Ship Boarding Crime Faction Fix
⚪ Last updated 2023⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.1% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
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📋 About This Mod
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Description
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[]Sometimes you can encounter a hostile ship that is not of the usual pirate factions, perhaps from a quest. Rather than blowing it up, you might opt for some swashbuckling and board it.[/]
[]However, when you kill certain members of the crew, such as the infamous Security Captain, you get a bounty and your companions get mad at you.[/]
[]Some examples of reports on the internet:
[]Boarding bug/glitch - Kill the enemy captain, everyone hates you.[/]
[]Matters of the Hart bug?[/]
[]Matters of The Hard Bug[/]
[]Is there any way to have Sam not hate me during the “matters of the hart” quest?[/]
[]Companion disliked me boarding and clearing out enemy ship[/]
[]Bug forced me to do something my companion hated[/]
[]Companion ship boarding glitch[/]
[] The matter of Hart[/]
[] Boarding an Outlaw Ship has me fighting "good" Security staff[/]
[]Companion getting angry with me after boarding a pirate ship?[/]
[]After you board, the game is suppose to generate a crew via script, and set their crime faction based on the ship's crime faction, but this script doesn't clear the crew's crime faction if the ship is a CRIMINAL ship with no crime faction.
- []For example, the Security Captain remains a part of the UC, and you get a UC bounty when you kill them, even though they command a criminal crew.[/]
[]Before you board, the crew is not yet generated, so you are free to blow up the criminal ship without consequence. However, as soon as you board, the crew gets generated, and even if you back out of the boarding action and return to your own ship, blowing up the ship now will be considered killing the crew.[/]
[]Letting your companions do all the killing is not a way to get around this either, as any innocents they kill still counts as murder by you.[/]
[]Reported to the community patch here.[/]
[]This mod fixes this by making sure the crew's crime faction is cleared if the ship is a criminal ship with no crime faction.[/]
[]This mod only works for new ships you board going forward. It won't fix any ships you're currently boarding.[/]
Installation/Uninstallation/Update
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[]Use a mod manager such as Mod Organizer 2 or Vortex.[/]
[]Whenever. Doesn't matter.[/]
Ship Boarding Crime Faction Fix by wankingSkeever corrects the unintended crime and companion disposition penalties applied when boarding hostile ships and engaging their crews, including the notorious security captain. This is a targeted bug fix for players who want clean piracy without reputation hits.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 826 endorsements and nearly 40k downloads—clearly a needed fix.
- Tiny, focused mod that does exactly one thing: stops unfair penalties.
- Updated recently (October 2023), so it's likely compatible with current game versions.
⚠️ Cons
- Only fixes the crime/disposition issue; doesn't address other boarding-related bugs.
- May conflict with other mods that alter crime or companion disposition systems.
For Starfield players who love space piracy but hate getting slapped with crime and companion disapproval for defending themselves. If you're tired of your crew hating you for killing hostile security, this is a must-have. Skip if you don't board ships or don't care about reputation penalties.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure to place the mod file in your Starfield Data folder or use a mod manager like Vortex for easy installation.
- If you're using other mods that tweak crime or companion affinity, load this one after them to ensure the fix takes priority.
- Test on a save before boarding a hostile ship to confirm the penalty is gone.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Starfield Mods
- Author
- wankingSkeever
- Version
- 0.1.1
- Downloads
- 39,740
- Endorsements
- 826
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Created
- 10/7/2023
- Updated
- 10/7/2023
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