[text] - UN: Etrepa- **Judgement Required**

[corpse_soldier]

Attention, citizens.

The suspected criminal has been captured and detained, with the assistance of Citizen Hawke, and Citizen Rogers. She is being held under a charge of larceny.

I am keeping armed guard over the suspect, but am presently refraining from taking any punitive action. My own capabilities suggest the guilt of the suspect, however - understanding there is no clearly established legitimate political authority - I turn to the camp-citizenry for the question of how best to practice justice.

We therefore require corroboration from others capable of the necessary interrogation techniques, to discern the truth of the matter. With no material evidence, the contents of the suspect's mind - her thoughts and memories - are the only conclusive source of proof. Luckily, I believe we have several citizens capable of such an inquiry.

There is also the larger question of standards of conduct, rule of law and expectations of propriety which are not well established. This is as good a time as any to seek consensus on the matter.

May Justice and its flower, Peace, be well served.

Comments

[corpse_soldier]

Someone with the necessary skills, if they can be found.

It is simply a matter of making the thought of theft so unpleasant, that the subject avoids any future misbehavior.

[hairrands]

Thats what I meant about stocks tomatoes and lots of hackling

Are you sure you should be in charge of all of this because its sounds like your not good at putting two and two together

[corpse_soldier]

I would contend that such a primitive form of re-education is ineffective; it fails to address the root of the problem. Public humiliation will make the subject hate the consequences of being caught, not the act of theft itself.

Ideally we would have a magistrate present to oversee the administration of justice; that or access to a provincial palace. But we must make do.

[hairrands]

We could build a jail and lock them away until someone thinks up a way to deal with her

No theft

Good public example

No problem

[corpse_soldier]

Imprisonment is not an effective solution. Even you admit it is a stop gap. The way to deal with a thief is to make the act of theft impossible for her. Do this, and long-term imprisonment is not necessary.

Otherwise you might as well execute the person, rather than detaining them indefinitely. That would set a public example. But it is only feasible if we know the criminal is not a citizen, and thus outside of citizenship's protections. It also could be seen as improper, and thus unjust.

[hairrands]

Whats citizenship out here anyways

Everyone commend from there own box and all any of us want to do is got out of here anyway

Unless we have a judge in the house i say mob rule this shit

[corpse_soldier]

Allegiance to the camp. Reliance on collective resources. Proximity to other citizens. Those who seek benefit through communal cooperation, and maintain proper relations with one another.

Would you rather be excepted from the category of citizenship, then?

[hairrands]

Listen robocall [She means 'robocop' because of Etrepa's dictatorial style, though her device has been sometimes unhelpfully correcting all of her hastily made typos] I dug more holes and dragged more trees then I bet you have so font fucking threaten me

If anyone here had the chance of going somewhere else lie maybe home they'd take it in a minute

This inst some utopia its a prison already

[corpse_soldier]

Language, citizen.

[hairrands]

English

Yeah I speak it

[Now she's just being obtuse because she can be.]

[corpse_soldier]

I do not. Still, profanity appears to translate.

Please conduct yourself with propriety, citizen.

[hairrands]

[AJ reads the text a second time and then scratches her nose at the screen, never mind that it's not turned to record. She's annoyed and she doesn't even know what this weirdo looks like. Better to know than not.]

Whats you say your name is again

Wheres all of this happening I want to see

[corpse_soldier]

You may call me Etrepa, citizen.

I am detaining the suspect in the shadow of the shouting rock.

text to action (possibly end cap if you want!)

[hairrands]

[So AJ makes her way out to the shouting rock to take a careful look at the tightass without so much as giving a reply. She's seen Flint Deckard before, had the greeblies scared out of her, in fact, so when she sees the pair of them at the rock she advances no further into the little clearing in the camp's center.

Nope, she's not getting involved in this. Etrepa can be taken as a mixed bag, but seeing her keeping an eye on that creep is enough to put a lid on any sarcasm that AJ might have otherwise had to spew.]