So, a bounty is placed on your head, what's next?

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2003-11-02 07:01pm

Run to one of the obscure, out of the way little islands off Scotland with little contact with the mainland. Assumed name, and avoid banks, etc. I'd probably fail to escape, but I'd try.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-11-02 08:52pm

I flee to Newcastle, a few hours away from where I live in Sydney, I hide out living with friends there, then move on to their friends, thankfully I have no credit cards and I can't be tracked electronically, hell, I don't even have a bank account. I do everything in cash.

From here I take an assumed name, construct a history (I have a friend with those Asian gang connections.) That could come in handy for something should I need bodyguarding or something.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-11-02 10:06pm

Fake my death, find some way to alter my appearance that doesn't involve human contact that could get me turned in, fake IDs and other things, try living my life as someone else in a different place, and doing what I can to limit their ability to track me.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2003-11-02 10:16pm

2000AD wrote:List of things to do:

1- panic
2- inform the authorities
3- panic some more
4- make out my will
5- panic
6- come on here and say goodbye to you guys
7- panic
8- panic
9- try and find somewhere to hide
10- panic

11-Die

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-11-03 01:52am

aerius wrote:If I have a professional after me who knows what he's doing I'm fucked unless I can kill the bastard who put the bounty on me & all his associates before I get killed. If I can do that the bounty's worthless since it can't be collected and the pros will go hunt someone else. If I have amatuers coming after me I can probably take care of myself, probably. As long as I don't slip up I'll be fine.

Then you can touch yourself in complete safety.

GrandMasterTerwynn · Post by **GrandMasterTerwynn** » 2003-11-03 03:38pm

For the vast majority of us who have no connections to speak of, these are the two options we would have in this scenario:

A) Die
B) Learn to look good in an orange jumpsuit.

If you post anywhere on the Internet, then your ass is grass. Eventually, the hunters will find your ISP and can eventually obtain from them your address. And with that, they pretty much own you.

Pretty much, your only hope is to liquidate your assets, buy a beater and drive out to California, or any other border state where there's a huge demand for migrant workers and other odd-jobbers where you can get paid in cold hard cash. Then, if you're lucky, you can rent an inner-city loft. If you're not, then you live as a homeless bum. Otherwise, in today's world, you're pretty much stuck with A or B.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-11-03 07:08pm

Orange jumpsuit?

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-11-03 07:10pm

Gandalf wrote:Orange jumpsuit?

Jail.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-11-03 07:17pm

I have about six thousand Italian-American second-cousins that I've never actually contacted. I'm sure some of them are doing the Godfather thing.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2003-11-03 07:19pm

Here's what I do.

1. PANIC!
2. Head out to the mid-west
3. Buy a Fallout Bunker with enough supplies to last 5 years.
4. Get in bunker and survive with computer games and books.
5. After five years order another massive amount of food from Fresh Direct
6. Repeat ad naseum.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2003-11-03 07:23pm

HemlockGrey wrote:I have about six thousand Italian-American second-cousins that I've never actually contacted. I'm sure some of them are doing the Godfather thing.

How do you know that they're not just running Pizza Parlors?

baelfire1945 · Post by **baelfire1945** » 2003-11-04 02:37am

With this being a random rich guy who wants my head, inform the authorities is step 1. Step 2 is to go into whatever protective custody they recommend. If they don't put me in some sort of program I would either A) seclude myslef on one of the more remote pieces of property owned by various family members, along with a selective distribution of my family's small arsenal and plenty of supplies. And of course, some sort of power supply so I have EVNova to keep me sane in my loneliness.

Lord of the Farce · Post by **Lord of the Farce** » 2003-11-04 03:12am

I'd first try to leave quite poorly hidden clues that I would try to head east, such as visit travel agency and state map websites. Then I would leave more covert clues indicating that I'm heading west or south-west, such as almost completely erased pencil lines over the paths of transportation to those directions, or open and close a fairly new roadmap book a few times so that a line is left in the spine (so if somebody opened it based on the line, they'll get the maps to the east and/or west) as well as leaving fingerprints.

If I can do the above quickly, I would then try to draw out as much money as I can from the bank on the bankcard. I would then pack up a bag with some clothes and a pair of old shoes, then stick it inside another bag of a different colour. Try to blend in with the crowd, and stealthly leave bankcard (along with pin number) and credit card on a public transport heading east), then travel some towards the west. In a public toilet at a place where it is fairly crowded but doesn't have much in the way of cameras, change clothes and swap the bags around. Then head north. Live off the grid as best as possible, change appearance as much as possible (grow/cut hair totally different from the past), try to pick up out-of-character habits, and never stay in any one place too long.