Talk:Macarov/@comment-94.113.71.138-20161006144303/@comment-10507735-20161007035617

Perfectly normal.

If you followed the Military fork during your first official visit to the NPP this is a result/consequence of being "bumped" by the gamefiles to Military ally status earlier on entering Pripyat. (You are not compelled to accept Lt Dudaev's kind offer either that precipitates the Military fork)

Entering Freeplay reverts the ally status to the more normal truce/hostile condition; the result being that, when you get back up to their turf at the NPP - they're hostile to you.