Any negative actions will earn you fines and a Criminal Record. The higher your fines, the more likely you will have a bounty put on your head. First Hunters will come after you for the bounty, once you've accumulated a high enough set of fines Militia and Confeds will join the Hunters to try and kill you for the bounty.
Committing crimes on a base will lock you out of that base for a number of days depending on the crime committed and will continue to lengthen if more crimes are committed. While locked out of a base you will be unable to use any of its services or systems or dock (should you leave) for the duration of the ban; you can still accept Fixer missions however. Attempting to dock at a base you're locked out of will result in a message stating you are banned from the base.
List of crimes on bases (except pirate bases and inside your ship):
| Crime | Description | Penalty | Must be witnessed? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault | Attacking a civilian | 2,000 credits | Yes |
| Murder | Killing a civilian | 30,000 credits, 8 day ban | Yes |
| Assault on a police officer | Self explanatory | 5,000 credits | No |
| Killing a police officer | Self explanatory | 50,000 credits, 8 day ban | No |
| Theft | Taking any item from an unconscious or dead NPC | 3,000 credits | Yes |
List of crimes in space:
| Crime | Description | Penalty | Must be witnessed? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Destroying a government vessel | Destroying a militia/confed ship | 20,000 credits | No |
| Attacking a government vessel | Attacking a militia/confed ship | 2,000 credits | No |
| Destroying a civilian vessel | Destroying a merchant ship when it is not alone | 10,000 credits | Yes |
| Attacking a civilian vessel | Attacking a merchant ship when it is not alone | 1,000 credits | Yes |
| Fleeing a contraband search | Landing on a base or going through a jump gate while being scanned | 500 credits | No* |
| Smuggling contraband | Carrying unhidden contraband on your ship after being scanned | 1,500 credits | No* |
| Transporting a corpse | Carrying a corpse on your ship after being scanned | 1,000 credits | No* |
* The only way to avoid these crimes while being scanned is to destroy every militia and confed ships in sight.
