It surely made people search for solutions/ explanations on the internet even more.
Another C&P Rant
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OP, you should bug report it, in case FD is NOT aware of outlier circumstances like this, where a system issuing a fine doesn't have a CONTACTS available at the local base. If the response from QA is "working as intended" (which I doubt) then create a whine thread.
Try it.
I really hope you get transported back to a correctional facility. Maybe you'll learn to whine less there.
Can I get a link to this thread?
Yep - nice and empathetic of you there...........
The dudes trying to play the game and he's stuck with a crappy design decision mucking him about. AND he's even trying to figure things out!
You are bug magnet, aren't ya? 
You are bug magnet, aren't ya?
Poor trigger discipline isn't a bug.
Two lessons learned:
1) C&P is broken (see OP for the RL Hawaii to California comparison)
2) Trolls gonna troll
Or wait for the notification you've left the no-fire zone before you start firing.
There are. Check EDDB.
1) is it? You got a fine, unpayable in a number of jurisdictions because: they don't align or recognize or give a damn but want to kill you just because you wink wrong.
2) always.
You don't drive daily in a city of three million, and nearly two hundred municipalities hungry for revenue, do you?
No, just quarter million folks here.
Did that in 1986, for a ticket in rural Texas. No problems.
Cops still have ticket quotas. There are at least two cities in Missouri that were disincorperated for being speed traps. They were bankrupted, and the cops were never able to find work again. Video recording got them both.
Give support on that screenshot. The link is on the launcher.
What?
If I'm in a small town, which this planetary outpost is, the local sheriff department will likely both issue the fine and collect the fine. That little town WANTS the money, thus why the traffic warden is handing out tickets for running over a decorative rock. They are not going to say, "Sorry, you'll need to travel to the major city 400 miles away and pay there."
To make matters worse, I have to wear a disguise in this town now, and because of this I can't buy groceries or sell my goods at the pawn shop. This system is absolutely stupid in the most common of sense way, and worse it's TERRIBLE game design! It may not be a "big deal" in the Bubble, but for an explorer thousands of LY away, it's ridiculously punitive.
That is weird OP!
Just something to note. On your screenshot the station controlling faction is in reteat.
First of all, I wonder if this is what is effecting the Contacts tab? UA bombing is the other thing that came to mind, although that is some serious intent at 4300LY!
The thing about Retreat is, I am hoping it means the faction is in another system, and hopefully there is a station where the faction is not the station controller (assuming the retreat is causing the loss of the contacts option), where you will be able to pay the fine.
Did you open a ticket with support?
Simon
Just something to note. On your screenshot the station controlling faction is in reteat.
First of all, I wonder if this is what is effecting the Contacts tab? UA bombing is the other thing that came to mind, although that is some serious intent at 4300LY!
The thing about Retreat is, I am hoping it means the faction is in another system, and hopefully there is a station where the faction is not the station controller (assuming the retreat is causing the loss of the contacts option), where you will be able to pay the fine.
Did you open a ticket with support?
Simon