Ye, so, I'm looking for both profitable, and fun smuggling routes I could pull off. It should contain a trip to Crete for Artifacts, since my char is artifact smuggler.
Lemme' hear yours ! (Or PM me if you don't wanna' post it in public, if you prefer it persian style like me)
When I'm able to play I fairly often run a Correo full of Artifacts from Crete to Trafalgar in New London. Depending on time of day you can run in to all sorts of people through the Omegas and Bretonia that make it a blast, although in a small ship it's more for the fun and in-character-ness than actually to make money. The return trip is usually food rations or something, although I believe there are a few commodities that make more money.
It's unfortunate that Artifacts sell for nothing at all on the Hawaii/Yanagi. I've done that a few times too just for a change of scenery, but it's all a loss in terms of making money.
Make hogosha guard. Fly train smuggle it to NT and on the way back stuff to Tripoli from the hog depot. Quantum Multiplexors I guess. It is really profitable.
The funniest is to smuggle cardi/slaves with some freighter and to make fun with CRs and IMGs in 23, if you use outcast tag you can even try to rob them on the way.
(10-09-2013, 10:51 AM)Knjaz Wrote: Official faction players that are often accused of elitism, never deploy them and have those weird, immersion killing "fair fight/dueling" suicidal hobbies. (yes, i've seen enough of those lolduels, where house military with overwhelming force on the field willingly loses a pilot in a duel. ffs.)
' Wrote:Make hogosha guard. Fly train smuggle it to NT and on the way back stuff to Tripoli from the hog depot. Quantum Multiplexors I guess. It is really profitable.
Artifacts are legal to transport for Kusari citizens. The only smuggling part would be one system. either Sigma-13 or 19 depending on the route you take.
' Wrote:Go play the game, within the given limitations. That is how role play games are played. Not by trying to work around those limitations or whining about them.
GMG, Order and Omriconers and Outcasts would shoot Hogosha carrying artefacts out of Kusari home systems, that is what I mean with smuggling.
(10-09-2013, 10:51 AM)Knjaz Wrote: Official faction players that are often accused of elitism, never deploy them and have those weird, immersion killing "fair fight/dueling" suicidal hobbies. (yes, i've seen enough of those lolduels, where house military with overwhelming force on the field willingly loses a pilot in a duel. ffs.)
' Wrote:Artifacts are legal to transport for Kusari citizens. The only smuggling part would be one system. either Sigma-13 or 19 depending on the route you take.
"Dealing and owning Artifacts is restricted to Samura and Kishiro (ID+IFF).
Registered neutral/friendly Researchers (IFF) can legally own up to 500 units."
We're "supposed" to ignore Hogosha with them as well but... It's up to the lawful.
edit: forgot the OP. Try some of the GC routes from Sendai/Matsuda/65 to Newcastle/Bretonia. Those are always good cause you go from being Illegal, to ignored, to legal; all in one trip.
Here I will give you three different Examples of the Routes a Smuggler has.
"Coffeeshop Route" (Slaves - Cardamine):
This is the most important Route we Smugglers fly, Cardamine is the main Source of our Earnings also keeping up the Relations with the Outcasts. We start at Niverton and fill up our Ship with Slaves. Those Fools were Refugees before, easy to fool around offering them an easy Life in Liberty. If we catch a Cop he'll surely land in there as well, same counts for Bounty Hunters and Junkers who tried to backstab us. As you probably know the Destination will be Malta in the Omicrons. The Home Planet of the Dons and Outcasts. You will be traveling through Coronado, a Hotspot for Bounty Hunters, Freelancers, Mercenaries and Vigilantes and the Tau Systems, the Colonial's Turf.
Route:
Pennsylvania -> California -> Cortez -> Coronado -> Baffin -> Tau-29 -> Tau-23 -> Tau-37 -> Omicron Alpha and back to Buffalo, New York.
"Jewel Theft Route" (Slaves - Blood Diamonds):
Did you ever hold a Blood Diamond in your Hands? The colour of Blood locked down in a Diamond. They are only produced by the Red Hessians, they provide us with them, we buy stuff with those Stones. That actually is the only Reason why they are stampled down as a Contraband (Blood Diamonds are only a Contraband within Rheinland Space). Other than getting the Cardamine you will mostly be flying through House Space. Be careful, watch out for the Cops, LPI and RFP. Also I should mention that you could be able to meet Corsairs, be nice to them and be sure you got a bit of Food for them, maybe they'll let you go. You should also watch out for the Unioners and Liberty Revolutionary Front. I got Informations from Junkers that they would do everything to get Control about any Diamond Trade.
Route:
Pennsylvania -> California -> Cortez -> Magellan -> Leeds -> Cambridge -> Omega-3 - Omega-5 - Omega-11 (Freital Station) and back to Niverton.
"Weapon Store" Route (Counterfeit Software - Black-Market Ammunitions):
We Liberty Rogues need Ammunitions. Nuke Mines, Missiles and Nova Torpedos, we just got a small problem. We cannot order them like the so good and brave Liberty Navy does. We have to fly a long way to get the stuff we want to blow up their Capital Ships. This Time we buy some Software from the Hackers on Leiden, doesnt matter what kind it is. Hacks, Cracks and others, but we don't care about it. The Credit is important to us. On this Route you will see a lot of Kusari, actually flying through it. It is probably the longest Route you will ever do. On your way you can meet Members of the Gas Miners Guild, Kusari Police, Corsairs, Outcasts and others. On your way back you will be able to visit the Mollys and you can even take a small Break on Gran Canaria if you are really missing to be on a Planet for once.
Route:
Galileo (Leiden) -> Shikoku -> Kyushu - New Tokyo -> Honshu - Sigma-13 -> Sigma-17 -> Omicron Theta -> Omega-41 -> Omega-47 (Casablanca) This time your Way back will be different than on the other Routes
Omega-47 -> Omega-49 -> Dublin -> Leeds -> Magellan -> California -> Ontario -> Alberta (Fort McMurray)
"Who is it doing this synthetic type of alpha beta psychedelic funkin'?"
i used to do a crazy route that had both alpha and gamma on it, but if you use FLcomp you can pretty much make up yr own routes, by eliminating the lawful bases