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Attention: Ultra Magnus, in his capacity as Baliff/Probation Officer
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Inquiry Regarding Criminal Files

Ultra Magnus,

I appreciate your understanding, and will continue to update you privately as needed. If you discover a secure way to keep more detailed records, please let me know.

I am not entirely sure how Cybertronians develop but humans, generally speaking, are born and then grow until they reach maturity, at which point they are considered adults. The age at which that tipping point occurs can range wildly from culture to culture and has many different implied connotations, but generally occurs around the point at which an individual reaches reproductive maturity. Before one is an 'adult' one is considered a 'minor' and therefore the legal responsibility of their appointed guardians, whether that be their biological parents or someone else. Minors lack many of the legal rights as adults, but they also lack many of the legal responsibilities.

What this means as far as the legal theory goes is that Chara cannot be held fully responsible for their actions because they are too young to know better. I... cannot pretend to know Chara's motives, but while I certainly think they know exactly what they're doing, I am of the personal opinion that their reasons for it are complicated, and related to negative experiences they had when they were very small. If Cybertronians have no comparable state of childhood, this may be more difficult and complex to explain than the text of a memo will permit me, and I would prefer to speak with you about it in person.

As for the issue of containing, regulating, or otherwise having any control whatsoever of any of the letal weaponry on this ship, I believe that this problem may be insoluble at present unless you have a secret and extremely effective way of finding anything that could be considered 'lethal'. We have no way of controlling what comes through the Ingress, and an alarming number of deliveries appear to be weapons of some sort. Additionally, there are individuals on the ship actively building things, including weapons. We also do not have any way of forcing individuals to give up weapons they already have. Also, I hesitate to take all of the deadly weapons on the ship and put them in a single place--considering the abilities many of the crewmembers seem to have, it rather seems more like doing their legwork for them than it does a sane regulatory measure.

I deeply appreciate and share your concerns regarding this matter, but I have been turning it over for a while and have yet to produce a solution that is actually safer than the current self-regulation. I would be very pleased to hear your further thoughts.

Thank you for your patience and attention,
Gregor Vorbarra
Arbitration Officer