(05-05-2015, 12:29 PM)Hawk Wrote: Why are we talking like smugglers avoiding interaction is a bad thing? That exactly what smugglers are supposed to do. The police are supposed to find ways to catch them in spite of this. When I was a faction leader, I disciplined people for using the lanes while smuggling. Its irresponsible.
How can police possibly catch an unknown smuggler, coming from an unknown location, heading to an unknown destination whilst using an unknown route? It is quite literally impossible.
The idea that smugglers should avoid people is self-defeating and no doubt born of the dreaded "real life" comparison. If we're going to improve it, we need to look at smuggling for what it should be, the arch enemy of every police force in Sirius and to do that we need to give them a hint. Once that's done the grand game of cat and mouse begins, leading to the much greater issue of what actually happens when smuggler and police meet, but that requires a thread all of it's own.
