Sedina L-2, was killed by a an admire pilot, I am POS, no dialog showed up for forgive kill, and there was no faction hit for killing me.

Inside NFZ?

I've seen this happen on many occasions.

Did you have a bounty on your head?

Shoulda paid.

Outside nfz and yes I did have a bounty on my head

The forgiveness dialog only appears if you were killed in a monitored (or guarded) sector and the killer received a faction penalty.

Sedina L-2 is a Xang Xi station sector. I've never checked, but I would assume it is guarded just like every other station sector I've seen.

Were you suffering from TempKos at the time? Because that does make you a free kill for the duration.

No I was not TempKOS. Sedina L-2 is a Guarded XangXi Sector. I know the killer received no faction penalty because it was my alt :3 hehe

Were you in a /duel? Because those don't inflict penalties.

No, I was not. It was simply to rid the bounty. No duels, no tempkos, both admire.

So you were abusing the system and the system refused to abuse you....

.... And how low have you hated your father ?

When you have a bounty on your head, it makes you fair game.

Oh man lol.

So a bounty rids all faction penalties for killing someone?
I wasn't abusing the system, I was actually testing this bug, though it seemed to be relevant.

Correct. A bounty kill does not cause a faction penalty.
Neither does defending against someone (they shoot/damage you first and then you kill them in self-defense).
Also if you are group members, penalties are not applied.

Oh that's interesting. Didn't know about the group stuff. Thanks for the info, Ray.

group thing will make for some lovely betrayals and backstabs \o/

That's very interesting. And a great role playing incentive for bounty hunters.

Wait, since when was that self defense exemption a thing? Because the lack-thereof was one of the big items the carebears liked to wangst about. So now I'm wondering how long we've all been arguing for/against adding a feature that was already a done thing.