Draw off security for smuggling

[Goose4291]

Mk1 eyeball. Silent or cold running: It doesn't matter if you are running an ice cold ship or have your heat vents closed with zero output, you can still be spotted and engaged visually

While true, remember you need to have a target 'locked' to use manifest scanners against them.

And as anyone will attest, mk I eyeball doesnt help your auto target turrets engage something you cant paint on scanner

 

[Jukelo]

As others have said, there's no need for involved tactics when smuggling. Just maintain 200+m/s on your way in and keep boosting on your way out and the police wont scan you.
Not that you should care anyway, fines (and bounties when your fines expire after 7 days) have no meaning either, you can safely ignore them.

 

[777Driver]

Only real challenge (or caution) is required when smuggling into surface ports. You either need to get under ground quickly, or monitor the security comms and wait for them to leave for a patrol or land to perform maintenance.

 

[shadragon]

Only real challenge (or caution) is required when smuggling into surface ports. You either need to get under ground quickly, or monitor the security comms and wait for them to leave for a patrol or land to perform maintenance.

Yeah, surface stations are bears if you are not perfect in timing.

 

[Kaocraft]

The other flaw in your plan is; if your 'wing mate' becomes wanted, then so do you.

Wait, what? Since when? It didn't used to work like this. I would bounty hunt in wings and sometimes one of us would have to flee because of a stray shot turned the police against him, but the rest of us stayed and carried on because we didn't *all* become wanted.

 

[Arry]

Only real challenge (or caution) is required when smuggling into surface ports. You either need to get under ground quickly, or monitor the security comms and wait for them to leave for a patrol or land to perform maintenance.

These days; smuggling wanted passengers to planet bases; gives me the best smuggling buzz and challenge.

 

[Arry]

Yeah, surface stations are bears if you are not perfect in timing.

Any idea what happens if scan finishes; just as you complete docking? Can you get below ground, or is there another outcome?

So far, I have just started running out of the system, as soon scan starts and I know I have more than 10 seconds of landing time to do.

 

[Spacecat]

I've read a lot about going unscanned to get through the mail slot, but has anyone tried smuggling in pairs? Ex. I drop out of sc with my wig-mate and he's smuggling, would it be possible for me to draw the security away from the entrance and let him just waltz in?

Since grd 5 DD dropped, I just swoosh into the station without even boosting and I don't think I've been scanned once. Even grd 3 works for many ships.