United States Colonial Marine Corps
Marine Law

Verbiage

A Base of Operations is a vessel or facility of the United States Colonial Marine Corps where a unit is stationed and from where the Commander and their team exercise authority over their unit. Several units can share a single Base of Operations or not possess one at all under special circumstances.
A Commissioned Officer is a person that holds a commission in the United States Colonial Marine Corps. Such commission may not be issued by anyone but officials from High Command.
An Enlisted Person is an individual under enlistment in the United States Colonial Marine Corps.
The Commander is the Commissioned Officer in command of a vessel, facility or unit and who has possibly succeeded to command. The next Commissioned Officer in the Line of Succession inherits command after the incapacitation, unavailability, deployment in the Area of Operations or departure of the Commander from the Base of Operations.
The Commanding Officer is the Commissioned Officer appointed by High Command and detailed to command a vessel, facility or unit. Their status and powers are not transferable down the Line of Succession. The Commanding Officer retains the status of Commander even when deployed in the Area of Operations or away from the Base of Operations alongside the next Commissioned Officer after them in the Line of Succession and present at the Base of Operations.
High Command is the entity composed of several headquarters units such as the Provost Office and the different battalion, regiment, and division commands responsible for issuing orders and directives to the Commanding Officer.
Military Police are all appointed and deputised personnel detailed to enforce Marine Law.
An Area of Operations is defined as an area that is not a Base of Operations and where personnel of the United States Colonial Marine Corps have jurisdiction to conduct operations and accomplish objectives on unfamiliar grounds. The Area of Operations can be extended by the Commander in accordance with strategic needs.

Applicability

Marine Law shall apply to all persons, military and civilian, foreign or not, present in an Area of Operations or Base of Operations. Commissioned Officers, Enlisted Persons and civilians in the employ of the United States Colonial Marine Corps shall remain at all times subject to Marine Law regardless of their location. Military Police shall be its sole enforcers and make all necessary arrests for breaches of Marine Law resulting in the commission of crimes. They may be ordered or choose to ignore a Minor Crime unless instructed to punish one. Military Police may arrest from their own volition only personnel lower than them in the judicial command structure. They shall operate independently from the regular command structure only in matters related to Marine Law. The Chief of Military Police shall be the highest law enforcement professional of the unit above even the Commander and second only to the Commanding Officer who shall retain the final say on the judicial affairs of their command unless overseen by higher officials from High Command.

Punitive Articles

Capital Crimes


Charge	Description	Punishment
Jailbreak or Escape	To escape, assist in an escape, attempt escape, or be willfully and knowingly broken out from your cell. This takes precedence over “Unruly Prisoner.”	Permanent Confinement & Relief of Duty or Execution & ID Termination
Murder or Unauthorized Execution
Sedition
Desertion
Crimes against Humanity

Non-Judicial Punishments

Non-Judicial Punishments are disciplinary measures that do not require legal proceedings and that can range from verbal reprimands to extra duties or physical exercise. Military Police may administer Non-Judicial Punishments to suspects charged with Minor Crimes instead of carrying out their arrest. Military Police may also issue Non-Judicial Punishments to prisoners already serving their sentence for the commission of Minor Crimes. The decision to do so or not may be overriden by the Commander or Chief of Military Police. Non-Judicial Punishments may only be issued to Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Persons of a lower rank and not to civilians.

Non-Judicial Punishments may not be administered if the original time to be served exceeds 10 minutes. They shall last no longer than the time suspects or prisoners have yet to serve or 10 minute if the crimes they committed carry no sentence. Suspects refusing Non-Judicial Punishments shall serve the original time for the crime they commited or a 10 minute sentence in the Brig if none exists.

Prisoners having committed crimes while in custody may not be issued Non-Judicial Punishments. Failing to complete Non-Judicial Punishments shall not be considered failure to comply as song as a legitimate attempt is made. Non-Judicial Punishments shall never endanger suspects or prisoners.

Lawbreaking Military Police

Military Police violating Marine Law is a grave event that carries serious consequences. Military Police doing so shall be charged with Neglect of Duty as an additional crime and be removed from service as law enforcement, provided their appeals or requests for pardons to be denied. Demotions for committing Minor Crimes shall be subject to the wishes of the Commanding Officer, Chief of Military Police or the Commander in their absence and in that order.

Illegal Orders

Personnel are required to follow all orders and directives from superiors but shall not obey those that would come into conflict with Marine Law. Personnel refusing illegal orders shall state what crimes would be committed when carrying out such orders. Issuing unlawful orders shall be punished in the same manner as crimes that would result from carrying them out. Orders meant as punishment that would cause personnel to neglect their duties such as running laps or performing janitorial duty shall also be unlawful unless as detailed in Non-Judicial Punishments.

Officer Ordered Arrests

Commissioned Officers may order arrests to be carried out by Military Police for the commission of crimes. Commissioned Officers shall clearly and explicitly request the execution of arrests for them to be compulsory. Arrest orders may be rescinded by the Commissioned Officers having issued them up until detainment of the suspects. Commissioned Officers may not order personnel superior to them in position or rank to be arrested unless the Commissioned Officer ordering such arrests is the Commander.

Suspect may be held for 10 minutes after reaching the Brig to gather evidence in case of doubts as to the veracity of the allegations. Absence of evidence shall not exculpate. Exonerating evidence that demonstrates ill intent from Commissioned Officers having ordered arrests shall be sufficent to charge them with Prevarication. Only the Commander and Chief of Military Police may order arrests on Military Police and only the Commander may order the Chief of Military Police to be arrested.

Arrest Procedure

Arresting Persons

Inform the individual they are under arrest.
Take the person in custody and securely restrain them. Apply non-lethal force if they resist. Use lethal force if necessary as detailed in Lethal Force.
Move the prisoner to the Brig.

Lethal Force

The Commander or Chief of Military Police may authorise the use of lethal force to arrest individuals involved in emergencies such as mutinies and attacks on the Base of Operations, or against suspects who have used lethal force against others. Military Police without non-lethal weaponry may use lethal force against suspects who have proven dangerous to others or the mission. The suspect shall only be engaged with lethal weaponry until they can no longer present any danger. Military Police may use lethal force from the beginning against targets resistant to non-lethal weaponry such as rogue synthetics. Military Police may use lethal weaponry when necessary without authorisation, provided the Commander or Chief of Military Police do not respond on such matter in a timely fashion.

Field Arrests

Arrests in the Area of Operations shall only take place in safe areas such as the Forward Operating Base and Combat Outposts unless in hot pursuit during which suspects flee outside such designated areas. Military Police in hot pursuit shall abort arrests and return to those safe areas if they encounter hostile forces in the vicinity. Military Police may travel between such safe areas but may not make arrests during these travels and they shall ensure that the transfer of prisoners between such areas happens safely.

Military Police arresting personnel on deployment authorised as detailed in Deployment Regulations shall contact the Commander and the Head of Department of such personnel to notify them of the arrest and request a replacement. Arrests shall proceed regardless if arranging such replacement takes more than five minutes.

No arrest shall happen while the Base of Operations comes to be under such attack that it would threaten the survival of the unit as a whole. An arrest may only happen in the aforementioned circumstances if the person to be arrested represents a danger to others and the mission.

Detainment Procedure

Inform the prisoner of their charges after having reached the Brig.
Select the charges for the crimes the prisoner is accused of and print them out of the Jurisdictional Automated System.
Insert the printed document into the cell timer pannel and activate it.
Put the prisoner in orange uniform and shoes and give them a standard radio.
Take their ID off and remove all access from it before giving it back.
Bring the prisoner inside a cell. Buckle them to the bed before stunning them to recover the restraints. Exit the cell.
Update their records by assigning them Prisoner status and indicating charges and the time to be served.
Search the belongings of the prisoner for illegal items or items that are evidence in an investigation.
Inform them that they may file an appeal as detailed in Appeal Procedure.
Release the prisoner and let them take their belongings before escorting them out of the Brig. Set their status to Released.

Time spent outside the cell for any reason shall not count as time served. Prisoners having suffered from Sleep Space Disorder for more than five minutes may be placed in cryogenics in the Brig but shall serve the remainder of their sentence if they return. Prisoners still suffering from Sleep Space Disorder after having served their time shall be placed in cryogenics in the Brig.

Search Procedure

Searches may be approved by the Commander or Chief of Military Police and shall be carried out by the Commander or Military Police. Searches may be approved after having been performed if waiting would put the unit or mission at risk.

Search of Persons

Inform the individual they are being searched and for what reason.
Proceed if able to an isolated area to avoid unwanted disturbance during the search.
Conduct the search and confiscate and secure any illegal items or items that are evidence in an investigation.
Inform the person the search is concluded and arrest them if any aforementioned items are found.
Return the items once they are no longer needed as evidence.

Search of Areas

Announce the intent to search the area and for what reason.
Request if necessary to be let in or to obtain access to the area to be searched.
Vacate the area to be searched of all persons not assisting in conducting the search.
Conduct the search and confiscate and secure all illegal items or items that are evidence in an investigation.
Restore the searched area to its previous state as closely as possible.
Open the searched area to normal traffic again.
Return the items once they are no longer needed as evidence.

Prisoner Rights

Prisoners in Military Police custody shall possess the rights described below. Those rights may not be revoked unless indicated otherwise. Prisoners may contact High Command to plead for the return of those rights.

Common Room

Prisoners, with the exception of those sentenced to Permanent Confinement, shall be allowed to enter the common detainment space of the Brig known as the Courtyard. The Commander or Military Police may give access to the Courtyard to prisoners sentenced to Permanent Confinement as a reward for good behavior. The commission of a crime by a prisoner shall nullify the privilege of entering the Courtyard which may be returned by the Commander or Chief of Military Police. A prisoner charged with Jailbreak shall permanently and irrevocably lose the right of accessing the Courtyard. The privilege of accessing the Courtyard shall be suspended during events that would threaten the security of the Brig or the survival of the unit, such as mutinies, riots and attacks by hostile forces on the Base of Operations.

Protection

Military Police shall keep all prisoners safe and unharmed and provide them with food and medical treatment if necessary. At least one Military Police shall remain present in the Brig for as long as prisoners are serving their sentence there unless during emergencies. Military Police performing an arrest shall ensure that this overwatch is available. Prisoners sentenced to Permanent Confinement shall require no such supervision. Medical treatment shall take place inside the Brig if possible. Military Police shall otherwise escort prisoners restrained to receive treatment and watch over them at all times. Prisoners attempting to harm themselves may be straightjacketed for the duration of their sentence.

Radio Access

Prisoners shall be allowed to use a standard radio. The Commander or Military Police may revoke this right if it is being abused such as if a prisoner asks for help in escaping or saturates the radio.. A warning shall be given to the prisoner to stop what is considered to be such abuse before removing the radio from them. Repeatedly requesting an appeal may not be considered such abuse, provided the appeal has not been denied. The privilege of using a standard radio shall be suspended during events that would threaten the security of the Brig or the survival of the unit, such as mutinies, riots and attacks by hostile forces on the Base of Operations.

Right to Appeal

Appeals constitute the process in which cases are reviewed by higher authorities. Appeals shall allow for procedural errors that happened during the conviction process to be corrected. All prisoners may appeal against their convictions either to the Commander or Chief of Military Police who may both delegate Military Police or a Commissioned Officer to handle it in their place. Personnel handling appeals shall if possible be impartial and uninvolved in cases related to appeals they are handling.

Personnel handling appeals may replace individual charges, establish them as valid or nullify them altogether only if the prisoners were wrongly sentenced and convicted. Appeals may not be used to charge and sentence prisoners any further and shall always conserve the status quo of cases, if not benefit the prisoners,

Appeals shall begin within 10 minutes, or 30 minutes for prisoners sentenced to Permanent Confinement, after their being requested. Prisoners whose appeals go unprocessed once the aforementioned deadlines expire shall be cleared of all convictions and be released.

Prisoners requesting appeals shall communicate clearly when doing so and personnel receiving such requests shall do the same when relaying it to the Commander or Chief of Military Police as relevant. Personnel failing to relay or handle appeals shall be guilty of Neglect of Duty.

Appeals shall be handled before any punishment as detailed in Non-Judicial Punishments, Demotions and Executions. Prisoners shall continue serving their time while their appeals are being processed.

Appeal Procedure

List or have listed, one by one, in the presence of the prisoner, all their charges and the punishments they were sentenced to.
If able and necessary, take knowledge of all evidence and the testimonies of all of those involved in the case, from the accuser to the accused alongside any witnesses and Military Police having performed the arrest of the prisoner.
Establish the outcome of the appeal by validating or invalidating charges, one by one, and by altering in consequence the punishments to fit, if necessary.

Last Resort Appeal

Prisoners may appeal to High Command instead of

Search of Persons

Demotions

Vicarious Prosecution

Victims of crimes excluding Capital Crimes and crimes resulting in grevious bodily harm shall retain the right to have charges dropped and request Military Police to release the perpetrator. Carrying out an arrest after the victim dropped charges constitutes Prevarication.

Demotions

Carrying out demotions as punishment for the commission of crimes shall require permission from the head of the department the perpetrator belongs to, or permission from the Commander in case of the demotion of a head of department. Demoted personnel shall move to a more junior position within their department, or be reassigned as rifleman if no such position exists. Riflemen punished by demotion shall be discharged from the United States Colonial Marine Corps and be afforded the same status and access as civilian guests. Demoted civilians whose department possesses no more junior position shall be fired from the United States Colonial Marine Corps and be afforded the same status and access as civilian guests. Demoted Military Police may be placed in another department, provided they possess the relevant skills and permission from the relevant head of department, or be reassigned as riflemen if unfeasible.

Executions

Only prisoners who have committed crimes with execution as a possible punishment may be executed. Executions shall be authorised by the Commanding Officer or both the Commander and Chief of Military Police in their absence. The Commander or Chief of Military Police shall make an announcement indicating the position, rank and name of the prisoner to be executed, the crimes committed and the execution method.

Executions shall be carried out by firing squads made up of at least two Military Police or the Commanding Officer alone or by lethal injection, handled by the Chief Medical Officer or other medical personnel in their absence. No explosive ordnance or weaponry that could be considered cruel and unusual shall be used by firing squads but instead only regular firearms such as rifles, shotguns and sidearms. The Commanding Officer or both the Commander and Chief of Military Police in their absence shall determine the execution method. The Commanding Officer or Chief of Military Police in their absence may invite victims of the prisoners in firing squads.

Prisoners to be executed may request a tobacco product, a last food and drink as a final meal. Those items shall be easily acquirable. They may request a blindfold, a maximum of three persons to witness their execution and be given a chance to say final words on the radio if so wished even if it was taken away beforehand. Execution shall proceed if this takes more than 2 minutes in total. The Commander or Chief of Military Police shall witness executions.

Special Provisions

Insanity

Insanity is defined as an unsoundness of mind or lack of ability to understand that prevents someone from having the mental capacity to perform their duties. Only the highest ranking medical officer, synthetics, or another medical officer in their absence and in that order may declare someone insane, and they may not be ordered to do so against their diagnosis.

Self-Defense

A person using force on others to defend themselves or others from illegal use of force shall not be charged, as long as they defend themselves with proportional force. Fists shall be used against fists, melee weapons against melee weapons, and firearms against firearms for example. The victim shall only defend with lethal force until the attacker is unable to carry on their assault. The victim shall notify Military Police of their use of force in self-defense at the earliest opportunity, and prioritise attempting to disengage to avoid using force beforehand if able.

Medical Experiments

An individual may waive their rights in order to participate in an authorised medical experiment. Personnel conducting the research shall not be charged for harm inflicted on the subject, provided such harm was the result of approved parameters of the experiment. Personnel in the employ of the United States Colonial Marine Corps may be ordered not to participate in such experimentation if it would cause them to neglect their duties. The time of a prisoner spent as test subject shall count as time served for their sentence. A prisoner whose sentence reached completion while involved in a medical experiment shall be free to leave such experiment. Personnel may not conduct medical experiments that would result in the certain death of the subjects, unless the subjects are prisoners whose sentence is execution.

Emergency Prisoner Release

The Commander or Chief of Military Police may during emergency scenarios such as significant boarding actions or a compromised Brig, release prisoners if there is reason to believe that they will not be a threat or hindrance during the course of the emergency, particularly so if the prisoners displayed good behavior. Such release shall not take place if the Commander or Chief of Military Police object to it, with the word of the Commanding Officer being final. Prisoners whose release have been denied shall be escorted by Military Police to a safe location, in accordance with orders from the command structure.

Synthetic Provisions

Marine Synthetics

Synthetics in service of the United States Colonial Marine Corps are coded to fully understand and adhere to Marine Law. They may therefore not be arrested without authorisation from High Command. Synthetics that violate Marine Law shall be reported to High Command. For all other judicial matters, Synthetics shall be granted the same protections as any person would under Marine Law.

Allied Synthetics

Several agencies, corporations and colonies from or allied with the United Americas make use of Synthetics. These Synthetics shall be granted similar protections as their counterparts from the United States Colonial Marine Corps with the exception that their arrest may be ordered solely by the Commander or Chief of Military Police without authorisation from High Command.

Synthetics that violate Marine Law or that act subversive to the United States Colonial Marine Corps such as by taking highly valuable supplies without request or deconstructing defenses may be declared rogue by the Commander or Chief of Military Police and be disabled with all necessary force. Such Synthetics shall be given the chance to stand down before being disabled. They shall then be repaired and ressurected in a secure location to serve their sentence and be released after its completion.

Commanding Officer Provisions

Arrest Immunity

The Commanding Officer is not above Marine Law but may not be arrested for the commission of crimes without authorisation from High Command. Contact shall be made with High Command in case of criminal conduct or abuse of powers from the Commanding Officer to obtain a warrant for their arrest. Military Police shall present such written warrant from High Command to the Commanding Officer for the arrest to be valid unless the arrest order was made known directly to the Commanding Officer by High Command. Attempting to illegally arrest the Commanding Officer constitutes Sedition.

Battlefield Executions

The Commanding Officer may perform Battlefield Executions. They may summarily execute individuals that are under their authority or in their Area of Operations or Base of Operations unless such persons are in Military Police custody. The individuals to be executed shall have committed at least a Capital Crime or represent one of the following:

A threat to the command by credibly threatening to or attempting to undermine, usurp, override or overthrow the authority of the Commanding Officer and their command team.
A threat to persons by credibly threatening to or attempting to harm the Commanding Officer or someone else in the presence of the Commanding Officer.
A threat to the mission or Base of Operations by credibly threatening to or attempting to do them damage.

Battlefield Executions shall be performed in person by the Commanding Officer with their assigned sidearm if possible and in a way to avoid collateral damage and risks to innocent parties. Battlefield Executions may therefore not be conducted through the use of explosive ordnance or irregular weaponry that could be considered cruel and unusual.

An announcement shall be made by the Commanding Officer at the earliest opportunity and within a reasonable timeframe after performing Battlefield Executions. Such announcement shall indicate the positions, ranks and names of the individuals executed and the reason for their being executed.

Pardons

The Commanding Officer may issue Pardons. They may individually pardon criminals that are under their authority or in their Area of Operations or Base of Operations if they believe it to be in the best interests of the mission. Prisoners charged with Minor Crimes and Major Crimes may be pardoned while those charged with Capital Crimes may not except in special circumstances with authorisation from High Command.

The Commanding Officer shall do their best to investigate and take knowledge of the crimes and the intervals and circumstances in which they were commited before issuing Pardons. An announcement shall be made by the Commanding Officer at the earliest opportunity and within a reasonable timeframe after the issuance of Pardons. Such announcement shall indicate the positions, ranks and names of the prisoners pardoned, the crimes pardoned and the reasons for their being pardoned. The aforementioned announcement may be made after issuing Pardons and the Commanding Officer shall not need to be there for the release itself.

The Commanding Officer shall take responsability for the conduct of the perpetrator after release and may be held accountable for further criminal actions committed by those they pardoned. Military Police may request the arrest of the Commanding Officer to High Command in such cases.

Arrest Cancellations

The Commanding Officer may order Arrest Cancellations. They may may invoke their pardoning authority to cancel the arrests of persons before they are processed in the Brig as detailed in Detainment Procedure. Arrest Cancellations shall otherwise follow the same procedures than Pardons. Arrest Cancellations may not be used on perpetrators in the process of committing crimes including Resisting Arrest or on prisoners already processed in the Brig as detailed in Detainment Procedure. Arrest orders from High Command may not be affected through these procedures.

Demotion Clause

The Commanding Officer may demote from their rank or position, relieve from duty and discharge or fire from the United States Colonial Marine Corps any commissioned officer, enlisted person, or civilian employee under their authority. The Commanding Officer may take such actions without necessarily ordering arrests or as additional punishments or measures to an arrest. The severity of the actions shall fit the gravity of the circumstances. Such demotions in position shall follow the same procedure as detailed in Demotions. Commissioned officers and enlisted persons relieved from duty shall be allowed to retain their rank and officers may have their right to carry sidearms revoked.

Discretionary Arrests

The Commanding Officer may order Discretionary Arrests. They may summarily order to be detained for any reason and duration individuals that are under their authority or in their Area of Operations or Base of Operations. Discretionary Arrests shall be ordered by the Commanding Officer to detain persons who have not committed any crimes but proved a risk to operational security or to extend the sentence of prisoners whose actions warrant harsher punishment than Marine Law accounted for.

Discretionary Arrests may only be appealed to High Command. Only the Commanding Officer may otherwise rescind Discretionary Arrests and order the release of prisoners. The Chief of Military Police may also order such release to take place in cases where the Commanding Officer would be permanently unable to do so due to their being deceased or in cryogenic sleep. The Commanding Officer may not be charged with Prevarication after rescinding Discretionary Arrests.

General Article

The Commanding Officer may issue Non-Judicial Punishments to Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Persons under their authority or in their Area of Operations or Base of Operations. Non-Judicial Punishments may be issued even if no crimes were committed and solely because the Commanding Officer noticed behaviors that they found inappropriate or contrary to good order and deserving of punishment.

Standard Operating Procedure

The Commanding Officer may alter any aspects of Standard Operating Procedure unless indicated otherwise as long as these modifications do not conflict with Marine Law. Alterations to Standard Operating Procedure shall not be done to the extent of causing unnecessary distress but instead with regards for the burden they would impose on others. Military Police shall be informed of modifications to Standard Operating Procedure before their implementation.

Medal Issuance

The Commanding Officer may bestow commendations for going above what is required of one in their service to the United States Colonial Marine Corps and for displays of exceptional bravery, expertise, leadership or prowess. Medals shall not be awarded with a demeaning intent to mock one or praise ridiculous events.

Guest Commanding Officers

The Commanding Officer might occasionally receive in their Area of Operations or Base of Operations equally or higher ranked Commissioned Officers possibly with a command of their own. The presence of those officers shall not alter the Chain of Command and Line of Succession of the different units or the absolute authority of the Commanding Officer over their own command. Such Guest Commanding Officers shall be afforded all powers covered under Commanding Officer Provisions with the following exceptions:

Guest Commanding Officers may perform Battlefiled Executions on persons that are attached to the command of the Commanding Officer or other Guest Commanding Officers only if such individuals represent a threat to persons as detailed in the Battlefield Executions section. Guest Commanding Officers may otherwise execute individuals attached to their own command for any of the reasons listed in Execution Privileges and while following the same procedure.
Guest Commanding Officers may pardon, demote, order to be taken under discretionary detainment, administer non-judicial punishments and commend as detailed in Pardons, Demotion Clause, Discretionary Detainment, General Article and Medal Issuance only persons attached to their own command. Guest Commanding Officers and other more junior officers may otherwise order the arrests of individuals or handle their appeals as detailed in Officer Ordered Arrests and Appeal Rights even if such persons are not attached to their own command. Guest Commanding Officers shall avoid handling appeals if other preferable options from the native command exist.
Guest Commanding Officers may only modify their own Standard Operating Procedure.

The above exceptions shall apply in cases where the roles would be reversed and the Commanding Officer would make use of their powers on individuals attached to the command of Guest Commanding Officers. The authority of Guest Commanding Officers in the Area of Operations or Base of Operations of the Commanding Officer shall be defined by the Commander, ranging from the authorisation of carrying out a specific task to the permission of taking over as Commander.

The officer giving such permission shall retain the status of Commander alongside them and may revoke the authority of Guest Commanding Officers acting as such at all times. Guest Commanding Officers that are granted the aforementioned authority shall acquire the full powers of the Commanding Officer as detailed in Commanding Officer Provisions and be able to make use of them on all persons attached to the command of the Commanding Officer.

Recovered Guest Commanding Officers may deploy back in the Area of Operations of the Commanding Officer but shall not exert any authority unless as indicated above.

Guest Commanding Officers present with special orders and on the behalf of High Command shall be afforded additional privileges. Such High Command Envoys shall be considered the superiors of the Commanding Officer and present Guest Commanding Officers and may exert authority over them and the persons attached to their commands. This may be by forcibly taking over as Commander or simply issuing instructions, relieving the Commanding Officer of their command or executing changes unaccounted for by Marine Law and Standard Operating Procedure. High Command Envoys may fully exercise powers as detailed in Commanding Officer Provisions including over Guest Commanding Officers, the Commanding Officer themselves and the persons attached to their commands.

Additional Definitions

Announcements are messages broadcasted through the public address system of a vessel, facility, or unit, and audible to all personnel of the command.
An area of operations is defined as an area outside of a vessel or facility of the United States Colonial Marine Corps where its forces conduct combat and non-combat activities to accomplish tasks and missions. It can be extended by the Commander in accordance with strategic needs.

Standard Operating Procedure
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USS Almayer

Verbiage

A Base of Operations is a vessel or facility of the United States Colonial Marine Corps where a unit is stationed and from where the Commander and their team exercises authority over their unit. Several units can share a single Base of Operations.
The Commander is the officer in command of a vessel, facility or unit and who has possibly succeeded to command. The next officer in the line of succession inherits command after the incapacitation, unavailability, deployment or departure of the Commander from the Base of Operations.
The Commanding Officer is the officer appointed by High Command and detailed to command a vessel, facility or unit. Their status and powers are not transferable down the line of succession. The Commanding Officer retains the status of Commander even when deployed or away from the Base of Operations, alongside the next officer after them in the line of succession and present at the Base of Operations.
High Command is the entity composed of several headquarters units such as the Provost Office and the different battalion, regiment, and division commands, responsible for issuing orders and directives to the Commanding Officer.
Military Police are all appointed and deputised personnel detailed to enforce Marine Law.
An Area of Operations is defined as an area that is not part of a Base of Operations and where personnel of the United States Colonial Marine Corps conduct combat and non-combat activities to accomplish tasks and missions on unfamiliar grounds. The Area of Operations can be extended by the Commander in accordance with strategic needs.

Rules of Engagement

The Rules of Engagement are the directives below that define the conditions in which the use of force, and to what degree, may be applied by personnel of the United States Colonial Marine Corps, and their allies while in the Area of Operations. The Commander may modify the Rules of Engagement as necessary in accordance with strategic developments.

Persons that are not overtly hostile shall be halted to have their intentions uncovered. They shall be given the choice to board Almayer as guests.
Civilians and personnel from entities other than the United States Colonial Marine Corps may be allowed to continue their operations if they prove beneficial or indifferent to the interests of the United States Colonial Marine Corps.
The use of force shall be authorised to disable non-compliant individuals. Hostile individuals may be killed on sight.
Wildlife shall not be hunted needlessly. Hostile wildlife and wildlife that breaches the perimeters of the Forward Operating Base or Combat Outposts, or that compromises supply lines or the ability for the forces of the United States Colonial Marine Corps and their allies to maneuver, may be killed on sight.
Buildings and obstacles may be constructed or deconstructed in accordance with tactical requirements. Explosive ordnance may be used for demolitions.

Chain of Command

The Chain of Command is the line along which authority is exercised and orders are passed down from the Commander to the personnel of their unit, and other parties that are in the Area of Operations and Base of Operations. Personnel shall obey orders related to their specialty and assignment only if such orders were issued by the holy fucking shit im gonna use an org chart because its gonna be cbt to explain

Command

Commanding Officer.
Executive Officer.

Line of Succession

The Line of Succession is the line of responsability along which the status of Commander is inherited after the incapacitation, unavailability, deployment or departure of the previous Commander from the Base of Operations. The officer having succeeded to command shall not receive an increase in rank or any powers that would be other than those granted by the status of Commander. The officers below shall be in the Line of Succession in that order:

The Commanding Officer.
The Executive Officer.

Forward Operating Base

The Forward Operating Base is the main secured forward position in the Area of Operations that is used to support strategic objectives by containing medical facilities or supplies among others. The Commander shall take the minimum precautions to ensure the security of the Forward Operating Base and the safety of all personnel present inside it. The Forward Operating Base shall be located at a landing zone to assure the security of all transports in transit there. Combat Outposts may also be established.

Deployment Regulations

Field Command

The Commanding Officer may depart from the Base of Operations or deploy themselves to the Area of Operations of their own accord. Such departures and deployments shall take place for the sake of the mission and unit and not for the personal pleasure or agenda of the Commanding Officer. They may only depart or deploy themselves if they are confident that the command team left behind would be able to continue exercising authority and commanding the unit in their absence. The Commanding Officer shall take responsability for the actions taken by such command team.

The Commanding Officer may lead offensives when so deployed but shall never endanger themselves unless when spearheading maneuvers critical to the mission and unit. They shall instead prioritise commanding and facilitating tactical awareness above engaging in combat.

Ship Modifications

The Commander may authorise structural alterations and the moving of furniture to take place on USS Almayer. The Chief Engineer may also authorise such modifications if they affect no departments. The Chief Engineer may only authorise structural alterations and the moving of furniture in departments with the approval of the heads of the departments that would be affected. Military Police shall be notified of such modifications being authorised before their implementation. The Commander shall have the final say on the aforementioned modifications taking place or not.

Structural alterations or the moving of furniture shall never take place in the Brig and Combat Information Center if they would compromise the safety or capacity of those areas to detain prisoners. The removal of vendors and machines does not constitute illegal modification of the ship unless the act of doing so alters the functionality or purpose of a specific area. Moving medical vendor aboard a dropship does not constitute altering functionality unless it impacts the use of the Medbay itself.

The deconstruction of elements of USS Almayer to obtain materials may only take place after contact with the enemy has been made. Such contact shall be so severe that more materials than immediately available to hand would be needed to assure the success of the mission or the survival of the unit. The decision of the Commander to authorise aforementioned deconstruction may be contested by contacting High Command. Contacting High Command to contest such decision and arrest the Commander shall not be needed if such decision was taken before contact with the enemy.

ARES Core

Unrestricted access to the ARES Core shall be limited to the following personnel of USS Almayer only unless indicated otherwise:

The Chief Engineer.
The Commanding Officer.
Synthetics.
Artificial Intelligence Service Technicians of the United States Colonial Marine Corps or Weyland Yutani.
Working Joes.

Access rights shall not be transferable. All other personnel may request entry into the ARES Core through Access Tickets or directly to Artificial Intelligence Service Technicians, Working Joes or ARES.