diff --git a/Resources/Locale/en-US/contraband/contraband-severity.ftl b/Resources/Locale/en-US/contraband/contraband-severity.ftl
index 10baf2cb25..7f0a1854eb 100644
--- a/Resources/Locale/en-US/contraband/contraband-severity.ftl
+++ b/Resources/Locale/en-US/contraband/contraband-severity.ftl
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ contraband-examine-text-Restricted = [color=yellow]This item is departmentally r
 contraband-examine-text-Restricted-department = [color=yellow]This item is restricted to {$departments}, and may be considered contraband.[/color]
 contraband-examine-text-Major = [color=red]This item is considered major contraband.[/color]
 contraband-examine-text-GrandTheft = [color=red]This item is a highly valuable target for Syndicate agents![/color]
+contraband-examine-text-Highly-Illegal = [color=red]This item is highly illegal contraband![/color]
 contraband-examine-text-Syndicate = [color=crimson]This item is highly illegal Syndicate contraband![/color]
-contraband-examine-text-Magical = [color=#b337b3]This item is highly illegal Magical contraband![/color]
+contraband-examine-text-Magical = [color=#b337b3]This item is highly illegal magical contraband![/color]
 
 contraband-examine-text-avoid-carrying-around = [color=red][italic]You probably want to avoid visibly carrying this around without a good reason.[/italic][/color]
 contraband-examine-text-in-the-clear = [color=green][italic]You should be in the clear to visibly carry this around.[/italic][/color]
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/base_contraband.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/base_contraband.yml
index 7701506e21..a933a2ec2e 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/base_contraband.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/base_contraband.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-# used by the unique items of xenoborgs (like modules and stuff)
+# generic "highly illegal" contraband; Syndicate/magical contraband are already considered highly illegal under Space Law,
+# so this is mostly for stuff that should be equally illegal but doesn't need its own unique contraband tier added
+- type: entity
+  id: BaseHighlyIllegalContraband
+  abstract: true
+  components:
+  - type: Contraband
+    severity: HighlyIllegal
+
+# used by the unique items of xenoborgs (like modules and stuff)
 - type: entity
   id: BaseXenoborgContraband
   abstract: true
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/contraband_severities.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/contraband_severities.yml
index 38349d9497..191185177c 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/contraband_severities.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/contraband_severities.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
   id: GrandTheft
   examineText: contraband-examine-text-GrandTheft
 
+# This is highly illegal contraband and is illegal to own IC.
+- type: contrabandSeverity
+  id: HighlyIllegal
+  examineText: contraband-examine-text-Highly-Illegal
+
 # This is clear syndicate contraband and is illegal to own IC.
 - type: contrabandSeverity
   id: Syndicate