I've just been in O-74 on my Freelancer trader, it's been a while since I last logged in. So went for a look to check things out for myself. Yes, no player-bases shot at me, I can dock with 2 out of 4 of them. Just sold one Nomad remains to one of them in fact.
Also, I see both bases I could dock with offer equipment for sale, even codes on one them near situated the Kapa JH. So to say the bases are not inRP in false really, they are being used to sell items in-game to people. Which is more than some other POB do I've visited, that sell nothing apart from being used as storage stations for official faction members use only to trade with. Think EDF one in Tau-23.
I was expecting to enter the system and get blown to bits, not so.
