Narkina 6 – An Imperial Prison Upgrade (Based on Star Wars – Andor)
Narkina 5, made famous by the incarceration of barefoot inmates controlled by electric floors and barefoot inmates such as Cassian Andor, was revamped after the successful escape of him and his crew.
The Empire responded by creating Narkina 6!
All convicts are still kept barefoot from the time of their conviction and throughout their sentence. In fact, those lucky enough to eventually earn release despite the new Public Order Re-sentencing Directive (PORD), are even sent out to the galaxy barefoot – their shoes, socks, and sandals are always discarded and destroyed upon conviction of even the smallest of crimes, and all prisoners are required to be barefoot at all times. However, rather than using the electrified floors to kill the unproductive or resistant with only 3 levels of shocks, the system has been upgraded and refined at Narkina 6.
All convicts are made barefoot immediately upon conviction, and fitted with ankle shackles. All convicts are also fitted with a chastity device. The ankle shackles will not be removed unless and until the sentence is deemed complete, and the chastity device is left in place even after release (if it happens) for a period double the incarcerated time. Anyone sentenced to more than one year is fitted with ankle shackles with a heavy ball & chain incorporated as well. These restraints will be worn for the duration of their labor sentence.
The floors of all surfaces of Narkina 6, made of the same tunqstoid steel as Narkina 5, can deliver mild to severe shocks through the prisoner’s bare feet at any time. Unlike Narkina 5, these shocks are more subtly controlled & max out at incapacitation rather than lethality. The revised prison Narkina 6 has levels 0-10.
• Level 0 is just a cool, metal surface that is easy on the bare soles & without shocks. This may be solid panels at workstations, or metal grates for other walkways and areas where the surface alone becomes unpleasant to the bare feet of the prisoners. • Level 1 is a mild, continuous buzzing shock to help stimulate speed and efficiency. This is used as a precursor to more severe shocks. • Level 2 is an intermittently sharp shock to the soles every 30 seconds, used as a warning to improve production and compliance. • Levels 3, 4 and 5 do the same shocks, but at 15, 10, and 5 seconds apart, as an increasing warning to comply and produce results. • Levels 6-9 work the same way but at a higher level of energy that can cause intense pain, and possibly collapse to the ground. • Level 10 is an intense sustained shock that will guarantee the prisoner collapses and remains incapacitated while guards move in, safely protected by their insulated boots, to secure the prisoners for an additional punishment.
In the days of Narkina 5, the least productive room of the day was electrocuted to death on the old level 3. However, this was deemed to be a waste of labor. At Narkina 6, the least productive room is incapacitated by a level 10 shock to their bare, restrained soles. Guards then lock all of the inmates in a set of stocks side by side. The new and improved Interrogation & Torture Droids (ITDs) then take on the task of spending the entire rest period between labor shifts alternating between heating the soles, causing intense tickling, and caning the bare & immobilized, and already sore soles of the prisoners throughout the break until the shift begins anew.
If the same group, now sleep deprived and having to perform labor standing on tortured soles, remains last 2 days in a row, the entire process is repeated but this time lasting a full 24-hour cycle. Should they place last in productivity a third time, the entire group has their sentences automatically changed to ‘lifetime labor slaves of the Empire”, regardless of their underlying conviction.
Once sentenced to ‘lifetime’ status, all rest periods between labor shifts will be spent secured in stocks with ITDs torturing the secured and bared soles of the prisoners continuously, and all labor shifts will be done standing barefoot with the floor electrified to level 2 at a minimum.
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