if this was EVER implemented, and they use the neutral command as you say, I think there could be glitches
the attack is given by a navy ship infront of manhattan, Navy, LPI, Ageira, Universal, Interspace, DSE and who knows what else responds to the hostile player and attacks them too
If you reset the Navy to neutral, would they just not go straight back to hostile when seeing that their allies are reacting violently towards the offender?
basically
navy=hostile....navy-> makes allies hostile... navy=neutral.... navy-> hostile (due to relations to LPI and companies)