I spent a couple of hours playing/restarting the same scenario over and over again to try and catch exactly what was going on in the game during a complex situation. Before I go through all of the trouble of writing it up in a post here, I need a question answered regarding uniform-usage that may supply the answer that I was searching for...
As stated above, after taking over Puerto Viejo after I returned to Sagrada to meet with Paco. The area has Guardia posted everywhere, but instead of immediately attacking me as in a previous build of the mod, they stayed neutral.
That is, until I turned Luna in. 95% of the time, within several seconds of handing Luna over to Paco, the Guardia at the station opens up on Luna, then me.
5% of the time this Guardia did NOT do the above, but I'll save those details till after I get an answer to the following:
WHY do the Guardia switch from neutrals to enemies? Is it because...
(1) ...word finally reached Sagrada about my squad's behavior in Puerto Viejo, and they then know that I'm an enemy?
(2) ...when one clicks to talk to Paco, the Player's avatar is forced to stand right next to the Guardia for the duration of the dialog, giving the Guardia time to figure out that I'm wearing a disguise, that my police officer uniform is illegitimate?
(3) ...the Guardia work for another crime lord, who has secret orders to kill Luna should he be secured, and to then kill those who caught him?
(4) ...or a combination of the above?
PLEASE NOTE: If the reason why the Guardia attack is due to a yet to be discovered plot point, please do
not spoil it here. Just say that I'll find out later why they behaved the way they did, and I'll be satisfied.
Uniforms, and how they do/do not work still mystifies me. Any light on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!