After getting sent to jail for the fifth time today, I think it's more than just coincidence. As soon as my pirate steps through the door at Kingshead, there's a delay and then WHAM, Officer lvl26 pounding away. Down 200-300 health before I can even get moving.
I've been to Kingshead a few times before, and this is the first time I've seen the AI act this aggressively, with the same enemy on each visit. I'd hoped to chew up some of my grenade quest today but I've gotten nowhere.
And whoever built that room full of barrels and crates in Kingshead and put no quest items in any of the containers needs to have his or her Internet taken away for a month. What was the point of that anyway?