David McMillan wrote:

Jeremy Bennett wrote on 6/4/2004, 11:06 AM:

I like your story so far, though I have one comment.  A commander
-cannot- tolerate insubordination on any level, Especially from an XO
class officer, Tenchi by rights should be spacing edwards out of hand
for what he has done...

   Nope.  Not if the REF has a code of military justice even remotely 
resembling the common points shared by most 20th-century Western 
nations.  And since Tenchi mentioned a JAG investigation, I suspect it 
does.  Edwards gets a nice, legal trial, with a lawyer.  *Then* he gets 
spaced.  If Tenchi just blew him out an airlock, *he'd* be the one 
facing a court-martial.  And he'd be convicted.
 

Actually, there are a variety of circumstances in military law
where the IMMEDIATE execution of military personnel is
not only legal, but required. For example, cowardice in the
face of the enemy. If Tenchi spaced Edwards, he'd wind up at
a court martial of his own trying to justify his actions. Depending
on the circumstances, he could very well come out of the court
martial with a medal, or in shackles.



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