Thread:Flashfire212/@comment-32712012-20171227075059/@comment-209421-20171227090003

Well; in my mind, the Smuggler's Alliance isn't really defined into a single aspect. Smugglers could be importing between worlds, between dimensions, between countries... if there's a profit to be made by sneaking things through borders and avoiding detection, then there's probably smuggling groups running those businesses.

The Smuggler's Alliance is sorta like a glorified thieves guild; so that all those that seek to join can. It gives them access to legal assistance and some level of entitlements; like a trade cartel, and also allows them to interact with each other in ways that are less about direct competition. Also means that conflicts between members aren't going to result in everybody killing each other.

That's how I see it, and I think it would be fairly easy to incorporate both your ideas and mine into the faction; even if it's literally just dividing it into "you focus on this portion, I focus on the other".