Secrets & Story Hooks
HOOK: Smuggler alliance motivation:
https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/what-deals-with-the-smugglers-will-you-make.908653/
HOOK: Tagged identichips. Ostensibly clean, actually have a tagging code hidden within that "pings" each time it's inserted into a port. It's a passive thing; the Empire won't move on 'em (at least, not right away). The idea is to have the Exchange distribute them thinking they're clean, and use them to identify and track the Exchange.