completely stopping a colonist from friendly fire may be a little extreme. if i have a 10 percent chance to hit a friendly, a 30 percent chance to hit the target, and a 20 percent chance to hit a different enemy than the targeted enemy, it seems rational to take the shot.

there could be settings for friendly fire, like in fallout. for example:

no friendly fire: absolutely none

extremely carefull: will take a shot if it is 10 times as likely to hit any enemy as it is to hit any colonist.(i.e if it has a 2 percent chance to hit colonist a, 5 percent for colinist B, 50 percent for enemy A, and 25 percent for enemy B, it would be an acceptable shot)

somewhat carefull: shot needs to be 5 times as likely to hit an enemy

a bit carefull: shot needs to be 2 times as likely to hit an enemy as a colonist

not carefull: shot needs to be at least as likely to hit an enemy as a colonist

unrestricted: disables friendly fire

just an idea. this could have a global setting to set the default,and/or be able to be custom set for each pawn.

is this possible with the games current code? would it take to much work or cause to much lag?

as a side note: i do not support adding thi to the enemy ai, as it could be abused, and it just does not match the suicidal behavior of raiders and tribals.