Goonhub
03-01-2015, 02:43 PM
I have seen some varying ideas on how to deal with traitors, and I admit I get very angry with people who space traitors just for having some traitor gear on them. Not only is that shoddy police work, it's overzealous and bad. When you arrest someone, you make damn sure they've actually caused harm or death with those things or you're doing that person a disservice.
Ultimately, my belief is that you don't need to be nice to criminals, but you need to treat the crew with the utmost patience and deal with problems on a case-by-case basis.
I know for a fact that I have arrested and brigged people for things that, ordinarily, would get them killed by vigilantes or less patient security officers. There was one time when I arrested someone in the middle of the bar for having traitor gear on him, just so I could confiscate it from him and stuff it in a locker. I didn't murder him on the spot, because he hadn't really done anything to deserve that at the time. Another time, a man emagged all of security, and openly admitted it to the entire station, so I found him, captured him and spaced him, because that is sabotage and indirectly caused a lot of harm and frustration for a lot of the crew and made it impossible for security to brig anyone.
Do not forgive people for doing obviously destructive and evil things. But don't punish people who haven't done anything to deserve it yet.
Tough but fair, folks. Tough but fair. Just my two cents.
Ultimately, my belief is that you don't need to be nice to criminals, but you need to treat the crew with the utmost patience and deal with problems on a case-by-case basis.
I know for a fact that I have arrested and brigged people for things that, ordinarily, would get them killed by vigilantes or less patient security officers. There was one time when I arrested someone in the middle of the bar for having traitor gear on him, just so I could confiscate it from him and stuff it in a locker. I didn't murder him on the spot, because he hadn't really done anything to deserve that at the time. Another time, a man emagged all of security, and openly admitted it to the entire station, so I found him, captured him and spaced him, because that is sabotage and indirectly caused a lot of harm and frustration for a lot of the crew and made it impossible for security to brig anyone.
Do not forgive people for doing obviously destructive and evil things. But don't punish people who haven't done anything to deserve it yet.
Tough but fair, folks. Tough but fair. Just my two cents.