Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Infinite Monkeys]

I just attacked a pirate smuggler as they came in to dock with a pirate station. They ran away and turned grey as they did so but I thought it meant they were running or something. I killed them, at which point my reputation with the Neutral faction instantly dropped to hostile. Is it intentional that pirate fleets can suddenly turn neutral??

[Spoorthuzad]

Yeah smugglers do change faction to independents if they are close to a station. I believe this is changed in the next version. not to sure though so don't quote me on that.
For now make sure you doublecheck the factions if you attack a smuggler. This issue has happend to me too once.

[Paul]

I just had smugglers attack ME. Showed as neutral, I attempted to disengage, they chased me and forced the conflict, I defeated them, and BAM hostile to independents.

[Alex]

Thanks for the report - I'll keep an eye out. The only thing that comes to mind is if the smuggler decided to pursue you when it was set to the pirate faction, and persisted in it after switching, but 1) there is code in place that's supposed to prevent that and 2) I can't seem to reproduce it - smugglers aren't chasing even if they're "pirate". Hmm.

[theSONY]

i saw similar behavior in previous game version
smaller/medium  inndependent turn RED and vice versa
i was purshuing pirate & KAZAM!!, turned grey (in Corvus system )
but later in taht game i saw gray turn red also

but i was on mod so you know i didn't mention it