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Reval: /* Crimes Against The GCW */ its' - minor typo/spelling/grammar error corrected to "its"..

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‎Crimes Against The GCW: its' - minor typo/spelling/grammar error corrected to "its"..

Reval: /* Understanding the GCW Systems of Law */ 'exerts' was a minor spelling error - corrected to 'exerpts' (the presumed meaning in context.)

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‎Understanding the GCW Systems of Law: 'exerts' was a minor spelling error - corrected to 'exerpts' (the presumed meaning in context.)

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 *13.	{GAME NOTE: Officially, a commander can only be legal clean, with any criminal act dropping their standing. In reality, should the commander build enough credit with the GalCoPs by earning a large number of service merits, they may be able to avoid a response from the GalCoP network for minor infractions of the law.}
 ==== Crimes Against The GCW ====
-*14.	The following actions are classed as crimes in the Galactic Cooperative of Worlds and its’ member states. Any commander found committing will receive demerits which will result in a downgrade of their legal status.
+*14.	The following actions are classed as crimes in the Galactic Cooperative of Worlds and its member states. Any commander found committing will receive demerits which will result in a downgrade of their legal status.
 ===== ''1 Trafficking'' =====
 *15.	The most common legal issue for a starship commander is dealing with Prohibited Commodities. Due to the vast variations of social and political structures that make up the GCW, every commodity sold on the Commodity Market is prohibited by at-least one member state. It is recommended that commanders exclusively trade commodities on the Commodities Markets operating on the GCW stations to avoid falling foul of such laws.
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 ===== ''5 Murder'' =====
 *20.	Murder is legally defined as the killing of law-abiding individuals through the destruction of their vessels. Regardless if the action as deliberate or accidental, the same demerit value is applied against the perpetrators’ legal status. This act is considered the worst of all crimes and result in the largest demerits available. Should the target be legally classed as an Offender or Fugitive, these demerits may be waved. (See Termination Of Criminals.)
 ==== Actions On The Behalf Of The GCW ====
 *21.	Both the GCW and local governments will recognise the acts of commander that are a benefit to community as a whole. These services earn merits which can will improve the commanders’ legal status.

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 == Understanding the GCW Systems of Law ==
-*1.	For such a massive political body the Galactic Cooperative of Worlds possesses a remarkably simple and logical legal system. While a discussion of the full system falls outside the remit of this document, the following exerts cover the laws in relation to independent starship commanders. These extracts have been taken from the Galactic Cooperative of Worlds Police (GalCoP) public information document '''An Overview Of The Laws Governing The Galactic Cooperative of Worlds.17th  Ed., Galactic Cooperative of Worlds Central Publishing, 2083800''' and are used with their permission.
+*1.	For such a massive political body the Galactic Cooperative of Worlds possesses a remarkably simple and logical legal system. While a discussion of the full system falls outside the remit of this document, the following exerpts cover the laws in relation to independent starship commanders. These extracts have been taken from the Galactic Cooperative of Worlds Police (GalCoP) public information document '''An Overview Of The Laws Governing The Galactic Cooperative of Worlds.17th  Ed., Galactic Cooperative of Worlds Central Publishing, 2083800''' and are used with their permission.
 *2.	{Culture Note: Since the most public face of the GCW is the Galactic Cooperative of Worlds Police (GalCoP), it has become common practice to refer to the GCW as the GalCop even though it is grammatically incorrect to do so.}
 [[File:Laws - Synopsis.png|thumb|right|Synopsis of Legal System from your downloaded '''OoliteRS sheet''']]

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 === Editor's notes ===
 ''This was written by KZ9999'' back in 2009. It is by no means canon, but is put up here to stimulate the imaginative juices! <br>
-KZ9999 expanded upon Darkbee's original '''RS Reference sheet''' (which comes with the Oolite Game Download) and also had a stab at writing a Game Manual of which this would have been a chapter.<br>
+KZ9999 expanded upon [[Darkbee]]'s original '''RS Reference sheet''' (which comes with the Oolite Game Download) and also had a stab at writing a Game Manual of which this would have been a chapter.<br>
 KZ9999 also put a nutshell synopsis of this in the Oolite Reference Sheets which came with your game download (search for '''OoliteRS''' - stashed away in the entrails of your computer - or [[File:OoliteRS rev1.8.zip]]).

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 KZ9999 expanded upon Darkbee's original '''RS Reference sheet''' (which comes with the Oolite Game Download) and also had a stab at writing a Game Manual of which this would have been a chapter.<br>
 KZ9999 also put a nutshell synopsis of this in the Oolite Reference Sheets which came with your game download (search for '''OoliteRS''' - stashed away in the entrails of your computer - or [[File:OoliteRS rev1.8.zip]]).
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 == Links ==
 *[https://app.box.com/s/gfhtyd9c38/folder/31008442 KZ999's] Box with the above synopsis of the legal system; [[Uncle Blix's Upgrade Guide‎‎]] - another gem from his collection.
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21047 Law: Legal Consequences] BB Thread (2021)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21047 Law: Legal Consequences] BB Thread (2021)
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=13342 galcop's] BB Thread (2013) - why the laws are the way they are, Governments, Economics & GalCop
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=13342 galcop's] BB Thread (2013) - why the laws are the way they are, Governments, Economics & GalCop
 *[[Powers and Organisations]] - analysis of government types
 *[[GalCop]] - three different models of what GalCop is and does
 *[[GalCop (Police)]]
 *[[Bounty]]
-*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=11052 Pay off your fines] (2011)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=11052 Pay off your fines] (2011)
 *[[Amnesty Offers]]
-*The [http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21011 Anarchy overhaul] proposed by Phkb (2021) would allow pirates to capture orbital stations in anarchies!
+*The [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21011 Anarchy overhaul] proposed by Phkb (2021) would allow pirates to capture orbital stations in anarchies!
 *[[Graffiti Asteroids]] may have legal consequences!
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3421 Mafia.oxp] (alpha version, download link broken).
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3421 Mafia.oxp] (alpha version, download link broken).
 === The Dark Side ===
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4671 Severe Punishment] (2008): How would one "oxp" slave labour in an astromine?
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4671 Severe Punishment] (2008): How would one "oxp" slave labour in an astromine?
 [[Category:Lore]] [[Category:Help pages]] [[Category:Concepts]]

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 === Police & Navies ===
-Police forces are paid for by GalCop, usually with extra funding from the system's government. Anarchies don't have one, so no money, lots of pirates and a beleagured local police force. Corporate States at the other end of the spectrum stump up loads of extra dosh for more and better police ships. If you add in [[Commies]] and [[Dictators]] then they will provide their own police forces too. Both Navy OXPs are currently (2021) broken (can you fix either of them?).
+Police forces are paid for by GalCop, usually with extra funding from the system's government. Anarchies don't have one, so no money, lots of pirates and a beleagured local police force. Corporate States at the other end of the spectrum stump up loads of extra dosh for more and better police ships. If you add in [[Commies]] and [[Dictators]] then they will provide their own police forces too. The Galactic Navy OXP is currently (2023) broken (or rather, the station markets are) but provides too powerful a Navy for many players.
-*[[Galactic Navy]] exists throughout the 8 galaxies and can impose law with an iron fist. At the moment (2021) it is seen only with [[Behemoth]] & [[Anarchies]], the naval stations are missing, as are the flotillas... This can be easily fixed if you have the skills.
+*[[Galactic Navy]] exists throughout the 8 galaxies and can impose law with an iron fist. At the moment (2021) it is seen only with [[Behemoth]] & [[Anarchies]]. The naval stations are missing, as are the flotillas... This can be easily fixed if you have the skills.
-*[[HIMSN]] is much more modest, the Navy of Her Imperial Majesty of Lave, and is the navy of the [[Vanilla game]] missions. Unfinished (alpha).
+*[[HIMSN]] is much more modest, the Navy of Her Imperial Majesty of Lave, and this is the navy of the [[Vanilla game]] missions. Unfinished.
 Needless to say, in terms of the thorny issue of enforcement mentioned at the top of this page, the existence of a navy - and the type of navy it is - has major ramifications. With no navy/a weak navy GalCop has much more difficulty imposing its laws on the systems in the eight galaxies as well as on you, the player.
 You will find that a number of the OXPs are built around the assumption of a muscular GalCop, whilst others presuppose an enfeebled GalCop. In many cases, you can fudge the difference.
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