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Aethelgrin
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Posted - 2005.08.31 20:59:00 -
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How difficult is it to move illegal goods through space? Is it just a question of staying in low-sec systems?
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Psilocybes
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Posted - 2005.08.31 21:14:00 -
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I've heard it depends more on how much youre moving.
But i have no first hand knowledge.
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Aethelgrin
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Posted - 2005.08.31 21:23:00 -
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Ideally I want to move 1600 units of slaves (4800 cubic metres).
I suppose I could make several trips with a smaller load (and a faster ship).
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Hopey
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Posted - 2005.08.31 22:04:00 -
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 Originally by: Aethelgrin
Ideally I want to move 1600 units of slaves (4800 cubic metres).
I suppose I could make several trips with a smaller load (and a faster ship).
i moved about 1000 of these a few nights ago, but i did a test run first and made 'instas' that allowed me to hop into a system and then warp within 100m or so of the target station and board very quickly.
not sure how it works or even what happens, but i did think the jig was up when a "customs major" (or something close) suddenly appeared out of no where just in front of my ship - luckily i was just a few hundred m from the gate and i jumped almost as soon as he appeared
this might be COMPLETE chance as i'm still a n00b and know no better, but, i have to say that even though it was time consuming to figure out the run, make the instas, then go back and load up and repeat the run in a slower ship, it was the most i've felt like a smuggler in any game (including SWG, where i've been a smuggler for almost two years without ever having smuggled a damn thing)
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Sen Ti
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Posted - 2005.09.01 13:42:00 -
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I tried smuggling recently also. I moved spirits from Oursaulent to a station in Verge Vender in a fast cruiser without any interferance from customs. I enjoyed the thrill of smuggling contraband and made a hefty profit.
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Branco
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Posted - 2005.09.01 13:53:00 -
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Originally by: Sen Ti
I tried smuggling recently also. I moved spirits from Oursaulent to a station in Verge Vender in a fast cruiser without any interferance from customs. I enjoyed the thrill of smuggling contraband and made a hefty profit.
Say that when the Customs agent tells you to stop for a talk ... 
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Hopey
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Posted - 2005.09.01 14:40:00 -
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Originally by: Branco
Originally by: Sen Ti
I tried smuggling recently also. I moved spirits from Oursaulent to a station in Verge Vender in a fast cruiser without any interferance from customs. I enjoyed the thrill of smuggling contraband and made a hefty profit.
Say that when the Customs agent tells you to stop for a talk ...
just out of interest, what DOES happen? do they freeze you in place, or can you try and escape them?
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Lord Aradon
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Posted - 2005.09.01 15:41:00 -
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Well i once picked up roughly 10mill in contraband gear off a mission, didnt realise i had it in my hold till i docked.
I went through 4 systems and docked a station with 15 customs officers orbiting and not one did a thing.
But i think that if they were to stop you i would imagine they would demand that you jettison it so they can confiscate it.
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Aethelgrin
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Posted - 2005.09.01 17:32:00 -
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I'm mapping out a route in advance that stays primarily in low-sec space once I'm outside of Amarr territory. And I'm placing insta-jump bookmarks wherever I see law enforcement.
Wish me luck.
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Severe McCald
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Posted - 2005.09.02 11:09:00 -
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I pick up contrabrand on missions and take it back to my base. Not usually large quantities.
I have been stopped once, asked if I would hand over the goods and pay a fine or be destroyed. Chose to hand over the goods (which involved jettisoning them). Was fined about what the goods were worth and took a .015 security hit. 
No idea what happens if you run. It doesn't make sense for it to count as an exploit if you escape (as with other Concord actions), but I assume it is.
I imagine it all scales up if you have a lot of contraband on board.
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Caali
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Posted - 2005.09.03 11:19:00 -
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There is a skill. 'Black Market Trading'. It gives you (with full training) a 50% to not be spotted with illegal goods. I've never used it. But it looks useful.
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Aethelgrin
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Posted - 2005.09.06 22:00:00 -
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Well, I successfully moved 1600 slaves (which I bought for 965K) into Caldari space and got over 5 mil for them.
I like this smuggling thing.
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Guer
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Posted - 2005.12.24 16:31:00 -
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i got an offerin vaere to smuggle 60 slaves from amarr space to gallente space so they could be freed. i set up a few insta jump points and netted a profit of about 470,000 isk.
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Reave Ven'har
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Posted - 2005.12.25 03:08:00 -
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HI there,
I would love to be a smuggler  ... but, how do i do it ? :)
I'm playing for 4 days now and allready realiced that there are illigal goods ...
but, are there missions for them, or do i just bye them ( and if so where do i get them? ) and then sell them ( where ? ;) )
a little help would be grate
ty in advance 
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Darkdashing
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Posted - 2005.12.28 10:41:00 -
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I'd like more info on this too...
How do you set up insta jumps?
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Dingo Egrit
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Posted - 2005.12.28 11:17:00 -
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How exactly do you begin a smuggle?
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Tempus Blackheart
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Posted - 2005.12.30 17:37:00 -
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Good question. For some reason, the illegal activities in this game seem a lot more interesting than just mining.. 
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