Do the NPC's board your ship and arrest you, or does your ship and you just desapawn, then you appear in prison? What is the long term goal there?asked by aForcefulThrust

I'm not able to speak to the long-term right now as it would be speculative at this point, but in the short term what happens will depending on who owns the surrendering ship. If the ship is stolen it will be despawned. If it is owned by a criminal it will be despawned and impounded. All players aboard will be likely be a criminal (if only for harbouring a felon) and wake in prison.