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'''Non-Player Characters''' (also simply known as '''NPCs''') are characters that are controlled by artificial intelligence. They are usually found around inhabited systems. NPCs can be found in the [[Anarchy]] system as well, but they are less frequent than in the inhabited systems. Most NPCs are neutral and will attack those who trigger them (by attacking them or performing several activities), while fewer NPCs will not respond to attacks.

NPCs will spawn around several signal sources or randomly somewhere in normal space.  

There are much types of NPCs in the game. These includes:

These types of NPCs always incur bounties and can be detected using basic ship scans. An NPC that incurs bounties in the anarchy system will not be recognized by the ship scans and will require a [[Kill Warrant Scanner|Kill-Warrant Scanner]]. A criminal NPC can have 100 thousand credits as a minimum and 600–700 thousand credits as a maximum. A kill-warrant scanner can increase a criminal's bounty by about 200 thousand credits.

Advanced version of criminal. These NPCs spawn naturally around [[Hotspot]], [[Distress Call]], etc. for a reason: to seek valuable cargo. Pirates usually attack people who do have valuable cargo (but do not surrender) and deploy a [[Hatch Breaker Limpet Controller|Hatch Breaker limpet]] to hack the [[Cargo Hatch]] and force it to jettison cargo.  

Pirates will [[Interdiction|interdict]] pilots when they approach them, and when interdicted, they will:

*Threaten that pilot by broadcasting a threatening message to make them jettison cargo. They will attack that pilot if he does not jettison cargo.

* Scan the pilot's cargo, and if they are carrying valuable cargo, they will repeat how they behave in 1.

*If they detect no cargo in the hold or are carrying just limpets, they will leave that pilot peacefully.

*In an [[Mission Board|Assassination]] mission, they will attack that pilot without thinking.

These NPCs spawn around [[Station]], [[Drake-Class Carrier|fleet carrier]], [[Nav Beacon]], etc.  These NPCs will scan ships for bounties and will attack those who have bounties as part of a patrol mission. System Authority Vessels have different names in systems with different alliances and the same name of type in independent systems.  

Only spawn when detecting a high-[[notoriety]] pilot. If detected, they will drop in and deploy the [[Stonewall Jammer]] to prevent SAV from intercepting them and the [[Reverberating Cascade]] to immediately damage the offender's shield. Destroying an ATR requires arduous effort. They can communicate with audible voices.