Diamond/Niobium again..

[Raekur]

there is nothing wrong with niobium / berlin. - the route is sufficiently long enough - if traders fly through:
- kyushu > new tokyo > honshu > sigma-13 > frankfurt > new berlin -

that is the official traders route. - it only becomes ooRP when they use the shortcut through chogoku. the choice is a bit like that "you can safe a few minutes, but you are likely to get killed, raped, skinned and have your intrails spread around in space as a testament of your folly - and if you re lucky, ... in that order. .... or you fly the official route and your life is safe cause there is the military and the police guarding over the lanes"

so, what trader would choose option one.

Actually the Sigma-13 part of that route has become more dangerous due to GMG's involvement with aiding pirates in their raids against traders. The entire Niobium/Diamond run is bocoming close to pointless due to no matter what route you take some lawful faction is going to oppose you making the run not to mention several unlawfuls being there to pirate you.