Quention about wanted state and Scanner

[Darkreaver1980]

Hi there,

I plan to Play Police with my Viper. Can you freely attack Ships or Players that are wanted, even inside no Fire Zone? Is the kill warant Scanner any good?

Thanks in advance

 

[Erimus Kamzel]

Kill warrant scanner is used to find extra bounties on a target. Bounties that were issued by other factions.

I'm not sure if you can attack a wanted player inside a no fire zone without breaking the law yourself (not tried it in beta1), but personally speaking I think if you have a bounty on your head you should be freely attackable anywhere except actually inside the station itself.

 

[Keeval]

Hi there,
I plan to Play Police with my Viper. Can you freely attack Ships or Players that are wanted,...

Yes, if you lock onto a ship and you see it has a bounty in that region of space then fire away..

even inside no Fire Zone?

.. except in a no-fire zone, as the clue is in the name, if you shoot there the station will deploy fangs and kill you.

Is the kill warant Scanner any good?

The kill warrant scanner shows bounties applicable for all regions of space, for example:

You come across a ship and you lock it: Bounty shows as 500Cr, kill it now and you get the 500Cr bounty voucher.

If you then scan it with a K-Warrant scanner you could find that it is also wanted elsewhere and its bounty changes to 1500Cr. You can then kill it now and get the total bounty of 1500Cr (voucher).

However... if for example you find a ship that does not have a bounty (in the current faction/region) and you scan it with the K-warrant scanner and this shows a bounty of say 500cr (as it is wanted elsewhere). If you shoot and kill him in this region, YOU will get a bounty for killing him (provided they don't shoot first). Because as far as the current region is concerned the ship is a little angel and has done no harm.

Hope that helps

 

[Darkreaver1980]

Thanks alot for the answers!

what exactly happens if i shot and destroy an player without wanted status?

i remember that i once shot an player outside the station, i got a fee off 500 which is basicaly laughtable....it showed wanted status on me but i could just land on the station as if nothing happend?

the bounty stuff is realy confusing.

 

[Keeval]

You get a bounty .. if you are scanned the station security make take you on, its a risk.

 

[Iain M Norman]

Anyone used a KWScanner and got bounties from different jurisdictions?

I'd be interested to know if you get multiple vouchers from it that need cashing in at different places.

That's cool.

Also does a KWScanner pick up fines and add them to a bounty?

 

[Darkreaver1980]

So, that basicaly means if i dont get scanned, nothing will happend to me?

I rather buy a cargo scanner, scan players and if they have something nice, i gona shot + loot em and just disapear

Also, why take gimbaled over turret version of a weapon? do turrets track slower or is there any drawback?

 

[Keeval]

Yes it does - you just get one voucher for the complete bounty.

 

[wstephenson]

However... if for example you find a ship that does not have a bounty (in the current faction/region) and you scan it with the K-warrant scanner and this shows a bounty of say 500cr (as it is wanted elsewhere). If you shoot and kill him in this region, YOU will get a bounty for killing him (provided they don't shoot first). Because as far as the current region is concerned the ship is a little angel and has done no harm.

That sounds a little screwy, do you have to shadow a target until they jump into a jurisdiction where they are wanted to execute a bounty warrant?

Anyone used a KWScanner and got bounties from different jurisdictions?

I'd be interested to know if you get multiple vouchers from it that need cashing in at different places.

I'd hope so, it would be very DJango Unchained to be separately acting on the instructions of multiple jurisdictions that don't talk to each other. And it would be great to see the offender's rap sheet on scan. I'd think twice about attacking a target who has a 10000Cr bounty for murder compared to 10000Cr for docking infractions.

Yes it does - you just get one voucher for the complete bounty.

This must be placeholder - otherwise what is the overall Bounty Authority administering cross-faction bounties? The Pilot's Federation only covers bounties on PCs.