I Degree | II Degree | III Degree | IV Degree | V Degree | Code |
Disturbance | Animal Cruelty | Assault/Battery | Attempted Murder | Mass Murder | I |
Petty Theft | Damage/Destruction of Property | Breach of Arrest | Unlawful Control/Kidnapping/Hostage Taking | Prevention of Revival | II |
Possession/Usage of Illegal Substances | Endangerment | Grand Theft | Murder | Refusal of Mental Sheilding | III |
Trespass | Failure to Comply | Manslaughter | Terrorism | IV | |
Vandalism | Possession of Restricted Gear | Mass Destruction | V | ||
Rioting | Possession of Restricted Weaponry | VI | |||
Secure Trespass | VII | ||||
Breach of Custody | VIII |
For minor crimes, fix the issue then warn the person to not attempt the crime again, if they still proceed to do it at a later date, a brig time may be better.
Offense | Description | Maximum Punishment | Notes | Code |
Disturbance |
To cause a public disturbance. | 2:00 |
Sometimes referred to as hooliganism. The catch-all for obnoxious crewmates.
Covers things such as public nudity, needless insults, obstructing authorities, threatening, and inciting crime or violence. |
I-I |
Petty Theft |
To take non-vital or inexpensive property of another individual, organization, or common property, without consent. | 3:00 | Sometimes referred to as hooliganism. The catch-all for obnoxious crewmates. | I-II |
Possession/Use of Illegal Substances |
To make, hold, or abuse restricted drugs or chemicals. | 3:00 |
This is to be followed in accordance with Standard Operating Procedure.
If anything questionable is not brought up in SOP the captain or highest standing command staff may publicly restrict it. |
I-III |
Trespass |
To enter a non-secured area without permission. | 2:00 | It's best to just remove them from the area unless this is a repeated crime. | I-IV |
Vandalism |
To intentionally deface or superficially damage public or private property. | 2:00 | Painting graffiti, smashing bar glasses, and cracking internal windows is vandalism, breaking a window into space or secure areas is not. | I-V |
Depending on the situation you may want to issue a warning instead of a detaining.
Offense | Description | Maximum Punishment | Notes | Code |
Animal Cruelty |
To inflict unnecessary suffering or harm on a non-sapient being with malicious intent. | 3:00 | This doesn't include legitimate and authorized animal testing and usually doesn't extend to vermin or creatures that could pose a threat to the station. | II-I |
Damage/Destruction of Property |
To maliciously damage or deface public or private property or equipment | 4:00 | Step up from vandalism but a step down from mass destruction. | II-II |
Endangerment |
To recklessly or maliciously put yourself or others in danger, either through direct action, or failure to act. | 4:00 | Covers industrial accidents, industrial negligence, industrial sabotage, self-experimentation, or even medical malpractice | II-III |
Failure to Comply |
To resist reasonable orders given by an authority. This extends to warrants and authorized searches. | 2:00 | The order has to be reasonable and the person has to receive a good amount of warning before the arrest is issued. | II-IV |
Possession of Restricted Gear |
To hold or use non-lethal items or objects that are restricted or illegal. | 4:00 |
This is mostly for syndicate contraband; EMAGs, syndicate gas masks, bloodred hardsuits, hijacked PDAs, or implants,
however can sometimes extend to things the individual shouldn't possess like kevlar vests and security gear. |
II-V |
Rioting |
To take part in a large group of personnel creating an unlawful public disturbance. | 4:00 |
Crimes like damage of property or battery are expected to be thrown on top of this charge.
Leaders of a riot can be charged with all crimes that happen under their lead. |
II-VI |
Assault and Manslaughter are linked crimes, and cannot be stacked against a suspect.
It is recommended to not use maximum sentences for those being compliant.
Offense | Description | Maximum Punishment | Notes | Code |
Assault/Battery |
To threaten to or to use physical force against someone without the intent to kill. | 6:00 | Attempted murder and battery are different. | III-I |
Breach of Arrest |
To intentionally resist and flee arrest or detainment by an authorized staff. | 4:00 | This only applies if the person is actively being physically arrested. Includes people uncuffing or assisting others out of an arrest. Breach of custody is a separate crime. | III-II |
Grand Theft |
To take critical or unreplaceable property of another individual or organization without consent. | 6:00 | The theft of an irreplacable item. Examples of such items would be the Quarter Masters Digiboard, or the Chef Engineers advanced mag boots; however this may include the Captains ID. | III-III |
Manslaughter |
To incidentally kill a sapient being without intent. | 10:00 | Includes manslaughter in self-defense and negligent manslaughter. | III-IV |
Mass Destruction |
To cause massive damage to an area or major station system. | 6:00 | Deadly bombings or massive damage to station departments and functions may fall under mass destruction. | III-V |
Possession of Restricted Weaponry |
To hold or use a weapon that is unlawful or contraband. | 6:00 | Everything from guns without a permit, deadly blades, explosives, syndicate firearms to explosive implants. | III-VI |
Secure Trespass |
To enter a secured area without permission. | 8:00 | Secure trespass generally refers to all command areas; but may also include engineering, atmospherics, telecomms, vault, AI, security and armory. | III-VII |
Breach of Custody |
To break out of a cell or custody with the intention of escaping. | 4:00 | Additional time may be added to any escapee. While rare, this charge can be bumped to permanent brig if the suspect has repeatedly attempted to break out; Includes crew breaking others out. | III-VIII |
Particularly violent offenders may be placed in perma. (Attacking officers in an attempt to escape prison)
Attempted murder and murder are linked crimes and cannot be stacked together.
Attempted murderers should be granted a more lenient sentence than a murderer.
Offense | Description | Maximum Punishment | Notes | Code |
Attempted Murder |
To make an attempt to use physical force against someone with the clear intent to kill. | 5:00 |
Undeniable proof that there was an attempt on somebody elses life.
Purposely causing a member of crew to fall into a critical state is attempted murder. |
IV-I |
Unlawful Control/Kidnapping/Hostage Taking |
To unlawfully restrain, transport, control or confine a sapient being against that individual’s will. | 10:00 | Usually refers to forced cuffing, or trapping of a crew member; Locking a person in a room or locker could fall under kidnapping. | IV-II |
Murder |
To kill a sapient being with malicious intent. | 10:00 | To purposely cause another member of crew to die. | IV-III |
All executions are to be confirmed and overseen by the Captain. A prisoner may request a specific execution method, if reasonable. Otherwise the most humane method is prefered. Refer to Standard Operating Procedure to further understand any guidelines applied to execution.
Offense | Description | Maximum Punishment | Notes | Code |
Mass Murder |
To kill three or more sapient beings with malicious intent. | Death |
Applies if the suspect is excessively uncooperative or the implant fails to function due to the mental state of the prisoner already being too far gone.
If the implant fails execution is heavily recommended. |
V-I |
Prevention of Revival |
To render a body unresurrectable. | Death | Gibbing, hiding or disallowing medical to revive another member of crew may fall under prevention of revival. | V-II |
Refusal of Mental Shielding |
To refuse to comply with a reasonable Mind Shielding procedure. | Death |
Applies if the suspect is excessively uncooperative or the implant fails to function due to the mental state of the prisoner already being too far gone.
If the implant fails the maximum punishment is upped to Expedited Execution. Captains approval is not required. |
V-III |
Terrorism |
To engage in maliciously destructive actions which threaten to destroy, or successfully destroy a vessel or habitat. | Death |
Multiple cases of extreme sabotage of station systems or setting off self-destruction systems.
Plasma flooding or loosing may fall under this. |
V-IV |