Should Traders in RP, use Jump Holes?

[Benjamin]

The problem however is, wouldn't making lawful traders using jumpholes ooRP lead to even more of the despised Zoner Guard Whales popping up? I'm all for this, but I think corporations should finally get an advantage over Zoners. I can see why slave trade and blockade running would be more profitable than lawful trading, but Zoners being richer than House corporations is just wrong.

This is half of my reasoning.

The other half being the fact that it's basically just unrealistic for them not to. Nothing bad ever happens in jumpholes, pirates and zoners use them all the time. Corporations aren't just little sheep that do what they're told. It really wouldn't take long at all for them to start sending ships through jumpholes, realise it's fine, and then just start doing it. It's basically just silly to expect them not to.

I'm not saying to use the ones by pirate bases, obviously. But ones in the middle of nowhere are absolutely fine in my book.
I'm not a fan of promoting RP that goes in direct contradiction of gameplay. Since gameplay often makes sense. Pirates don't hang out in asteroid fields, because there's nothing to do there. They hang out on tradelanes, because they want to make money. That makes sense. And then we are supposed to ship down tradelanes because they are safe, and avoid asteroid fields because they are dangerous? Nah man, that's stupid. Corps became the massive powers they are today by exploring, pioneering, risk taking, etc etc. Not by doing what they are told.
So yeah, no way.

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