Piracy?

[BaconSoda]

The biggest problem I have with lawfuls demanding contraband is this... not only do they take your cargo and usually destroy it, leaving you with nothing to make up for the profit loss of purchasing the cargo in the first place, they usually try to slap a 4-5 million credit fine on top of that.

So not only am I out the 5~ million profit I might have made, I'm out the 1-2 million it cost me to buy the cargo, and I'm out another 4-5 million due to a fine.

Lawfuls are worse than pirates, no doubt about it. I dont mind losing the cargo when I get caught, but I shouldn't have to pay for that cop to get a luxury yacht.

This is something I have to call the "Lets all hold hands" theory. Everyone should be really nice to each other, shouldn't they? Police should respect the fact that those smugglers moved all that way and had to buy the contraband. Just like pirates should be really nice to traders and never shoot unless it's obvious, right? Everyone should just hug and never be harsh at all.

Get over it. It's Roleplay. If I meet a trader going to the Taus, he'll get stopped and fined. If I find someone that has Cardimine or Artifacts, he will get stopped and fined. If I find someone with Counterfeit software or Black Market Munitions, he will get stopped and fined. End of story. I will Roleplay. I will always Roleplay to the best of my abilities. In this case, a law has been broken and you will be asked to drop your cargo and be fined. It's mean, yes, but let me stress something I fervently believe in: Roleplaying is not nice. Roleplaying is mean sometimes. It's Roleplaying. Deal with it. If you can't separate yourself from your pixels of imaginary money or your pixels which compose your imaginary spaceship, then there is something wrong and you should take a break.

But, really, how hard is it to get caught as a smuggler? This version, I have ran the same route for months, and I have been caught once because I took a Jump Gate instead of a Jump Hole. After that, I have never used the Jump Gate again and have been caught a whopping zero times. Don't like to use Jump Holes and sacrifice that 10 cr/s? Then don't complain when you get caught.

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[8:32:45 PM] Dusty Lens: Oh no, let me get that. Hello? Oh it's my grandma. She says to be roleplay.
[12:49:19 AM] Elgatodiablo: You know its nice that you have all that proof and all, Bacon... but I just don't believe you.