Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.

<passage>:
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that decision of Interstellar was that the colonists started a revolution Antheon, for example—but when there are large groups, control is more the halfway point. It ended with passengers engaging in open warfare "As I recall," Ellason said, "there was something about stunners." resourcefulness. They utilized these attributes to set up weapon shops to arm themselves." "The second trip is history," Rexroad said. "And a puzzle." "Yes. We gave control to the colonists." Weblor I , at a tremendous cost. Basically, it was an instrument which would open distant vistas to colonization, reducing the made a suggestion here, a restriction there. There was no doubt that rules fall away, the floundering group seeks a new control, for they dissension later on. His notes covering it were therefore very thorough. was significant that all en route had passed stability tests, and that realize it takes only a little thing like this to set things off. I But the point is, we know all this, and knowing it, we shouldn't let it happen. We've got to find that thief." mask that covered his head completely." "Didn't you think that was important?" Branson asked in an outraged voice. "A man wearing a red mask?" Dievers shrugged. "This is a spaceship. How would I know whether a red discounted. "If it is true," Branson told Ellason, "the theft must be the work of a psychotic. But I don't believe Jamieson Dievers. It may well be he's the psychotic." He snorted. "Red rubber mask! I think I'll have Dievers put through psychiatry." Attendant to taking notes on this incident, Ellason noted a strange compresses, stultifies. He introduces a countermeasure, proof he exists, which is any overt act, sometimes violent. taken to one of the ship's doctors, who confirmed it. She said the culprit was a husky man wearing a red rubber mask, and though her description of what he had done did not appear in the story in the newsletter, it lost no time in penetrating every compartment of no crewmen to spare for police duty." The group left in a surly mood. suppose I assign the crew to patrol duties, the culprit isn't caught, "I know my men," Branson said flatly. "You could have a shake-down for the mask and the seed case." money belt in the drawer of the small stand beside his bed. A man in a red mask was seen hurrying from the hospital area, and a staff investigation revealed that Palugger had died trying to prevent the theft of the belt. forced to submit to a thorough inspection in an effort to find the and tempers short. Above it all was the overpowering presence of a police force for you. It is up to you people to police and protect "How can we protect ourselves without stunners?" one colonist called out. "Has Red Mask a gun?" Branson retorted. "It seems to me you have a better weapon than any gun." "What's that?" everyone returned to his compartment, and the larger search was conducted. It took twenty hours. No mask was found. No mask, no case, no money, no man. The captain reported that his search had been equally fruitless. At another assembly the following day it was decided to make the Mask. The Quadrant Council held periodic meetings to set up a method of trial for him when he was caught. It was all recorded in the newsletter and by Keith Ellason. man in a red mask in her room. Her cries brought neighbors into the corridor. The flight of the man was witnessed by many, and several men tried to stop him. But the intruder was light on his feet and fast. He "There's no law against it," Branson said, "but it's a rule of mine that no weapons are to be issued en route." "If we had had a gun, we'd have got Red Mask," Tilbury said. "And I might have a murder on my conscience." Tilbury said, "We've also thought of that. Suppose you supply us with half-power stunners? That way we can stun but not kill." They got their guns. Now there were twenty-four policemen on duty in the corridors—eight on at a time. Ellason observed that for the first time the passengers seemed relaxed. Let Red Mask move against armed men, they said. Yeah, let him see what happens now. Red Mask did. On the 101st day he was seen in a corridor in Quadrant Four. Emil Pierce, policeman on duty, managed to squeeze off several shots at his retreating figure. Red Mask was seen again on the 120th day, on the 135th day, and the 157th day. He was seen, shot at, but not hit. He was also unable to commit any crime. He's afraid to do anything, now that we've got police protection, they The colonists settled down to living out the rest of the voyage until the landing on Antheon. But on the 170th day calamity struck. Red Mask appropriated one of the stunners, made his way down one whole corridor section in Quadrant Two, put occupants to sleep as he went, taking many articles of value and Ellason interviewed as many victims as he could, noted it all in his book. The things taken were keepsakes, photographs and items of personal value. It seemed to be the work of a madman. If Red Mask wanted to make everyone furious, he certainly succeeded. "What does he want that stuff for?" Casey Stromberg, a passenger required to lock their compartments at all times. More guns were obtained from the captain. More policemen were appointed. trigger-happy policemen thought their movements suspicious, about one man's suspicion of another and the ensuing search of compartments, people who saw Red Mask here, saw him there. Hardly a day went by without some new development. "Oh, yes, Mr. Ellason, we're going to get him," said Tilbury, now chief of police, cracking his knuckles, his eyes glowing at the thought. "We're bound to get him. We've got things worked out to the finest detail. He won't be able to get through our fingers now. Just let him make so much as a move." "And what will you do when you get him?" "Oh, there'll be a trial, Mr. Ellason, but you don't think any jury'd let him live after all the things he's done, do you?" Red Mask was stunned in Quadrant Four in a corridor by a policeman named Terryl Placer on the 201st day. The criminal was carried to the assembly room surrounded by guards, for he surely would have been mauled, if not killed, by angry colonists who crowded around. In the assembly hall his mask was whipped off. The crowd gasped. Nobody knew him. Ellason's first thought was that he must be a stowaway, but then he seem to be much doubt about the outcome, for Critten didn't help his blasts from six stunners supplied with full power. It was witnessed Dying is easy for a Nilly. Especially if it's arranged for beforehand, which it always is. The "Let me get this straight. Interstellar thought that it was idleness and boredom that caused the killings on the , so they had you trained to be a scapegoat. Is that right?" to see that they directed none of their venom against each other or the "We removed the charges before the guns were used." his illness on the operating table. We turned it into an advantage by making it look suspicious." Ellason brightened. "And by that time everybody was seeing Red Mask everywhere and the colonists organized against him." "Gave them something to do," Branson said. "Every time things got dull, I livened them up. I got a stunner and robbed along the corridor. That really stirred them. Lucky nobody got

<question>:
Which of these was not an effect of giving the police force half-powered staters?

<options>:
A It caused some issues while the police force got trigger-happy, adding to the paranoia
B It made the ship's environment safer now that the police were armed
C The passenger police force felt they had some power
D It was what allowed the Red Mask to finally acquire a weapon

<answer>:

B