Traders, opinions from a pirate

[jammi]

Border World Exports ship stuff to the border worlds and back, what do the border worlds need, basic supplies. ALG - waste, GMG - gasses and such. See where I'm going. If a trader has a cargo/route that suits their character, great, if not, grr at them. Just as an example, Bowex shipping side arms to a freeport, Ok, that's fair, side arms are a relatively basic supply in the border worlds. However Bowex shipping say gold into Liberty, no, that's not Border world material, that's more gateway's department.

Bowex is very much inRP for hauling all manner of goods to Liberty, and less so for the Freeports. Bowex is a sprawling multi-billion corporation who snaps up the big contracts, while Gateway undercuts it with the smaller, riskier (and usually more profitable) contracts with the IMG and ALG (and so on).

Liberty is supposedly Bretonia's main trade partner, and Bowex represents Bretonia due to it being a nationalised corporation. Bowex also works in tandem with BMM (seeing as it is also a Nationalised Corporation) who produce the cheapest gold in the sector. Stands to reason one government branch is going to give the contract to another government branch, seeing as BMM doesn't have a trade wing.

Bowex is the primary Bretonian shipper, which means if Bretonia needs it, or if Bretonia produces, you can place a sound bet we're shipping it.

And the name Borderworld Exports originally derived from Pre-JG eras where ships had to fly between system to reach their destinations. Bowex was one of the pioneers that established trade routes to Liberty through the Barrier.

This is one of the perks of being a Buccaneer: we don't use Freeports. I've yet to catch any Zoners, though, so I haven't seen what excuse they'd try after that...

Oh trust me, the responses are hilarious. There's enough Zoners embargo breaching in Leeds that you're certain to see a fair few soon enough.

And to keep this on topic, I like your piracy methods Rocket Mouse - I've just finished setting up my Buccaneer Pirate Transport, so I'll be weighing in with some cargo piracy too. Some Transport duels with the Mentria would be interesting as well.

I also carry Crew on all my transports, regardless of the side of the law they're on. No food though. Even one unit is a tonne of goods, and that much doesn't get used on one trip. Any food there would be would probably be emergency rations that were present in such trace amounts that scanners wouldn't pick up on them.

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