Ostranauts Bounty Hunting: Find & Capture Targets

What is confirmed

This is the complete loop described in the official 1.0 launch notes. The announcement does not name a contract terminal, a universal tracking screen, a target station, or a turn-in NPC.

How to find the target ship

1. Copy the ship designation from the bounty board.The target ship name is the most useful identifier in the current player-reported workflow.
2. Cross-check new contacts in your PDA.When you detect a ship, compare its designation with the bounty listing instead of searching only for the target person's name.
3. Hail occupied ships by radio.Ask the other ship to identify itself. Players also report dialogue options that can reveal who is aboard; derelicts will not answer.
4. Use sensors to narrow the search.A player reports that RADAR can show crew aboard a contact. Another says active RADAR/LADAR is much stronger than passive optical, IR, or EM sensing.

Treat sensor ranges as player advice, not fixed specifications. The same discussion says stacking sensors gives diminishing returns, and that RADAR/LADAR equipment may require travel toward Ceres.

How to bring a bounty target back alive

1. Install a lockable holding cell before the encounter.Do not begin a live-capture attempt without a room you can secure.
2. Make a separate save before boarding or confronting the target.The live-capture behavior is not documented in the official 1.0 notes, so preserve a clean retry point.
3. Act quickly if the target surrenders.A player reports a short window in which the surrendered target can be controlled and walked into the cell.
4. Lock the cell and re-read the bounty objective.Use the destination and status shown in your own contract. We have not verified one universal turn-in interaction.

This is a community test route, not a guaranteed sequence. The source does not establish how every target behaves, how long compliance lasts, or whether all issuers recognize the prisoner the same way.

Use this safe test checklist

• Make a separate save before experimenting with a capture or hand-in.
• Read every objective, jurisdiction, target ship, destination, and target-status line shown in your current build.
• Do not assume a random pirate fight automatically creates a payable bounty.
• Do not substitute an older corpse-investigation or ordinary gig guide for the new 1.0 system.
• If reporting a result, record the issuing location, target name and status, objective text, and payment location.

What would verify the full route?

A reliable update still needs a reproducible capture from a named bounty board through the precise payment interaction, including screenshots of the objective before and after confinement. Reports missing those details remain community leads rather than confirmed instructions.