Bug or not?

[Jambro]

I was sitting in my chimera in one of the pirate sectors (Farnham's) and scanning ships as they go by hoping to nab a juicy pirate cargo.

I did infact pull some pirates, but the strange thing is they had nothing incriminating in their cargo to make them go red. I mean maybe a few fighter droids, lasers, and some shields. No space weed, fuel, or mines... But they are definitely pirates, as they had the prefix appear in their names when I scanned them.

So can someone explain why smugglers are going hostile on me when I would have easily let them go about their way if they didn't?

FYI I do have a bioscanner and its not pulling up slaves or anything like that.

[Gavrushka]

That's how it works - Sacnning discovers the Ship ID is that of a pirate - Otherwise they'd be totally anonymous- they don't have to be caught in possession of illegal wares if they're already criminal - But note that scanning (if yo've not got a licence) can turn the nice guys red.

[Jambro]

Ok that makes sense. Wasn't really sure on that one.

Thanks!