Kill Warrant Scanner and claiming bounties

[LTHalle]

Just checking in with a quick question that I've had for a while (since I picked up bounty hunting in earnest a day or two ago).

I recently took down a few larger ships (including an Anaconda for a delicious 170k payday) with the help of the feds and whoever else in an anarchy system. However, I'm reasonably sure I didn't get the last hit in the storm of lasers, bullets and missiles. I just wanted to check that the KWS works how I assume: as long as I'm the only one to scan a target with it, and I'm doing damage/locked on when they die, I get the bounty right? It makes sense: I'm the only one who knows about the bounty, so I guess I would be the only one who could claim it?

 

[Zing Freelancer]

No, you are wrong.

To my current knowledge, there are no feds in Anarchy system, so you must have been fighting that Anaconda in secured space. In Anarchy system, everyone will appear as Clean and even if you attack and kill another NPC/Player you will not earn wanted status, hence the name, Anarchy.

Kill Warrant Scanner works in a way that it reveal additional bounties of your target. Say you are hunting Anaconda in Aulin, Anaconda has wanted status and a bounty of 170k. This bounty is only local for Aulin system. By using KWS you will reveal additional information, for example same Anaconda could also have wanted status in Eranin and have 65.000 credits bounty on its head in Eranin system. Since you now have scanned your target with KWS, your total effective pay check is 175.000+65.000=240.000 for a single kill.

Prior to todays Patch NPC would often kill steal your bounty, leaving you with nothing for all your hard work. Patch 1.03 have fixed that and now you should always be awarded your well earned bounty voucher.

 

[Lyker]

Do you need to go to the correct office to collect the bounty?
Say I kill a wanted in System X but he also have a bounty in System Y. Do I need to go to Y to collect it or is it added when I collect @ X ?