+1 love the idea of adding more rp to the server. Imagine, a bum comes and pickpockets you, then he turns around and sells the weapon on the black market (either npc who uses renown/credits, or the bum uses /comms (BM)). Imagine the trooper getting in trouble with his higher ups and sent on a mission to go find his weapon only to have to buy it from the black market. (Mind you it should only be like 200 credits or something.)
The way I would implement this is by making the pick pocketed weapon 24 hours. And giving the bum a /give command to give the weapon. That way in the event the bum goes offline, the weapon isn't permanently lost. Of course admins should be able to give the weapon as well if the trooper rps getting a new one from armory (or a QM from naval)