Newcomer / Intro So im still confused about "combat missions"

[Jake9123]

So i rage quieted temporarily again due to the STILL broken missions in this game, so i went to said system it wanted to me go and i had to kill 4 traders, so i proceeded to a Nav beacon in that system and waited, bam there was a Wanted hauler so i killed him and got a $2,500 bounty award, hmm cool right? but no mission progress/update, so i waited and then killed another same result happened, i made about 5k in bounty but no progress on the mission.... so then i figured i had to kill a "clean" hauler, BIG MISTAKE!!!!!!!!! so i did that and raked up a $10,000 bounty on MY head! and got killed! so a mission that would have given me about 12k costed me more than it was worth due to this mission system not giving enough info and still being broken! so PLEASE someone explain how these missions work!!!

 

[Undecided]

The wanted Haulers were smugglers and are different from traders as far as the game is concerned. You are supposed to go after the clean trade vessels, and yes it is illegal and will get you a bounty in a non-anarchy system. If that is too much risk for you then don't take those missions.

 

[Jake9123]

alright well maybe it was a pirate station i took the mission from and didn't realize it, im trying to do missions where i kill pirates and not be one