Originally posted by Archhealer:
Does the 3I practice extradition to/from the planets within it? Is it on a case by case basis?
It isn't really defined. (You can use GT:Nobles, or not, it's up to you.)
We were left to our own devices in this matter for so long, that of course, I made my own choices.
Originally posted by Archhealer:
[...] a character [...]law level E world [...]has been arrested while (Unknowingly) smuggling arms [...] However, he was arrested on an imperial starport, by imperial forces.
[...] they plan to send him off to the planetary police forces. [...]
He intends to, while in custody, perpetrate a crime against the 3I directly, so as to stand trial with them [...]
So my dilemma is, would this work?
Ok, I can only tell you how it would go down IMTU, in the most general sense, the "template" that other modifications, like the personalities and situations involved on the world.
All IMTU:
Crimes against the Imperium have top priority, no matter what a Member World wishes. However, transponder alterations, while serious, are not as serious as smuggling weapons. By that I mean that the Member World considers it such, and while the Imperium's claim may take priority regardless of the severity, the local Imperial Noble* (a Margrave on a mainworld, Baron on a secondary world) will have the final decision on what happens.
If relations between the Imperium and the world are cordial, extradition may well be rendered . . . but only after a trial for the Imperial Crime (the Member World would have to apply serious muscle and pressure to get the criminal first). Even if the criminal somehow cleared prosecution on the Member World, they would be returned to the starport into Imperial custody to serve any punishment set.
If relations are not cordial, the local noble will almost certainly play a game of politics, and try and use the Member World's desire to get hold of the criminal as a form of leverage (however small) in an attempt to improve relations ("Hi, I'll give you Mr. Criminal, and you'll be nice to me in this other way.").
And then, of course, we must factor in the severity of any deliberately commissioned crime. I would have the local Imps conduct a thorough investigation (possibly calling in the Imperial Marshals and their extensive TL-15 forensics gear, training, and professionalism). If there was any determination that the crime was committed to avoid being extradited (I'm thinking of some type of serious assualt or murder, here . . . I can't think of what else could be possible that will be severe enough to matter or easy enough to conduct while in prison, and while in prison, even these will be hard to commit), then the hammer would fall. The Local Noble (or Justicar) would be outraged. The penalities for the crime would be levied, and then additional penalities would grow atop that. Execution would be called for in a murder case, most certainly.
There are many other possible factors, including whether the noble is indebted in some way to the criminal, whether the world has a hold in the noble, red tap, incompetence, stupidity, etc. Anything.
Imperial Barristers (lawyers, Solicitors, what have you) might well step forward and begin pointing out obscure but conflicting laws that may interfere in the procedings.
Barrister: "Your Excellency, the criminal committed the transponder violation with a Dark Fizban in the House of Aries!"
Margrave: "Blast it! We'll have to dance the hookey pokey and turn ourselves about before we can resolve this one."
And then, the horse may well sing.
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* Or their Justicar or authorized Deputy Justicar. These are Household positions. The Justicar is a noble's dispenser of justice, who handles legal court cases and administration of legal matters (possibly with a very large staff, depending on the noble) on behalf of the noble except in the most serious of cases (such as crimes by committed by members of the nobility).
