Have to dissagree with you, always did. The junkers, according to the stated rp, aren't everybodies friends. Quite the opposite, actually. They are tolerated by lawfuls but aren't liked by them. That is why the congress keeps fracturing. People read the descriptions, the id, and the stated objectives and join up happily. They expect, and rightfully, to be smugglers, tramp traders, and occaisional pirates. They expect to be Talon Karde, Al Capone, or Jack Rattenbury. Look at my recent reinstatement after returning to disco, my application was actually disregarded and blackballed by a member because I smuggle to much. What? And what do you call the taxes you collect for debris salvaging if not piracy? Junkers only make nice to gain advantages, when that option is supplanted by another or becomes untenable, they pirate the motherlovers. Junkers are very much the mafia of Sirius. Legitimate business shadowing soiled doves, smuggling, gambling, and protection rackets.
"Unaffiliated individuals and enterprises will often come to us for dealings. If the dealings are profitable, proceed. If they stand to threaten us or simply present an opportunity too great to pass up, perhaps a lesson in true power and the harsh truths of space is in order." Tinkerbell.......