Just darting around New Berlin, and picked up a station hanging around in low orbit. I thought it might've been someone trying to drag the bits of Krupp back together into something resembling an airtight environment, so thought I'd best take a look. Turns out it was quite the opposite. A station by the name of Rheinland HQ (which it evidently wasn't) was under siege by three military battleships and one bomber. When I asked what the station had done to justify that sort of force, the bomber came after me, so that just about answers that question in the clearest possible terms.
As far as I could see, the attacking force consisted of a relatively small group:
RNC-Blitzkrieg - Dreadnought
Bismarck - Dreadnought
RNC-Wotan - Dreadnought
Nurburg - Roc
After the bomber gave up on trying to shoot me, I doubled back to Bruchsal. Figured someone might find the information handy. Oh, and there is a spot of good news. I managed to get the analysis and scanning systems on my datapad working again, so progress on the database is moving along nicely.