Selling Contraband

[GabeKnight]

Hey lads

I have several contraband items (8 or 10 I believe) and I really don't know what to do with them because as soon as I get inside a system I'm being scanned and my contraband's being found.

Any tips?

Cheers

[Prowl]

Wolf System, the Den. The Trade Authority have a guy there with 11k credits he wants to give you.

[OGPG]

Originally posted by Prowl:

Wolf System, the Den. The Trade Authority have a guy there with 11k credits he wants to give you.

^THIS^

[Jaggid Edje]

In addition to the Den, you can sell them to any vendor on The Key (assuming you have that location available) and also the bartender at Red Mile. There's no security scan at either of those locations.

[Korinth]

Once you befriend the crimson fleet you can buy from them ship parts to bypass controls.
Or you can just sell everything to them.

[Seabhac]

Any Trade Authority ship you see also, just hail and trade with them.

[beagle]

You have to go to the Red Mile on Porrima lll. Starship attendant inside the buiding will sell a special cargo bay and a scan blocker.

[GabeKnight]

Aight. I guess I'm still too early in the game haha.
Thanks guys

[Mr Shadow]

as soon as I boarded the Den, UC security came and arrested me for the start of the SysDef missions. anyway to avoid that for now? I have a ton of contraband to move before I do that otherwise they take it from my stash

[七七 ඞ]

Originally posted by Mr Shadow:

as soon as I boarded the Den, UC security came and arrested me for the start of the SysDef missions. anyway to avoid that for now? I have a ton of contraband to move before I do that otherwise they take it from my stash

Fly to Porrima III and buy shielded cargo holds for your ship. Put the contraband in your ship inventory (it is always a 100% detection rate if its in your pack). Then fly to a Freestar planet and sell it at the Trade Authority. Quicksave beforehand, if you are low level id say 50-50 your cargo gets scanned. Just reload if you do get caught.

The reason you're being arrested to do SysDef missions is that you did not join the UC Vanguard.

[Djozar]

Originally posted by Space Todd Award:

Hey lads

I have several contraband items (8 or 10 I believe) and I really don't know what to do with them because as soon as I get inside a system I'm being scanned and my contraband's being found.

Any tips?

Cheers

1st, Wolf System, take to "The Den" space station./ Black Market haven.

2nd, upgrade your "Payloads" and "Deception" skills. The more cargo space you have ABOVE the amount of the weight of your contraband the better. So if your contraband weighs 100, go for broke onb the size of the cargo capacity. Get a shielded cargo bay as well. The Mantis ship comes wih a small shielded cargo, which might let you carry one or two small cases of contraband without getting caught, but having that Deception and Payloads skills maxed out will give you maximum benefit to shielded cargo bays.

[Ihateeverybody]

Since you left your request "Any Tips" open. You can place them in your ship cargo and jettison them. You don't have to smuggle and the annoyance is always more then the credits. Just selling looted guns will net you all the money you can get out of the vendors anyway.

[GabeKnight]

Originally posted by Ihateeverybody:

Since you left your request "Any Tips" open. You can place them in your ship cargo and jettison them. You don't have to smuggle and the annoyance is always more then the credits. Just selling looted guns will net you all the money you can get out of the vendors anyway.

xD

Is it not worth it to that point?

[Doombringer]

You can set up an outpost anywhere, build the large landing pad, and add shielded cargo that way.


When I first started the game I got like 39 contraband on Kreet and didn't know what to do with it.
(Got arrested trying to go to New Atlantis)
So I made and outpost, stuck it in a box and said I'll deal with it later.
I still haven't gone back to grab it yet 300 hours later...

[Cutlass Jack]

Any Trade Authority vendor (not the terminals) will buy your contraband (yellow mark) and Stolen (red mark) items.

The Den is probably the easiest place to land and not get scanned. But really contraband isn't worth the extra trouble. Just dump it and use the space for guns and other stuff you can sell anywhere.

[Redeyeflight]

Originally posted by Space Todd Award:

Hey lads

I have several contraband items (8 or 10 I believe) and I really don't know what to do with them because as soon as I get inside a system I'm being scanned and my contraband's being found.

Any tips?

Cheers

Go to Porimma 3 and sell it to the bartender at the Red Mile.