Traders are legal, and try to stay legal at all times. By having the Trader ID, you're essentially pledging not to haul contraband at all. Thus, you have no interactions with unlawfuls unless they shoot at you and you shoot back, or when they demand cargo/credits from you.
With the Smuggler ID, you are essentially an unlawful person who can trade with lawful bases.
This is the definition of smuggle by Merriam-Webster: Smuggle - to import or export secretly contrary to the law and especially without paying duties imposed by law
If a smuggler was simply a trader between unlawful bases, this isn't smuggling. That is trading. A smuggler takes goods from unlawful bases to lawful bases(e.g., Cardamine from Malta to Planet Manhattan). This, however, does not mean that the smuggler cannot bring goods from one unlawful base to another and lose his sense of "smuggling."
Let's take this example. A smuggler can bring Synth MJ from Arranmore to Yaren. Arranmore is a Molly base. Yaren is Corsair. But to a smuggler, those factions disappear when this:, "$$$," appears.
Quote:[7:42:05 PM][6:51:36 PM] Igor (Smokey): btw terry
[6:51:48 PM] Terrance Cooper: Ye?
[6:52:00 PM] Igor (Smokey): nothin
[6:52:03 PM] Igor (Smokey): just sayin btw
[6:52:05 PM] Terrance Cooper: <_<
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