>Most likely it was something they never even thought about and if it
>exists as a legal status it came in with a 'starter bundle' of laws.
>So the real question is was it something within "unless contradicted,
>altered or repealed by later WDF legislation, the laws of the Salusian
>Empire as of September 1st, 1995 shall be considered the laws of the
>WDF,"?

Well, the Wedge Defense Force has never been a sovereign entity of its own; it's always technically been a PMC* corporation operating within the jurisprudence of the Republic of Zeta Cygni. On paper, Salusia was just the first customer (and soon replaced by the United Galactica as a whole). So there was probably something in all the contracts similar to that thing in software EULAs about how the whole thing will be administered under the laws of the State of Delaware or wherever.

(It may say something different in UF2, I haven't checked, but keep in mind that when I wrote that I was 18 and knew even less about how the law works than I do now. :)

--G.
* Private Military Contractor, i.e., mercenary
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