I had a bit of an encounter with a fellow today who had several curious positions.
One of them was that I wasn't able to scan some items in his hold. I wasn't allowed to, for reasons he attempted to clarify.
I'm gonna stop you right there.
If I scan your ship and I see something... I can see it. It's there.
I am looking at it. With my eyes. It's right there.
If you want to have something in your hand, on your ship, in your fuel tank, in the drawer in your stateroom in quantities insufficient to impact my interaction with you or in some form which defies scanning... Don't put the commodity in your hold.
Because if I can see it, I'm going to assume I can see it. Because I can see it.
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Quote:New Scotland Yard issued this announcement this morning:
The Ministry of Justice has outlined new measures to deal with incidents of petty theft facilitated by the use of illegal technologies in Bretonia.
A law passed by Parliament recently prohibits scanners sold after today from receiving frequencies allocated to the X-band. It is also illegal to modify scanners to receive these frequencies, and also to sell scanners that could be easily modified to do so. An order issued by the Ministry this morning prohibits the use of scanners in any vehicle unless the operator's job requires the use of a scanner in a vehicle (ie, Police, Fire, Utilities, Customs and Excise) or unless holding a license issued by the BPA.
In short, the use of cargo scanners to identify the contents of a ship's hold is illegal in Bretonia.
While possession of a cargo scanner is not an offense, the general guidelines to follow when using a cargo scanner are that it is illegal to:
* scan the cargo of any private craft,
* record information relating to armaments on military craft or installations,
* sell or import cargo scanners or use information received for personal gain
* use information received to aid in the commission of a crime, or
* disclose information received to other persons.
* Use of cargo scanners carries the following penalties: a fine of 50 credits for first-time offenders
* a fine of 150 credits for second-time offenders
* a prison sentence of up to six months and a fine of up to 150 000 credits for a third offence
Identity scanners may still be sold and used without fear of legal consequence. However it has come to the attention of the Ministry that certain criminal organizations have made unblocked versions available on the black market.
The Chief Commissioner refused to comment on the role of commercial interests in creating pressure for the legislation to be passed and dismissed rumors that Kusari spies had been using scanners to gather intelligence on Bretonian defenses.
' Wrote:I'll tell you what you see and what you don't see, never make assumptions or conclusions based upon cargo hold commodities.
Oh hey Cam you changed your display name.
Yes, so next time I'm on my LN and I spot a smuggler carrying Cardamine I'm not allowed to draw the conclusion that he's smuggling, because only he can tell me what I'm allowed to see.
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