Money for nothing

[Cmdr Scorpion]

Money for nothing, well it seems to be that way.

I am in CZ and only kill the opposition but when I go to pay in the bonds almost every time I am paid fifty or this last time a hundred credits by the opposing faction.
I also get the rep So I keep going up and down from neutral to friendly and back again almost every time I cash in bonds.
In the past my rep has always gone down until hostile.
Not that I am complaining but it does seem strange.

Any ideas?

 

[Mr T]

and your chicks for free?

 

[MickyG1982]

That ain't workin!

 

[Bottom Hat]

That's the way ya do it.

 

[MickyG1982]

Play the guitar on the MTV.

 

[Morbad]

and your chicks for free?

Only if they come in cans labeled "Imperial Slaves"...can't be sure the generics have had all of their shots.

 

[Bottom Hat]

Play the guitar on the MTV.

That's the workin
... and that's the way ya do it...

 

[ADAMtheWELSHMANz]

It's from when you fail an optional objective as you've essentially helped your opponents despite gunning down countless vessels on their side.

E.g. An enemy Captain escapes or your sides propaganda vessels all get destroyed.

 

[Quantis Trap]

OP, I believe that's a 50k or 100k (CZ wide) bonus paid by one side or the other based on if their propaganda guys lives.

 

[Asmodeus]

Maybe get a blister on your little finger.....

 

[Mikalai]

Money for nothing, well it seems to be that way.

I am in CZ and only kill the opposition but when I go to pay in the bonds almost every time I am paid fifty or this last time a hundred credits by the opposing faction.
I also get the rep So I keep going up and down from neutral to friendly and back again almost every time I cash in bonds.
In the past my rep has always gone down until hostile.
Not that I am complaining but it does seem strange.

Any ideas?

This is one of the Frontier bugs. When your captain escapes, the bonus is given not to you, but to the enemy.

 

[Cmdr Scorpion]

and your chicks for free?

I wish

 

[Cmdr Scorpion]

It's from when you fail an optional objective as you've essentially helped your opponents despite gunning down countless vessels on their side.

E.g. An enemy Captain escapes or your sides propaganda vessels all get destroyed.

I understand that now It was after getting the enemy captain down to 15% he then did a runner, and sometimes one of the special ops gets away.

Thanks to those that answered, even if it was to remind me of the song, (Ishall be singing that in my head all day now).

 

[Hooplah]

Dire Straits - Money for Nothing.
What an awesome tune to play while in a CZ! Thanks for the idea.

 

[Nadreck]

I was also getting payouts from the Pilots Federation. I don't know why.

 

[Cmdr Scorpion]

I was also getting payouts from the Pilots Federation. I don't know why.

Now you do

 

[Ydiss]

What I love most about the song that's now playing in my head for the rest of the morning (thanks!) is that in the 80s being rich involved owning a TV and a microwave oven. Heady days.

 

[Asmodeus]

No its a song about humping furniture around is lot harder than playing a guitar in a band....

 

[GunnerBill]

My eye's lit up with that title, sadly I'm waaaaayy behind the curve on this one.

So.... I can hazj urs stuph?

 

[Krash]

Only if they come in cans labeled "Imperial Slaves"...can't be sure the generics have had all of their shots.

I was laughing pretty good at the responses in this thread, and then Morbad comes in with this. I love you Morbad, but you can be a party pooper