Newcomer / Intro Can't pay fine at Interstellar Factors?

mossfoot

mossfoot
I'm not exactly a newcomer, but I have been gone for several years, so I feel like a noob again!

I recently got a fine incurred (because I abandoned a mission and dumped the cargo when I realized how far they wanted me to travel!) but for the life of me I can't seem to pay it off! I tried Interstellar Factions, and I even went all the way back to the original system. I want to pay it off so I can sell my ship.

Is there a bug regarding these things? If so, is there a workaround?
 
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Ashnak

Ashnak
ISTR that you can't pay at IF if the issuing faction is present in that system. So, as long as we're only talking about a fine, if the IF doesn't want your business, try the official (can't remember what they were called) port authority. You won't go into prison for a fine.
 

hems303

hems303
Longstanding bug, in these cases you have to quit out to Main Menu and as CMDR GroG79 says; relog.... pay the fine. (To be extra sure, pay at the port that issued the fine.) ;) (y)
 

Untilting

Untilting
I think I've had the same issue recently on some failed AX reactivation missions, the ones you can't complete since the settlement is already active. I discarded the mission, got the fine, went back to the mission-giving station to pay it off - no fine detected. The same station had an IF - no fine detected. Tried relogging - same. Happened to be on a hospital ship later on, noticed it had an IF, and from there I could access the fine and pay it.
 

Doctor Dread

Doctor Dread
I had the same problem with a group rescued from Thargoid invasion. They changed the destination mid flight, I've deleted all the messages upon landing on capital ship, their alt destination got lost, so I had to dump them at the Capital ship. Got a fine, "no problems, in the next turn I'll land back on the burning station where I picked them and pay the fine there..."

Nope, couldn't.

They were one of the resident factions on a burning station, not the owners.
I had to find where this faction owns a station/outpost, fly there (6-7 jumps) and only there it was possible.

Spoiled brats, should have left them as bug food.
 

VikMorroHun

V
Very annoying feature. As others stated you have to find a system where the issuing faction is not present otherwise Interstellar Factors won't recognize you have a bounty (or a fine to be precise). Or you can log into Horizons, pay the fine, log out, and log back in Odyssey.
 

Alaska Sædelære

Alaska Sædelære
If this is still the same bug, it's annoying indeed. Got the same thing, fine issued for a failed mission, logged out overnight in the meantime, at an interstellar factor >100 ly away now and it doesn't show up. Not that it matters much, headed for deep space anyway so it can sit there and rot. But having made an extra trip to visit the factor for nothing is frustrating.

There are multiple similar entries in the issue tracker already. Does it require getting them all collated into one and upvoted for someone to pay attention?
 
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