Black Market Questions

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Keratin
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I just played my first game of 1.08e, and things went very differently than usually as far as the black market goes.

Normally I do what you need to do at the restaurant to get the black market license, then get the smugglers hold, then work my way up the black market ranks.

This game, I got fined 1000 credits at the restaurant by undercover cops, and could not for the life of me figure out how to acquire a black market license after that. Is there any way?

Without a smugglers hold, I could only sell illegal stuff at corporate enclaves. I also accidentally ran afoul of a blackmarket shipyard next to a Sung Citadel and, after destroying it, received a never ending supply of black market ships coming after me in pre-ringer space. Do these guys ever end?

Also, while doing the Huari missions, I accidentally let the commonwealth take my slave coffins because I forgot I had no smugglers hold. The Huari persisted in asking me to bring back all 17 slaves, but I had already done all the Sung Slave Camps and so I couldn't figure out any way to continue with that quest.
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Aury
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There is a 5% chance of the cops showing up - it has always been that way. You can obtain a license through random loot however.
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However, Black Market ID appearing in loot is unreliable. You can destroy all of the T31 ships you find in the game and still not get a single ID. If I get busted by cops, I will either self-destruct and resurrect, or restart the game from the beginning. Black Market access is too useful not to have.
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christian
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I get the ID from mission, just a single freaking time, and forgot how to do it...
Yeah, I know, I'm n00b... :lol:
sometimes, I just get tierd of random loot, and just blow all black market stations that I find :twisted:
Good loot
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