Always going to orbital stockade

[justforgroups]

Hi,
If I accidentally hit a police ship, I get the 200CR fine, but after paying it I also always get sent to an orbital stockade. This is a real pain in the ar$e. I thought that only happened for repeat or constant offenders, not for the occasional accidental shooting?

 

[Spaceman Si]

I think you get a bounty put on you for shooting the cops. Even if it is small, like the 200cr one, it means you get transported off to pris if you go to pay it off like a fine. You can get rid of it without this hassle by visiting an Interstellar Factor (check Inara for locations) in a system that is not controlled by the faction that issued the bounty, and paying it off there.

It isn’t intuitive, by any means

I spent over an hour helping the cops of my own faction on one occasion, then happened to scratch the paint on one of them... All hell broke loose, and I gained a 300cr bounty.. you would think that they might take into account your assistance, faction ally status, etc, but no.....

 

[Jaggid Edje]

how do you get out of this orbital stockade once you are thrown in, if I may ask?

 

[justforgroups]

Thanks Spaceman Si. I just thought it was a bug
Jaggid Edje - it's basically just a normal station, so you leave it as usual. p.s. Is that your signature? Elite, and you don't know how to get out of an orbital stockade? Wow, you better mind that halo of yours

 

[Schmack]

Thanks Spaceman Si. I just thought it was a bug
Jaggid Edje - it's basically just a normal station, so you leave it as usual. p.s. Is that your signature? Elite, and you don't know how to get out of an orbital stockade? Wow, you better mind that halo of yours

Been there once, I cannot recall if you have a vanilla sidey when you leave or if you have the ship you were in, which in some cases puts you in quite the bind.

 

[justforgroups]

No, you leave in the ship you went in with. You do get some kind of choice if you have another ships stored.

 

[Jaggid Edje]

Thanks Spaceman Si. I just thought it was a bug
Jaggid Edje - it's basically just a normal station, so you leave it as usual. p.s. Is that your signature? Elite, and you don't know how to get out of an orbital stockade? Wow, you better mind that halo of yours

Hahaaha...I honestly don't know how to even get thrown into it either.

I admit, outside of sanctioned mercenary activity (like CZ's) I never shoot at any ship unless it is wanted and I do not do any missions marked as "illegal". I have carried illegal cargo and sold it on the black market though! That's the closest I've come to doing anything "bad" in the game. I can't do immoral or unethical things, even in games, just how I am wired.