矩阵法治和警察矩阵法治是一个由相互冲突的法律、不同的惩罚措施和跨管辖区的噩梦所组成的纠缠不清的混乱局面。当你可以将肉体蹲在西雅图的大地上，而你的思想却在香港违反了多项法律时，你还能指望什么呢？不同的国家和团体对什么是非法的有不同的想法（例如，在萨利希-锡德赫地区完全合法的浏览程序经过修改后在普韦布洛公司理事会中是高度非法的），对适当的惩罚也有着迥异的想法。再加上沿矩阵流动的大量企业新元，以及如果（或者说，当）上述矩阵发生什么事情时，我们的世界经济有可能受到的冲击，最后你会发现一个东西：企业法庭的干预。
企业法庭(The Corporate Court，简称CC)多年前就设立了企业法庭矩阵监管局(CCMA)。毕竟，凡是企业集团插手的事情，CC也要插手。CCMA的目的是将企业间的打闹控制在合理水平。他们负责矩阵法规，包括对通用无线协议和管辖权问题进行最终判断，确保电子商务继续有利可图。这意味着，当企业的黑客行动过于激进时，他们就会介入；当无线网络供应商以低劣的维护、频繁的停机时间或糟糕的安保状况阻碍电子商务时，他们就会插手；当企业开始在矩阵上或越过矩阵争斗时，他们就会干预。
崩溃事件之后，CCMA在人员和声誉方面都受到了巨大的打击。必须有人受到指责，而CCMA是一个方便的替罪羊。毕竟，如果他们一直在做他们的工作，他们会在崩溃发生前就知道冬夜和蠕虫的事。即使他们失去了大部分的官员也无济于事。
> 指责CCMA没有防止崩溃的发生完全是胡说八道。他们中的大多数人都是拍马屁的官僚，他们对公司政治的了解比写脚本更多。
> Slamm-0!
在随后的几年里，CCMA进行了全面改革。他们已经拥抱了无线世界，并认真追查任何试图阻碍它的人。他们对企业舞蹈的关心减少了很多，而更多的是对企业本身进行监督。为了维持治安，他们依靠网域监察部门。
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MATRIX LAW AND POLICE
Matrix law is a tangled mess of conflicting laws, disparate punishments, and cross-jurisdictional nightmares. What else would you expect when your meat body can be squatting in the Seattle sprawl while your mind breaks multiple laws in Hong Kong? Different countries and corps have different ideas of what is illegal (frex, modified Browse programs that are perfectly legal in Salish-Sidhe territory are highly illegal in the PCC) and very different ideas of appropriate punishment. Add in the immense amount of corporate nuyen that flows along the Matrix and the possibility for our world-wide economy to get rocked if (or rather, when) something happens to said Matrix, and you end up with one thing: Corporate Court intervention.
The Corporate Court established the Corporate Court Matrix Authority (CCMA) years ago. After all, anything the corps get their hands into, the CC is required to meddle in too. The CCMA is meant to keep inter-corporate hi-jinks down to reasonable levels. They’re responsible for Matrix regulations, including passing final judgment on issues such as universal wireless protocols and jurisdictional issues, making sure e-commerce continues to run profitably. That means stepping in when corps get too aggressive with their black ops, harassing wireless network providers who inhibit e-commerce with shoddy maintenance, frequent downtime, or shabby security, and intervening when the corps start squabbling on—or over—the Matrix.
The CCMA took a huge hit after the Crash in terms of personnel and reputation. Someone had to be blamed and the CCMA was a convenient scapegoat. After all, if they’d been doing their job, they would have known about Winternight and the worm before the crash. It didn’t help that they’d lost most of their officers.
> That’s total crap, blaming the CCMA for not preventing the Crash. Most of ‘em were boot-licking bureaucrats who knew more about corp politics than writing script.
> Slamm-0!
In the years that have followed, the CCMA has been overhauled. They’ve embraced the wireless world and seriously pursue anyone who tries to hamper it. They care a lot less about doing the corporate dance and a lot more about policing the corps themselves. To do the policing, they rely on the Grid Overwatch Division.
我们黑客有能力同时违反多个司法管辖区的多项法律，因此造成了很多问题。通过适当地使用代理或网精，黑客可以造成比任何植入殖装的街头武士所能造成的更严重的破坏，至少在跨越矩阵边界和违反法律方面是这样的。在一次行动中，你可以非法入侵西雅图的MSP供应商，入侵新网的卫星网络，访问KITT的人力资源数据存储器，并闯入地平线的研发设施。如果地平线公司的安保黑客试图追踪你，他们也将不得不通过新网的卫星系统进行黑客攻击。这和派遣地平线公司的武装人员闯入新网领地是一样的。换句话说，这不会有好结果。
更糟糕的是，许多司法管辖区对矩阵犯罪有完全不同的法律。在加拉加斯，黑客行为根本算不上是犯罪。因此，除非一个公司能派他们自己的人去找你，否则向当地请求援助的结果只会是被嘲笑。
为了帮助规范矩阵法治，CCMA创建了网域监察部门(GRID OVERWATCH DIVISION)，也被巧妙地称之为GOD。他们的工作人员都是从十大超企中借调来的企业安保黑客，负责监管无线矩阵的混乱局面。他们追踪黑客，并在企业需要有人协助裁决调查时解决跨辖区的犯罪。如果有必要，他们也会自己调查犯罪，特别是当公司的黑客行动有点过火的时候。他们被称为网探(G-men)，活动范围通常限于公共节点。然而，在调查犯罪时，他们会请求许可进入私人空间。如果没有得到许可，他们可以获得授权以允许他们进入。十大超企都公开展示对网探的协助，引用了“矩阵犯罪会伤害我们所有人”的标准说辞。
在表面之下的现实情况是，合作经常受限或被拖延，特别是当你把网探那神一样的态度和CCMA的严格执法结合起来。这一点，再加上企业利用狂奔者来打击他们的竞争对手，以及他们需要时间来确保没有证据将他们与那些“可否认的资产”联系起来，这些意味着网探会发现他们的调查常常会受到阻碍。
不要因这一点使你陷入虚假的安全感。网探是好样的。他们从顶尖的企业安保黑客中招募，获得自由行动的许可和接近无限的权力，他们称自己为“GOD”是有原因的。他们携带最尖端的程序，拥有最好的装备，以及巨大的自负--主要是赚来的。
> GOD在崩溃事件中失去了很多网探。他们中的大多数人在试图与蠕虫搏斗时倒下了，其他人则陷入昏迷或患有严重的AIPS。不过，他们现在已经恢复了全部实力。
> Pistons
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GRID OVERWATCH DIVISION
We hackers cause so many problems with our ability to break multiple laws in multiple jurisdictions at the same time. With the appropriate use of agents—or sprites—a hacker can cause more havoc than any souped-up street sam, at least in terms of Matrix borders crossed and laws broken. On a single run, you can illegally hack access to a Seattle MSP provider, hack a NeoNET sat network, access a KITT HR data storage, and break into a Horizon R&D facility. If the Horizon corporate security hackers try to trace you, they’ll have to hack through NeoNET’s sat system, too. Which is rather the same as sending armed Horizon goons onto NeoNET’s property. In other words, it ain’t gonna be pretty.
To make matters worse, many jurisdictions have completely different laws regarding Matrix crimes. Hacking in Caracas isn’t much of a crime at all. So unless a corp can send their own goons after you, requests for local assistance are going to get laughed at.
In an attempt to help regulate Matrix law, the CCMA created the Grid Overwatch Division, cleverly nicknamed GOD. Staffed with corporate security hackers on loan from each of the Big 10, they are responsible for policing the tangled mess of the wireless Matrix. They track down hackers and solve cross-jurisdictional crimes when corporations need someone to help referee an investigation. If necessary, they’ll investigate crimes on their own, especially when corporate black-ops are heating up a little too much. The G-men, as they’re called, are primarily confined to public nodes. However, when investigating a crime, they’ll ask for permission to cross onto private space. If permission isn’t forthcoming, they can get warrants that’ll allow them to enter. The Big-10 all make a show out of helping out the G-men, citing the standard line of “Matrix crime hurts us all.”
The reality is that under the surface, cooperation is frequently limited or delayed, especially when you combine the godlike attitudes of the G-men and the rather strict enforcement of the CCMA. That, combined with the fact that corps use runners to hit their competitors, and their need for time to make sure there’s no evidence linking them to those “deniable assets” means that the G-men can find their investigations hampered.
Don’t let that lull you into a false sense of security. The G-men are good. Recruited from the top corporate security hackers and given free rein and rather unlimited power, there is a reason they call themselves GOD. They carry the most cutting edge programs, have the best gear, and huge egos—mostly earned.
> GOD lost a lot of G-men during the crash. Most of them went down trying to fight the worm, others ended up in comas or with severe AIPS. They’re back to full strength now, though.
> Pistons
网探有标准化的图标，带帽檐的帽子、风衣、徽章和汤普森冲锋枪的图标。大多数人还保留了一些其他的图标，以便在他们需要浏览数据港或考察黑客酒吧而不被驱逐（或被围攻）时使用。
通常，网探喜欢在公共节点上巡逻，寻找黑客，试图通过他们伪造的ID发现他们，或者在他们开始骇入时抓住他们。一旦发现可疑者，他们就会进行追踪，同时分散黑客的注意力--通常是进行一些线上的战斗。不过，网探并不只是战斗型黑客。他们是优秀的侦探，习惯于追踪罪犯和解决政治敏感犯罪。
> 不同公司的网探之间有很多竞争和炫耀的行为。他们都想让自己的公司看起来很好，让其他公司看起来很差。众所周知，他们会不惜一切代价来解决犯罪问题，并向其他网探炫耀。
> glitch
> 是的，在一个联络网探的“惩戒”之后，这个问题现在已经被搁置了。她在没有搜查令的情况下撕开了一个天演节点，炸死了两个天演安保黑客，并使该节点崩溃，而该节点恰好正在运行一个重症监护医疗机构。CCMA对GOD进行了严厉打击。此后，网探一直在注意他们的行动，但有传言说他们只是表现得很礼貌。公司的竞争现在更糟糕了，因为他们不能让所有那些咄咄逼人、自我膨胀的态度展示出来。
> Pistons
> GOD一直在努力招募超链者。问题是，拥有他们的企业不愿意把他们借调出去。少数加入GOD的人（在非常规部队的人工资源管理部门(Artificial Resource Management，或称ARM)之外）面临着来自其他网探的偏见、阻挠和骚扰，甚至是暴力。最近有两名来自地平线的超链者离职，显然地平线正在为此制造一些骚动。预计GOD会有更多的动荡，或者至少在ARM的超链者试图教其他网探一些礼貌的时候会有一场大型的内部报复。
> Netcat
> GOD也有一个传播欺诈部门，调查通过公共无线系统传播的诈骗。一般来说，他们只有在受害者来自多个公司（或多个MSP向GOD投诉）时才会介入。如果诈骗者以非企业公民为目标，那么常规的安保公司--如孤星公司甚至国家警察--就会进行调查。正因为如此，大多数骗局都是针对非公司公民的。
> Mr. Bonds
> 是的，但有些薪奴就是这么该死的容易信任，很难抗拒……所有这些可支配收入，他们会为此相信任何东西。
> Snopes
> GOD有一支没有出现在“文件"上的特别行动部队。我听说他们被称为"RH"--我猜这是"右手"的意思（与GOD命名其部门的传统保持一致）。他们的任务是追捕可能以矩阵为目标的恐怖组织，这些人让普通的网探看起来就像脚本小子。无情、致命，而且完全不倾向于依靠法律体系来处理可疑的恐怖组织。太多的组织想"继续监视”冬夜，而不是采取行动。创立RH是为了确保另一场崩溃永远不会发生，他们有全权以他们认为合适的方式来处理问题。
> Fianchetto
> RH与地平线的道金组(Dawkin’s Group)在一些案件中合作。显然，这两个团体有着微妙的分工关系。
> Dr. Spin
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The G-men have standardized icons, with brimmed hats, trench coats, badge, and Tommy gun iconography. Most also keep a few other icons on tap for when they need to browse through a data haven or scope out a hacker-bar without getting evicted (or mobbed).
Frequently, the G-men like to patrol public nodes, looking for hackers, trying to spot them through their falsified IDs or catch them as they start hacking. Once they spot someone suspicious, they’ll run a trace while they distract the hacker—often with a bit of online combat. G-men aren’t just combat hackers, though. They’re excellent detectives, used to tracking down criminals and solving politically sensitive crimes.
> There’s a lot of rivalry and show-boating between G-men from different corporations. They all want to make their corp look good and the others look bad. They’ve been known to go to extreme lengths to solve crimes and show up the other G-men.
> Glitch
> Yeah, that’s on the backburner right now after the "discipline" of a Renraku G-man. She ripped thru an Evo node without a warrant, fried two Evo sec. hackers, and crashed the node—which happened to be running an intensive-care medical facility. The CCMA came down hard on GOD. The G-men have been watching their step ever since, but rumors are they’re only acting polite. Corp rivalries are even worse now that they can’t let all those aggressive, ego-ridden tempers out to play.
> Pistons
> GOD has been trying really hard to recruit technomancers. Problem is, the corps that have ‘em don’t want to loan them out. The few that have joined up with GOD (outside the special-forces Artificial Resource Management, or ARM, division) have faced prejudice, razing, and harassment from the other G-men, to the point of violence. Two technos from Horizon walked off the job recently and apparently Horizon is making some noise about it. Expect to see more shakeups at GOD, or at least a big internal smack-down as the technos from ARM attempt to teach the other G-men some manners.
> Netcat
> GOD also has a Transmissions Fraud Division, investigating scams transmitted over public wireless systems. Generally they only get involved when the victims are from multiple corporations (or multiple MSPs complain to GOD). If scam artists target non-corporate citizens, then the regular security firms—like Lone Star or even national police—investigate. Because of this, most scams are targeted to non-corp citizens.
> Mr. Bonds
> Yeah, but some of those wage-slaves are just so damn trusting that it’s hard to resist … all that disposable income, and they’ll believe anything.
> Snopes
> GOD has a special ops force that doesn’t appear on "paper" anywhere, so to speak. I’ve heard them referred to as the RH—I’m guessing it stands for Right Hand (keeping with GOD’s tradition in naming their divisions). Tasked with hunting down terrorist groups who might target the Matrix, these guys make the regular G-men look like script-kiddies. Ruthless, lethal, and not at all inclined to rely on the legal system to deal with suspected terrorist groups. Too many organizations wanted to “keep watching” Winternight instead of taking action. The RH was created to make sure another Crash never happens, and they’ve got carte blanche to deal with problems the way they see fit.
> Fianchetto
> The RH has worked with Horizon’s Dawkin’s Group in a few cases. Apparently the two groups have a tenuous working relationship.
> Dr. Spin
如果你做的事情大到足以中断商业活动，那么可以预计到会有网探来敲门。对于其他的事情，还有当地的执法部门--公司、政府或签约机构。公司调查影响其底线的矩阵犯罪，如软件盗版、ID盗窃，或使用/盯上公司资产的黑客。一些政府有自己的执法部门，比如PCC，他们的执法部门是国家化的，对黑客的看法非常不宽容。其他大多数司法管辖区则依靠签约的执法部门，如孤星。
孤星的矩阵犯罪部门，MCD，负责在公共矩阵空间巡逻，并为他们签约保护的地区提供快速反应、调查和监禁矩阵犯罪分子的服务。工作量过大的“孤星”侦探们必须处理各种问题，从矩阵帮派的BTL到遏制有组织犯罪。在这两者之间，他们还得努力监视黑客、ID窃贼、盗版软件商和所有其他靠矩阵谋生的暴徒。孤星公司还为客户提供矩阵安保，包括IC和待命的战斗黑客。
就像任何服务业企业一样，孤星公司根据盈利能力和客户满意度来平衡他们的行动。这意味着，如果黑客已经成为新闻，他们将投入更多的资源去抓他，而不是去抓在学校卖盗版拟感软件的孩子。如果这能让他们看起来不错，他们就会把它作为优先事项。毕竟，满意的客户往往会续签合同，如果你给客户留下深刻印象，你就可以向他们收取更高的价格。
> 道理是：如果你保持低调，他们就有太多的其他案件和太少的侦探来追捕你。如果你吵吵闹闹，在逃跑时失误，杀死几个旁观者，或者开始倾泻恶意代码，炸毁孩子的大脑，你就会被移到文件堆的顶端。他们会有足够的资源来追捕你--在当今的监控社会中，要想彻底消失几乎是不可能的，所以帮你自己一个忙，不要给他们一个理由把你移到“待办事项”名单的首位。
> Glitch
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OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
If you do something big enough to interrupt commerce, expect the G-men to come knocking. For everything else, there’s your local law enforcement—corporate, government, or contracted. Corporations investigate Matrix crimes that affect their bottom line, like software piracy, ID theft, or hackers that use or target corporate assets. Some governments have their own law enforcement—like the PCC, with their nationalized law enforcement and their very intolerant views on hackers. Most other jurisdictions rely on contracted law enforcement, such as Lone Star.
Lone Star’s Matrix Crimes Division, MCD, is tasked with patrolling public Matrix spaces and providing rapid response, investigation, and incarceration of Matrix criminals for areas they’re contracted to protect. The overworked Lone Star detectives have to deal with everything from Matrix gangs running BTLs to reining in organized crime. In between, they get stuck trying to police hackers, ID thieves, warez dealers, and all the other riff-raff that make a living off the Matrix. Lone Star also will provide Matrix security to customers, including IC and on-call combat hackers.
Like any service-corp, Lone Star balances their actions based on profitability and customer satisfaction. That means that if hacker has been making the news, they’ll devote much more resources to catch him than on busting the kid who is selling pirated sims at school. If it’ll make them look good, they’ll make it a priority. After all, satisfied customers tend to renew contracts, and if you impress customers, you can charge them higher prices.
> The moral is: if you keep a low profile, they’ve got too many other cases and too few detectives to hunt you down. If you make noise, botch a run and kill a few bystanders, or start dumping malicious code that fries kids’ brains, you ll get moved to the top of the pile. They’ve got the resources to hunt you down—it really is almost impossible to disappear in today’s surveillance society, so do yourself a favor and don’t give ‘em a reason to move you to the top of the “to-do” list.
> Glitch
