Smuggler

Smuggler
Type	Ship Operations
Acquisition	Contacts Starting Captain; Spice Hall during festival
SKILLS
Primary Skill	Negotiate
Secondary Skill	Intimidate
Tertiary Skill	Stealth

A smuggler's talent lies in rumors, back-channels and the illegal underbelly of faction worlds. They are skilled at sneaking into and out of well protected zones with a hold full of illegal goods. The smuggler profits by flouting legality, avoiding taxes and sniffing out rich trades in black markets. The Quadrants are vast and a smuggler who knows every corner will be able to hide, store cargo and avoid the law.

Starting Captain Traits

A captain whose first job is Smuggler will gain the following traits:

Exploiter	Leveraging the risk required to avoid trade law, +1 Quickness, +2 Charisma and gains +10% profit when trading at a Black Market	Profession	+3 *
Flighty	Always dodging the law, gains +5 Escape, +10% Defense, +5% Shield in Ship Combat	Profession	+3 *

Skills

As a character advances in the Smuggler Job, he or she gains the following Skill points at each Rank.

Ranks 1 to 12

Rank	Stealth	Negotiate	Intimidate
1	1	2	1
2	1	3	3
3	2	3	3
4	2	4	3
5	2	4	4
6	2	5	4
7	2	5	5
8	2	6	5
9	3	6	5
10	3	7	5
11	3	8	6
12	4	8	6

Ranks 13 to 24

Rank	Stealth	Negotiate	Intimidate
13	4	9	6
14	4	9	7
15	5	10	7
16	5	10	8
17	5	11	8
18	5	12	8
19	5	12	9
20	5	13	9
21	6	13	9
22	6	14	10
23	6	14	11
24	6	15	11

Ranks 25 to 36

Rank	Stealth	Negotiate	Intimidate
25	6	16	11
26	7	16	11
27	7	16	12
28	7	16	13
29	7	17	13
30	8	17	14
31	8	18	14
32	9	18	15
33	10	19	15
34	10	20	15
35	10	21	15
36	10	22	16

Talents

Each Job provides a series of Talents representing the special abilities granted by this specific training. As a Character progresses through Job Ranks, more and more Talents become available.

SKILL SAVE	Rank: 1 Cunning Slip 3 weeks Cooldown Automatically passes a failed Stealth test in any situation; including exploring, landing or during a mission
SMUGGLE	Rank: 1 Underground Whispers 3 weeks Cooldown When accessing a Black Market, replace a risk card with a Learn Rumor card
SEARCHED	Rank: 1 Hideout 3 weeks Cooldown Prevents seizure of mission packages, prisoners or passengers when searched by an enemy vessel
SMUGGLE	Rank: 1 Backroom Deal 3 weeks Cooldown When attempting to access a Black Market, replace a risk card with a Market Access card
SMUGGLE	Rank: 1 Illicit Notoriety 3 weeks Cooldown When accessing a Black Market, always gain access at one Access Level higher
ENCOUNTER	Rank: 1 Dubious Handshake 12 weeks Cooldown When encountering a Smuggler Captain, a subtle greeting among criminals ends the encounter in a peaceful Draw; 30% + Negotiate Skill chance to learn a new Rumor

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SMUGGLE	Rank: 5 Bootleg Profits 9 weeks Cooldown When executing a trade at the Black Market worth over $5,000, increase your profit of sale or reduce price of purchase by 20% + Negotiate Skill
ENCOUNTER	Rank: 5 Forged Permit 3 weeks Cooldown Well-forged documents can remove barriers; during travel can reduce hostility of Military Officers or Zealots by 2 and Spies by 1
ENCOUNTER	Rank: 5 Garbled Identity 3 weeks Cooldown Masks ship's signal to prevent identification. When ending a ship encounter in a draw, reduce possible Reputation loss by up to Stealth Skill to a minimum of -1
ENCOUNTER	Rank: 5 Faked Signature 3 weeks Cooldown Confusing or forged credentials are enough to throw even the most dogged pursuer; can be used to reduce the hostility of Bounty Hunters
TRADE	Rank: 5 Slippery Trader 9 weeks Cooldown When trading into a Trade Ban or War, reduces the Rep penalty by 30% + double Negotiate Skill

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SMUGGLE	Rank: 8 Insider Trading 9 weeks Cooldown When executing a trade at the Black Market worth over $5,000, gain Reputation up to your Negotiate Skill with your Contact
SMUGGLE	Rank: 8 Underworld Renown 3 weeks Cooldown When attempting to access a Black Market, replace a risk card with a Market Access card that includes Contact Influence bonus
SALVAGE	Rank: 8 Light-Fingers 6 weeks Cooldown While Salvaging at an Orbital, increase cargo rewards by 10% + Stealth Skill
REFUEL	Rank: 8 Underport Bribe 12 weeks Cooldown When refueling your ship, a small side bribe to the dockmaster grants a 15% + Negotiate Skill discount

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SMUGGLE	Rank: 11 Criminal Connections 9 weeks Cooldown When executing a trade at the Black Market worth over $5,000, gain a 30% + Charisma chance to learn about a Contact
SMUGGLE	Rank: 11 Unlawful Royalty 9 weeks Cooldown When executing a trade at the Black Market worth over $50,000, gain a 50% + Charisma chance to learn about a Smuggler or Smuggler Prince Contact

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SMUGGLE

Rank: 15 Incorrigible Sneak 21 weeks Cooldown When attempting to access a Black Market, reroll all 5 cards and draw a new hand