Rule Discussion: Smugglers and Lawful interaction, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4,

[sasapinjic]

My opinoin on smuglers is that police players shuld do EXACTLY what NPC police do: "drop your contraband and you may go" (alternativly , pay fine and keep cargo) , not both .

There is no GAMEPLAY reason smugler shuld accept BOTH fine and cargo loss ,so thats why he will avoid any contact and use every dirty trick , curent rules force him to do that .

Offer smugler REASONABLE choice , and he will act resonably , otherwise dont cry why its response is: "kill me it it cheaper" .

And people please , dont use "it dont make sense that cop alowes smugler to keep contraband" , many other things have no sense (capital ships cant kill snubs therefore capital ships FLEE as soon they notice snub , vapital ships bigger from planets ,snub can bump in to capital without suffering any damage , etc, etc ,etc) , but they are still there .

If you just have to insist that you cant alowe them to roam with contraband ,make them pay fine(which shuld not be bigger than HALF of contraband destination price), and then escort them to place where they intend to sell cargo , where they will be "forced to unload their dirty contraband" (while player will actualy seel cargo for optimal price, in RP it counts as cargo is confiscated) .

Everyone happy . This way , police will actualy ESCORT smugler to destination, he has lost half of profit , but at least he isbmot in total loss.and he is safe from other cops (but not from pirates) .