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Sci data is not injecting cash into the economy, but it's not a moneysink either while it should be. It's a trade currency just like cash and doesn't affect the amount of cash in the economy.
Make sci data rewards untradeable by locking the ship that gets the reward permanently. No unmounting or giving to another ship as well as no selling the ship to other players. That's a moneysink. I'm sure we can create a shiplock that prevents you from setting the movechar password which is the only physical limitation for this to work. Otherwise I can always take my guns and sell them to get the money back and keep the money in the economy. The original intent was a very expensive commodity for shiny toys that'd be a moneysink, right now it isn't.