tl;dr: Why would I get sent to a prison ship after getting killed by scavengers on a legal power restore mission?
When I attempted my first few restore power to a settlement missions, I ended up getting shot and killed by scavengers several times, and each time I was sent to a prison ship. My "rescue rangers" report said that my status was wanted for piracy, but I can't figure out why that would be the case. The missions were from the faction controlling the station, who was also the system controller, and gave me level 3 security clearance.
At first I thought it was because they had caught me after I was stealing everything in sight, but I tried running them without taking anything and still ended up in jail. The scavengers (or what I thought were scavengers) shot me on sight without asking me to stop for a scan, so I'm assuming they were, in fact, scavengers. They had wanted scales on them but were labeled as commandos. I thought it may have been that there were some other NPCs that were "legitimately" at the settlement, but when I tried the nuke-them-from-orbit dumbfire missile everything that moves before landing, I never received a bounty so it looks like nobody was there that should have been. Also after I achieved the kill scavengers optional objective I've never seen anyone else walking around. I don't recall what faction the scavengers themselves were from.
I've been sent to prison both after I had fired back, and when I tried to run away and didn't so much as pull a weapon.
I did notice that the ships dropping the scavs were clean ships from the faction that was the system controller, and also the controller of the particular installation. I thought it was very odd, to say the least, that a faction would openly oppose a mission to benefit them at an installation they controlled. I'm wondering if the "scavengers" were from the installation owner (maybe, didn't check) so Ody was counting it as if they were normal installation staff dealing with a sneak thief.
Is there something I'm missing or that I may be doing wrong that's triggering a wanted status when trying to do these by sneaking around on foot? It's frustrating to get sent to a prison colony (although I accept that there are valid reasons for it as a consequence of taking illegal actions), but getting sent there after trying to help drives me nuts! It seems like a bug (or really weird game design choice) but I'm new to Odyssey so I certainly could be the one in the wrong.
Appreciate anyone's insight on this, thanks for reading.
When I attempted my first few restore power to a settlement missions, I ended up getting shot and killed by scavengers several times, and each time I was sent to a prison ship. My "rescue rangers" report said that my status was wanted for piracy, but I can't figure out why that would be the case. The missions were from the faction controlling the station, who was also the system controller, and gave me level 3 security clearance.
At first I thought it was because they had caught me after I was stealing everything in sight, but I tried running them without taking anything and still ended up in jail. The scavengers (or what I thought were scavengers) shot me on sight without asking me to stop for a scan, so I'm assuming they were, in fact, scavengers. They had wanted scales on them but were labeled as commandos. I thought it may have been that there were some other NPCs that were "legitimately" at the settlement, but when I tried the nuke-them-from-orbit dumbfire missile everything that moves before landing, I never received a bounty so it looks like nobody was there that should have been. Also after I achieved the kill scavengers optional objective I've never seen anyone else walking around. I don't recall what faction the scavengers themselves were from.
I've been sent to prison both after I had fired back, and when I tried to run away and didn't so much as pull a weapon.
I did notice that the ships dropping the scavs were clean ships from the faction that was the system controller, and also the controller of the particular installation. I thought it was very odd, to say the least, that a faction would openly oppose a mission to benefit them at an installation they controlled. I'm wondering if the "scavengers" were from the installation owner (maybe, didn't check) so Ody was counting it as if they were normal installation staff dealing with a sneak thief.
Is there something I'm missing or that I may be doing wrong that's triggering a wanted status when trying to do these by sneaking around on foot? It's frustrating to get sent to a prison colony (although I accept that there are valid reasons for it as a consequence of taking illegal actions), but getting sent there after trying to help drives me nuts! It seems like a bug (or really weird game design choice) but I'm new to Odyssey so I certainly could be the one in the wrong.
Appreciate anyone's insight on this, thanks for reading.
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