REWARD 5,000 AUEC Reward for the capture, dead or alive of one Wm. Wright, better known as “BILLY THE KID” Age. 18. Height, 5 feet, 3 inches. Weight, 125 lbs. Light hair, blue eyes and even features. He is the leader of the worst band of desperadoes the Territory has ever had to deal with. The above reward will be paid for his capture or positive proof of his death. Jim Dalton, Sheriff DEAD OR ALIVE! “BILLY THE KID” How can we place a bounty on another player in game in the current state of the game without violating the Spectrum rules? The user story goes something like this: Tim is a miner in the Stanton System. Billy the Kid is a well known pirate. Billy shoots down Tim. Tim now wants to put a bounty on Billy. How can Tim place a bounty on Billy the Kid? Types in game chat in game that he is placing a bounty on Billy the kid. Contacting a well known bounty hunter organization. Post a message on the forums thats been encoded. -Types in game chat in game that he is placing a bounty on Billy the kid. This is easy to do, simply type in chat the name of the person and the amount you are willing to pay. A person can then accept the mission or not. The disadvantages are that it might be easy for people to ignore, it’s difficult to pay the person who completes the bounty, and it doesn’t have a very far reach as it’s only to the players in the same session as you. It also may be frowned upon in the community. -Contacting a well known bounty hunter organization. This is a little more complicated because you have to first find an organization who is capable of completing the bounty. It’s even more difficult to arrange the payment because now you’ll need to arrange a time to meet the person who completes the bounty. It has a further reach than typing in game chat, but still the reach is limited to the number of active players in the bounty hunter organization. -Post a message on the forums thats been encoded. A third option would be posting a message on the forums that states the players name and payment amount, but the message has been encoded as to not violate the naming and shamming rule. For example, using a simple method like this: https://www.wikihow.com/Write-in-Skip-a-Letter-Code For example, Timbur = Tbiumr “WANTED: Tbiumr REWARD: 5000 DEAKINS RESEARCH OUTPOST, Yela, Stanton. 1100 Hours. A prospector was shot and destroyed by a person calling themselfs ‘Tbiumr’ in a Sabre Raven. The criminal REMAINS AT LARGE. The poster is requesting any information and has posted a bounty of 5000 aUEC to the first person to show positive proof of the bounty’s death.” The message states the player’s name that has been encoded, the reward amount and the colorful story behind the reason for the bounty. When the bounty is completed the poster then edits the message to say that the criminal has FLED THE SYSTEM, where it previously said REMAINS AT LARGE. A person not knowing the code might try to search spectrum for the person but a 404 Code would be displayed.