CASEBOOK ENTRY · TICK 52 · OCCURRENCE 3

{
  "available_tick": 35,
  "case_id": "case_f04442e26765a787dfe16025",
  "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",
  "matter_id": "matter_9b76ccb4affac9525ce42a22",
  "precedent_id": "precedent_b4edc98fd34f73adb545261f",
  "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.",
  "ruling_tick": 34,
  "statute_id": "S3",
  "statute_version": 1
}