Hi,
Not sure it is normal, so if it is not, I prefer to warn Steve!
A NPR with whom I had +175 relationship opened trade relations with me. So good so far, and my civilians ships rushed to trade goods at their home world. Then a few days later, they declared war on me. I did not provoke them in any way, and in fact I had no ships in their systems. 5s after the DOW, they start trashing all the civilian lanes ships I had around their world ...
What's more, the surviving ones continue unloading goods, and farther away, others are still heading toward the alien HW...
So... Are the NPR programmed to be so devious, or is it a bug? They open trade relations, wait a few days for ships to arrive, then DOW ... Plus, the lack of update in orders of the civilian lanes ships is weird...
Also, what controls do I have on civilian lanes ships? What is the use of the transponders?