Horizons How to determine if a settlement is lawless in non-anarchy systems?

Dimensions · Jul 21, 2016

Once allied to a faction offering kill skirmishers missions some of them give pretty good payouts (2-4Mil), the only problem is getting massive bounties in the process. However you don't get any bounties if the settlement is lawless. So excluding Anarchy systems does anyone know a simple method to determine if a settlement is lawless before entering the system (i.e. from the system/state/fraction/government type etc. info)?

I read if certain settlement government types are in war/civil war that their settlement will be lawless. Is this correct, if so what government types, or is there another method to determine lawless settlements?

Chris Simon · Jul 21, 2016

Look in the system map, which faction owns the place. Then look what type of government the faction is.

Dimensions · Jul 25, 2016

Chris Simon said:
Look in the system map, which faction owns the place. Then look what type of government the faction is.

Can you explain this a bit more, it doesn't answer my question.

Chris Simon · Jul 25, 2016

Dimensions said:
Can you explain this a bit more, it doesn't answer my question.

Check the factions in system map. If the faction is anarchistic, they will have a "bubble of anarchy" around their bases - several hundred kilometers of their own (lawless) jurisdiction, regardless of the government of the whole system.
As for the war state, my results are... Inconclusive.