Slave Registration
The Authority maintains a list of registered slaves and their owners, which is available for public viewing at any time. Owners of slaves are required to register their property with them and pay the slave tax but in return, the empire offers protection against having registered slaves stolen or damaged.
Registration
Registering a slave costs 100 Mh and is required before a slave can wear a collar in TLI and before such ownership is officially recognised.
Included in the registration fee are a collar, and leash, made of simple leather for each slave registered. In addition, ONE training lesson given by a Sanctioned ISA Trainer, will be covered by the fee. The lesson can be given to the slave (OOC consent from the slave is required), or the owner in the form of a "How to..", by a Trainer of their choice.
Before registration can be accepted, players of both owner and slave must post notification on the Message Board. This post signifies their OOC agreement to the collaring and that they have both read and understood the rules of slave ownership.
Continued registration costs 20Mh monthly which is automatically deducted from the owner's bank account.
There are no limits on numbers of slaves owned except the ability to pay for their ownership and having enough equipment slots to hold them.
Benefits of Registration
The slave must wear a character collar in TLI in the form of <name{Owner Abbreviation}> signifying their status.
The owner's name will be shown in a slave description via Desdaemona.
A slave owner gets the security of having the empire protect his property from harm where needed, especially when he is absent.
Should a slave be abducted, the Authority will pay all fees for a bounty hunter to effect their recovery and for any punishment of the abductor.
Slaves have the knowledge that they can approach officials for help if their owner mistreats them beyond reasonable limits.
Slaves do not pay the standard 10Mh/month for room and/or board as they are considered fed and housed by their owner.
A personal collar takes the form of {SB} for example to denote the name of the owner, in this case StormBringer.
Liabilities
Each slave owned by a character takes two equipment slots.
If you don't have the free slots you have to buy them or free them up.
Slaves may not be uncollared sooner than 30 days after registration.
Business Slaves
Shops and other official bodies are allowed to buy and own slaves to assist in the activities of their enterprise. Such slaves are subject to normal acceptable use but may also find their duties are more varied. They are not considered the personal property of the shopkeeper but that individual is ultimately responsible for the correct behavior of any slaves owned by their organization.
Two slaves may be owned by any officially recognised shop or enterprise except the Lonely Inn, which has no restrictions.
A business collar takes the form of {NB} for example to denote the Naked Bird.