Lock topic please. I give up,lolwuts win

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The word "smuggling" does seem to indicate that something unlawful is going on...

When Hogosha smuggle artifacts and gun commodities, it's fair to assume that they do it without paying VAT or Taxes or something similar; otherwise there'd be no point in having the Hogosha (if a totally lawful organization could do the same) - and no point in mentioning "smuggling".

white collar crime is hardly something to call smuggling but inside the house of Kusari they do not need to smuggle (And pretty much dont). However should a hogosha member feel like bringing artifacts to a different house (Rheinland, Liberty and Bretonia all out law artifact trading) then yes it would be smuggling.

And to answer your last question. Why did the mod make the order look like terrorists? Natural progression of Rp and or Lore decisions by the admins / faction heads made it so. And if you really wanted to know the answer to the question feel free to send a PM to Yuki.

edit: As an addendum why dont you ask the other factions that have had their RP changed / evolved as to why they did that?

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