Sorry for the thread necro, but this inspired me and it's been long enough that I feel like there's no harm in blatantly ripping off the concept.
Hegemony Secure Market Facility 0754
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* "Welcome to Hegemony Secure Market Facility 0754. It's safer here."
* "In order to meet docking protocols, please ensure your fleet's transponder is fully functional and active before queuing for market access. Violators will be prosecuted. Hegemony military fleets and paramilitary commissioned fleets may queue in the priority lane using State Affairs Expedited Docking Application Form 503-2B."
* 107 Auto Pulse Cannons are pointing at your cockpit
* "Remember: all goods in Hegemony space are subject to inspection. Any contraband items are subject to confiscation. Every individual is subject to the Hegemony."
* After waiting in the queue to dock for 5 hours, you find yourself at 2,481st place in line to register for a 24-hour H7 Gamma Temporary Trading Visa
* Entire station appears to be made of nothing but plain concrete and steel grates
* After receiving the visa you discover that the most recent regulatory guidance allows only 85,000 credits in market activity within the prescribed 24-hour trading window before mandatory renewal application to the Office of Alien Subjects
* You can appeal your visa decision, but the wait time for appeal response is 6-36 months
* Leave
* Deactivate Transponder
* Dock using a shuttle under a 6-hour tourist visa
* Email the local Hegemony requisition officer
* A man with one robotic arm answers
* "Comrade, you have medical shipment?" He looks at you with deadly intensity
* Sweat begins to bead on your forehead
* "Yes, the legally donated organs and prescribed medical painkillers for the terminally ill are being transferred to docking bay zero-alpha-one-four-niner. Per protocol they are stamped with inspection QC pass ID zero-beta-niner-four-four."
* The comm transmission ends
* 1,478,280 credits have been transferred from an account registered on Kazeron to your personal Tri-Tachyon CreditoTM P2P cryptocurrency wallet
* 107 Auto Pulse Cannons are pointing at your cockpit
* GOING DARK
Persean League Duty-Free Mayasuran Economic Opportunity Zone
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* Everyone in the docking queue is armed to the teeth
* Can't tell if the fleet right behind you are pirates or just an Indpendent salvager
* Prerecorded automated traffic controller
* "Welcome to Mayasura, EXCEPTION: TARGET TRANSPONDER IDENT IS NULL. As you prepare to dock, please consider reviewing our automated clearinghouse for recently posted requisitions and bounties. Remember: Time is money, friend!"
* Automated clearinghouse is full of ads like "LONELY? BBY I AM RDY 4 U ALL NITE! HEAVY ARMAMENTS ACCEPTED" and "GENTLY USED TACHYON LANCE, 8-PACK, 249 CREDITS, LIMITED TIME OFFER, 100% FACTORY DIRECT, HIGHEST QUALITY GUARANTEE"
* Any commodity listing within 10% of the rolling median 3-month average price of historical listings is auto-purchased by one of 3 bots that operate in the market
* The bots have the lowest prices, so everyone buys from them
* The bots use an API that is not available to the public
* They don't ask any questions when they buy your armaments, though
* Overall 9/10 shopping experience