Sorry to say but you are incorrect. I am pledged to Aisling, and was recently attempting the A. Prime CG that just completed, turned in 25 mil in bounties and was one of the top 10. Had no problems on that day at all even though I was considered a hostile in that system, no agents attacked or anything. I then left to do something else for a day and returned when I had dropped down to the 10% status to build it back up to the top 10. I was not wanted in the system and had no active bounties on me, but I had been farming merits in Yuri Grom's Anarchy controlled system. Might of farmed some merits from E. Mahon as well, but if I did, I only did it in Anarchy systems, but regardless, the moment I jumped into the High Res I was immediately attacked by the power play ships of the system, and to make matters worse, they never turned red or wanted after attacking me, I was going ....purely it was , I fired back and immediately I became wanted, this is poor game design, you should be able to defend yourself without repercussion when attacked. Well, now the system authorities were after me after I killed the attacking power play ships, well, I went back to the station and got into a sidewinder to clear the bounty so I could continue the CG. Would you believe it, I was still inside the docking bay, just lifting off the pad and a power play begins to fire on me inside the station, not only does he not turn "wanted" for the attack, but the station doesn't respond to fire inside the docking bay, so basically he can fire on me with impunity and I have to just sit there and take it. Now if I had returned fire inside the docking bay, the station would have obliterated me instantly, just total and whoever came up with this design is so short sighted. So I went ahead and had the system security kill me to clear the active bounty and said the hell with doing that CG or any other from now on. Can't do CG's and PP at the same time I guess, unless of course, the CG is in your PP's system, because pretty much most of the other PP factions will be hostile to whichever PP you are aligned with.
Of course once I get what I need from Aisling, a quick kiss and her shields, will drop her and stay away from PP. Do not like how it is set up, I do not like it when someone can fire on you and not turn wanted, its the same with bounty hunters when you have a bounty on you, they can fire on you with impunity, if you kill them, it raises your bounty or worse yet, incures a bounty on you in the system that you might not currently have an active bounty in. And there is no way to clear a bounty unless you die, or wait the 6 days for it to go dormant, then be nice another 6 days for it to go to Legacy, then pay it off and clear your name. Unlike others, I do not like to fly around dirty and try to keep myself in the clear. But sometimes things happen and you get the stupid bounty and no way to clear it other then specified above. It should be that if a ship fires on you, be it PP or BH, then you should be able to defend yourself against them without incurring a further bounty. I mean, they don't have to necessarily become wanted when they fire on you, but at the same time you shouldn't have to become "Wanted" in that system for defending yourself.
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