Embargoes

[Derkylos]

What you say is quite true, and I support said activities on my lawful characters. The problem is that most traders have a trader ID, and are thus not affiliated with anyone. As such, they are treated as untrustworthy until they prove their usefulness.

If a BPA (for example) encounters a tagless, trader IDed transport hauling war materials, he will naturally be suspicious: there is a war in progress with Kusari, and any military supplies leaving Bretonia will have a negative impact on the BAF's ability to conduct warfare. However, as soon as that trader becomes Bowex or Gateway, the policeman can now be relatively certain that they are hauling those goods in the best interests of Bretonia, and he will probably not give them so much as a second glance, unless they are under fire from pirates/KNF/etc, in which case he will come to their aid.

Independent traders are all well and good, but, until you prove to a faction that you are supporting them, they will remain suspicious of you.

As for putting people on a "watch list", well, if someone is observed to be supplying a belligerent state, they will be treated as an enemy. When you mount a neutral or generic ID, your actions are all that observers have to go on.

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