SCAD Quarantine

SCAD Quarantine Science Corps Anthropology Department (SCAD ) is a department of the United Stars Science Corps (under the direct auspice of the United Stars Science Council ) the SCAD has, by Assembly decision the right and authority to declare a world to be Quarantined if the world is home to a vulnerable society of sentient beings. (The Vulnerable Society Protection Act was proposed and made into law by a Union Wide vote (the List ) in 3559 OTT and has been slightly augmented in 4002 OTT and again in 5003 OTT )

If SCAD wants a world to be placed under Quarantine, a nine point assessment must be completed and presented to the Union Science Council.[1] If all nine points meet the requirements, the Quarantine is confirmed. Distance and location play a role in what the Quarantine measures include. If it is within Union Space, a buoy is placed near the world in question. Union Police and Union Ranger service are enforcing the Quarantine and deal with those who ignore the Quarantine order.

If it is outside of Union space, it is up to the Assembly to decide what level of protection is needed, warranted or necessary. In almost all cases, the Assembly decided to declare the star system in question a Union Protectorate (and basically make it Union Space) until such time as the local society can be contacted and make their wishes known. There too a buoy is placed and the enforcement is carried out by the Fleet. In almost all cases, SCAD also placed an observation post near said society, to monitor their progress and conduct anthropology research.

[1] 1 - Culture / society is below TL 3 2 - Culture / society unable to cope with external innfluence 3 - Not a global society 4 - Resouces exist that could cause external exploitation 5 - Bio Sphere fragile or delicate - Disturbed balance might cause damage to society 6 - Believe system / religious system in place that opposes life elsewhere (in conjunction with 1 and 2) 7 - Other compelling reasons (Outlined by SCAD team)