Joel Schultz Posted March 24, 2000 Report Posted March 24, 2000 Recently, I've followed an excellent tip and have been sweeping up cargo after run-ins with hostiles and selling the stuff. It didn't occur to me to check if the container had illegals, so guess what happened when I docked at station to sell my latest pickings? Some nit-picky customs official smacks me with a violation!So, I'm wondering that if with sufficient passage of time without further violations, the number of violations on your record is reduced. Like points on your driver's license -- if you have some but don't incur anymore for a year or so, the number goes down. Does this happen? All I recall the manual said was (heavily paraphrasing here) "do bad things, get violations. Get too many, get court-martialed. Chances of being drummed out of the service 50%".Hm. So long as I'm posting newbie questions, I might as well ask: any thoughts on how to dump illegal cargo inadvertantly picked up? I suppose one place would be a station that trades it but barring that, the only thing I can think of doing is to dump it on some desolate moon or planet using transporters or shuttles.
Steve Schacher Posted March 24, 2000 Report Posted March 24, 2000 One cargo option is to jettison. From Logistics, choose Cargo. From there, you can select any items that you wish to jettison. There is a button on the lower right to jettison the cargo.
Charles Lindsey Posted March 25, 2000 Report Posted March 25, 2000 Heck, don't get rid of it. You can hide it/them (contraband) in the shuttles and use those to trade. Just check your cargo bays for illegals first. Best to load them to shuttles and launch said shuttles. I forget if that loophole was left open or not. ------------------ Commander Chavik Spectre Fleet ICV Phoenix Official BC3K Tester"We Shall Arise From The Ashes"
Guest aramike01 Posted March 25, 2000 Report Posted March 25, 2000 I'm pretty sure it's still open. Somewhat recently, I think, I pulled that trick off. ------------------ Cmdr. Michael Kristophers Spectre Fleet Commanding Officer, Spectre StarStation ICV-Intrepid Recruitment Officer "You won't get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole!"
Supreme Cmdr Posted March 25, 2000 Report Posted March 25, 2000 Violations don't get decreasedUndetectable cargo in shuttles that are launched, is not a loop hole. If you don't dock with the shuttle, how will they know? Where's the loophole? It works as designed.
Charles Lindsey Posted March 26, 2000 Report Posted March 26, 2000 Seems to me you used to be able to hide contraband in the shuttles even when they were docked with the BC. That was the loophole. And plugged as well. Contraband on launched shuttles is definitely not a loophole in the game's design. It is a loophole in tactics if you will. The good commander shouldn't even be playing with contraband. ------------------ Commander Chavik Spectre Fleet ICV Phoenix Official BC3K Tester"We Shall Arise From The Ashes"
Supreme Cmdr Posted March 26, 2000 Report Posted March 26, 2000 Yes, that loophole was plugged several revisions ago. But, we were talking about the current version - not a prior version.
Spindoktor Posted June 23, 2003 Report Posted June 23, 2003 quote: Violations don't get decreased Undetectable cargo in shuttles that are launched, is not a loop hole. If you don't dock with the shuttle, how will they know? Where's the loophole? It works as designed. My turn at resurrecting an old thread. Since this thread's info still seems to be true for BCM, I thought this was a good place to ask about violations. I've been playing around in sectors where I'm picking up illegal contraband. I was being careful keeping it out of prying eyes but I finally got caught at Mars station (Starpath?) so I received my first violation. I didn't notice any impact, but I'm wondering if I also received a EP hit (I don't think so) or a financial hit/fine (maybe)?
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