NationStates Jolt Archive


Revival of the UCPA (ATTN: All FT Nations)

Hiroshiko
27-05-2005, 03:04
Background: The UCPA is currently Hiroshiko's "prime directive." Anyone can join and support this act. The main goal of the UCPA is to prevent unnecessary contact with UCs due of an increased risk of contaminating their native technology. Technological contamination may lead to the destruction of a technologically inferior civilization. The UCPA is stated below.

The Underdeveloped Civilization Protection Act (UCPA)

Article 1: The prime characteristic of an advanced civilization
a. Advanced civilizations have incorporated the use of lightspeed technology or other general equivalents to travel through interstellar space.

Article 2: The prime characteristic of an underdeveloped civilization
a. Underdeveloped civilizations have not technologically progressed to a point where it uses lightspeed technology and other general equivalents to travel through interstellar space.

Article 3: The protection of underdeveloped civilizations
a. Advanced civilizations may not in any way interfere with technological progress in an underdeveloped civilization.
b. Advanced civilizations cannot colonize planets with underdeveloped civilizations already thriving on it.
c. Advanced civilizations are prohited to conquer and enslave a planet that contains underdeveloped civilizations.

Article 4: Rights of advanced civilizations
a. Advanced civilizations may traverse through sol systems containing planets thriving with underdeveloped civilizations.
b. Unnecessary contact with an underdeveloped civilization is strongly ill advised, but not illegal. Refer to Article 4c and 4d for further exceptions.
c. In an event of an emergency, any ship belonging to an advanced civilization may land on a planet designated as underdeveloped. They may not, however, interfere with technological progress as stated in Article 3a.
d. An indirect contact with an underdeveloped civilization may be established if an advanced civilization wishes to obtain knowledge of that particular underdeveloped civilization. However, they cannot interfere with technological progress as stated in Article 3a.

Article 5: Punishment in violation of the Act
a. Violators will be sent to the Galactic Court. Punishment will vary due to the strength of the violation.

Article 6: Exceptions to the Act
a. If an advanced civilization already uses a set of laws similar to the UCPA, then those laws can be executed and then be assimilated with or take the place of Article 3 and Article 4. However, the local laws must be approved by the majority before they are approved.

Article 7: Right to modify
a. The UCPA can be modified and changed. A majority must call for reform before any article in this act can be edited.

List of underdeveloped civilizations under protection:
Name: | Technological Equivalence (Earth Century):
(none yet)
Hiroshiko
27-05-2005, 03:07
Comments please! Thanks!
Phalanix
27-05-2005, 05:27
OCC:Wow just like the UP3 from Star Ocean:Till the End of Time. But other than that TAGGY