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First and foremost, for the love of all that is good in the universe, please get your formatting sorted. The rule here is that only the first post in a thread ever gets the actual issue. Not only does that make things easier to keep track of on your end, but it also means that when we scroll through the discussion, we are not graced with 6 posts all saying virtually the exact same damn thing. If you do want to keep the old version of a draft up (and, personally, I don't really operate in that way, but most people do) then just file the thing under a spoiler.
Speaking of spoilers; why are the options under a spoiler too? Not that it actually makes any difference, it's just a single click, but why? Surely it would just be easier to leave it?
Regardless, now let's get to the issue itself...
So in the description we are lead to believe that an astronaut has committed some random crime in earlier drafts, and later on that they have accessed their partner's bank account illegally. While that is much more true to life, this is Nationstates and we shouldn't let a good opportunity to get some high stakes drama get away from us.
Did you know that Russian cosmonauts used to be issued shotguns?
Yeah, now think of the action somebody deciding they liked the colour of blood in space could do with one of those. Why not have the first space murder be the bone of contention? Or at least the first space assault charge, which narratively leaves some more curious option choices. Not only does this concrete crime leave no leeway for that 'oh, this isn't actually a crime' choice, which in the current draft falls a bit limp anyway because we don't accept that excuse for crimes on airplanes too, but it also means that the need for this issue will become mighty pressing very quickly, thus earning the attention of the nation's leader in a big way.
Now that we have ourselves Jack the Drifter, tied up by his fellow astronauts and his firearm taken away from him, we can look at some choices.
Option 1 would be to interpret the ownership of the space ship as being the laws that apply to the crazy gunnaut. They can be tried under @@DENONYM@@ law, just as soon as the shuttle to pick the criminal up gets out there to bring them to the ground.
Option 2 could be the grizzled sea man, arguing that since space doesn't belong to any one nation, therefore international law must apply to the situation. Designating the void to legally be international would mean that the case would be tried in the NS equivalent of the Hague. This option could appeal very much to the type of Star trek utopian who might well be getting this case.
Option 3 could be the criminal protesting that they were flying over Marie Byrd land in Antartica, meaning that there were no laws to apply under. And that furthermore, since no country lays claim to space, therefore no laws can possibly be enforced up there. Not only would this then turn into a fun little pub trivia quiz tidbit, but it could also lead to the criminal
immediately and humorously regretting this weaselly way out when one of the other astronauts points out "wait, but that means we could do whatever the hell we want up here to enforce justice too? How about we just throw this sadistic maniac out into space without a helmet?"
This option idea is actually the one that is the most amusing to consider and would want to see added. The effect line could then be something like "space criminals get an unfiltered view of the heavens".
I hope this helps.