Artificer doesn't have... the best relationship with Scavengers. Are you nervous that being around her will make Scavengers a bigger threat?

Turns out, not everyone in the colony likes the scavengers...

Rivulet starts the game when they fall down a pipe with a dead scavenger shortly after an explosion. If I'm not mistaken, they also start with a slightly lowered scav rep. In this au, they don't mind fighting, they barely care anyways. Everything is temporary to them.

The survivor is a different case. I think at least a good chunk of new players end up fighting the scavengers because they don't realise they can be befriended. The dark forest theory, if you've ever heard of it, sums up this headcanon (and canon for this blog!) pretty well. Whoever shoots first wins. Survivor would attack if they were backed into a corner, but prefer sneaking or running anyways.