Smuggling as a true high risk/reward endeavor - for realistic gameplay and behavior

[Danny-boy]

That's the idea! To be more risky for people to smuggle. Not to increase the profits, at least not yet.

What the current suggestion is: High-risk Same-profit.
This means you act more like a smuggler than happily going through the lanes of some house system because it doesn't matter if you get caught. It means you actually have to hire escorts/use jump holes etc.

The future suggestion after the first one is: Higer-risk High-reward (but still not as rewarding as mining).
This would mean people still focus on mining and thus player interaction still occurs. Smuggling would be MUCH higher (as in higher than the first suggestion) in risk, whilst providing profits above that of normal commodities. Both allowing for and incentivising more escorts and thus player interactions, e.g. If I'm told that I could lose loads of money if I lose my cargo - I want to use JH's and hire escorts, If I'm also told that my profit margin increases, I have more incentive as well as the ability to hire more escorts.