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Ghom 737822398a Blackmarket refactor and balance, fixing spy bounties, plus a new category for people captured by pirates/tots/contractors. (#81818)
## About The Pull Request
This PR aims to take care of a few potential hard dels and fix the
fenced goods category first and foremost.

The PR also adds a new one that enables you to buy mobs captured by
antags in advance, before they're sent back to the station. Unlike other
categories, it doesn't have "Launch" and "Teleport" as delivery methods,
instead it uses a special "Supply Pod" delivery method that ships the
chattel directly to your location. This method costs 400 credits,
however, if you've built the LTSRBT, shipment will be free.

Another thing, I always felt LTSRBT to be pretty fucking dumb as is. Way
too overpriced for the benefits it offers: a slighty cheaper delivery
method that, while definitely better than the other two, doesn't really
pay off or honestly even remotely compensate the 4000 credits you just
spent to get it, especially if you're only buying a couple items at
most. So I decided to remove it from cargo and add it to the blackmarket
as a 500 to 750 creds item, available every round.

Human mobs sold by the pirate bounty pad are no longer deleted, instead
they're properly ransomed and sent to the holding facility, much like
for contractors and tots. This means they're also added to the black
market.

## Why It's Good For The Game
The blackmarket system has some issues to it that need to be fixed
(otherwise the "Fenced Goods" and "Hostages" categories wouldn't work).
The Pirate Pad deleting "ransomed" mobs instead of actually ransoming
them is lame. The LTSRBT shouldn't suck as much. Also more market stuff.

This will fix #81809.

## Changelog

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fix: Fixed the "Fenced Goods" black market category.
balance: Removed the LTSRBT from cargo and added it to the blackmarket,
reduced the price from 4000 to 625 on average.
balance: The time it takes for captured mobs to be automatically sent
back to the station from the holding facility has been increased from
3-4 minutes to 6.
add: You can buy mobs captured by contractors, traitors and pirates from
the black market and have them sent back to the station in advance. For
safety, they'll also be handcuffed (not always) upon delivery.
add: Human mobs sold by pirates are not deleted anymore. Instead,
they're now captured and sent to the holding facility.
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