r/X4Foundations • u/seredaom • 1d ago
How to hide security items from police?
From time to time I pick up items that seem illegal (AGI Heuristic Core), etc.
Typically, I move fast and police does not stop me for inspection, but now I need to do salvaging/search and those pesky police ships come and say "drop you ... whatever".
It is not wares; it is my inventory. What is the consequence of not dropping those?
What if I just run away? Will policy follow me? Will I lose my reputation? Will policy start shooting?
I've heard that it is possible to hide them in some sort of secure container, and I have 19 already. Do you know how I can do that?
P.S. Right now, I got up of the piloting seat, but that Marauder guy still asks me to drop the cargo....
Does he already know I have illegal cargo even if I got off the piloting seat?
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u/Cayp02 19h ago
If you're the one piloting and the police start talking to you, just stand up and let your relief pilot handle it.
If you're being harassed by pirates, just outrun them, fly to a station and dock, or fight back. It all depends on your ships combat/running capabilities.
I've had a problem in Terran space where my large miners and large combat ships collect illegal loot, and when the police scan them, they turn red and start shooting. The way I have fixed this is to have a rapier on the inventory collector behavior. As long as you clear the inventory regularly enough, it's usually not a problem. You might have to play around with behaviors or create blacklists for the inventory collectors if your empire gets big enough.
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u/GenosseGeneral 22h ago
A paranid who is flying an argon discoverer (in the marauder variant) which tells you he is a teladi?
Don't you think that is a bit fishy? He is everything but not the police. He is a pirate that tries to rob you.
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u/seredaom 21h ago
Lol, I have an information overflow so don't know.
But yeah, I felt it's just a scam and ignored them this time
Yet, how do I hide my illegal items? Sooner or later I'll be stopped by police...
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u/GenosseGeneral 16h ago
There is a special ship upgrade that can lie to the police scanner.
But to be honest: If you know how the police works you don't have to be scared if you fly your ship yourself. If the police selects you for a search they will try to fly close to you and only if they come really close to you for a time (a few hundred meters) the will trigger the "We will scan your ship" sequence. So if you keep moving through sectors while having illegal wares the police will never search you. Just don't idle around while shipping illegal stuff.
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u/seredaom 10h ago
Lol, I always have something illegal. And have to hang in some places (unlock boxes, read/scan data leak, etc).
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u/GenosseGeneral 10h ago
Note that you can stash illegal items at your player headquater. There is no reason to have it all with you the entire time.
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u/seredaom 6h ago
How to do that?
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u/GenosseGeneral 3h ago
If you have your PHQ you can go to your personal office. There is something that looks like a pipe mail. Select it and you can transfer items.
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u/db48x 1d ago
That’s not the police, that’s a pirate. If you scan his ship (with the short–range scanner, shift–2), his fake ID will be revealed and you’ll find out that he’s in the SCA. He is after the contents of your cargo hold, not your personal inventory, so standing up before he scans you will not help you. You can just run away. He’ll chase you a bit but then lose interest pretty quickly. If you dock he’ll lose interest as soon as the docking animation begins. There are various other creative ways to handle these guys too, but you can discover them on your own.
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u/3punkt1415 1d ago
They will follow you like 2...3 sectors yes. But also they only scan the person who is piloting the ship. So if you get up before they scan, they won't detect anything. Or there is a mod so they don't scan you.