The Jenefran Security Force (part 2)

Posted on Wed Sep 21st, 2016 @ 11:19am by Commodore Samantha York & 1st Lieutenant Kara Melo & Lieutenant Commander Damion Wolfe & 1st Lieutenant Carlos Rodriguez-Barak

954 words; about a 5 minute read

Mission: Shadow Dance
Location: Jenefran Royal Palace
Timeline: Day 2, morning

[CONTINUED]

[OLD]

Damion looked over to Carlos, raising a brow slightly. "Well it's not uncommon. In our own history, banishment was very common. It was less seen as a punishment and more as a means of disgrace. Here, I think it serves as something a bit different." He paused slightly, looking over to Rroden before looking back to Carlos. "Imagine living in a fortress your entire life constantly being told that beyond the walls that protect you are dangers and enemies you can't imagine. In a situation like that, and like this, its seen more as a death sentence and less as a dishonor."

[NEW]


"Well, if the Jenefran cannot adapt to living in the wild," Rroden replied. "It is not meant as a death sentence, but more a means of removing criminals from our society and sending a clear message that we will not tolerate such behavior."

"How are your government's relations with the Qunari?" Carlos asked. "And have the Qunari expressed an objection to Jenefra sending their criminals their way?"

Rroden paused, surprised at the question. "They've never voiced a concern," he said. "Besides, there have only been a handful of miscreants in the past two centuries."

Damion crossed his arms slightly over his chest and added. "If they did would the Jenefran's care? Maybe it's not a death sentence from your point of view, but you've been convinced its tolerable, but to those who tell you to do it probably do it with the soul intention of the Qunari getting to the miscreants. Think about it for a moment. If they send them out to die at the hands of the Qunari, your enemies, it washes the Jenefrans of sentencing their own people to death and marks the Qunari as more bad people they are made out to be."

Rroden looked at Damion for a long moment. "Is that how you treat your miscreants?"

"Most Federation worlds make use of Federation run penal colonies," Carlos said, attempting to both be diplomatic and paint the Federation in a better light at the same time. "Which, come to think of it, is a bit like banishment. However, Federation penal colonies are designed to rehabilitate the offender in order to make them useful and law abiding members of society. Many of the penal colonies trade goods or services with other Federation worlds and in this way the offenders repay some of their debt to society. Of course, the most violent and dangerous offenders are held in more secure facilities. We try to balance the potential good a reformed offender can do versus their level of danger to the Federation. Those who pose a significant threat are not, as a rule of thumb, released back into society. There are exceptions to that rule and mistakes get made but all in all it is a fair system of dealing with the criminal element in the Federation."

"You have enough for an entire colony?" Rroden asked, wondering if it was such a good idea to join with this Federation if they had to put their prisoners on colonies. "We are one planet with a small population. Most of our people are law-abiding citizens. Why create a colony for one or two people? That seems to be a waste of resources." What he really wanted to know was why did a people who spoke so highly of peace on the one hand ask only about war on the other?

"You misunderstand me," Carlos replied. "You are correct that we are a larger society than yours. That means that it is likely that the same percentage of our people break the law as yours do. Most of our citizens are law abiding as well, or so the statistics say. Besides, I never said that Jenefra should emulate us. I was simple explaining how we do things."

Damion looked over to Carlos before looking back to Rroden. "What the Lieutenant failed to mention was that prior to the criminals punishment they go through a trial process. The person being charged with a crime is sent before an appointed Judge and jury of his or her own peers. The criminal is allowed to plead their case, with an advocate by their side is they like, try to convince the Judge for leniency or mercy. The Jury than privately consults with one another, inform the judge of their decision and the sentence is carried out. On our world, there are many different types of methods we use. Imprisonment for a certain number of years. Imprison for the rest of their lives. And also, for major crimes, there is a possibility of a death sentence, but that has not been done in a very long time. Banishment is something a variety of cultures and species do, but for us, its doesn't solve the problem. Let's say for the example of a murder, sending them away wont stop them from killing again, it will only be telling them NOT to do it on our planet anymore. Do you understand?"

Rroden shook his head. To his way of thinking it was a very complicated process.

"Don't worry, you aren't expected to understand," Kara said quickly. "It's a lot ot understand in one go."

"Do you have any other questions?" Rroden asked, just wanting to get this over with. These people were not at all what he expected. "I didn't think so. Come this way, and I'll take you back to the main hall."

Carlos gestured that Kara should go before him and then followed her out after Rroden.

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Rroden
Jenefran Security

Lieutenant Damion Wolfe
Chief Security/Tactical Officer

1st Lieutenant Carlos Rodriguez-Barak
Delta Platoon Leader

2nd Lieutenant Kara Melo
Alpha Platoon Leader

 

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