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[Danny-boy]

Sounds to me like you are already cheating if you are trading with the recruit ID. The recruit ID is indeed meant for OORP use, however it is meant for players to complete NPC missions/bribes to get the rep they need for their character without being disturbed by other players and not to make money via trade runs for a nice ship. To make the money you need for your characters you need to do that INRP and with a different ID.

To help yourself get the rep you want, I recommend opening up the chat box in-game (do this by pressing the 'enter' key), then type:
"/showrestarts"
Without the quotation marks. Then pick a desirable factions to restart as, then open the chat box again and type:
"/restart faction_you_wish_to_restart_as"
Again without the quotation marks, an example for the second command would look like:
"/restart fcIMG"

After you have done this you will be kicked from the server, when you re-join you will be in a new location with the rep and the ID needed to play a character of your chosen faction.