Dumb as it may be, its one reason why i never use "Defend" - its either "maintain formation" or "attack my target"
YesIt's my fault that the cop shot me and became hostile on my scanner?
Always switch your NPC to attack your target when it kills its current one while you move on to a different target.Flying with report crimes off doesn't change this. They still turn red, your NPC will still shoot them, and you will still get a bounty.
Attack my target only will not fix this. When the target dies, it will swap back to defensive automatically, and then will automatically shoot anything that has shot you recently. Which includes if the police shoot you by accident.
You can still run into problems there, as miners can have bodyguards, which can cause the same problem.Always switch your NPC to attack your target when it kills its current one while you move on to a different target.
If you see security go red recall the SLF.
Other ways to mitigate this risk are only use the SLF in CNB or Haz RES areas, always having turrets on Target Only is good.
I'd say that police brutality, abuse of power, corruption, and cover ups is pretty realistic.Just had this happen. A trigger-happy cop shot me by accident, doing enough damage to make him turn red to me. Then, my NPC immediately shot back, gaining me a bounty, and ruining the instance I was running.
In what world is it fair that you can do literally nothing wrong and still get a bounty and need to waste ten minutes going to an interstellar factor?
Sure, it would be great if NPC pilots would have working personalities and were able to refuse commands they don't agree with. But as it stands, they don't, so they do everything they are told to do, getting paid for it, shrugging off responsibility on to you.
It's my fault that the cop shot me and became hostile on my scanner?