Contraband and legal status

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Contraband and legal status

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Hey guys, i got caught carrying narc's today, my first time transporting illegal goods so i was wondering, is there's a way to fix legal status (without useing the oxp where you pay to fix it) and also, any tips on transporting contraband "more" safely? :twisted:
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gavchap wrote:
... is there's a way to fix legal status (without useing the oxp where you pay to fix it)
Your legal status will become 'clean' again after several jumps... as long as you stay out of trouble for a while.
As for tips on carrying narcotics... hmm, maybe I should write a Contrabandista's Handbook one day.
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... hmm, maybe I should write a Contrabandista's Handbook one day.
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<smirks> Contrabandista's rule #1 - always (and I mean always) have sufficient fuel in the tank for at least one jump!
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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Also have a ship that is perfect for illegal good shipping: like the Vortex
It has 5 cargo bays... use 4 for your "goods" and then load the 5th bay with legal items and keep that so galcop can monitor those items...cycle through your goods and sell at a profit . make sure you cycle back to the legal load so you can pass the monitors clean as calpurnica.
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I got caught carrying Catnip (from the new cargoes.oxp) and went offender and then fugitive. Took me a lot of jumps to become clean. Tip: Always carry some fuel tanks. You're gonna need them.
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Yah-Ta-Hey wrote:
Also have a ship that is perfect for illegal good shipping: like the Vortex
Heh! Of course, a member of the Honourable Guild of Contrabandistas would never use such a ship! No sport in that, really!
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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There's a Guild? Would writing an OXP for hidden compartments gain me entry?
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Rese249er wrote:
There's a Guild? Would writing an OXP for hidden compartments gain me entry?
Commonly known as the Free Mexican Airforce... and only experience would gain you 'entry'... heh!
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To the OXP board again! ...

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MI Amigo Why do you disrespect the me so??? :?
Have you such arrogance as to say what ship is best? :lol:

If you surely want sport... then fly an adder in the free mexican airforce then tell me if it is truly sporting :P

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No offence intended, mi amigo... heh!
Yah-Ta-Hey wrote:
If you surely want sport... then fly an adder in the free mexican airforce then tell me if it is truly sporting
What... like this Adder, you mean?

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Flying an Adder in interstellar space is very 'sporting' indeed... as is flying a Jameson's Cobra III as a contrabandista!
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And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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The cops won't get too ornery if you only IMPORT to the major stations, not export. Learning to dock with injector speed is a good evasion technique. I've made more money with computers, though, I'll be honest.
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El Viejo wrote:
... hmm, maybe I should write a Contrabandista's Handbook one day.
Yah-Ta-Hey wrote:
Also have a ship that is perfect for illegal good shipping: like the Vortex
It has 5 cargo bays... use 4 for your "goods" and then load the 5th bay with legal items and keep that so galcop can monitor those items...cycle through your goods and sell at a profit . make sure you cycle back to the legal load so you can pass the monitors clean as calpurnica.
Perhaps our two resident Contrabandistas could make the Handbook a cooperative effort, in which both could present their particular methods, techniques and styles.. :wink: :lol: 8)
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One other way to sometimes reduce your bounty is to help out a Police Viper fighting pirates or Thargoids. Don't do it if you're a fugitive though, as the Vipers may just shoot you or mark you for fines on docking.
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