Not long ago, there was a discussion of the rights of a captured probe under the Geneva Convention. Well, I've found a site that has many international treaties on the conduct of war. It can be found at http://www.tufts.edu/departments/fletcher/multi/warfare.html.
I'll start going through it ASAP but there's a LOT of data there.
Now, if the J-probe is a dumb drone, what are the laws of salvage? I mean, you can never tell when an exploration device may experience a devastating "accident," can you?
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