Wrong Bounty?

[Wilbie]

I shot a alliance power NPC but got a bounty for the Empire?
is this a bug or do i not understand the bounty system?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3410887003

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3410886459

[Gimpyknee]

Are you pledged to Empire?
You got a bounty - is that you got cash, or you became wanted?

If you are in an Alliance system/station & your an Imp, you just committed a crime in Alliance space.

If you're in an Imp system/station, you're just taking out the trash and should have received a few space bucks.

[Wilbie]

i'm pledge to blue hair princess and was in an Empire system. which was exploited by the new allaince power. i Shot an allaince NPC (green suit) but got a bounty (Wanted) in the empire.

[Gimpyknee]

Originally posted by Wilbie:

i'm pledge to blue hair princess and was in an Empire system. which was exploited by the new allaince power. i Shot an allaince NPC (green suit) but got a bounty (Wanted) in the empire.

"exploited by the new alliance power" - there's your answer. Powerplay and the BGS (background simulation) are de-coupled, they're separate layers.

It "may" be an Empire-affiliated star system (BGS), but in PP it is controlled/exploited by the Alliance. Apples and oranges. As a pledged blue hair, you are the intruder in an Alliance PP system. Your right panel was (most likely) showing "HOSTILE" from the moment you FSD'd into the system. So you gunned down a law-abiding Alliance citizen in an Alliance town. You are the criminal. Go find an Interstellar Faction and pay it off.

[Wilbie]

then shoudn't it have been a Allaince bounty and not an empire one by your logic ?
i'm just trying to understand it cause to me it doesn't make any sence anymore

[Gimpyknee]

It is baffling, indeed, but that's the way it is.

I sent you an in-game request - let me know if you've got more questions. I'm still newish and learning myself, but happy to stumble around and share my learnings.