Well after some EXTENSIVE digging, turns out there is. The contari lance apparently have a BLANKET BOUNTY for navy, police, etc, and it can be claimed in liberty. Well I feel silly and still a little irritated. Oh well.
Edit:
Well, apparently have have blanket bounties for just about every faction out there. A secondary question to this though, being an unlawful bounty, the person who claimed it was bearing a Freelancer ID and flying a Gallic Navy vessel. Is that appropriate?
