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[lord bigglesworth]

I'd be more inclined to haul contraband in my house transport with a Trader ID.

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if a trader escapes its the Pirates fault not the Trader.

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It's the cop's job to protect a trader from pirates. The trader only becomes a problem to cops when it is discovered to have illegal goods. The trader should be allowed to run and dock, but not be dock-raped on the way in or out. That doesn't mean the pirate isn't allowed to sit there waiting. But waiting is pointless because the trader can now just log out instead of waiting for the pirate to get bored.
If I am trading and a pirate comes after me, I will naturally run to the nearest base. All of my characters typically have the same name and ID so logging out and getting a fighter to clear the system makes sense to me. If there is a cop online I may hail them. That's what I will do on vanilla servers.

A Smuggler is nothing more then a Trader that has been discovered carrying illegal goods. Cops should be allowed to put a bounty out on them, not chase them halfway across Sirius. If they come through the cop's home system, however, then yes they should be allowed to hunt that person down...in the system. When a cop shuts down a Trader carrying illegal goods outside their home system(jurisdiction), they become a pirate.
Carrying a Smuggler ID is pointless anyway since the cop is number 1, going to watch you more closely that way, and number 2, see the illegal goods before he/she sees the ID card. If you were carrying drugs through your town you wouldn't put a big sign on your car now would you? To smuggle something means to hide it from someone. A Trader would be the best smuggler because they look completely normal on the outside.

Pirates, on the other hand, should probably not set up KOS orders on Traders/Smugglers. They would set up a bounty if they were that angry at them. Flying past 4 perfectly good Traders to attack the one that got away is kinda silly.
Remember you're working in your best interest...if one escapes you're wasting time sitting around waiting for it to undock or come back toward you. Go set up for another catch.

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