Bounty
Bounties are a progression system for Pirates, Revolutionaries and Bandits, they are also a goal for Bounty Hunters who can hunt them down and early large amounts of belly from their bounties.
The only way for a player to see theirs, or somebody else's, bounty is via Wanted Posters.
Having a high bounty will eventually lead to bounty hunters and marines hunting you down (both players and NPCs alike) and ambushing you wherever possible.
Wanted Posters are NOT dynamic, one poster will always represent the same person and the bounty they had at that point in time, outdated or claimed posters however will have a ∅ symbol on them.
Obtaining a bounty
Players can increase their bounty by killing civilians or marines. The amount gained varies by the NPC's importance and power level.
At random intervals when the player's bounty exceeds certain thresholds they'll get issued a Wanted Poster by the Marines, alternatively marine players that are above the rank of Captain and have the required funds can issue bounties themselves for any player they wish.
Obtaining a Wanted Poster
Every 15 minutes (real time) wanted poster packages are going to be delivered nearby players, these packages contain a random number of posters (max 5).
Marine bases also have Wanted Poster available inside them either on a wall dedicated to wanted posters or inside chests as packages.
Wanted posters can be obtained from the creative inventory as well however they are empty until used at which point they will assume the bounty of the player using the item.
Getting rid of a bounty
Only way to get rid of bounties is by dying. If the death is caused by a Bounty Hunter then the player is going to lose all of their bounty, if the death is caused by other means then they're only going to lose 1/3 of their bounty.
Hunting bounties
Bounty Hunters can hunt down these bounties and obtain their bounties as belly. In order to do so you need to have a wanted poster of your target in the inventory (it can be an outdated poster too, the ones marked with ∅) and to kill them, once they're dead you'll receive your prize and the poster(s) of your target will disappear.
Due to any poster of the target working there will always be a small risk of hunting down a target who's bounty was already redeemed as posters held by other people do not disappear when a target is killed. As such it is still recommended to have an up to date poster available before searching for your target to ensure a higher chance of the bounty being available.