So after a lot of tedious cargo hauling i finally got the creds to buy a viper mk3. I fit it out and decide I want to do some bounty hunting. A few targets in one of my prey drops some tobacco. Nice! Free creds I figure. I scoop the loot and head over to Chango dock since I read somewhere that there's a black market there. Go in all stealthy with silent mode to avoid getting scanned in order not to get flagged for fines and everything.
Unfortunately no luck, there is or was no black market available in Chango. Annoyed with this I figure i go try my luck at the other station in system. Only I forget to use silent running while leaving Chango and get scanned by the authorities.. BAM! 40k creds fine for 'stolen' goods (while in fact I got them fair and square from a wanted target... but that's besides the point).
With 36k creds left on my account I figure I better sell those goods quickly in order to avoid becoming wanted and going down that slippery slope. I fly over to the other station, dock all stealthy again and go to the black market to sell the goods. This time however i get slammed in the face with the 'Unable to complete transaction'-error. I go back to the forums to find out what's going on and read about that jettisoning the cargo and re-scooping it might fix the problem. I undock, drop the cargo (and pick up another 600creds in fines for jetting near station) and scoop it back up again. Another authority ship scans me and I get hit with another 40k fine.
Now I'm at 80k in fines, 50k-ish of which is debt and am wondering what I'm supposed to do now. Do I ignore the fines and go criminal? Do I even have a choice since I won't have the time to get the amount of creds before the timer on the fine expires? I'm at a loss and am really wondering if this is how the game is meant to be. If so, please tell me more about the pirate way of life and commanders beware when you see me on your contacts list.
Unfortunately no luck, there is or was no black market available in Chango. Annoyed with this I figure i go try my luck at the other station in system. Only I forget to use silent running while leaving Chango and get scanned by the authorities.. BAM! 40k creds fine for 'stolen' goods (while in fact I got them fair and square from a wanted target... but that's besides the point).
With 36k creds left on my account I figure I better sell those goods quickly in order to avoid becoming wanted and going down that slippery slope. I fly over to the other station, dock all stealthy again and go to the black market to sell the goods. This time however i get slammed in the face with the 'Unable to complete transaction'-error. I go back to the forums to find out what's going on and read about that jettisoning the cargo and re-scooping it might fix the problem. I undock, drop the cargo (and pick up another 600creds in fines for jetting near station) and scoop it back up again. Another authority ship scans me and I get hit with another 40k fine.
Now I'm at 80k in fines, 50k-ish of which is debt and am wondering what I'm supposed to do now. Do I ignore the fines and go criminal? Do I even have a choice since I won't have the time to get the amount of creds before the timer on the fine expires? I'm at a loss and am really wondering if this is how the game is meant to be. If so, please tell me more about the pirate way of life and commanders beware when you see me on your contacts list.
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