I just had a very fun little encounter with a UC gunboat, Monte Cinto, as I was doing a little tour of all the race tracks in the game. I met the ship up in Provence, where they acted as a cross between a coast guard patrol ship and a very accommodating host. They showed me around the system, and gave me a lot of details on the area and the race course. Had some fun talks about local politics and history and what the public side of the UC is up to. Heck of a fun little encounter.
Even helped them get some data on the race course for a future thing that it sounded like he was working on.