FK 27 - Ancillary Documentation The Preempt Act
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 2:02 am
Ancillary Documentation 26 April 2019
The Preempt Act
Prior to the ascent of the Preemptive Enabling Act for Security, the powers capable of exercise by the UMCP were considerably limited.
The UMCP were initially governed by the Articles of Mission, and according to the Articles, the UMCP mandate was purposed to combat piracy and ensure the lawful use of space.
The interpretive presumption re The Articles was initially narrow. Anything outside of piracy and lawful use of space fell outside the legitimate mandate that governed the UCMP exercise of powers.
Each human station or local administration was managed independently from the UMCP. Each human station, ie the Terminus, Sagittarius Unlimited, Valdor Industrial station, SpaceLab Annexe, the Outreach station employed and managed their own security personnel and assets.
Furthermore, the Articles limited UMCP exercise of powers and jurisdiction to outside human station perimeters .. to specifically the space outside the operation and control OF station based security.
Nevertheless, private security personnel and assets were required to cooperate with UMCP in instances of piracy or unlawful uses of space.
Yet this was changing and evolving with the practical expansion of human and industrial colonisation IN space.
As the exercise of powers took precedence over the limitation of powers ... the inevitable next step was indeed the Preempt Act.
The Preempt Act enabled the UMCP to combat piracy and illegals operating ON human stations AS WELL AS combating the growing Amnion threat.
Of course the UMCP benefited from ultimate control over human stations, where prior to the Preempt Act they had little to none.
Operationally this would make a lot of sense, from a practical perspective and I could sympathise with movements to enable greater power ... but with greater power and jurisdictional expansion comes the very real risk of a monopoly of power in the hands of the UMCP.
It is this that I would imagine the Libertarian opposition was mostly focussed on.
But this is very odd to me and maybe Ive missed some dots.
The UMCP seemingly grew out of the United Mining Companies expansion in space. Given its industrial corporate nature, such an enforcement body is already smack bang in the centre of an inevitable conflict of interest.
Which I think has made the UMCP itself readily corruptible.
So how has a private security provider become in charge of and mandated with the security and safety of all space beyond the Earth?
I hope someone can explain this, because I apologetically feel at a loss to explain it myself.
The Preempt Act
Prior to the ascent of the Preemptive Enabling Act for Security, the powers capable of exercise by the UMCP were considerably limited.
The UMCP were initially governed by the Articles of Mission, and according to the Articles, the UMCP mandate was purposed to combat piracy and ensure the lawful use of space.
The interpretive presumption re The Articles was initially narrow. Anything outside of piracy and lawful use of space fell outside the legitimate mandate that governed the UCMP exercise of powers.
Each human station or local administration was managed independently from the UMCP. Each human station, ie the Terminus, Sagittarius Unlimited, Valdor Industrial station, SpaceLab Annexe, the Outreach station employed and managed their own security personnel and assets.
Furthermore, the Articles limited UMCP exercise of powers and jurisdiction to outside human station perimeters .. to specifically the space outside the operation and control OF station based security.
Nevertheless, private security personnel and assets were required to cooperate with UMCP in instances of piracy or unlawful uses of space.
Yet this was changing and evolving with the practical expansion of human and industrial colonisation IN space.
As the exercise of powers took precedence over the limitation of powers ... the inevitable next step was indeed the Preempt Act.
The Preempt Act enabled the UMCP to combat piracy and illegals operating ON human stations AS WELL AS combating the growing Amnion threat.
Of course the UMCP benefited from ultimate control over human stations, where prior to the Preempt Act they had little to none.
Operationally this would make a lot of sense, from a practical perspective and I could sympathise with movements to enable greater power ... but with greater power and jurisdictional expansion comes the very real risk of a monopoly of power in the hands of the UMCP.
It is this that I would imagine the Libertarian opposition was mostly focussed on.
But this is very odd to me and maybe Ive missed some dots.
The UMCP seemingly grew out of the United Mining Companies expansion in space. Given its industrial corporate nature, such an enforcement body is already smack bang in the centre of an inevitable conflict of interest.
Which I think has made the UMCP itself readily corruptible.
So how has a private security provider become in charge of and mandated with the security and safety of all space beyond the Earth?
I hope someone can explain this, because I apologetically feel at a loss to explain it myself.