Horizons I am wanted.

Got complacent and didn't look close at the NAV panel and failed to see that some skimmers were not wanted. Killed them and now I am wanted.

In the TRANSACTIONS LIST it shows 1 DAY 23 HRs and an amount.

Does that mean that if I go to one of the bases controlled by the faction and I pay the fine within that time that I won't have people hunting me??
 
Got complacent and didn't look close at the NAV panel and failed to see that some skimmers were not wanted. Killed them and now I am wanted.

In the TRANSACTIONS LIST it shows 1 DAY 23 HRs and an amount.

Does that mean that if I go to one of the bases controlled by the faction and I pay the fine within that time that I won't have people hunting me??

the oppositte - you have to wait that time until you can pay it off
 
As Bunkerkind Anni says...

You cannot pay off bounties until their timer expires, at which point it will turn into a Legacy Fine. The legacy fine can be paid off either at a station in the system where you got the bounty (it's actually the faction that has given you the bounty that you need to pay off), or at an Interstellar Factors (found at a station in a low security system). The good news however is that the legacy fine, if you don't pay it off, doesn't revert to becoming a bounty again, which ordinary fines do.

You will be wanted in that system for the duration of the bounty, so be careful as if you are attacked in that system your attacker won't become wanted and if you try to defend yourself you will gain further bounties. I would suggest that unless you have pressing business in that system you avoid it for the duration of the timer.

Also, if you are destroyed anywhere while the bounty is active (including a system where you aren't wanted) and the bounty isn't collected you will end up with a dormant bounty which will last for 7 days. Suffice to say, I don't think you will want that.

Depending on the value of the bounty, you might have NPC bounty hunters come after you. The good news is that although they will be clean (assuming you are avoiding the system where you are wanted), if you wait for them to shoot you, you will be able to defend yourself as they will become wanted.

It can be a bit confusing, so if you have any questions, feel free to ask.
 
Clear as mud..
I have now docked at two stations and nobody has even tried to attack me. Sitting there on a big one now where my AspX is stored. So, If I stay there till the time expires I should be safe and then I can pay it off???
 
Clear as mud..
I have now docked at two stations and nobody has even tried to attack me. Sitting there on a big one now where my AspX is stored.

That's great. Are you actually wanted in the system where you are? Bounties are faction based, so only valid (active) if you are in the jurisdiction of the faction that gave you the bounty.

Everywhere else you are not wanted / clean, and other than potential bounty hunters (and as I mentioned above they can attack you but will become wanted, because you are not, so you can defend yourself against them) you won't be troubled. :)

So, If I stay there till the time expires I should be safe and then I can pay it off???

Yes. :)

Edit: Just to add, once the timer expires, you won't be wanted anywhere as the bounty expires automatically. While I recommend that you do pay off the resultant legacy fine, there's no urgency to do so as the wanted status isn't tied to that.
 
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Edit: Just to add, once the timer expires, you won't be wanted anywhere as the bounty expires automatically. While I recommend that you do pay off the resultant legacy fine, there's no urgency to do so as the wanted status isn't tied to that.

until "beyond" hits the live server that is.
it was mentioned that with the change of the C+P system, you will need to pay off legacy fines on your next rebuy screen.
i wouldn't collect to many of them
 
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If you only killed skimmers, then what you got was a "local" bounty, you are only wanted by the faction that owned the skimmers, and if they are not the controlling faction in the system you're in, then you won't show wanted in the system, just be careful if that faction owns a station, you will show wanted there, but no where else
 
Got complacent and didn't look close at the NAV panel and failed to see that some skimmers were not wanted. Killed them and now I am wanted.

In the TRANSACTIONS LIST it shows 1 DAY 23 HRs and an amount.

Does that mean that if I go to one of the bases controlled by the faction and I pay the fine within that time that I won't have people hunting me??

You have to live the life of the renegade now...
Here's your anthem! :D[video]www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRvCvsRp5ho[/video]
 
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Whatever you do... Don't go to that factions controlled ports and get scanned... All hell will break loose! I snuck in the first time and all was cool, the second time as I landed at surface port I made it out with a half a ring on my unmodded Drop ship.
 
Sure looks like it to me..

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_bJy4bVSx3lNvTn_3gapmKCDYaLIrfJF

I got the video after I had already gone to the closest base and collected the bounty's and sold off about 1M CR of salvaged commodities.

Ok. Hopefully we can clear up your confusion... :)

Yes, you are / were wanted (in the video) in the jurisdiction that you were in. Essentially that means that the faction that gave you the bounty controls at least that station and the space around it. In fact, from your pictures they are the controlling faction of the system, so you will likely be wanted system wide. The wanted sign above your fuel gauge will display (as it is doing) when you are somewhere that your bounty is active.

However, just because you are wanted doesn't mean that you will automatically be attacked for your bounty. You have to be scanned first. I'll just say that you were very fortunate that you didn't get scanned on your way into the station. Had you been, you would have been destroyed immediately. In such circumstances you would be advised to get into the station as quickly as possible to reduce the chance of being scanned, and you can also add some silent running into the mix to make you harder to target, but speed is the real thing. Anyway, you lucked out... :)

You were confused that there were no fines to pay off. As we have already said, you cannot pay off a bounty, you must wait for its timer to expire when it will become a legacy fine at which point you will see it under contacts and be able to pay it off. Bounties and fines are different. Fines (for being caught with illicit cargo for example) can be paid off immediately, and if you don't pay them off, after 7 days will become a bounty, so a good idea to keep on top of them.

It is a good idea to pay off legacy fines, as even in the current C&P system they can come back to bite you as they will be added to your re-buy if you are destroyed and re-spawn in the jurisdiction where you have the legacy fine. In your case, a 2000 credit legacy fine will probably not hurt too badly. How exactly it will work under the new C&P remains to be seen, as bounties will still be jurisdictional AFAIK. Personally, I deal with legacy fines by paying them off at an Interstellar Factors periodically, but I don't get many bounties. Once your bounty expires (it will no longer show in your transactions tab), when you are next in that system / station, you will see it as a legacy fine under contacts, where you were looking and can pay it off.

Final note. If you haven't done so already, if you try to leave that station while your bounty is still active and you are still wanted, you can be scanned coming out of the station and will be destroyed if that happens, so leave quickly. As soon as you are out of the station, boost until you are clear of the no-fire zone to avoid system security scanning you.
 
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As I said earlier. I am in the station and I intend to stay there until the timer expires. Then pay off the legacy and be more careful in the future.
This system has 23 of 25 planetary materials on a mix of 100% and 33+% metal planets, two different factions, one that will take everything except slaves and toxic waste and a black market so I want to get Allied with them. .

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Humnnnn. Do I need to let the game run for 1D 3HR 38M ???
 
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Humnnnn. Do I need to let the game run for 1D 3HR 38M ???

No the time runs in real time so you don't need to leave the game running.
 
Not sure these guys want to kill me. They have let me dock at two different bases they control. I will wait. I have things to do that will keep me busy till it runs out anyway.
 
You were very lucky that they didn't scan you on the way into the station. They would have blown you up with no chance to escape. The same when you leave the station, so you have to make sure that they don't get a chance. Line up with the slot, put 4 pips to engines and boost out. Keep boosting until you're clear. Don't go anywhere where the Feds patrol until the bounty has gone. Probably best to go to another system until the bounty has expired.
 
You were very lucky that they didn't scan you on the way into the station. They would have blown you up with no chance to escape. The same when you leave the station, so you have to make sure that they don't get a chance. Line up with the slot, put 4 pips to engines and boost out. Keep boosting until you're clear. Don't go anywhere where the Feds patrol until the bounty has gone. Probably best to go to another system until the bounty has expired.

what does the federation have to do with his bounty?
 
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