| From: | Wordman wordman@*******.com |
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| Subject: | Salish-Shidhe Questions |
| Date: | Sun, 8 Oct 2000 01:16:17 -0400 |
> their own personal languages. What language would government business be
> done in. Would English still be the default language or would
> they want to
> get rid of all the Anglo stuff and revert to pre-english language.
NAN 1 doesn't mention much about language, which I take to mean that most
people speak English, though tribal languages may be spoken within a tribe.
>From NAN1: "the individual tribes keep to themselves. Each has its own
territory, its own way of life and very nearly its own economy."
> 2. Is there a decent map/or could someone put one up on the web
> showing what the SSC borders are.
The map in the SR2 rule book (in the back) should do. It doesn't show all of
SSC, but covers most of it.
> 3. Law enforcement. Does anyone with the NAN books know if this
> was covered.
It's covered, but it is so abstract that you can pretty much do what you
want. There are two legal systems, tribal and civil.
Tribal laws vary widely by tribe, and apply to "members of the tribe and
anyone within that tribes jurisdiction." Enforcement is up to the tribe, and
varies from modern police to no police at all.
Civil laws are more like national laws. They control things like cyberware
and weapons and so on. "On issues that could be considered arbitrary, the
Council promulgates no laws at all. For example, different tribes have
different attitudes toward theft and bribery." Therefore, national law has
nothing to say about these; however, national law would apply if it involves
the national government in some way. So, for example, bribing a cop is not
against national law, but bribing a national government official is.
Tribal police "or their equivalents" are the guys who make arrests for both
national and tribal laws. Coast and Border Patrols, and the Ranger Forces
can arrest anyone violating national law, but not tribal law.
Wordman
