Find out the four main reasons why either UC or Freestar or both factions will be attacking you In Starfield.
If you are wondering why the UC (United Colonies) or Freestar Collective is attacking you in Starfield randomly, then you are not alone. Many players are going through the same issue, and sometimes, reverting to previous load files doesn’t help. After much research, playthroughs, and tests, you will be hunted down by UC or Freestar while entering their systems for many reasons. Today, we’ll analyze all these various reasons and help you to avoid them from assaulting you.
There are four main reasons why either UC (United Colonies) or Freestar Collective or both factions will be attacking you in Starfield:
In Starfield, committing crimes such as stealing, smuggling, or piracy can have serious consequences. Law enforcement and factions will turn hostile towards you, resulting in immediate conflict with guards of both factions, bounties added to you, or even future hostility from said factions towards you. These are the main types of crimes you may have unwillingly committed while in faction territories:
If you are caught doing any of the above crimes, you will face arrest after surrendering, and if you start a gunfight and don’t surrender, the factions will begin placing crime bounties on your head.
Also Note: Working against a faction’s goals or for one of their rival factions can sometimes get you a bounty from said faction.
So, as mentioned above, if you commit theft in the open, use pickpocket skills, or attack security or citizens within their area, factions will add bounties to your head. Open the starmap and move your mouse over a star system. Your bounty and the faction colonizing that system will be visible in your screen’s upper right corner.
You will be recognized and may also be attacked (if you don’t comply) when entering their space. Remember, bounties on your head are set by one of the major Factions that rule the Settled Systems, so these faction bounties will naturally apply to all star systems under these factions’ control.
There is a bug in-game for some players. Once you do any missions or join the Crimson Fleet, UC and Freestar Collective will tag you as an ‘enemy’ and start randomly attacking you in Starfield. As we could not replicate this bug, we believe this is how it was intended to be in the game before. But as you will be locked out of most ‘UC and Freestar’ faction missions and territories, Bethesda may have revered this later. So, for the players facing this issue, someone set the parameters to activate this version of the game. This is what we speculate, and we can be entirely wrong in this. But given the number of comments and Reddit posts, we can’t rule out the possibility.
One of the worst luck in the game is when you jump to a star system under the UC or Freestar Collective system, another faction attacks them, and you accidentally attack the good guys. So now, UC or Freestar Collective may also attack you apart from the hostiles. And if you kill one of them, you will have a bounty on your head.
Here are a few steps you can try to stop the UC or Freestar Collective from attacking you in Starfield:
That’s all we know about why the UC or Freestar is attacking you in Starfield randomly. While here, head to our Starfield wiki guide for location guides, walkthroughs, and more tips and tricks.