Simeon Bankowski attacked me

[shegeek72]

I was exploring Syrma VII-a with Simeon Bankowski, came upon a cave and inside found a rock pile with some owned loot. I took all of it and got "miner caught you stealing," then Simeon started firing on me! So I exited out and loaded a previous save. Anyone else have this happen?

[Ihateeverybody]

Well

Some people don't like thieves. It was marked stolen right? Little Red thing. So when you picked it up you stole it. Simeon says....That's not right.

If you are asking about the cave, its part of an encounter. See a Miner spawns near by and says its their mine. But sometimes they don't spawn on your side of the mine or it lags the spawn and you don't get the encounter until you come out or one of multiple variables.

The actual issue is inherent in At least the last 3 Beth Games. There is a generic faction they like to stick NPCs in that will cause them to attack you if you do something they deem as wrong.

No matter the logic of the situation, they will still attack. Smack em down and see if he comes to his senses (Pretty sure you can't kill em). Worst case scenario they leave.

[shegeek72]

Makes sense. Simeon didn't complain before when I stole stuff, though they were just one or two things at a time. There were around 7 or 8 items in the rock pile. I did encounter the hostile Deimos miner (before entering the cave) after I stole a mineral on top the small mountain above the cave, but Simeon took her out.

[kdodds]

Sounds like Simeon was teetering in his perception of you and that just kicked him over the edge.

[shegeek72]

Yeah, though firing on me was a little extreme. He could've just walked away. I wonder if it's a Bethesda bug?

[Overseer]

It could be a bug. I have encountered a couple oddities when it comes to standings and aggression. I also never had a follower go hostile on me. They witness, judge and leave.
Simeon also should not be in any mining faction to be offended by something like that.
The game generally has problems with detecting hostilities, so you always have to take the first hit before you are allowed to defend yourself.
So in other words NPCs are allowed to draw a gun at you and shoot first, but if you don't want that and shoot first it counts as murder.