Birds2 - Player Report: James 'Evil' Bushman, Rule 11: Marine Law

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Birds2 - Player Report: James ‘Evil’ Bushman, Rule 11: Marine Law

What’s your BYOND key?

Birds2

Round ID:

27552

Your character name:

Irene

Accused character name:

James ‘Evil’ Bushman

What rule(s) were broken?:

Rule 11: Marine Law

Description of the incident:

I, as Irene, played as a hostile synthetic part of the CLF on LV-624. Skipping over what happened with the survivors, I was revived with my reset key in the FOB while stripped of all gear, and then taken to the Almayer after the Alamo turrets killed me again. On the Almayer, I was revived inside a perma cell with my hands and legs cuffed, plus a straightjacket. That was all I had, no uniform, no headset, no ID. Me and the MP department talk for a bit, it was mostly with the CMP and Warden I believe until the XO walked in to also talk. The CMP cited having dealt with CLF synthetics before as a reason to be taking so many precautions, I think referring to a previous round where one broke out. They threatened to execute me multiple times for not revealing information, and I believe they did just execute one of the other CLF suvivors by an MP giving them a lethal injection while in their cell with no procedure, but I didn’t see it, just heard about it through something about them not following procedure, shrugging and moving on. That continued until hijack, where I believe the CMP said to leave me in the cell to die, and the warden wanting to take me to where they were holding. The CMP then said something along the lines of “we can just execute [Irene] anyways”, walked into my cell, and then shot me to death.
I’m making this report because I’m not sure if this counts for anything. First off, I was left in critical condition, or at the very least, very low health (it only took 1-2 shots to kill me when they executed me), and since they used the makeshift key to revive me, that also meant my internals probably were damaged too. Granted, I never asked for repairs in my cell, only that a piece of shrapnel be removed, but I was almost denied that, and the XO had to walk into my cell personally to remove the shrapnel. Regardless, I still made a few statements about my condition and that I was very low on health, and infact, I believe there were a few comments made relating to it being a good thing that I was nearly dead because it would make it harder for me to escape. Secondly, I was not allowed a uniform or headset. I had a straitjacket I guess, but I’d argue that was unnecessary as I was cuffed around my hands and legs anyway, and haven’t resisted/used violence against the USCM. I understand that as a hostile survivor (and a synthetic at that), there is an inherent wariness when handling me, but I don’t see why I couldn’t be afforded atleast a standard headset. I never tried to break out of my restraints, I never resisted when I was revived groundside, and I definitely didn’t try and attack any MPs during my time onboard the Almayer. The only time I tried to do anything was trying to unbuckle myself from the bed they put me on. Lastly, marine law states that for emergencies, “If a prisoner is denied release or is clearly too dangerous or detrimental to the survival of the USS Almayer’s crew should they be released; they are to be either escorted to an escape pod while in the custody of a commissioned officer or an MP charged with maintaining their safety.” I think they would’ve counted me as a prisoner too dangerous for release, but also normal execution procedures can be skipped over on delta alert, so I’m not sure where that really falls. Also, given my status, I’m pretty sure the only thing they can hold me in perma for is terror association, which by itself is not enough for an execution. So they might’ve just been interrogating me while threatening death against marine law.
As an extra note, I don’t hold any ill will towards anybody in the MP department, and I’m more so curious as to whether or not my treatment as a prisoner was proper, given my nature as a synthetic, and what I perceive as a bit of confusing wording in Marine Law.

Evidence:

Unfortunately none. I did not think to report this in the moment and only decided until later to do it.

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Hi: was the XO and while i can’t comment on the breaches of ML, and thought them odd myself which is why i questioned the cmp on it and stepped in when it was clear your medical needs were not being met, i will say:

There was no other survivor. I engaged in the ancient art of lying to get you to talk.

I went to get wires to fix the only damage i could see on you, your head being burned, but hijack occured prior to my return

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Hi, I was an MP in the round, that was involved quite a bit in the Irene proceedings - I’m Sam. Even though I’m not a direct target of the report, I’d like to speak on it just for evidence/clarification purposes.

I get it, but also it can’t be a justification on how I should be treating you from my perspective, based on the amount of times I’ve seen people let their guard down and get round removed for it in return. The main reason why I wasn’t too keen on entering the cell at all (to repair damage or for any reason) was that I’ve seen CLF go on a mass-murder spree when anyone opens the cell for any reason - CLF even going so far as decapping people to round remove them. I get that you had cuffs on, but I’m not sure how much of an obstacle that is for you, as I’ve never played synth. With human CLF at least you can use cell flash (IF the cell is functional) but with synths, there doesn’t seem to be that option. That and personally I’m only familiar with how to repair human based damage - and the brig seems to only be equipped for humans too, IE we have bandages but not a welder or whatever you needed.

If forest stumbles upon the thread, I’d appreciate some clarification on the mass-murder aspect that I mentioned - should CLF be doing this? And does it affect how we treat them at all? I am aware of the “you must be consistently hostile” rule, however, I feel like this rule has many grey areas. What if you’re just temporarily not hostile due to being in a brig cell, can you still go hostile when when given the chance like if someone enters your cell to fix your damage / bring you to medbay (or engineering I guess for synths)? How about if you take 10 seconds to talk before you start attacking people, is that enough time to be considered not consistently hostile?

And the same to you of course.

Cheers.

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Player Report Approved

Hello there @bird_bird_bird

After looking into the report, and the logs within the round, I have found several violations of Marine Law, of which the CMP broke in handling your sentence, incarceration and execution.

First of all, the charge for captured CLF fighters/Synthetics is no longer Sedition, as outlined by the changes made on the 1st April 2025. Captured CLF Fighters are to be given a standard charge of Terror Association, unless they actively engaged marine forces during their detaining. At which point their charge will be elevated to Terrorism.

The reason for why this is important is due to Terror Association not allowing for the incarcerated subject to be executed under Marine Law, and due to them being found dead by Marines, and re-activated twice without engaging marines in any hostile action, cannot be held under the Terrorism Charge.

Furthermore, under Marine Law, an execution is only to be permitted if:

A. It is approved by The Commanding Officer (CO)
B. It is approved by BOTH the Commander (XO) and the CMP (Warden if there is no present CMP)

The Captain did not authorize an execution, and thus it was an Unauthorized Execution.
In addition to this, when a situation arises that requires the need for an evacuation, you have TWO choices with perma prisoners.
A. Release them
B. Escort them to an Escape Pod/Lifeboat
Under no means are you to execute a prisoner, unless authorisation was given prior to the Code Delta. The Section of Marine Law that states you skip the Execution Proceedure ONLY applies to the various things you need to do before a prisoner can be executed, such as a final meal/Cigarette etc. Not to skip the authorisation to execute the prisoner in the first place.

In addition to this, you were not given the proper care as a prisoner. Regardless of being a Synthetic or human, you are to be given medical treatment. I would like to remind everyone that Synthetics are also subject to Rule 10: Lethal Force/Hostile Factions rules.
If at ANY TIME, they request, and willingly accept medical treatment from Marines, they are no longer considered “Consistently Hostile”. It’s there to prevent bath faith actions between players and I do understand the worry in handling CLF Synthetics.

With that said, I will be issuing a warning to James ‘Evil’ Bushman, on Rule 11: Marine Law, Report is approved.

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