Smuggler: Difference between revisions
Smuggling advice at high-gravity ports |
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The goal is simple: enter the station without your hold being scanned by either players or police forces. There are multiple ways to get inside of a station without being scanned, which differ based on pilot skill, ship type, and station. It is far easier to smuggle in a smaller vessel, and larger ships will find the task to be not only difficult without detection, but extremely dangerous to the ship. | The goal is simple: enter the station without your hold being scanned by either players or police forces. There are multiple ways to get inside of a station without being scanned, which differ based on pilot skill, ship type, and station. It is far easier to smuggle in a smaller vessel, and larger ships will find the task to be not only difficult without detection, but extremely dangerous to the ship. | ||
=== Security measures === | |||
Any station will keep track of all ships in its vicinity, regardless of stealth measures employed. Smugglers, like any other pilot, must request docking permission before attempting to land. | |||
Police forces fly in small ships patrolling stations. They use [[Sensors]] to identify ships, and will target ships for a more detailed scan using their [[Manifest Scanner]], revealing any illegal cargo and/or passengers. Performing a manifest scan requires the patrol ship to deploy hardpoints and approach the target directly. | |||
At [[Starport|Starports]], police patrols fly around the [[Access Corridor]] in a looping pattern. Planetary installations have patrol ships flying around the surface near the space port. Planetary Port patrol ships regularly dock and undock with their station. The number of patrol ships will depend on the security rating of the system you are in. | |||
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===Docking at Outposts and Planetary Ports=== | ===Docking at Outposts and Planetary Ports=== | ||
Smuggling to outposts and planets is significantly riskier than smuggling to [[Starport|starports]]. When landing at an outpost, or on a planet, you do not have a mail-slot that stops your scan. To be un-scannable in these situations you must land and retract your ship underground. Outposts in general have low occurrences of patrol ships. If there are patrol ships, enter supercruise and return after a short while: it will be likely that the patrol ships will have left the area. | Smuggling to outposts and planets is significantly riskier than smuggling to [[Starport|starports]]. When landing at an outpost, or on a planet, you do not have a mail-slot that stops your scan. To be un-scannable in these situations you must land and retract your ship underground. Outposts in general have low occurrences of patrol ships. If there are patrol ships, enter supercruise and return after a short while: it will be likely that the patrol ships will have left the area. | ||
Patrol ships on high-gravity worlds fly cautiously, and often rely on their yaw and vertical thrusters to approach and scan ships. If you, the patrol ship and your landing pad are positioned correctly, you can fly past an approaching patrol ship before it completes its scan, gaining a short window of time to dock while the patrol ship is slowly turning around. | Patrol ships on high-gravity worlds fly cautiously, and often rely on their yaw and vertical thrusters to approach and scan ships. If you, the patrol ship and your landing pad are positioned correctly, you can fly past an approaching patrol ship before it completes its scan, gaining a short window of time to dock while the patrol ship is slowly turning around. | ||