F. Busts

"Important: When you get caught, write down the location and the date. You won't be able to port there for at least 14 days without getting busted again (even if you just port to *trade*, you may get nailed). After a couple of weeks, you can go back and work the ports again." (IWM p.27; ¶1, 1995)
 
Busts clear either when maintenance runs on a game day which is a multiple of 14 (see the 'v' screen to determine the game day), or when somebody else gets busted there. Is it multiple of 14 or 14th day after the bust? A multiple of 14. The busts clear on Day 14, 28, 42, etc. Well, whenever EXTERN.EXE runs on those days. Look in the daily log for the message saying "The Ferrengi Moved at 12:10:17", with whatever time) then the busts will all clear. It doesn't matter how long its been since you've been busted, all busts clear every 14 game days. (TW-FIDO, Hao-Tien Wu, 06/25/96 ).