A Knomira is dealing with bad cuts, a bloody nose, ripped up clothes, and a lot of humiliation. What happened? She screamed about "her rights as a human on a human-made station", and tried to force a furry Deathworlder to be her servant, and he defended himself. -- BKF DaniAndShali
[AN: Using RNG for the genders in the story]
The ERT were on the scene in seconds. Security spritzed the alleged attacker with a calming chemical and tapped hir with an immobilizing disc. They did the same for the alleged victim, just to be sure.
The Galactic Alliance's answer to the very Human saying, "Shoot them all and let the Powers[1] sort them out."
Both combatant Deathworlders were hauled into Medik Central, where the catalogue of injuries and forensics were taken into account. Securicam footage saved and filed in association, the Security teams were then free to wait for the Mediks to be done.
Policing got a lot easier once the security forces could control whether or not a person of interest could speak. Most learned to keep their tirades under control after a couple of forced halts to their rantings.
They had to explain it to the alleged victim ten times before they finally controlled their anger and vociferous outrage.
As for the alleged attacker, ze remained calm and patient. Security didn't need to restrict their words at all.
"I was just shopping," said Tourist Ork. "Browsing for gifts to bring home, and that... creature... excuse the term; she pulls on my ear and starts screaming for animal control. I was wearing clothes. I had accessories. After I tell her I'm not a pet, she starts shrieking about how I 'need' to carry her to the other side of the station because I'm obviously a servant somehow. She didn't stop pulling my ear and started yanking at my hair and... yes. I lost control. I hope I didn't use too much venom?"
"We have the antivenom on stock," said the interrogator. "Since you weren't the instigator, would you like to press assault charges?"
"What are their chances of learning from therapy? If I may ask such."
Interrogator Uz'b consulted the records and permissions. "Tourist Claire is a Deregger. They may be kept in remedial education for some significant time. After they recover from the -ah- consequences you delivered."
"Perhaps a PSA or three?" suggested Ork. "Teach a few basic manners via edutainment?"
"It'd be a nice idea," acknowledged Interrogator Uz'b. "If only we could find the balance between 'insulting' and 'boring'."
[1] Short for The Powers That Be, a phrase that, in turn, is short for "use your favourite deity here". This has done quite a lot to prevent most theism-based conflicts.
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