[Suggestion] Smuggling Compartments

[CMDR Kyle Donovan]

Like a regular cargo rack, purchased in anarchy or pirate systems, carry between 1/4 and 1/3 the capacity of a standard cargo rack of the same size. (The rest is taken up by anti-sensor baffles and shielding)

Resistant or proof against ship scans from pirates and authority vessels.

Optional added degree of difficulty: If you disable your cargo hatch, it vents the contents of the smuggling compartment.

 

[NW3]

Interesting idea! Rep++

When scanned, the contents should appear to be biowaste (or some other low-value cargo).

I'd recommend that they hold 1/2 as much; that way they'd hold as much cargo as the next smaller slot size (and be more useful).

 

[Marc_Hicks]

I've had similar ideas in the past. One is that like the one you mention, the other one is an actively shielded Cargo Compartment. Holds as much as a regular cargo compartment-but consumes energy to keep the cargo hidden from longer range scans. In both cases, scans from much shorter range will still expose the contraband.

I had in mind that these kinds of cargo racks might be purchasable items from the shadier of the Engineers-like The Dweller.

 

[CMDR Kyle Donovan]

I've had similar ideas in the past. One is that like the one you mention, the other one is an actively shielded Cargo Compartment. Holds as much as a regular cargo compartment-but consumes energy to keep the cargo hidden from longer range scans. In both cases, scans from much shorter range will still expose the contraband.

I had in mind that these kinds of cargo racks might be purchasable items from the shadier of the Engineers-like The Dweller.

The powered compartment is an interesting idea.

Which also makes me wonder: Could ECM pulses be used to disrupt scans when entering a station?