Intergalactic Summit

At 0200 today, Destiny Carabineros were sent to the residence of Seriphyn Inhonores with an arrest warrant from the Dultiver Station Police Authority. The City of Dultiver was notified by the Federal Administration of Seriphyn Inhonores's complicity in engaging starships belonging to the Federal Intelligence Office in the system of Cat. Given Destiny Foundation's ostensibly neutral stance when it comes to political conflicts, the Board of Directors have taken these claims very seriously. We have handed over Seriphyn Inhonores to the Dultiverian authorities without incident.

DES-F's legal department is currently investigating the claims levied against our Director of Operations. We will be able to formulate an official response within the next 24 to 48 hours. Director Inhonores is currently being held at a police station in the biodome city of Dultiver, FedNav Assembly Plant, Orvolle I.

The Destiny Foundation regrets these developments. Our Deputy Director of Operations has temporarily stepped up, and we suspect no disruptions to ongoing DES-F endeavours.

Augustus Inhonores
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chair
Destiny Foundation

Lai Dai Research Spacelane Security wishes to extend Destiny Foundation its support in expediting the release of its Director of Operations from this unfortunate circumstance. We will gladly offer all transcripts of interaction and activity as requested when such information release is not in violation of State law or contractual binding.

I suppose if you offered them enough isk they'd play along, and not just the law enforcement - but their justice departments as well! You could probably get yourself convicted in a courtroom of various criminal activities with ISK and connections. Pretty much anything you wanted the regional press to pick up on!

You don't have diplomatic immunity. There are no laws, either CONCORD or empire-based, that grant such.

The moment you step outside the CONCORD areas on a space station, or onto a planet, you enter the jurisdiction of the local forces and are accountable for any crimes you commit while on their soil, or in their space (CONCORD doesn't own the space, they only provide security. The empires' local laws still apply to capsuleers... see contraband laws for an example). If you break local law in empire space, the security forces are given free reign to open fire without CONCORD interference. Consider the incident mister Inhonores was in, where he and everyone else involved were flagged by DED--giving the FIO clearance to open fire--because they had assisted in the illegal hacking of a Federal installation.

You can probably buy your way out of most prosecution, but there are no laws protecting you when you enter an empire's legal territory. If you break their laws, and are on their territory, they can prosecute you however they wish.

Oooh when do I get to pretend to be a prisoner or some other fun stuff? It's apparently the latest fad, so very dramalicious. Don't think I'd be able to keep a straight face when some baseliner tells me he can do anything but make silly noises at me, though.

The Destiny Foundation would empathetically clarify that we do not believe Director Seriphyn Inhonores's capsuleer status grants him any special privileges or rights over any other citizen. As an organization both managed and staffed primarily by non-capsuleers, Director Inhonores is accountable to the same laws and regulations as all other employees and volunteers. In this instance, Director Inhonores's actions against Federal Intelligence Office starships represents a breach of Federal regulation, and thus he is accountable for his actions anywhere in the Federation regardless of jurisdiction.

Any suggestions that Director Seriphyn Inhonores can simply shrug off the due process of law due to his individual status demonstrates a fundamental ignorance of the Destiny Foundation's doctrines and desires, and a self-aggrandizement symptomatic of capsuleers that is contrarian to the principles of equality. If individuals have any suggestions as to how we may have avoided Director Inhonores's arrest without compromising Destiny Foundation's law-abiding reputation, we will be happy to hear it. Please direct all such lines of communication to myself.

Incidentally, preliminary findings show that the incident in Cat was a result of a misunderstanding and misfire. Updates will follow.

@Leopold Caine: Dultiver police do not permit visits at this time, but Seriphyn Inhonores does have bandwidth-restricted GalNet access under local law regarding the fair and humane treatment of prisoners.

Fair and humane treatment of prisoners includes giving them a very expensive access to GalNet so they can surf these boards? Now that's surprising, I must admit. Never thought that your prisons would afford such luxuries to every prisoner.

Quoting this to use as a reference for the next "Waaah, but I am special and can do whatever, wherever, and you cant touch me nyah nyah" sort that turns up.

Capsuleers are NOT above all national or local laws.

Oh dear. I hope it's nothing too serious....

Damn straight. I mean, if they weren't, they'd be able to get away with... all kinds... of... things...

... waaaaitaminute!