No Zoner Bribes

[Sand-Viper]

So, the way that bribes work in Freelancer is that, no matter what bribe you are offered, it will place you just barely in the green portion of the reputation bar with the bribed faction. Once you bribe that faction, bribes will no longer be obtainable for that faction. It is because of this that players have adapted what is known as the "double bribe bug," which is one of few bugs not considered cheating.

In order to obtain an IFF through bribes, the faction must be at least full neutral (no bars towards friendly - even a sliver might screw things up). Then, you must ensure that two NPCs simultaneously offer a bribe with the same faction in the bar area. An easier way to achieve this is to (re)log until the bartender has the desired bribe (Zoner in this case). Then, switch back and forth between the bar and launch bay (or any other non-bar section of a base). Re-entering the bar will switch out all NPCs within except for the bartender (Only undocking or reclogging changes the bartender's rumor/bribe/etc). Once a non-bar NPC offers the bribe you want, you then take both theirs and the bartender's bribe. Viola - Shiny new IFF!

If you haven't deleted the character yet and would rather save the money, you can either shoot Zoner NPCs near Freeports, or head to FP1 in Omega-3 or FP6 in Tau-29 and shoot Zoner Depots for faster reputation loss, if they are available to shoot. Once Zoners are flat neutral again, flee the area, re-log, go back to a Freeport and hunt for the double bribe.

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