User blog:Spikewitwicky/June 2, 2016 - Spike's Journal Entry



God, Crosscut, where are you?

So, I've been tasked in writing up a policy procedure (I'm already getting sleepy reading this) to prevent another Dr. Arkeville-like situation from happening again. Jumal will be coming shortly, and he'll want to make sure everything is JUST right. I'm trying to think of something that will totally get us out of the 'detainment' business. The last time this happened with Dr. Arkeville, we were out of Autobot City, and we were basically making shit up. Now, with Jumal, he'll want a policy. I'm not a law guy. But, here's the basic crux of what I'm going to propose - if Crosscut wants to rip it up and start anew, I'm totally fine with it. Just get me back in the repair bay and I'll be happy.

So... once Dr. Arkeville is gone, the Autobots will no longer be involved in the incarceration game. If for some reason we have a criminal in our midst, we'd only keep him or her if they were injured enough to require stabalization in our med bay or infirmary.

Now here comes the tricky part. As our weaponry becomes more powerful and sophisticated, the chance of humans injuring Transformers becomes more likely. And, as much as I dread writing this, the chance of a human killing a Transformer becomes more and more likely. So... what happens when that happens? The Autobots will want justice if you have some total psychotic with like...Circuit Breaker -like powers taking out one of their own. I'll have to talk with Prime about this, but I would think that if they would want to 'try' someone, it would only be a symbolic gesture on their Cybertronian court. That person would be found guilty...on paper - for the record books. But the punishment would be on the human side - most likely via the U.N. I know someone like Grimlock would seeth if he sees this - if a human harmed an Autobot, he'd want justice, but I don't think we can leave this situation with everyone happy. The Autobots are NOT corrections officers. We are NOT in the incarceration game. And thankfully, after Arkeville leaves, I will not have to revisit that part of my "other duties as assigned" job description here ever again.