That's a long haul with full NPC hatred the whole line..
However, we're willing if the price is solid...
Are there any PC's in Gallia?
Half the fun of smuggling is bringing a load of contra right past the zealot LN PC's.
What we're thinking...
Basically what the Junkers do but without the price-hike...
We could place a player base in Baffin, Coronado, or Hudson, (location still in research).
We then have chars with large cargo bays, with or without criminal ID's, bring in goods through semi-neutral space..
They "stock" the base... then we flip over and use chars with faster blockade runner ships for a short haul to the valued core planet drops.
For instance.. if the artifacts at the Texas Junker base weren't priced right under the value at Manhattan.. it would be a great smuggler run...
If we could get the artifact price of Crete in Hudson...
Or the Cardamine price of Malta in Baffin or Coronado...
We could then advertise... and enlist a good amount of smugglers..
Of course the base would have to pull a minor profit..
But it would still be way lower than what you could buy contra for in the Core.