Should Traders in RP, use Jump Holes?

[Gemini893]

GOOD TOPIC! I voted "Depends on faction e.g. Corporations would not due to security and insurance"

Where do you think those IMG Trains around Falkland come from? If the corporation operates in border world space, they're bound to use JHs once in awhile. Most people have figured out that Ageira's claim that JHs are unstable are bogus, most are pretty static.

IMG, like Zoners, GMG, Junkers, and probably several more that I'm not listing, is not a corporation. IMG and GMG are guilds, not corporate entities. Just like Zoners and Junkers are not corporations but, rather, a way of life. (Which is why I don't understand GMG, a guild of gas miners, having police powers in Sigmas nor Kusari factions hating Junkers, especially FA...but that's another topic.)

One of IMG's enemies, BMM, is a Bretonian corporation and would be subject to requirements set upon them by IC if they want their cargo insured. This is why many, including myself, make our legal traders Zoners. Zoners are very knowledgeable about Jumpholes AND Pirate behavior, living closely with and among both. If a Zoner (like me) deems a system too dangerous to attempt using trade lanes, why not avoid them? Zoners, I'm sure, can afford to insure their own freight.

Besides, I'm somewhat used to being allergic to trade lanes from my smuggling character and am used to longer travel times. You can also think about it this way; between being stopped by almost a dozen pirates along the way plus each with an unreasonable demand of 2 mil each, you're better off avoiding the trade lanes and saving both time and credits. Perhaps if pirates ever pulled their collective heads out of their ... backsides and demanded reasonable amounts, I wouldn't care so much and would enjoy the RP they presented. As things are now, I'd rather mine than be a corporate trader.

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