Unable to pay fine due to lack of CR

[~Jack_The_Cat~]

I just started out the other day and racked up a damage fine of 100 CR. I didn't know how to pay it and because of this I had no idea how to complete the first "mission". I thought it was a bug, so I aborted it. I then found out how to pay it. Unfortunately, I now have a 1300 CR fine because I forgot to request docking permission with 10% fuel left. I can't travel anywhere and I can't refuel. Not sure what to do. I have 8.5 hours of game play and already bought a ship using Arx.

[JohnRando]

Even when on illegal terms, you should be able to request anonymous docking and land in the station, then pay the fines at the legal contact.

or

Getting killed and restarting with the default sidewinder is also an option.

[Sighman]

You can wipe and restart your account, which is one option. Exit to main menu then look in Options.

[Hyelander]

Originally posted by Sighman:

You can wipe and restart your account, which is one option. Exit to main menu then look in Options.

Or just throw your computer in the trash and buy a new one. Wait, I thought of even better option. Move countries, get a new identity and start over.

[JohnRando]

Originally posted by Hyelander:

Originally posted by Sighman:

You can wipe and restart your account, which is one option. Exit to main menu then look in Options.

Or just throw your computer in the trash and buy a new one. Wait, I thought of even better option. Move countries, get a new identity and start over.

Well if you're short on cash to pay a 1300 CR fine, restarting from scratch is an option, wether you like it or not.

[Mini The Short]

Hand yourself in, wipe and start over (as you haven't dipped your foot in a puddle yet). Get killed and be transferred to jail

[Sighman]

Originally posted by Hyelander:

Originally posted by Sighman:

You can wipe and restart your account, which is one option. Exit to main menu then look in Options.

Or just throw your computer in the trash and buy a new one. Wait, I thought of even better option. Move countries, get a new identity and start over.

If someone has 20 minutes progress in the game, what's the harm in restarting and doing things slightly differently second time around?

I'd struggle on with the original account myself, trying to dig myself out of a hole, but it's an option.

[Ford Prefect]

If you want to keep the character, just get yourself killed - and of course: if it's only 20 minutes game time - just starting over again is an option.
On the other hand: 1.300 CR? Take the Cobra, deliver a few messages and pay the fine. And maybe do some more delivery work and get yourself a docking computer ;)

[Buggy Boy]

Not sure where people are getting the 20 minutes thing from, OP said they have 8.5 hours in the game.

I'd try the anonymous docking if you haven't already. Dunno what happens to ships you've purchased using Arx if they're destroyed and you can't afford the rebuy, anyone know? I'd have hoped they're not just lost from your account as that's technically real money that's been spent on it.

[~Jack_The_Cat~]

I've already spent 17K Arx on a ship and no way to get it back. Can't sell my Sidewinder because I can't get to the station or access the sell panel. I might have to contact support.

[Kobs]

I'm pretty sure you'll be getting your ARX ship back if you start over as long as you don't change your account

[JohnRando]

I don't own an ARX bought ship to try that out, but isn't the rebuy free on these ships ? At least on the original modules.

You should check your rebuy cost in the right-hand panel of the ship, first tab, bottom left. If it is within your budget, self destructing and rebuying for free could be a ticket out of this pinch.

[frumple]

Isn't a free Sidewinder always an option? So as soon as you can get some money, you can rebuy the ARX ship.

I'm thinking that unless and until you sell a ship, it is yours. Even if currently splattered into a million pieces.
I recently self-destructed and had the choice of selling other parked ships, having one of them delivered, or paying the insurance/rebuy price on the destroyed ship.
If i had chosen one of the parked ships, i don't think the destroyed one would have dissapeared. It had some 6 million credits worth of gear on it and i don't see the point of being asked to NOT pay the 300k insurance to get it back.

I'm not even sure it's possible to sell ARX bought ships, or relinquish ownership in some way.

[Icefalcon]

Are there any other stations in the system? If there is another station that is not owned by the faction that you have the fine with and it has fuel (some outposts don't), you could go there provided you have enough fuel to reach it.

The fine is incurred with a specific faction, but at any other faction's facilities, it is business as usual.

If you can get fueled up somewhere, you can go back to doing missions until you get enough money to pay off the fine.

ARX ships have rebuy cost of zero unless you have added other modules to them in which case, your rebuy is based on the cost of the modules added.

[Sighman]

Originally posted by Buggy Boy:

Not sure where people are getting the 20 minutes thing from, OP said they have 8.5 hours in the game.

That's because they just edited their post in the last 11 hours to add more info.

[Sighman]

Originally posted by Mr.Wolf:

I've already spent 17K Arx on a ship and no way to get it back. Can't sell my Sidewinder because I can't get to the station or access the sell panel. I might have to contact support.

Exit to main menu, click Help, click Stuck Recovery.

It will put you back in your ship.