Ethics [Monday, February 5, 5th period]

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The door to the Ethics classroom rocked back on its hinges as per usual but instead of a cloaked Sith Lord, a small ball hovered its way into the room.

It was black. It was shiny. It was incredibly menacing.

It surveyed the class for a long, quiet moment before Vader entered the room.

"There was a rebel captured recently in my home galaxy," Vader began, "who possessed knowledge about where the headquarters of her wrong-headed and illegal organization was located. After extensive interrogation, it was decided that extreme measures must be taken to get her to reveal her information."

Vader paused, the only sound in the room his ventilation unit.

"So we destroyed her home planet from space."

Vader paced in front of his desk, his black cape sweeping out behind him. "This is an interrogation droid," he continued, waving his hand at the hovering orb. "There are times when asking politely for information accomplishes nothing and blowing up a planet is inconvenient."

It was very clear that the interrogation droid had no capacity for talking, though. It was an extremely advanced instrument of torture.

"Today, we will conduct an experiment," Vader said, staring down the students. "Half of you will be rebel traitors who possess information about the location of your secret base." Those students received a slip of paper on their desks. "The other half of you are Imperial guards trying to obtain this information from your prisoner. I, personally, do not care what form your...questioning takes, but you cannot use actual physical violence."

There was a long pause. "In this particular exercise. In a real interrogation, it is practically required. When you reach a stalemate in your negotiations--and feel free to shoot at the prisoners with the water pistols from last week, for I do not see how getting wet can possible be construed as physical violence--," he said to the interrogators, pointing towards the box on his desk, "you may talk with your partner about how far you would be willing to go if the school would allow you to use physical violence, or if you had more time to get the prisoner to become...more pliable. Sleep deprivation also works very well."

He spun on his heel. "And don't do anything to make the interrogator droid notice you. Its programming is very sensitive. It would be a lot of paperwork if any of you were inadvertently tortured."

Comments

Re: Pair up and conduct an interrogation

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter tilted his head at Schrodinger and smirked. "Yeah. I think you might as well write it off now."

Re: Pair up and conduct an interrogation

[cat-in-the-box.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I dunno. I might find ways of persuading you that you hadn't even thought of."

_{[[I'm so tempted to have Schrodinger covertly use "Teh Remote".]]}

Re: Pair up and conduct an interrogation

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Right." Walter leaned back and folded his arms. "Let's see."

[ooc: You officially have my permission. He's probably not supposed to per Millennium, but this is Schro after all.]

Re: Pair up and conduct an interrogation

[cat-in-the-box.livejournal.com]

"Well, I could threaten you. Physically. Then again, a big bad vampire hunter like you isn't afraid of pain, is he? Or maybe he is. Maybe he's so badass, he doesn't actually know what it feels like to be hurt in a fight.

Re: Pair up and conduct an interrogation

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter kept his arms folded and regarded Schrodinger sceptically. He'd been hurt in a fight, there was no doubt of that, but volunteering information ran quite counter of the idea in resisting interrogation.

Re: Pair up and conduct an interrogation

[cat-in-the-box.livejournal.com]

"Then again, we won't ever know, will we. Because we aren't allowed to actually hurt anyone. No... from what I've heard of you... the place I have to attack isn't in the body. It's in the mind."

Re: Pair up and conduct an interrogation

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter rolled his eyes and held up a hand, opening and closing fingers and thumb in a "yap, yap, yap" gesture.

Re: Pair up and conduct an interrogation

[cat-in-the-box.livejournal.com]

"Because really, if I'm talking to you? It means you've already failed."

Re: Pair up and conduct an interrogation

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Another eyeroll and Walter stood up.

"Then to redeem my failure, I'll escape."

Re: Pair up and conduct an interrogation

[cat-in-the-box.livejournal.com]

Schrodinger, hand in his pocket, flipped a button.

And hoped that the Major, the Doctor, and the Captain wouldn't find out about this.

Re: Pair up and conduct an interrogation

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter stood where he was, apparently waiting for something.

Re: Pair up and conduct an interrogation

[cat-in-the-box.livejournal.com]

"Where is the secret rebel base?"

Re: Pair up and conduct an interrogation

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Yavin 4," he answered without hesitation.

Re: Pair up and conduct an interrogation

[cat-in-the-box.livejournal.com]

"Danke," Schrodinger responded, hitting the button again inside his pocket.

Re: Pair up and conduct an interrogation

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter frowned, not sure why he'd paused in his clever escape from interrogation, and walked away.