From:	"Mark Steedman" <M.J.Steedman@***.rgu.ac.uk>
Subject:	Re: [SR] Breaking from Prison
Date:	Fri, 31 May 1996 13:30:37 GMT

Ubiquitous writes

> >Ah, and what about mages in prisons?
>
> I don't recall if there was a SOP for this in the Lone Star book or
> NeoAnarchist Guide, but here is how I'd handle it...
>
There is some stuff in Lone star on dealing with magical prisoners.
As someone commented part of the origonal Harlequin has another and
the magemask is out of NAGRL.

> >How are you gonna keep a guy that has a ram spell or an urban renewal spell?
> Use a Mage Mask (?).
This is standard at least for arrest. I think that you can keep
magicians in these all the time as well, or certainly in some
jurestictions.

> It's basically an opaque hood without eyeholes and a gag
> so the mage cannot see (need to see a target to cast a spell) and prevents
> use of incantantion.
latter is not neccesarily to important in SR.

> No doubt he'd be handcuffed,
You could probably get away with a max of the straight jacket.

> but hog tieing and drugging him up are optional. *grin*
Drugs that prevent concentration are permissable i think but anything
that does harm that would continue after release is cruel and unusual
punishment, no go (assuming the laws matter)

>
> >But, worse still, you have to check every prisoner for aura when they come
> >in, or how are you going to KNOW he's a mage?
>
> Whenever someone is booked, the preceint mage assenses threm. Just hope he's
> not initiated. The precinct mage might also cast spells like Detect Truth, etc.
>
Not a big problem for a quick scan per prisoner, and if you've an
arrested mage on your hands he probably cause a code 99 magical
callout or isn't planning to use magic to get away (as he/she would
have already most likely)


> >Ah, and just in case... Are imprisoned mages allowed to go astral? They
> could >use it to communicate with the external world and prepare an escape,
> or maybe >destroy proofs...
>
Lay a lawn over the cells is the best solution, or cover the pision
in ivy. Doors can be done a number of ways.

> An astrally projecting mage can affect the mundane world in a highly limited
> fashion, but to be on the safe side, I'd discourage Astral walk-abouts with
> the use of watcher spirits and high-grade wards around the holding cells.
>
either too expensive or not good enough.

> One of my more interesting adventures took place after we got booked.
> Luckily, my Racoon shaman initiate managed to convince the precinct mage
> that I was mundane, using a combo of masking and shielding (remember kids, a
> mage has to annouce beforehand he is shielding!)
hate to tell you but is you gat assensed while using it all that mass
of 'spell defence' might arouse suspicions.

> They tossed us in the hokey
> (me without a magemask, ha ha!), but the precinct cop let us out to help him
> when the station got attacked by the brothers (I think) of another runner
> who got jailed after realizing what we had told him was true.
>
Mark