I am wishing to start a smuggler character on the server, but I noticed that the smuggler ID has disapeared. How should I create/set up this character, and what sort of loadout/ ship would be plausable. Thanks
Edit: Nowadays Freelancer ID owns the slavers,smugglers,freelancers,mercs, etc. etc. etc. you need to roleplay yourself out from it. Somebody likes it somebody not, but it gives more freedom at all.
Any of the Freelancer IDs would work for you, maybe a Junker ID. Junkers are neutral to most pirate groups.
A good place to start would be a freighter, they are small and outrun most other ships. Try the Anki and maybe the Camara...later upgrade to transports which are bigger and slower but hold more. Explore pirate areas, dock on all their bases, see what they want. A good basic route is Super Conductors to Crete from Rochester and Artifacts back... but really there are so many routes that exist now there is pretty much a commodity in every house system that can go to either the Corsairs or Outcasts and make a profit.