so i got pick pocketing high enough that i can swipe the fusion cores out of unsuspecting power armor, this i acknowledge is stealing...
the game however doesn't differentiate between the core i just took and the other cores i've got in my inventory.
the enemy gets ejected from the power armor, and you can kill them and take their stuff like normal. i acknowledge this as Loot
however getting into the now vacant and owner-less power armor Frame is considered stealing? WTF?
i can loot the perfectly good power armor frame of it's armor accessories and place them on a frame i found or bought and nobody says a word.
but if i try getting into the frame of the guy whom i pick pocketed then suddenly i'm stealing and Piper hates me for it.
additionally i can command Piper into the "stolen" power armor frame just fine and no one seems to say a word. however if i get in it while piper is around i get shamed...