When one side is cleaned, you can bring one delivery already to one planet? The only thing that it is lacking is a competition between Corsairs and Outcasts. So if one side is faster with the smuggling, they should get something in return, maybe a battleship Titan or an NPC titan or something which could be destroyed later at the end of the event, as third phase.
Seriously, the route is seven minutes long and you make enormous profits. You don't need to desperately smuggle AB-BA-AB. AB-00-AB is a thing, too.
