If that evidence is found to be lacking, there may be a few heads being bashed within the Navy, and I might have to apologise on the behalf of our officers. I am in full confidence however, that this will not be the case. If it is, so help me...

That particular incident is less pivotal than you think however, since it was almost literally the straw that broke the camels back. We've had instances in the past of TAZ vessels contravening our laws, be it by smuggling, infractions against Zone 21 and so on. I personally witnessed a transfer mid-battle between a TAZ ship and a Phantom ship a fairly long time ago, and such preventative action was a matter of time. Generally, the word of an Admiral (at the time) is more than enough to set things in motion, as you saw.