Goonhub
02-04-2020, 09:47 AM
My favorite Sec round ever was a couple of weeks ago. OMJ was the HOS, but he committed suicide very early. So I stole his ID and proclaimed myself acting-HOS.
Right on cue, a scientist acid-bombed the Bar. Fluorosulfuric, not LSD. There's a bunch of serious injuries and at least two deaths. He's quickly arrested. What to do? With nothing urgent going on, we decide to hold a trial. I sit as the Judge, a sec officer serves as Prosecutor, and of course, the Clown is the defense attorney.
Surprisingly, the Clown puts up a spirited defense, arguing that the testimony of the deceased is inadmissible since it was given by clones. Since a clone is a copy of the dead person, memories of their past life is merely hearsay. It's a decent argument, but there are plenty of living witnesses to the crime. Also, his fingerprints are on the criminal beaker assembly.
I asked the Jury (the entire station) to turn in their verdict via PDA vote. He was convicted by an overwhelming margin. I considered the punishment, and decided he would be stripped of his Scientist badge and forced to toil in the Space Mines for the round. The clown thanked me for the merciful verdict, as people had been chanting BORG in the gallery during the trial (forcing me to bang my gavel several times). He collected his client and teleported off to the mining station.
Where he started to die. His client had been a vampire the whole time.
Right on cue, a scientist acid-bombed the Bar. Fluorosulfuric, not LSD. There's a bunch of serious injuries and at least two deaths. He's quickly arrested. What to do? With nothing urgent going on, we decide to hold a trial. I sit as the Judge, a sec officer serves as Prosecutor, and of course, the Clown is the defense attorney.
Surprisingly, the Clown puts up a spirited defense, arguing that the testimony of the deceased is inadmissible since it was given by clones. Since a clone is a copy of the dead person, memories of their past life is merely hearsay. It's a decent argument, but there are plenty of living witnesses to the crime. Also, his fingerprints are on the criminal beaker assembly.
I asked the Jury (the entire station) to turn in their verdict via PDA vote. He was convicted by an overwhelming margin. I considered the punishment, and decided he would be stripped of his Scientist badge and forced to toil in the Space Mines for the round. The clown thanked me for the merciful verdict, as people had been chanting BORG in the gallery during the trial (forcing me to bang my gavel several times). He collected his client and teleported off to the mining station.
Where he started to die. His client had been a vampire the whole time.