Black Market
Supply that never asks for a licence.
The underground network that sells contraband, concealment and materials no legitimate vendor stocks. Standing with it decides what cheap stock is even available to you.
The Black Market is the counterweight to Security: it makes questionable trades possible and visible, and it tracks who buys from it.
The Black Market is where a shop goes when the legal supply chain cannot stock what its customers want. It sells concealment as readily as merchandise, which is why its standing is measured in access rather than price.
Its reputation is the mirror image of Security’s: every report to Security is a debt here, and every contraband sale is credit.
Counter protocol
- Losing too much standing costs access to services rather than ending the run.
- At the floor of standing, some services remain available at a doubled price.
- Its reputation moves opposite to Security’s on many actions.
Related stock
Where this comes from
Advanced licences unlock access to the underground market.
“Unlock advanced licenses to access the underground market”
The Smuggler Bay Mod comes from the Underground Exchange.
“The Smuggler Bay Mod delivered by the Underground Exchange is no longer thrown out with the trash if you leave it in the trash can overnight.”
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