Last night, I was informed the Unioners were organizing a small convoy, so I took the GG-The.Naturalist and met up with them on the orbit of planet Crete. After our cargos had been loaded with artifacts, we took the Omegas-Bretonia route to Mactan where I unloaded my cargo.
They informed me they weren't going to drop off their artifacts at Mactan, but instead at Cochrane. I decided to tag along them and the trip to Ontario was very smooth. However, we did encounter some serious problems when we entered New York on our course to Bering. We were intercepted by several lawful ships. They were quite agressive towards us. They kept saying something about us being 'enemies of the state' or whatever it was. Out of the three of us in the convoy, I think they found me to be particularly impolite, for reasons I could not grasp... I think they probably wanted sunbucks coffee but were still in the middle of their shift, so they were a little on the grumpy side.
They showed no mercy to the Unioners, quickly slaughtering them. Unfortunately, I forgot to take footage of the events from that moment forward. I was offered a chance to live, if I surrendered. I decided to try to take that advantage to find an opportunity to escape. Needless to say, since I was flying a large transport without countermeasures, I stood no chance despite my best efforts and the ship was eventually destroyed.
However, in the midst of all of this, something curious did reveal itself. During the commotion, the Unioners did mention that, for reasons they didn't specify, they now consider Battlegroup Harmony to be an hostile force.