Starfield has just received a new update that removes a lot of bugs, so you can no longer extort your bounties before killing them and turning them in anyways.
The Trackers Alliance's radiant bounties in Starfield - which are similar to Skyrim's recurring Dark Brotherhood quests - are infamously inconsistent , but there's one exploit that seems fitting if you want to roleplay as an unscrupulous bounty hunter. When tasked with hunting someone down, you're sometimes given the option to take a bribe and let them go. Before, you could take the bribe and then kill them anyway, pocketing the extra credits and still fulfilling your duties. You can't do this anymore, so you'd better get used to playing by the rules.
