The reason there isn't a black market UC gunboat engine nor are there black market UC and Council engines is because there are no standard versions of these. Why? There are no Council or Corse transports (though the Council builds the Tavros freighter and UC builds l'Anes with the Brigands), and the Corse have no gunboat.
Personally, as the [UC] leader and a [C] member, I'd love for standard versions of those. Black market too, I guess, but it would be more awesome if people RP'd for such tech exchanges (are there black market Sirian engines? No) or - shock and horror - joined Gallic factions. Trust me, they're fun
Also, a reskinned Courier so that there's then a Courier Noir? Wishfully thinking on my part, I suppose. If only our VHF modeler hadn't suddenly disappeared last minute. Sorry for the rambling - see my first paragraph here for the topic pertinent reply
"You see what your knowledge tells you you're seeing. ... how, what you think the universe is, and how you react to that in everything you do, depends on what you know. And when that knowledge changes, for you, the universe changes. And that is as true for the whole of society as that is for the individual. We all are what we know, today. What we knew yesterday, was different; and so were we."
- James Burke, The Day the Universe Changed (1985)
