The following page is a brief that is only available to enforcement officers and marshals. Please do not copy and paste the contents to other players.
With that proviso you may feel free to communicate the information IC using your own words, however deliberate breach of Harmony secrecy regulations is a crime.
Enforcement Officers are equipped with non-lethal weaponry only. This typically comprises a tranquilliser gun and a truncheon. To combat targets wearing body armour, PEDRs (Plasma-channel Electrical Discharge Rifles), which shock a target into unconsciousness, are issued under Computer authorisation.
Marshals are equipped with the same weaponry as Enforcement officers, however they are also issued with DNA authorised lethal weapons that will only fire for the issuee. If another attempts to fire them, or any attempt to interfere with their internal workings is detected, the device will self-destruct, turning almost instantly into a small pile of metallic dust. These weapons are essentially upgraded versions of the PEDRs that fire a much larger charge, and are capable of penetrating many doors and walls (but not bulkheads).
If substantial forces are encountered, Marshals may call upon Computer for special ordinance, however such a request has only been necessary once in the past 50 years.
Following the assault on Duke Victoria, matters are somewhat disrupted. Bloodhound has issued an express order that no one will go into Blackout without his express permission and as much armament as they can effectively carry. He is said to be spitting mad at those responsible for this mess. Several marshals and enforcement officers thought to have been in Blackout at the time have been reported missing.
All marshals are instructed that following a comprehensive cost/benefit analysis, Computer does not consider an all-out assault on Blackout to be in the best interests of the mission. A working relationship has been established with those who live there. As long as they don't get in the way of a marshal's mission to extract a resident, they get to continue living and the cost/benefit analysis stays on the side of no invasion. As long as the marshal is there for a specific person, no organised resistance is put forth.
Senior marshals would be very upset if you disrupted this relationship.
I've been asked to remind marshals of the correct procedures for dealing with suspects. Again. Bloody bureaucracy.
— Bloodhound
For those of you who haven't seen a trial recently, Computer will quickly examine the evidence and officer's reports, give the guilty part a chance to lie through their teeth, assess mitigating factors (try not to bring any up) and issue a punishment for you to carry out.
We've recently seen the following sorts of punishments:
For minor crimes, demotion, withdrawal of privileges and/or fines of rations.
For major crimes, psychological reprogramming, reassignment to hazardous area work crews and/or premature recycling.
Obviously for crimes punishable by premature recycling we just shoot them.
—B.
Oh, and remember, while Computer doesn't consider any factual evidence inadmissible, it may bring you up on charges, insist on a psychological evaluation or imprison you behind a desk if you use unreasonable methods to obtain evidence. If it thinks a victim was entrapment they often get off far too leniently.
—B.
The following lists are in priority order, highest priority first. Please try and tackle the more important crimes first.
Minor hoarding, hacking, theft, GBH, violations of Computer edicts etc.
Aiden White (before his death) reported a theft of sensitive data from his office. He claims that there was some mission critical data stolen (which he can't tell you the details), and also some people's personal medical files. He says that only he, his secretary (Michelle White [NPC]) and his therapist (Posi Rainbow) had access to his office.
Some engineers in Blue Sector report they were assault by an unknown assailant while performing repairs on a water supply conduit. It is not clear exactly what happened, and everything looked OK when they finally came to again. Please investigate.
A team of enforcement officers was ambushed in the vicinity at the same time, but they are unable to give any details on their assailant beyond it being a single man dressed in black with unusually well developed combat skills.
Chief Marshal Samuel has established a new outpost at what used to be Acheron in Blackout. He is running patrols through the area to try and reclaim that part of the ship for its intended use.
Five men are currently in custody following attacks on Aiden White (fractured tibia and patella, multiple contusions, required surgery, now recovering) and Posi Rainbow (fractured both tibias, now recovering). Evidence submitted: video from Computer of attack on Aiden, witness statements from Aiden and Posi.
Trial requires a prosecuting officer to review evidence.
Harmony central security station was attacked one evening during the graveyard shift, when staffing is at it lightest.
Apparently the assailant managed to sneak up on and surprise the guards, and they failed to get a good look at him. One guard managed to dodge the first blow, and managed to land some in return on the attacker who had him pinned from behind. His estimation is that the attacker only had minimal combat training, and wouldn't have presented any trouble “in a fair fight”. The three guards who were on duty are currently recovering from a number of broken bones and one severe concussion.
Reviewing the footage, the attackers appear to be Hades Black and Piers Red, a fact confirmed by DNA evidence on a glass placing Piers at the crime scene. DNA evidence on the other glass has been analyzed and found to be that of Hades Black, apparently a wanted age criminal.
An anonymous source has indicated that while monitoring routes in and out of blackout, he noted Hades returning with a large number of weapons, and believe that he has delivered them to Acheron, Hades' casino base of operations.
Apparently the attackers triggered automated alarms and defence system while attempting to break into the heavy ordinance locker, but did manage to flee with a number of enforcement grade stun guns.
Find out who is distributing the subversive “Age Concerns” leaflets. They're clearly guilty of attempting widescale subversion!
A stash of an illicit flavour enhancer was found in Markus Red's apartment, thanks to a tip-off from Recycler Simeon White. Markus Red denies knowledge of the stash.
Aiden White's workshop and surgical theatre and two compartments in Rainbow are quarantined. No matter is to pass in or out of these areas UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES until degree and manner of contagion are ascertained and dealt with.
—Computer bulletin
Veta Stapel to be investigated for subversion. In addition needs a psych profile second opinion (Jacob Green and Aiden White are current Harmony approved Health officials for this).
The following individuals are on the list of felons at large:
Marshal Thursday and Enforcement Officer Holmes have both been assaulted in the course of duty in Blackout in September. All marshals are advised to travel with a partner and keep their wits about them if entering Blackout in the near future, until the perpetrator(s) are caught.
Computer has put out an all point bulletin for information leading to the capture of those responsible for the attack on the ITTS repair party.
Computer has taken the rare step of publishing its camera footage and logs of the incident to the law enforcers.
ID records show the perpetrator as one Gunther Green, though it is a good bet that whoever staged the attack used a fake ID.
The camera footage shows a masked and cloaked individual. Tracking through recording systems is sadly not possible as the individual in question ducks into an engineering area with no Computer reception and disappears.
The Engineering department have asked for Harmony protection in order to carry out the repairs.
Clarence 'Pit' Blue, Ragnhild Black and John White are all to report to the ACTP Marshals following their parole after being arrested for unauthorised Core access and endangerment of resources. They entered the core from toroid 2, and travelled to the core adjacent to toroid 5. Pit Blue entered off-limits areas of toroid 5. Evidence direct from Computer logs.
Piers Red has delivered the “good” doctor to you on suspicion of hoarding. He is currently in a holding cell until the end of the ACTP meeting, when Computer has decreed he will be released if no charges are brought against him. There also seems to have been an explosion involved that redecorated the crime scene with blood. Find out what happened and take proceedings against the relevant parties. Note however that as the crime scene is in Blackout we were unable to keep it cordoned off for long, and video evidence is going to be non existent.
Harmony maintains a number of confidential informants. Their information isn't the most reliable, but they have recently passed on the following information:
Mary has been working informally for the Marshals for some time, especially in cases against hackers. I encourage all other Marshals to take her into their confidence so she can maximise the assistance of her followers in stopping the hacker menace.