Smuggling Vs Legal trading

[ParanoidAndroid]

If admins went with the letter of the law on that one it would be completely impractical for anyone to equip a trader or house corp ID. How many traders have never had a pirate escape pod in their hold? Yet NPC police consider that contraband. On the flipside, my moneymaker has delivered several loads of self-mined artifacts to Manhattan and has never been told to drop them by LPI or Navy NPCs.
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I'm glad that they won't, but in my opinion trader ID is 2nd after Merc ID most general ID which limits the opportunities of rp. It could improve it and make a way better then it is now: Generic Trader IDs vs. Faction Specific Trader IDs

If by your logic, carrying artifacts on a trader ID ship is a sanctionable offense, please advise what is the smugglar ID giving up ?

1. You can't just blow away a smugglar ID for being a smugglar.
2. Smugglar ID's are not limited to smugglar class ships. (Sure go sub 1000 on smugglar ships and I will reconsider your point of view).
3. "Most" pirates do not discriminate whether you have a smugglar ID or a Trader ID.
4. "Most" lawfuls" do not discriminate whether you have a trader ID or not if you have a cargo full of cardi.

If you restrict the traders from hauling cardi, Tell me again then my friend, why would any one use a trader ID then?. Now think about it. If you are a smugglar, why would you put a banner on yourself of being a "smugglar". The lawfuls can scan you as well as any other trader. What are you gaining or losing out of using a smugglar ID ?
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I don't like to repeat but w/e.:

Smuggler ID grants its owner right to trade and escort traders. In addition to that, the Smuggler ID indicated good reputation within the Sirius unlawful factions, and is commonly used to carry smuggled goods to and from pirate bases.

Trader ID grants its owner right to trade, escort traders, hunt pirates and terrorists. Trader ID owner cannot participate in any unlawful actions

It's my outlook. Get a diffrence.

a small comparison:
Smuggler = Unlafull actions
Trader = Lawfull actions

What I'm getting at is that if you are RolePlaying trader, so from a definintion of trader it's that you shouldn't have anything common with unlaful side of Sirus. It even says that you are allowed to hunt pirates and terrorist so for the sake of what traders should go buy/sell and supply pirate/terrorist bases. I fell that you are trying to convince me that traders are ok to go everywere, buy whatever they desire and sell whereever they wish??? If by your logic, mixing trader/smuggler ID to 1 ID would be ok couse there is no diffrence between them?. Ermm I don't go for it. My point is: ID you choose is the way of RP you choose. If some is approaching the issue from this way: "nah i'll get smuggler id couse i can smuggle with so there is more good to run and more profit" it's very shallow. You are trading: choose some corporation to go with and trade as their emplyee. You are smuggling: pick up some faction, get tag, avoid crowded by lawfuls places, choose smuggling routes and hide in clouds ^^.

Current system for trading/smuggling isn't great and we both know that. It's too simple for now and that couses the problem.

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