Extending Gavel

[Osha]

 

 

As the title says, a stun weapon ala Nt Rep's cane for Magistrates. I do have two icons of the item somewhere, but not an in-hand icon.

 

[necaladun]

While I love the idea, the magistrate should not be engaging in combat, and I fear this would encourage judge dreads

[Osha]

 

In that case, I propose a new idea. The gavel gives flavor text depending on if it's retracted or extended. Take the banhammer for example, you get a message about being BANNED 4NO REISIN if hit.

Now imagine the gavel. If retracted, if you tap someone with it they get a `Not Guilty` messge that is heard by others in the same room, E.G:

Urist McJudge hands down a 'Not Guilty' verdict to Sam I. Am.

While if extended, it gives a Guilty verdict much like the above.

Urist McJudge sentences/hands down a 'Guilty' verdict to Sam I. Am.

 

[Qinetix]

 

Why not both?

 

[BadPojo]

+1

[Deanthelis]

 

While I love the idea, the magistrate should not be engaging in combat, and I fear this would encourage judge dreads

Everyone with an ID able to access the Bridge has a telebaton, except the NT rep, who has the vastly superior fancy cane.

 

Make the telegavel a reskinned telebaton with funnier hit text.

Or even just leave the hit text alone.

 

Seriously, magistrates are high-ranking officials - they should have some means of self defense, and a reskinned telebaton as a gavel is equivalent to what every other Command-level role has at their disposal. Yes, this might 'encourage' Dredd behavior - but if they're going to try to take on syndies and lings and the like armed solely with a telebaton, well, they deserve their horrible death.