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Newcomer / Intro Can anyone tell me what the heck happened here?
- Thread starter ThatGuy
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You exited the station. You waited too long to engage the jump drive (mine goes on when the mass lock sign goes away, and I do legal trading). The scan revealed some contraband, I presume. You went to wanted. Someone started shooting you, and you did not hit boost once. You had four pips in engines, but not boost - then put 4 pips in shields.
Question is:
1. Why no boost?
2. What did you do to annoy the law there?
3. Why 4 pips in engines and not shields if you do not boost?
4. Why did you not hit jump earlier?
5. Also, you were flying with FA off, so you gave them a bigger target to hit, as you were flying sideways.
BTW, once the shields are down, 4 pips to them does not help much. Seems like something big was out to get you, since you were masslocked quite badly.
The WANTED came up as soon as the ship scan was completed. So you were either wanted somewhere to begin with, or you had some contraband that the system, not necessarily the station, did not allow. Anarchy station in a federation system, for example.
Question is:
1. Why no boost?
2. What did you do to annoy the law there?
3. Why 4 pips in engines and not shields if you do not boost?
4. Why did you not hit jump earlier?
5. Also, you were flying with FA off, so you gave them a bigger target to hit, as you were flying sideways.
BTW, once the shields are down, 4 pips to them does not help much. Seems like something big was out to get you, since you were masslocked quite badly.
The WANTED came up as soon as the ship scan was completed. So you were either wanted somewhere to begin with, or you had some contraband that the system, not necessarily the station, did not allow. Anarchy station in a federation system, for example.
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I had no records, i play Solo server, Waited too long? thats tbh.. I i hit cruise like 3 seconds after it said mass lock off..
Everything you said here Mephis is just . Scan cant have showed anything cos cargo was empty, not wanted, not breaking the law, done lots of missions for this station before, nooe shot at me cos solo,
I want to know why they shot me down.
Just when i pressed warp they locked it.. was is cos they were scanning my ship?
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never been wanted anywhere...
Everything you said here Mephis is just . Scan cant have showed anything cos cargo was empty, not wanted, not breaking the law, done lots of missions for this station before, nooe shot at me cos solo,
I want to know why they shot me down.
Just when i pressed warp they locked it.. was is cos they were scanning my ship?
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never been wanted anywhere...
Sorry, you do not like what I wrote. You were masslocked because a ship much bigger than you was nearby. Since you were in an adder, might have been a cobra or viper. It has nothing to do with the scan.
I cannot magically see if or what you have in your cargo hold, so cannot help you more.
If what you say is true, you might want to file a bug report - for becoming wanted for no reason.
As I said, the one thing unclear from the video is why you become wanted.
Two things from my post not :
When hit, BOOST.
If you are not going to boost, have 4 pips in SYS (as you did when you undocked). But actually, boost is better anyway. Not sure it would have saved you, but might have.
They can't interrupt your FSD charge willingly. You always are inhibited by some factor (in this case 10) if another, bigger ship is close to you (friend , neutral or foe). To an Adder, virtually every other ship makes your FSD charge-time longer.
As others have said: In the video it remains unclear why you were marked as 'wanted' after the scan of one of the authority vessels. Could be illegal cargo (slaves?), though you say you had none. Or it could have been a crime commited elsewhere and you didn't pay your fine at the starport.
Not everything you can buy normally at a starport has to be legal in that system (e.g.: starport of a pirate/independent faction in a federal system). On some starports you can buy slaves which are still illegal in virtaully every system controlled by the 3 major factions.
Also salvaging cargo that floats around in space is a crime. If you can't fast-dock and avoid being scanned you shouldn't do that. When you salvage it it is marked as 'stolen'. Stolen cargo gives you a fine when scanned and after 24 hours it becomes a bounty on your head if you don't pay your fines. So always (and I mean ALWAYS) check the 'contacts' section when in a starport.
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If you had a fine that expired, say from a minor station violation, you would become wanted without even your knowledge. After a while, the fine goes dormant and you can come and go as you please as long as you aren't scanned - you won't show as "wanted" until such time as you are scanned and your identity is confirmed. A dormant fine would have shown in the "transactions" tab if you had one.
I'm just guessing - without seeing the transactions tab, I couldn't really say either way.
I'm just guessing - without seeing the transactions tab, I couldn't really say either way.
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Not sure why but I back up what the others in this thread said....anyway...always boost when you are being targeted, you had a chance to get away but you were a sitting duck!
so many useless comments here who don't respond to his question... Bootsting or not it doesn't explain why he got wanted.
It can't be cargo either. Because as soon as you have prohibited cargo with you, there would be an "illicit cargo" message where the wanted message is (until you get wanted - that is)
other indicators: there are only AI-ships in your sensor range, there is no chat massage as you usually get them from pirate AIs
My best guess would be: the ship that scanned you belongs to a faction you are enemy with. Or there is a bounty on your head. Afaik: as soon as you land with a bounty you become unwanted but you will be wanted again as soon as someone scans you (and you haven't paid the bounty yourself)
It can't be cargo either. Because as soon as you have prohibited cargo with you, there would be an "illicit cargo" message where the wanted message is (until you get wanted - that is)
other indicators: there are only AI-ships in your sensor range, there is no chat massage as you usually get them from pirate AIs
My best guess would be: the ship that scanned you belongs to a faction you are enemy with. Or there is a bounty on your head. Afaik: as soon as you land with a bounty you become unwanted but you will be wanted again as soon as someone scans you (and you haven't paid the bounty yourself)
Thank you... didnt know about the unwanted when landing, but pretty sure i didnt have any bounty.
At least this is the best answer
If you are wanted when landing, you stay wanted.
If you stay wanted for a long time, the bounty will eventually go dormant until you are scanned by a security vessel or bounty hunter in the system where you are wanted. If you are in a different system aligned with the same major faction, the scan will reveal this status, thus making you wanted in that system as well. I don't know if this works with dormant bounties.
If you stay wanted for a long time, the bounty will eventually go dormant until you are scanned by a security vessel or bounty hunter in the system where you are wanted. If you are in a different system aligned with the same major faction, the scan will reveal this status, thus making you wanted in that system as well. I don't know if this works with dormant bounties.
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It's really hard to tell from the video. I have never spoken with you, so I can only go by your word that you weren't wanted elsewhere. The Authority vessel scanned you and then engaged. This has to mean that the scan revealed something. Since it didn't say illicit cargo, I really wonder if you had a wanted status.
On another note, as posters stated above, this situation was easily avoided. You engaged supercruise, but as soon as you started taking fire you didn't even attempt to increase your speed or boost or even evade. Outside of moving your pips from engines to shields (I would have kept them on engines and boosted like a madman), you just continued as if you were out on a Sunday stroll.
On another note, as posters stated above, this situation was easily avoided. You engaged supercruise, but as soon as you started taking fire you didn't even attempt to increase your speed or boost or even evade. Outside of moving your pips from engines to shields (I would have kept them on engines and boosted like a madman), you just continued as if you were out on a Sunday stroll.
