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[Glayvin34]

One of my players did something that I'm fairly sure is illegal in Seattle- he Mind Probed an unwilling and unsuspecting target in a bar. I've always played that Mind Probe is obvious to anyone who is the target of it, I recall reading some fiction on the SR4 site a year or so ago that described someone being Mind Probed by a Dragon, and it felt like someone was flipping through their memories. The whole team left the bar post-haste as bouncers descended, but I don't want to just let them get away with Astral Assault. So I'm thinking that the next time the offending magician uses the same SIN that he showed the bouncer at the bar, Lone Star is going to show up.

What I'm wondering is if there is any canon method to deal with Crime and Punishment.

Obviously the team will be searched and stripped of their unlicensed restricted items and all forbidden items (unless they figure something out), but I'm not sure about the next step. Should it be like an assault charge nowadays, where the perp would go to central booking for a few days until bail is arranged? Then he would have to get a lawyer and go to criminal court in a few months/weeks?

This all might be a moot point given that my players might just blast Lone Star and try to get away, but if any other GMs have dealt with criminal prosecution and the UCAS Justice System, I'd love to hear about it.