Funny, I had the same experience until two other guys dropped by and we winged up. Then we had a streak of Anacondas. Does winging affect the NPC generation or was that pure chance?
And best of all they won’t need sorting, as long as you wait for the Wanted to appear during the scan. Just because it is a combat ship doesn’t mean some NPC isn’t mining in it.
As others have said, by being wanted in a system (or specifically region of space) controlled by a faction (Upaniklis Vision Inc. for this CG) that means they are wanted by that faction and have a bounty on them. Don't worry about the faction shown for the ship - that indicates it's allegiance, not who wants it dead! Most people use RES because you are (usually) guaranteed to find ships there, wanted by the system's controlling faction because that's where the pirates hang out. You can also find them at installations in system if there are any and they are owned by the right faction, but they tend to be a bit tougher than the Low on normal RES at least.
Unfortunately that happens from time to time in CGs ... Basically, it's whatever is in the top banner and main body of the text that counts. The bottom paragraph about crew taking some of your "stuff" is boiler plate and occasionally gets the wrong thing in it in terms of Bonds (combat CG) vs. bounties (bounty hunting CG). In this case it's bounty vouchers, so hunting in RES & at Installations, not in Conflict Zones.
Did your contribution show up eventually or are you still having troubles? As mentioned, the left hand panel does tend to lag by up to 10 minutes if you don't go look at progression the mission board. Cashing in at the authority contact in the CG station - Fozard Port this week) is the correct way to contribute to the CG, and signing up in any station's mission board should be sufficient.
Yes. Blasted 'simple miners' flying about in Fed Gunships!
Amazing how that works. Small and med ships for any haz rez = fun combat. I let my vette sit collecting dust except for one thing.
