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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 8545755" data-attributes="member: 7808">Is he?  Ernie made it sound like NuTSR would be part of GaryCon next year. Ernie made a bizarre FB post a few days ago claiming that he won't be  there this year because he can't DM with a mask.  There was a bit of a backlash and NuTSR deleted all comments and locked the thread.  But before they cleared it, I C&Ped this exchange:In related Facebook drama, NuTSR (technically DHSM) just made a post about interstellar law in the SF:NG universe, which officially supports slavery.  I'm putting this is an S block for space.  Please note that I have bolded the craziest part, but all  weird grammar and typos are from the original.[SPOILER="UCPS Star Law"]Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum.Feb 13 2022 at 2:01 AMLake Geneva, WI  · #starfrontiers #scifiart #scifi   UCPS Star Law:Order 1 According to the UCPS on the Law of Space: “No space may validly purport to subject any part of space to its sovereignty.” ... Rather than belonging to nowhere, international space kind of belong to everywhere under the principles of freedom of space.Order 2 “Universal Jurisdiction” refers to the idea that a Planets court may prosecute individuals for serious crimes against international Star law — such as crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide, and torture — based on the principle that such crimes harm the international Star community or international Star order itself, which individual planets may act to protect. Generally, universal jurisdiction is invoked when other, traditional bases of criminal jurisdiction are not available; for example, the defendant is not a national of the planet, the defendant did not commit a crime in that planets territory or against its nationals, or the Planets own national interests are not adversely affected.Planets courts can exercise universal jurisdiction when other planets have adopted legislation recognizing the relevant crimes and authorizing their prosecution. Sometimes this Planets legislation is mandated by international agreements.Order 3 “Mutiny Shall Be No More”, any overt act of defiance or attack upon military (including space naval) authority by two or more persons subject to such authority. The term is occasionally used to describe nonmilitary instances of defiance or attack—such as mutiny on board a merchant ship or a rising of slaves on a planet in which slavery is recognized by law or custom. Mutiny should be distinguished from revolt or rebellion, which involve a more widespread defiance and which generally have a political objective.Because the safety of the ship is thought to depend upon the submission of all persons on board to the will of the captain, wide disciplinary powers are given to the commanding officer, including the power to inflict the death penalty without a court-martial.[/SPOILER]It's baffling how this can be so bad at every level, from grammar to game design to world building to science fiction.  It's like the author doesn't even understand what basic words mean, like "mutiny", "sovereignty", or "humanity".</blockquote>

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