I was working on my Federation rank grind in Ceos. In a megaship defense battle I accidentally fired on a nearby system security vessel. I was stamped with a 200cr bounty and chased out of the area. On my way to the station to settle the bounty I was interdicted and destroyed by a pair of high level NPCs. Wound up jailed 250+ ly away in my Conda equipped for cargo (no fuel scoop) so it was a limp back to Ceos.
I get there and am still wanted for the bounty. I couldn't turn myself in or pay it cause due to my death it was now "dormant". Also couldn't pay it off at a nearby IF due to this. This normally wouldn't be a problem but I was locked out of most station services due to anonymous access but was unable to fix that.
I ended up having to fire on another security vessel to "reactivate" my bounty to pay it off at an IF. The problem is I got blasted down to 9% hull in seconds and only barely escaped by luck, risking stressing the whole ordeal over.
This could be a never ending cycle for CMDRs with ships lacking heavily engineered armor which was all that kept me alive. The "dormant" bounty system just shouldn't be a thing, and needs to be changed back to regular bounties.
I get there and am still wanted for the bounty. I couldn't turn myself in or pay it cause due to my death it was now "dormant". Also couldn't pay it off at a nearby IF due to this. This normally wouldn't be a problem but I was locked out of most station services due to anonymous access but was unable to fix that.
I ended up having to fire on another security vessel to "reactivate" my bounty to pay it off at an IF. The problem is I got blasted down to 9% hull in seconds and only barely escaped by luck, risking stressing the whole ordeal over.
This could be a never ending cycle for CMDRs with ships lacking heavily engineered armor which was all that kept me alive. The "dormant" bounty system just shouldn't be a thing, and needs to be changed back to regular bounties.