With permission from the honorable Jen Herr, I hereby submit the following for discussion and review:

**PROPOSAL**

DIPLOMACY & JUDICIARY SHIP CHARTER

“All war represents a failure of diplomacy.”
-Tony Benn

A new Alternate RPG Area is hereby commissioned in Fleet (?).

The USS Resolution, Discovery-class, NCC-74646, is hereby commissioned in Fleet (?) as the Diplomacy & Judiciary Ship. If for any reason the USS Resolution should change its class, it must be decommissioned.

The sims of the USS Resolution will be biased toward diplomatic and judicial proceedings, including but not limited to, First Contact Missions, Court Martial Proceedings, Criminal Trials, Dispute Mediation, Treaty Negotiations, etc.

The USS Resolution will be fitted with the Diplomatic Mission Modules, which include accommodations for diplomats and dignitaries, as outlined in the Discovery-class specs with the following modifications:

• One of the 20 Ambassadorial quarters will be converted to a Judge Advocate General’s office, housing the main JAG office and the JAG Commanding Officer’s office.
• One of the 20 Ambassadorial quarters will be used to quarter the Commanding Officer of the Judge Advocate General’s office
• The one, 1,000 square meter conference hall will be converted to a main courtroom with judge’s bench, prosecution and defense areas, a jury box and a main gallery seating up to 400 spectators.
• One of the 20 25-seat briefing rooms will be converted to a Judge’s chamber adjacent to the main courtroom.
• One of the 20 25-seat briefing rooms will be converted to a defense team office adjacent to the main courtroom.
• One of the 20 25-seat briefing rooms will be converted to a prosecution team office adjacent to the main courtroom.
• Four of the 20 25-seat briefing rooms will be converted to minor courtrooms or hearing rooms.

The USS Resolution shall have a similar command structure to other Starfleet vessels, including all standard departments, rank structure, and chain of command. As such, RPG Ranks on the USS Resolution will count toward Member Rank the same as on Standard Ships, and CO and XO positions on the USS Resolution will count fully towards any limits in place.

Additional swing personnel will include, but be not limited to, the following:

• Commanding officer of the Judge Advocate General’s office at rank Commander or above
• Judge Advocate Officers including Defense and Prosecution team members
• Various members of civilian, Starfleet and United Federation of Planets press
• Various diplomats, dignitaries, V.I.P.’s et al.

Due to the diplomatic and judicial nature of its sims, the USS Resolution will not accept new members to STF. It is a second character only ship.

The USS Resolution will be reviewed 90 days from date of commission by the President, Fleet Commander and CO to determine if the USS Resolution has been successful in its mission. The ship will be reviewed based on the following criteria:

• Has the Ship established an active and healthy Role-Playing environment?
• Has the Ship established itself as a diplomatic and judicial mission ship?

If the USS Resolution is found to be successful in its mission, it will be considered permanent.

If at any time the USS Resolution is found to be unsuccessful in its mission as a diplomatic and judicial vessel it must be decommissioned.

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Any comments or suggestions would be helpful.

-Harley Cartee