mission targets in sc

[Steve72]

Hi. A couple of evenings ago I jumped into a system set course to my station.I noticed a player python so swung around to scan and check he doesnt have a bounty. Didnt want to be interdicted on way to station.

He was clean but also noticed two npc annaconda. First one I checkout has a 220k bounty. Cool a little detour. Interdict him quickly. He started shooting straight away. So we tussle and I notice the player python has dropped in on our wake. The conda is close but im sure I see laser fire hit it from the python. So I wondering am I going to keep my kill.

Conda goes boom and I get the credits. Then I get comms. You have taken my mission target. I felt bad but he could have opened comms as should as he entered our instance. I could have winged with him had half bounty and he got mission rewards.

So guess new problem on targets in sc. Other players see a juicy meal ticket. Will his target respawn to complete mission or did I just stuff him up?

 

[DrakeAurum]

When my mission target was destroyed by system authority while I was retreating to recover shields, I got a Mission Failed notification immediately. Probably the same for this case.

Just another variable in the difficult life of a bounty hunter.

 

[Psycho Romeo]

This is awesome, in my opinion. If I was on an assassination mission and someone was after my mark, I'd beat the crap out of that someone before they finished them off.

 

[GeneralIdea1964]

I'm with the OP on this.
The Cmdr with the mission should have said something before.
With 2 of you there would have been no trouble dispatching the 'conda.
It makes bounty hunting more like 'real life', if 'Dog' doesn't get the criminal he doesn't get paid.
I'll bear it in mind when I next go bounty hunting.

 

[Steve72]

When my mission target was destroyed by system authority while I was retreating to recover shields, I got a Mission Failed notification immediately. Probably the same for this case.

Just another variable in the difficult life of a bounty hunter.

Now feel slightly bad. He dropped in saw me nailing his conda and panicked and tried to get some hits to claim his prize. Probably didn't think have time to comm or thought I wouldn't listen.

Oh well he should have been on the ball and interdicted sooner.