NPC activity

[Derkylos]

Ok, so, tonight, we (me on my BAF, and someone on a BPA) were idling outside New London, discussing...things, when we noticed that a Cryer transport was firing at Thames. We had a quick discussion of said event, and proceded to put it down to scanning for cargo habits. However, I returned to New London just before I logged off to see the IC station firing on BMM vessels...and even blowing up the IC supply depots!!

I have observed the exact same thing to happen in Rheinland, with the IC station firing on police vessels. I even aquired screenshots of said event.

In neither circumstance was my rep showing either faction as hostile, and, on later consideration, civilian pilots are not considered contraband by police.

Also, we (the BAF) have had trouble with certain hostile factions, namely Samura and Kishiro. See, due to the war, many members maintain hostile reps to Kusari corporations...and this can, through a chain of alliances, drive all of New London hostile. Eg: Samura and DSE are allied, DSE and BMM are allied, BMM and the police are allied. Thus, being hostile to Samura makes the police hostile...you get the picture (it's a messy one).

A further vaguely related point; Graves in Dublin (hey, these are all in Bretonia...). Corsairs hail/are hailed by it as if it were neutral...what?!? Corsairs are Bretonia's no 1 enemy...not likely that a BMM base would react with anything but hostility to them, and vice versa.

Just a few observations reguarding NPC interaction that I had not seen adressed before.

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