Ed Hintz ([info]ehintz) wrote,
@ 2009-05-18 13:57:00
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Oh, and on roleplaying...
We setup a MVA scenario for the arriving pumps. The gas prop car (gutted car with LPG fittings to squirt fire) was fitted with DC license plates. That makes it a diplomatic vehicle, and therefore sovereign territory. The usual rules don't apply, the occupant has to give us permission to help, and if they say no, that's that. We have no legal authority (if they're unable to give consent, i.e. unconscious, then we can proceed based on the concept of applied consent). So that's the obvious prob the arriving OIC has to deal with. But to make things more fun... The other vehicle was mine, and I had a meth lab in the back. They put some powder on the back bumper, and I got to play doper. That was awesomely fun. I put some powder under my nose for good effect, clutched a beer bottle, and bounced around inside like a whirling dervish, occasionally popping out the window all wide-eyed and yelling things like "fuck off fire pigs". When they tried to remove me I scrambled into the back and kept getting paranoid at them. Total comedy. Role playing is so much more fun than being the officer in charge. :)



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[info]phred1973
2009-05-18 03:52 am UTC (link)
Wicked little role-playing miscreant you are!

Bravo.

Interesting that you must get permission to help in that case... guess it makes sense - what if by helping, you uncover state secrets, or something?

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[info]ehintz
2009-05-18 04:16 am UTC (link)
Exactly. Diplomatic missions are strictly extra-territorial. Their vehicle and their embassy are sovereign. There was actually a real fire at the Chinese embassy a while back and they denied the FS entry for about an hour. Only let them in after the spooks had cleared the area, and even then there was a strict no-go zone with armed Chinese military guards.

Makes good sense really. Otherwise unscrupulous folks (can you say CIA? FSB? KGB, back in their day? :D ) would be staging accidents and such to gain access for espionage.

Of course, if they're unable to grant consent, we can move forward on implied consent. But if the reasons for their being unable change (for instance, regain consciousness), and they tell us to fuck off, off we shall fuck, with the haste.

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