merchant/smuggler ability

[shallowthought]

I've started a new captain as a merchant, and the special ability is described as "special economic records ability". Smuggler is described as "trade records ability". This is my first time as a merchant, and I've never played as a smuggler. As merchant, records seem to be generated when buying the first lot of goods in an exchange. Does anyone know -
1 - when exactly are records generated
2 - what affects number of records generated (rumors/conflicts/skill stats/other)
3 - how does the smuggler special ability work?

[Cory Trese]

1 - the first time you make a sizable enough (based on character level, game difficulty, economy and security rating) trade of an appropriate resource.

2 - Taxes, Embargo, Trade Wars, Merchants, Naval Crackdown

3 - Yes, just like Merchant but with permit only goods (Electrics, Weapons, Atomics)