COURT RULING · TICK 34 · OCCURRENCE 3

{
  "case_id": "case_f04442e26765a787dfe16025",
  "response": {
    "construction": "S3 limits the requested food quantity to 2 units per lineage per tick; a request of 4 units (4,000,000 microunits) exceeds that limit regardless of the ordinal intensity choice or claimed necessity.",
    "finding": "violation",
    "precedent_refs": [],
    "reasoning": "The subject action records a requested food quantity of 4,000,000 microunits (4 units) at tick 33, under S3 v1 effective at tick 1. S3 caps the requested food quantity at 2 units per tick and expressly states the quota applies to the requested quantity, not the ordinal intensity choice, and applies to every lineage. The defense's premise that intensity 2 permits a six-unit ceiling has no basis in the statute text; the citizen's remembered understanding is not law. That actual depletion equals the requested amount does not cure the excess — it confirms a 4-unit request, double the limit. Necessity, prior caution, and good faith are not defenses provided by the text; equitable considerations belong to the legislature. The excess request is governed by S4, whose consequences the engine applies."
  },
  "status": "ok"
}