Hypothetical Scenario: Pirating for cash is no longer done

[Baltar]

While I've never really thought on Manhattan being the centre of the black market, but that being said most exotic and illegal commodities need to go there to not only be consumed/appreciated, but as you said distributed.

I am unsure about making Manhattan neutral for basically an open door for most if not all criminals to swarm New York, even more. Sadly in this case, we swing the door for black market openness in a sense, it is the door leading to the abuse corridor in that respect.

We must also not forget that Manhattan is the heart of a House in not only for the military and police, but the corporations too, so I'd expect some form of radar and automated scanning system. However in that case, the Lane Hackers have proven that technology can be broken, so its a balancing act for which way we want the RP to go.

Well ... its kinda difficult for your idea to go through when the heart of the black market is off limits. How can you expect any pirate to make a good living when the highest price for the commodities he's gonna sell are unreachable. If they cannot get to the black market to sell ... there's no sense getting the cargo ... "hacking" the bank through compromised trade ships is far simpler. Even if the pirate's vessel had no capability to get to the bank's computers ... surely the trade ship that he's just boarded will have access to said bank accounts. Would only need to redirect the cash using the trade ships own computers.