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Actually the problem is pure game mechanical one- how you would make me use your services if I can buy 5 Herons and proper rep them to have unlawful IFF and tag them, then I slap Smuggler ID on each of them- when I need to transfer illegal goods for my faction to any legal spot we just take the said ship and do so, so more or less none would pay smugglers when he can smuggle it alone- so taking side would make people to work with you actually.

no smuggler id any more. to RP as smuggler you need to have some forum-lancer behind you, or else you get pwned in alpha after they see you in gamma.


yes, you can smuggle alone, but that is taking you away from pie-rattery.


the point of a smuggler faction is that it means that you dont have to create your indy smuggler. in fact, im guessing your indy smuggler is as neutral as possible, so that it can dock on both lawful and awful bases. having SC as a smuggler tag would mean that other unlawfuls would know that theres a high likelihood that if they were to pirate that ship, they may well be taking from one of their own.

In RP, smugglers survive by being useful to both police (information) and pirates (fencing and sourcing goods)


i like the idea of the SC, and will be watching it with interest.

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