Will there be a criminal code for the whole universe, or does every system have its own laws?asked by Sir Malachi

Well, in the UEE, there's one rule set. It's a unified government.

It's kind of like the world, isn't it? The United States has one set of rules. Germany has little variations of it.

Sure. So like the Xi'an might have different rule sets. And then there may be locations where they have their own local rules to add on top of that, but if you're in the UEE, the rules are consistent.

So if there's some area that's the border worlds and there's some zany people at the head of it, they'll have their own rules. There might be some wackos out there.