one of the main reasons players can get such quick access to capships and other expensive items here is the existence of trade routes which, quite frankly, shouldnt exist. There are two routes in particular I'm concerned with:
1. The Cardamine smugglers in order space. The route for these guys is texas -> new york -> alaska -> omicron minor -> omicron 100 -> omicron major -> omicron 90 -> omicron alpha, then back. In order for a smuggler (who must have some sort of relation to outcasts to get cardamine) to run this route, he must pass through two of the most heavily guarded systems in the game according to RP - alaska (which most people shouldnt even be able to get into), and omicron 100 - the order guard system.
Further, the player must pass through two nomad systems to make the route, and that isnt something your average trader or smuggler is likely to put himself through.
In order to fix this route:
-Remove the omicron major to omicron 90 jump hole in the omicron major system.
The order really doesnt need a way to get into outcast space, and that's all that the jump hole in question would otherwise be used for. Keepers can travel directly from 99 to iota to get around the removal of that jump hole as well.
2. The diamond/niobium route, which I'm less familiar with, travels from new berlin to kyushu (I think). This route uses mostly jump holes which no lawful trader should be going through. It also passes through chugoku, the blood dragon home system, and that system is supposed to be kept hidden - how is it all these traders know about it?
In order to fix this route:
-Remove the sigma-13/new berlin jump holes.
This was brought up before, and I believe it was the bundschuh or red hessians who had a problem with it, as they use that jump hole to get between some of their systems (frankfurt and someplace else I believe, ill need input on this one). The solution they came up with was to put a jump hole for them from frankfurt to either new berlin or sigma 13, I cant remember which.
You forgot this Xeno Organism/vip run through the Corsair Omega space, a very "unfriendly" space. To stop the traders there, the OPG is either demanding half cargo, or some millions. And they do this everytime they meet the traders.
I'm trying to get Kuraine to stop this "2-hours-protected-by-GC" thingy, so we could be more effective in disturbing the Trade through Chugoku/Hokkaido.
And for the Chugoku thingy: I'm kinda wondering why they only come when no [HG]/NovaPG is online, may it have something to do with them stating they'll force everyone back to the systems they came from?
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