[quote=@CorruptedShadow]
Well, considering Smugglers do a lot of "black" marketing and skulduggery, it'd be safe to assume that you would have some crazy shit on that ship.  Nothing fancy and large like some kind of cruiser, though.  From what I can see now, I think I can accept it.  Considering he's a Smuggler and un-aligned, he would be in the Freelancer, since you are doing things with the Republic without really being a part of their society.
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Defining "Crazy Shit" here as a hidden smuggling compartment and an illegal turret concealed beneath the floor at the top of the ship's gangplank. The Defender Corvette is otherwise a military surplus vehicle he bought selling his goods from the blockade run.

One other thing I did want to bring up was the idea of an "Unaligned" faction. Kind of like the Third World in the RL Cold War- a group of planets that defines themselves by not taking a side. On paper a safe haven for all and the voice of reason in negotiations. In practice, a hotbed of corruption and poverty that begs the question, "How does this society even function???"

Finally, as to the data mentioned in the last paragraph of my bio, I didn't know if you had plans for a true plot, so I kinda threw that in there as a McGuffin to be used at any time. Let me know if you'd rather I deleted it.