When is type IX available in career?

Originally Posted by Bronzewing

I prefer to wait for the IXC because it's the one that lets me hang out around tanker alley and stop off in Havana for a cargo of rum before heading home and making a large off the books income selling it on the black market!

The IXB has no problem going there.

The problem is when BDU assigns you to Capetown.
That should, in my opinion, be reserved for IXD2s.