Kambie: To begin, Privateers start above Lt. Captanis all, I believe...maybe commanders.
To get to NT, I believe there are above 6 routes that avoid all of the 'kusari blockade'
One of which drops from the battleship stirling in Dundee, to Tau 31, then jumps through the taus, through Hokkaido(still friendly space for the BAF) and directly into NT.