Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Liberty bounty only covers pirates caught in the act of piracy.
If you were not doing so and indeed do carry a generic pirate ID, the people who attacked you were liable to a sanction. (It's happened in the past).
' Wrote:In the past they might offer you a way to avoid the death by bribing them. Those days however ended when someone sanctioned two mercenaries over word play.
edit: You are misinformed. The mercenaries were sanctioned for explicitly demanding credits which was prohibited by their ID. Bribery is still a viable option, however holding a gun to someone's head and saying "Pay or die" lacks the subtlety of a bribe.
Who would have thought that killing for money required such sophistication?