Articles and Specific Acts of the OffWorld Navy

Article 1
The Navy is charged with protection of the colony and to rid routes of commerce both interstellar and interplanetary of all threats.

Article 2
The Navy is charged with the development and expansion of the Fleet in an efficient and economical manner. To that end it is authorized to appropriate civilian craft but only through due process of law.

Article 3
The Navy is responsible for the provision of military intelligence for all sectors related to the colony and its operations.

Article 4
The Navy is authorized to enact laws and acts necessary to control all space falling within the influence of the colony.

Article 5
The Navy is authorized to create an Office of Naval Intelligence, a Naval Medical Corps, a Logistics Corps and the Tactical Fleet.

Article 6

The Navy is not funded by the OffWorld Colony nor any of its corporate partners. Funding the Fleet falls to the OffWorld Navy to generate revenue sufficient to acquire and maintain the Fleet and it's operations.

Specific Acts

The Adjusted Maritime Law Act
Any unoccupied craft discovered by any contingent of the Navy is considered salvage and shall become the property of the Navy. Any span of time a craft is completely unoccupied renders it subject to this act. Return of such craft on the part of the Navy to an original owner is at the discretion of the Fleet Admiral.

The Space Maritime Property Recovery Act
Any craft recovered by Navy resources shall become the property of the Navy. Return of such craft on the part of the Navy to an original owner is at the discretion of the Fleet Admiral.

The Temporal Imposition Act
Any time traveling craft pausing for any period, however brief, within space controlled by the colony shall become the property of the Navy. Any person arriving within space controlled by the colony by means of temporal transport fixed or mobile shall be considered a person of interest and delivered to the Office of Naval Intelligence.

The Modified Equipment on Civil Craft Act
Any civil craft found to be utilizing official Navy equipment shall be forfeit and become the property of the Navy. Any ship found to be utilizing any equipment, regardless of source, modified beyond its design parameters shall be forfeit and become the property of the Navy.

The Extended Parking Act
Any civil craft remaining within the confines of the Navy Yard beyond the dwell time specified in official flight plans shall become the property of the Navy

The Unregistered Craft Act
Any craft not originating from a sanctioned colony shipwright shall be forfeit and become the property of the Navy.

The Cargo Inspection Act
All cargo on colony shipping platforms is subject to Navy inspection. Deviance from approved manifests will result in immediate forfeiture of the cargo, ship involved and both shall become the property of the Navy.