NPC Crews in SLF and stray fire / getting Wanted. Changes or a Bug in V3.0?

[Deleted member 38366]

Just got me my 1st 100Cr Bounty for stray fire, which I had to clear at an IF Facility.

So far so good - BUT... I didn't do it
My ELITE Ranked NPC was set to "Engage at Will", I then completed the basic scan on a Wanted Cobra (was part of Wing of 2) and shot it once just to mark it for the NPC to engage, which resulted my NPC to blast off and start attacking as expected.

A moment later though, while I was busy scooping Materials and not shooting anything, I see Warning Messages suddenly run in. I get fined and now am Wanted in the middle of a HighRES.

Unfortunately, my SLF was out of my field of View, so I practically have no clue as to what actually happened (?)
Technically, there was only a single Hostile, with a 2nd NPC Wing Member potentially going aggro at anytime of course. But with the given orders, my NPC could only possibly engage a single Target.
Even if attacked by the 2nd Wanted Wing NPC member (which I didn't scan), it opening fire should auto-resolve and legally mark that NPC Hostile for Targeting.

Anyway, AFAIK this is the very 1st time my SLF NPC got me into trouble. SLF was GU-97 with Fixed Beam - and usually my NPC aims fairly well and knows whom to engage and whom not (?)

The Journal also doesn't seem to yield anything, unless I'm missing something (?)

{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:29Z", "event":"MaterialCollected", "Category":"Manufactured", "Name":"chemicalprocessors", "Name_Localised":"Chemical Processors", "Count":3 }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:32Z", "event":"MaterialCollected", "Category":"Manufactured", "Name":"shieldingsensors", "Name_Localised":"Shielding Sensors", "Count":3 }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:33Z", "event":"MaterialCollected", "Category":"Manufactured", "Name":"shieldingsensors", "Name_Localised":"Shielding Sensors", "Count":3 }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:35Z", "event":"MaterialCollected", "Category":"Manufactured", "Name":"heatresistantceramics", "Name_Localised":"Heat Resistant Ceramics", "Count":3 }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:35Z", "event":"MaterialCollected", "Category":"Manufactured", "Name":"shieldingsensors", "Name_Localised":"Shielding Sensors", "Count":3 }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:35Z", "event":"MaterialCollected", "Category":"Manufactured", "Name":"crystalshards", "Name_Localised":"Crystal Shards", "Count":3 }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:37Z", "event":"MaterialCollected", "Category":"Manufactured", "Name":"crystalshards", "Name_Localised":"Crystal Shards", "Count":3 }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:38Z", "event":"MaterialCollected", "Category":"Manufactured", "Name":"phasealloys", "Name_Localised":"Phase Alloys", "Count":3 }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:39Z", "event":"ShipTargeted", "TargetLocked":true, "Ship":"independent_fighter", "Ship_Localised":"Taipan", "ScanStage":0 }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:40Z", "event":"ShipTargeted", "TargetLocked":true, "Ship":"independent_fighter", "Ship_Localised":"Taipan", "ScanStage":1, "PilotName":"$npc_name_decorate:#name=Tim Harris;", "PilotName_Localised":"Tim Harris", "PilotRank":"Expert" }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:41Z", "event":"MaterialCollected", "Category":"Manufactured", "Name":"uncutfocuscrystals", "Name_Localised":"Flawed Focus Crystals", "Count":3 }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:42Z", "event":"ShipTargeted", "TargetLocked":true, "Ship":"independent_fighter", "Ship_Localised":"Taipan", "ScanStage":2, "PilotName":"$npc_name_decorate:#name=Tim Harris;", "PilotName_Localised":"Tim Harris", "PilotRank":"Expert", "ShieldHealth":100.000000, "HullHealth":100.000000 }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:44Z", "event":"ShipTargeted", "TargetLocked":true, "Ship":"independent_fighter", "Ship_Localised":"Taipan", "ScanStage":3, "PilotName":"$npc_name_decorate:#name=Tim Harris;", "PilotName_Localised":"Tim Harris", "PilotRank":"Expert", "ShieldHealth":100.000000, "HullHealth":100.000000, "Faction":"HIP 61061 Gang", "LegalStatus":"Wanted", "Bounty":167527 }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:45Z", "event":"Music", "MusicTrack":"Combat_Dogfight" }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:46Z", "event":"ShipTargeted", "TargetLocked":true, "Ship":"cobramkiii", "Ship_Localised":"Cobra MkIII", "ScanStage":0 }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:46Z", "event":"ShipTargeted", "TargetLocked":true, "Ship":"cobramkiii", "Ship_Localised":"Cobra MkIII", "ScanStage":1, "PilotName":"$npc_name_decorate:#name=Rangi;", "PilotName_Localised":"Rangi", "PilotRank":"Master" }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:48Z", "event":"UnderAttack", "Target":"You" }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:49Z", "event":"ShipTargeted", "TargetLocked":true, "Ship":"cobramkiii", "Ship_Localised":"Cobra MkIII", "ScanStage":2, "PilotName":"$npc_name_decorate:#name=Rangi;", "PilotName_Localised":"Rangi", "PilotRank":"Master", "ShieldHealth":58.006783, "HullHealth":100.000000 }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:51Z", "event":"ShipTargeted", "TargetLocked":true, "Ship":"cobramkiii", "Ship_Localised":"Cobra MkIII", "ScanStage":3, "PilotName":"$npc_name_decorate:#name=Rangi;", "PilotName_Localised":"Rangi", "PilotRank":"Master", "ShieldHealth":59.995930, "HullHealth":100.000000, "Faction":"HIP 61061 Gang", "LegalStatus":"Wanted", "Bounty":20370 }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:56Z", "event":"ReceiveText", "From":"$ShipName_Police_Independent;", "From_Localised":"System Authority Vessel", "Message":"$Police_Attack12;", "Message_Localised":"No-one wins when they fight the law.", "Channel":"npc" }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:44:56Z", "event":"CommitCrime", "CrimeType":"assault", "Faction":"HIP 61061 for Equality", "Victim":"Neil Beasant", "Bounty":100 }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:45:08Z", "event":"MaterialCollected", "Category":"Manufactured", "Name":"phasealloys", "Name_Localised":"Phase Alloys", "Count":3 }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:45:21Z", "event":"MaterialCollected", "Category":"Manufactured", "Name":"focuscrystals", "Name_Localised":"Focus Crystals", "Count":3 }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:45:23Z", "event":"MaterialCollected", "Category":"Manufactured", "Name":"uncutfocuscrystals", "Name_Localised":"Flawed Focus Crystals", "Count":3 }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:45:29Z", "event":"ReceiveText", "From":"$npc_name_decorate:#name=Neil Beasant;", "From_Localised":"Neil Beasant", "Message":"$BadKarmaCriticalDamage09;", "Message_Localised":"I can see when I'm outmatched.", "Channel":"npc" }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:45:29Z", "event":"ReceiveText", "From":"$npc_name_decorate:#name=Neil Beasant;", "From_Localised":"Neil Beasant", "Message":"$BadKarmaCriticalDamage09;", "Message_Localised":"I can see when I'm outmatched.", "Channel":"npc" }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:45:36Z", "event":"DockFighter" }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:45:41Z", "event":"ReceiveText", "From":"$ShipName_Police_Independent;", "From_Localised":"System Authority Vessel", "Message":"$Police_Attack09;", "Message_Localised":"Police unit engaging!", "Channel":"npc" }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:45:42Z", "event":"ReceiveText", "From":"$ShipName_Police_Independent;", "From_Localised":"System Authority Vessel", "Message":"$Police_ArriveReinforcement05;", "Message_Localised":"Emergency reserve force deploying.", "Channel":"npc" }
{ "timestamp":"2018-03-03T21:45:43Z", "event":"StartJump", "JumpType":"Supercruise" }

Event must have occured at 2018-03-03T21:44:56Z from what I can tell.
It would seem my NPC (somehow) engaged a wrong Target (?)

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

Hmmmmm I am all for proper credit consequences and living with our mistakes, been wanting it for a long time...
BUT imo npc crew and ai controlled turrets need to be given more leeway imo unless we give them an order