Liberty Law Draft

[The Republic Of Liberty]

The Laws of Liberty

0. Law enforcement

Liberty Forces (Liberty Navy, Liberty Police and Liberty Security Force) are authorized to uphold these laws in Liberty systems (New York, Alaska, California, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Texas).

Liberty Forces are authorized to issue punishments based on severity of a crime which can range from verbal warning to use of lethal force.

Primary Fleets ([LN], 5th|, 46th|, LPI- and =LSF=) are considered ranking officers and their judgement and order stands higher in case of disparity.

Monetary fines for crimes can be up to 100.000 SC on the scene. Higher penalties can be issued by Primary Fleets or Liberty Government via Neural-Net.

Liberty Forces are subject to judicial review of their actions and will be punished if their conduct is found to be unjust.

Hostile organizations forfeit all protection that these laws provide.

Law abiding pilots within Liberty can report instances of crime when officers were not on scene. Please follow the instructions listed in Police Report System.

Latest changes to Liberty laws are regularly posted in Public Service Announcements by the Republic of Liberty.

Treaties between Liberty and other organizations are posted in Republic of Liberty: Treaty, Contract and Agreement Database.

1. Trade regulations

The possession of Civilian pilots and Liberty personnel is not permitted.

Liberty Forces are allowed to confiscate these goods and transport them for evidence storage.

For exceptions to these laws, please visit List of approved special licenses that were granted via License Requisition Center.

1.1 Contraband commodities

It is illegal to have any amount of these commodities:

- Artifact products
- Black Market Light Arms
- Black Market Munitions
- Black Market Pharmaceuticals
- Blood Diamonds
- Cardamine products
- Counterfeit Computerware
- EFL Blue Packs
- Hessian Tears
- Hypnotainment Bands
- Kemwer Munitions
- Kidnapped VIPs
- Nomad remains or materials
- Nox
- Shigeakiki
- Slaves
- Sorted Artifacts
- Volgograd Ordinance
- Xeno Relics

1.2 Restricted commodities

Only organizations listed in parenthesis can transport these commodities:

- Azurite Gas (Ageira Innovations, Universal Shipping Incorporated)
- Gate/Lane Parts (Ageira Technologies, Deep Space Engineering, Universal Shipping)
- Human Organs (Cryer Pharmaceuticals)
- Military Salvage (Liberty and Bretonia corporations, [ALG], Bristol Constructions, Junker Congress)
- Stabiline (Cryer Pharmaceuticals)
- Synthetic Marijuana (Cryer Pharmaceuticals)

1.3 Improper passenger conditions

Only Freighters, Armored "Pelican" Transport, Liners and Yachts may transport various classifications of passengers, excluding Prisoners.

1.4 Supplying illegal modular base

It is illegal to deliver any materials to a modular base not on the List of approved modular bases.

1.5 Breaching embargo

These systems are under embargo and no commodities (except various forms of passengers) may be transported into them:

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2. Trespassing

Alaska system and Zone-21 in New York are restricted areas and off-limits to civilians. Trespassing may result in lethal force used. Current exceptions are:

- Zone-21 in New York, the Trans-Alaska Corridor in Alaska and be passed by Ageira Technologies, Deep Space Engineering, Liberty Police and Universal Shipping.

3. Hostile organizations

It is illegal to affiliate with, work for, possess identification, ship, equipment, technology or weaponry from these organizations:

- Artificial Intelligence
- Blood Dragons
- Coalition
- Corsairs
- Farmers Alliance
- Gaians
- Gallic Brigands
- Gallic Royalists
- Golden Chrysanthemums
- Independent Pirates
- Lane Hackers
- Liberty Insurgency
- Liberty Rogues
- Mollys
- Nomads
- Outcasts
- Reaver Mercenaries
- Red Hessians
- Smugglers
- Technocracy of Auxo
- The Order
- Unioners
- Wild
- Xenos
- Zoners

4. Restricted equipment

Possessing identification, ship, equipment or weaponry from known hostiles is restricted. List of approved special licenses has registered exceptions granted via Special Licenses Center.

Possession of Black Market technology or equipment of any sorts is restricted.

Possession of Liberty Navy technology is restricted. This includes, but is not limited to "Liberator", "Executioner", "Guardian", "Avenger" snubcrafts, "Defiant" gunboat, "Magma Hammer" and "Vengeance" series weaponry, etc. Only Liberty Forces and ships within List of approved surplus licenses are permitted to use such technology. If you are looking to receive license, please visit Surplus Requisitioning Center.

4.1 Warships

"Corvo" Civilian Deep Space Explorer and "Bustard" Civilian Light Carrier are not considered Warships.

Only Liberty Forces can operate Capital Ships (e.g. Cruisers, Destroyers, Battlecruisers, Battleships, Dreadnoughts, Carriers, etc.) in Liberty.

Only Liberty Forces and ships within List of approved surplus licenses can operate Liberty Capital Ships (e.g. "Archer", "Interdictor", "Overlord", "Atlantis", etc.) anywhere in Sirius.

Temporary permission to enter or traverse Liberty with Capital Ships must be gained from Liberty Government and must be escorted by Primary Fleets at all times.

5. Obstructing justice

It is illegal to prevent, evade or delay the administration of justice. Examples are:

- Fleeing from an officer when ordered to stop via verbal command or cruise disruptor.
- Destroying or stealing cargo from the wreck of a criminal despite being told not to
- Allowing criminals to dock on a station within the House of Liberty
- Other attempts to protect or hide criminals or evidence from Liberty Forces

6. Piracy

It is illegal to attempt unlawfully disrupt any traffic and/or threaten to extort cargo, credits, equipment, personnel, etc.

7. Assault

It is illegal to assault Liberty forces unless specifically ordered by the high command of Primary Fleets.

It is illegal to assault any civilian unless:

- Civilian assaulted you and you are self-defending.
- Civilian broke laws and you are permitted by Liberty Forces.
- Civilian is marked within Liberty Bounty Board and you are a registered contractor.

8. Base Licenses

In order to legally register a modular base in the Republic of Liberty, it is required that the owner obtain permission from Liberty Government. The price for yearly license is set at 5.000.000 SC.

Each application will be considered on a case-by-case basis. There may be problems with certain base positioning, such as in the middle of a trade lane route or directly across an area of space that sees heavy traffic or being in close proximity to established station. As such, we reserve the right to refuse or request that you modify your application.

All modular stations must abide interstellar regulations in positioning near solar objects.

Any change to affiliation, name, location and/or ownership must be approved by Liberty Government.

Current List of approved modular bases that were approved via License Requisition Center.

9. Espionage

Any attempt or intent to conduct espionage in Liberty can result in severe punishments.

9.1 Corporate espionage

Any attempt or intent to obtain and/or share, without the consent of the relevant parent corporation, classified information. This includes possessing, salvaging, purchasing, distributing or trying to reverse-engineer Liberty corporations' proprietary research, technology or products, including but not limited to Ageira White Boxes, without their express written consent.

9.2 Military espionage

Any attempt or intent to obtain and/or share, without the consent of the Liberty Government, classified information on any matter deemed to contribute to national security.

9.3 Foreign agencies

Foreign military, intelligence or police agencies are not allowed in Liberty unless permission from Liberty Government is granted.

9.4 Exceptions

These organizations are allowed within Liberty only for trade convoys:

- Core
- =CR=

10. Non-violent crimes

Following miscellaneous crimes are considered non-violent in case there is no damage to health or property.

10.1 Impersonating an officer

False claim to be part of any branch of the Liberty Forces or act in a manner which would vindicate such a claim.

10.2 Gross indecency

Massively inconsiderate acts, such as being nude or partially nude, participating or instigating an act of a sexual nature, displaying sexually explicit material in the public domain, etc.

10.3 Flying under the influence

Pilot a ship while being affected by any substance, which impair ability to fly in a safe and respectable manner.

10.4 Public disturbance

Encouraging or be a part of a public disturbance, which includes, but is not limited to, verbal or physical altercations, polluting or littering in Liberty, damaging property.

10.5 Hacking

Any sort of hacking, including but not limited to docking points or transmissions

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