What if?

[AeternusDoleo]

a.) What would be the advantages of such a change?

Traders make more money in one go. Could lead to them hiring more escorts to keep that higher value secure. Probably not though. Also, with 4 traders draining a single barge, the point of storage is lost and the Barge becomes more or less pointless (or more pointless then it is now).
Mining would be affected too - at double the cargo hold, Hegemons would be mining twice as long to fill up. Four times as long to fully fill a transport.

b.) The disadvantages?

Pirates would become more numerous, and charge more most likely. Cargo piracy becomes less attractive, because any ship going boom will -never- drop more then 3K of a given cargo. Probably more hurt feelings as more value is lost in a single go.
Traders would make more money quicker, so people trading just to get to a capital ship, would get there a lot faster. Will lead to more people in combat ships, less people in traders/mining ships.
The value of the credit as a whole becomes lower - prices of things like codename weaponry, or bounties, would go up.

c.) Would the advantages outweigh the disadvantages or vice versa?

The economy is balanced towards a maximum of 5K for a cargo ship. No, the advantages would not outweigh the disadvantages. This is, in my opinion, a bad idea.

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