crime. And to make sure charges escalate. By doing this our intention is that marines who committed a crime are more wary to commit more.
Resisting Arrest	Resisting arrest is done physically. Yelling you do not agree with the arrest is not resisting arrest. Nor is contacting a higher-ranked officer.	Arguing about your arrest is 100% valid. Voicing your disagreement is as well. Only if you hide, run away, attack mp's or take other physical actions are you resisting arrest.