Smuggling in freighters

[Janus]

Smuggling relevant portion from my post in the other thread

To my mind, smuggling *should* be more lucrative than legit trading. It should also come with concurrent risks which seem to be somewhat lacking. However..

A BWT or whatever else flying through house space full of cardamine isn't exactly realistic. Modern day smugglers go to great lengths to hide their cargos, coffee crates with drugs hidden in them for example.

Also, if you look at the NPC bulk traders, they are usually carrying genuine bulk commodties, oxygen, water etc. No PC carries these except as a fill in to get from one profitable leg to another as there's just no money in it.

Additionally, are the most used commodities in Sirius really slaves, cardamine and artifacts?

Some suggestions, some of which I'm sure it's possible for the software to handle

Smugglers in freighters don't get "caught". If there's a guy in a correo hauling artifacts, if you're the "law" in what every area, let him go. If he's got a BWT full of em, lock him up. You could even put a "can't pirate freighters" rule in to make them appeal to lawful traders.

Put a 10% or 20% limit on transports. If a guy in a BWT has 360 units of contrabrand or less or 720 or whatever, assume it's "hidden" and again, let him go. Again, if he's full, lock him up.

That's one way of making freighters more appealing and cutting down on the totally unrealistic smuggler powertrading. I'm not saying do away with it entirely, I'm saying make it more difficult and other forms of smuggling less appealing.

It's not a perfect suggestion by any means, but something to consider perhaps.