Regulation 66.4: The Use of Non-Linear Chrono-Manipulation Devices (The "Hourglass" Clause)

1. Scope of Use: Chrono-Manipulation Devices (CPDs), including the Standard Issue Chrono-Dial, are restricted to Category-S Life-Threatening Scenarios only. Unauthorized "peeking" or "stalling" for administrative convenience is a Grade-1 Felony.

2. The Debt of Friction: Time is not a resource; it is a tension. Every second "borrowed" or "frozen" generates Temporal Friction.

Minor Usage: Results in 'The Shakes' (Localised muscle spasms).

Moderate Usage: Results in 'Visual Echoing' (The subject perceives their own actions 0.5 seconds late).

Excessive Usage: Results in 'Aetheric Bile' (The body attempts to purge non-linear energy through the respiratory system).

3. The Displacement Horizon ([[The_Void]]): Continued violation of Reg 66.4 leads to a Total Dimensional Collapse. The subject does not die; they simply cease to have a "Present Address." They are scattered across their own timeline as a series of static, uncoupled moments.

4. Mandatory Quarantine: Any officer displaying symptoms of "Visual Echoing" is to be immediately surrendered to the Ministry of Aetheric Stability ([[MAS]]) Medical Wing for "Stabilization" (De-aging/Re-syncing).

[[DMC]] Footnote (Alistair’s Handwriting): "Stabilization" is Ministry-speak for putting you in a jar until your timeline stops vibrating. Don't go to the Medical Wing.